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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Nov 16, 2018 20:52:37 GMT -5
Now we all know the infamous story about “Stone Cold” Steve Austin “taking his ball and going home” after being told he’s lose to Brock Lesnar on RAW with no build but over the years WWE has had many big matches with absolutely no storyline leading up them. Off the top of my head I thought of these:
- The Rock vs. Ric Flair - RAW 2002 - John Cena vs. Randy Orton - RAW Eddie Guerrero Tribute Show (I listed this because it was their first ever singles match) - AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho - RAW after Royal Rumble 2016 - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn - NXT TakeOver Dallas (the only storyline here was it’s Shinsuke’s debut) - AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor - TLC 2017 - AJ Styles vs. Brock Lesnar - Survivor Series 2017 - AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan - SmackDown after WrestleMania 34 - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Seth Rollins - Survivor Series 2018 - Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair - Survivor Series 2018 (we know the reason behind this but at one point this was a rumoured WM35 match and there’s been 0 interaction between them) - Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan - Survivor Series 2018
I get the whole Survivor Series is brand warfare but other than the men’s/women’s 5 on 5 matches but champion vs. champion matches hardly ever get any build ups other than Becky/Ronda for the past 2 weeks.
Are there anymore anybody can think of?
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Post by Mr. Show on Nov 17, 2018 1:46:58 GMT -5
Chris Jericho vs Undertaker. Never had a match during the Attitude Era, waited for YEARS AND YEARS for them to finally have their first singles match, and it was on a random Smackdown with no build.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Nov 17, 2018 2:55:56 GMT -5
Benoit and Taker's only matches were on TV/glorified live event UK PPV Oh and Hogan vs Flair
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Post by Darkhawk on Nov 17, 2018 3:31:09 GMT -5
Chris Jericho vs Undertaker. Never had a match during the Attitude Era, waited for YEARS AND YEARS for them to finally have their first singles match, and it was on a random Smackdown with no build. Heel Jericho vs. Undertaker would have been a great story.
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Post by The Sexy Psychotic on Nov 17, 2018 6:31:45 GMT -5
It's laughable how often they do this now; 20 years ago I get it, it's for the ratings. But now? It's not the ratings, there's no other show to really compete against; there is zero reason they have given no build to Bryan/Lesnar! Well there is, it was only made 5 days before the event but seriously, why?! Why in the world wouldn't you build it up to get some money and attention and some bloody stakes for the match? What happens for the winner? Nothing, there's nothing to win but the loser looks weak and inferior (and if it's Bryan it's even funnier as it's the first time we'll see him as Champion...and there's a 90% chance he'll be getting demolished).
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Post by McBlake on Nov 17, 2018 13:42:53 GMT -5
I'm gonna hazard a guess and say a few Survivor Series 2019 matches will be on said list...
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Post by tylerbreezee on Nov 17, 2018 14:17:17 GMT -5
John Morrison vs Jeff Hardy for the WHC on Smackdown
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Nov 17, 2018 18:15:47 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan's return matches against the likes of Hardy and Nakamura were given away on random Smackdowns with no build up.
I also remember Shawn Michaels vs Rey Mysterio for the first time ever on the Eddie tribute show.
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Post by E N I G M A on Nov 17, 2018 18:55:50 GMT -5
Also Jeff Hardy vs Undertaker in an Extreme Rules Match on SD! in 2008.
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Post by Jackass Pacific on Nov 17, 2018 19:20:39 GMT -5
Also Jeff Hardy vs Undertaker in an Extreme Rules Match on SD! in 2008. would that one really count considering their ladder match from 200...2? 3?
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Nov 17, 2018 21:41:20 GMT -5
John Morrison vs Jeff Hardy for the WHC on Smackdown I don’t really think anybody thought Morrison was a big time competitor at the time, especially when they feuded for the IC title in 2007, they even had a Jakks AD pack together. Also Jeff Hardy vs Undertaker in an Extreme Rules Match on SD! in 2008. would that one really count considering their ladder match from 200...2? 3? Taker/Jeff ladder match in 2002 was pretty random tbh and that made Jeff at the time but unfortunately it went nowhere.
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Post by LA Times on Nov 18, 2018 9:31:14 GMT -5
Shinsuke Nakamura vs John Cena-Smackdown Aug 2017
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Nov 20, 2018 0:58:50 GMT -5
Shinsuke Nakamura vs John Cena-Smackdown Aug 2017 Completely forgot about this, I guess Nakamura/Mysterio at SmackDown 1000 could also be considered too.
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Post by Tim of thee on Nov 20, 2018 3:12:18 GMT -5
RVD vs HBK
Awesome match
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Post by China Claus on Nov 20, 2018 12:07:03 GMT -5
When and where was this one?
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Post by Tim of thee on Nov 20, 2018 12:11:04 GMT -5
When and where was this one? It was on Raw in like 2002 I think
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Post by Escape The Rules on Nov 21, 2018 19:39:31 GMT -5
Orton and Cena's first matches with Nakamura should've been PPV matches.
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Post by Butchers on Nov 29, 2018 7:49:44 GMT -5
When and where was this one? It was on Raw in like 2002 I think Think it was 2 weeks after Survivor Series 2002? Think they had a promo the night after and then the match the following week? Something like that.
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Nov 29, 2018 14:52:38 GMT -5
Orton and Cena's first matches with Nakamura should've been PPV matches. If that Cena/Nakamura match happened on PPV I think it would have helped his face run on the main roster tremendously.
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Post by theicwguy on Nov 29, 2018 16:05:17 GMT -5
Undertaker vs Rusev Why?
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