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Post by gunnerbri on Nov 24, 2007 21:32:35 GMT -5
Now that I look back on it, I really think this was on of the greatest years ever. I mean just look at the alumni of superstars we got between early 03-early 04;
RAW
HHH
Goldberg
The Rock
Austin
Kevin Nash
Scott Steiner
Kane
HBK
Orton
Batista
Hurricane
Jeff Hardy
D-Lo Brown
Raven
Christian
Test
Stacy Keibler
Shane McMahon
Tommy Dreamer
Al Snow
Maven (;x)
Rodney Mack (;x again)
Chris Jericho
...to name a few
Smackdown
Lesnar
Kurt Angle
Hulk Hogan
Undertaker
Chris Benoit
Edge
Rhyno
Eddie Guerrero
Chavo Guerrero
Nathan Jones
Rey Mysterio
Rikishi
Billy Kidman
Funaki
Crash Holly
Spanky
Paul London
Ultimo Dragon
Orlando Jordan
Scotty Too Hotty
Hardcore Holly
John Cena
Big Show
A-Train
Matt Hardy
Tajiri
Akio
Sakada
Sean O'Haire
Shannon Moore
Jamie Noble
Chris Kanyon
Matt Morgan
Tag Teams
Evolution
Los Guerreros.
Haas/Benjamin
The Dudley Boyz
Booker/Goldust.
Storm/Regal.
3-Minute Warning
Kane/Rob Van Dam
Full Blooded Italians
La Resistance
Legion of Doom
Basham Brothers
Too Cool
The APA
Jindrak & Cade
We also had some great fueds going on, including HHH/HBK/Nash, Lesnar/Angle, McMahon/Hogan, Team Angle vs Los Guerreros, Big Show/Lesnar, Taker/McMahon, Austin/Rock III, Rock/Goldberg, Kane/Shane, Goldberg/Lesnar, Austin/Bischoff to name a few, along with the many people who tried to topple HHH at the top.
I believe this year was the greatest blend of the attitude era and the new era (which we see today) you'll find, not to mention the fact that both brands were pretty much evenly matched...
Just my opinion folks, discuss the great year that was 03.
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Post by cia on Nov 24, 2007 21:42:03 GMT -5
I always thought 2003 was Smackdowns best year. Raw was abysmal most of the time.
So many great matches on SD side of things.
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Post by Grenouille on Nov 24, 2007 22:11:57 GMT -5
2003 actually drove me away from watching the WWE. By June of that year I had enough and became a bit of a puro snob. I did come back to watch by the end of 2004 and have been on and off (mostly on) since that time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2007 22:34:55 GMT -5
I loved 2003, definitely one of my favourite years along with 2001.  |
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Post by Juba on Nov 24, 2007 23:17:43 GMT -5
smackdown ruled 2003... the cruiserweight division was awsome at that time
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Nov 25, 2007 13:25:21 GMT -5
I have to agree with the concept that it was much better on SD! than on Raw. Of course, this was the time that Paul Heyman wasin control of SD!. No I don't praise heyman like God or anything, but I will admit that his philosophy of action over queer storylines is much preferred by me. So the whole Brock vs Team Angle mixed with the tag team scene of Mysterio/Edge vs Guerreros vs Angle/Benoit was just great stuff. Man it was a really great wrestling time. I mainly collect the Summerslam's and Survivor Series and of course Wrestlemania's and I have to say that the 2003 is really some of my favorites of those specific PPV's.
The survivor series I really thought would show off Nathan Jones and Matt Morgan who truly are great talents in the ring when they are given the chance.
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Post by The Dude on Nov 25, 2007 14:08:49 GMT -5
I loved it back then, it looks like it may start to slowly drift back that way now.
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Post by ZMaster on Nov 25, 2007 15:16:00 GMT -5
Raw was just not good for me. It was nothing but HHH holding the title it seemed like. SD! was ok. I just couldn't get into 2003 and had to step away with a break. That's just me anyway.
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Post by taker1 on Nov 25, 2007 16:03:36 GMT -5
Smackdown was absolutely INCREDIBLE in 2003. Lesnar/Angle was a long, amazing feud that never got old. Cruiserweights shined that year, even getting main event time once in a while. The Tag Division was gold, especially with WGTT. Then you had Eddie, Big Show, Benoit, Mysterio, just gold.
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Post by hbkjason on Nov 25, 2007 16:16:02 GMT -5
I still think that they should have put the title on Nash at Judgement Day and have HHH win it back in the cell at Bad Blood just to break up his title run a bit. I loved the Nash vs HHH storyline.
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Post by Does that make me bad? on Nov 26, 2007 0:56:31 GMT -5
I still think that they should have put the title on Nash at Judgement Day and have HHH win it back in the cell at Bad Blood just to break up his title run a bit. I loved the Nash vs HHH storyline. As did i. I agree 100% on this, Nash should have had the title |
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Post by layzie on Nov 26, 2007 1:18:35 GMT -5
far from the best, but it was definetley WWE's most talent stockpiled year, without question
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Post by htmlegend on Nov 26, 2007 12:57:30 GMT -5
In terms of creativity, it was one of the worst years ever. Also 2003, had WAY too much McMahons on television for my tastes. Linda getting tombstoned by Kane, Shane feuding with Kane and getting the better of him, Stephanie as Smackdown GM and in almost every single segment, and the dreaded feud with her and Vince. Ugh!
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Post by purpleisaaw on Nov 28, 2007 21:37:08 GMT -5
yea it seemed to be a really good era it had a different feel to it i reallly did enjoy it.
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Post by WalterF on Nov 29, 2007 11:18:30 GMT -5
Eh, I didn't dig 03 too much and just like someone one else said, it kinda drove me away from watching. But I returned to watching in late 06 and I believe the current product is amazing. HBK, Jericho, HHH, Taker, Edge, whoo!
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Post by Mark on Nov 30, 2007 1:32:59 GMT -5
SD was good but Raw was run by the iron fist of HHH
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Post by jj on Nov 30, 2007 2:39:59 GMT -5
Meh now still seems better, i mean we got HHH, Orton, Jericho, Michaels, Cena, Lashley, Batista, Undertaker, Edge, MVP, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Kennedy, Mysterio, Finlay, Khali, Noble, Kane, Punk, Burke, Benjamin, Morrison, Miz and Santino Marella...
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Post by fair2flair on Nov 30, 2007 15:22:47 GMT -5
WWF 84-88 was better.
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Post by DgenerationX092 on Dec 1, 2007 4:02:51 GMT -5
2002 was RAW's year
2003 was smackdowns year
2004 was mostly smackdowns year, but raw did alot
2005 vice versa w/ 2004
2006 was Raw's year
2007 was the best year for PPV's since 2002 with the end of brand-PPV's, but a pretty bland year for all 3 brands
thats how i see and remember it
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Post by jomoishollywood on Dec 1, 2007 12:48:02 GMT -5
2004 was definately Raw year.
All it was for Smackdown was JBL just boringly retaining his belt.
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