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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Sept 5, 2014 14:41:43 GMT -5
The thought popped into my head after watching Jack Swagger vs. Christian for the ECW Championship earlier today. When Jack Swagger debuted, he didn't have good stellar matches in the beginning. When Christian returned in 2009 on ECW, this gave Swagger a good opponent that can hide his weaknesses and make him look extremely good. I am surprised this match isn't talked a lot when looking back at Christian and Jack Swagger's matches. The impression I got after watching this that Swagger is good in the ring, just that he needs a guy to make him look good. Here is the link to the match in question.
What are some matches/promos you thought were really good but doesn't get a ton of praise?
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Post by theafricandream on Sept 5, 2014 16:52:52 GMT -5
I've always like the series of matches between Triple H and Kevin Nash in 2003. Their Ladder match in 2011 is excellent as well.
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Post by LtD73 on Sept 5, 2014 19:09:05 GMT -5
I feel Brock Lesnar gives a really good promo here considering he's not the best talker, great promo that doesn't get mentioned enough here.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 5:35:01 GMT -5
Underrated matches?
Bret Hart vs Ric Flair @ Souled Out 1998
Batista vs HBK in the stretcher match @ ER 2008
HBK vs 123 Kid on Raw in early 1996
3 crackers that often get overlooked IMHO.
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Post by Duke Silver on Sept 6, 2014 16:56:31 GMT -5
Underrated Matches:
The Rock vs. Kurt Angle from No Mercy 2000
I don't think this match gets talked about that much. It really was better than their No Way Out match imo.
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Post by Evil Abed on Sept 6, 2014 17:46:08 GMT -5
Underrated matches? Batista vs HBK in the stretcher match @ ER 2008 That is a great choice there. I remember absolutely loving that feud. Going into it I thought it was going to absolutely suck but I loved how they made it seem like Batista was going to turn heel around Backlash, then around Extreme Rules you wanted to see Batista destroy Shawn. The feud had a great story to it both with Flair and Jericho adding to it. My choice is going to be the Jeff Hardy/Triple H feud that carried from late 2007 into 2008. I can't really pick one match because every time they seemed to get into the ring they had great chemistry. Jeff playing the underdog and almost taking the title from Triple H for about 3 or 4 straight PPV's. Their match from No Mercy 2008 is one of the most underrated matches of 2008 and often gets overlooked because of the Jericho/HBK ladder match that main evented that night. |
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Post by sitruC on Sept 6, 2014 20:01:33 GMT -5
Umaga vs anyone he was against.
I'm not kidding I actually really liked the guy.
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Sept 6, 2014 21:38:57 GMT -5
Umaga vs anyone he was against. I'm not kidding I actually really liked the guy. I thought Umaga vs. John Cena at the 2007 Royal Rumble was a damn good match. I am shocked it doesn't get talked about often when discussing John Cena's best matches. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 21:51:30 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy's heel run in 2010/11 is under appreciated due to his drug thing.
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Post by Colter on Sept 6, 2014 22:06:57 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy's heel run in 2010/11 is under appreciated due to his drug thing. He was so  ing good. If only he wasn't off his ass most of the time, it would've been so so so good. |
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Post by johnnyb on Sept 7, 2014 1:33:19 GMT -5
Christian's whole WWECW run was so awesome. Had a great non-title champion vs. champion match with Jericho in 2008, and both of his matches against Ryder were outstanding (homework assignment for those who don't think Ryder can work: watch his god damned ECW matches).
The Patriot vs. Bret Hart (IYH Ground Zero)
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Masters (Unforgiven 2005)
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Post by sitruC on Sept 7, 2014 15:48:32 GMT -5
Umaga vs anyone he was against. I'm not kidding I actually really liked the guy. I thought Umaga vs. John Cena at the 2007 Royal Rumble was a damn good match. I am shocked it doesn't get talked about often when discussing John Cena's best matches. I loved his work with Cena, one of the only monster heels to be able to lose and still look good in doing so. His work with Hardy was amazing too, I always remember the Swanton from the truck. Hell even when he randomly started talking against Punk he was great, and that feud was sloppy as heck. Really underrated guy who made really overrated people look great, truly someone who died too early. |
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Post by Dante, The Voc on Sept 7, 2014 19:50:05 GMT -5
It's a shame that the Triangle Ladder Match from WM2000 gets overshadowed by the two TLC rematches because IMO it's the best of the trilogy.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Sept 13, 2014 18:11:28 GMT -5
Terry Funk vs Ricky Steamboat at Clash of the Champions 7(?)
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Post by He Hate Me on Sept 13, 2014 19:59:21 GMT -5
Christian's whole WWECW run was so awesome. Had a great non-title champion vs. champion match with Jericho in 2008, and both of his matches against Ryder were outstanding (homework assignment for those who don't think Ryder can work: watch his god damned ECW matches). The Patriot vs. Bret Hart (IYH Ground Zero) Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Masters (Unforgiven 2005) The Patriot vs Bret Hart was pretty enjoyable. I also enjoyed Diesel vs Bam Bam, the match when Bam Bam got fired from the million dollar corporation. This match is one of Diesel's top three matches during his reign IMO. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Sept 13, 2014 20:40:27 GMT -5
Brutus Beefcake vs. Randy Savage from the SNME show in July of 1989 was pretty damn good and sometimes Beefcake gets over looked in matches. I know he wasn't a 5 star athlete, but Beefcake had charisma, a look, could talk well on the mic', and could have a good match depending on who it was with.
Greg Valentine vs. Ronnie Garvin in the submission match at Royal Rumble 90 never gets praised either, and it was actually really well done and had a lot of smart strategy to it.
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Post by Flair Forever on Sept 14, 2014 20:53:02 GMT -5
Ric Flair VS. Big Show, ECW - 7/11/2006 - I never hear anything about this, but I dare say this was way better than it had any right to be.... it over-delivered, and actually kind of captured the spirit of the original ECW - one of the few times WWECW actually did that (with two performers that never performed for ECW, I might add).
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Sept 14, 2014 21:22:14 GMT -5
Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam from Unforgiven 2001
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Post by johnnyb on Sept 14, 2014 23:59:03 GMT -5
Ric Flair VS. Big Show, ECW - 7/11/2006 - I never hear anything about this, but I dare say this was way better than it had any right to be.... it over-delivered, and actually kind of captured the spirit of the original ECW - one of the few times WWECW actually did that (with two performers that never performed for ECW, I might add). I saw this one live. Strangely enough, Flair cut an anti-ECW promo at the beginning of the show. Somewhat surreal to watch a guy of Flair's stature not only taking bumps like he did here, but on what was clearly WWE's C show. EDIT: Also worth noting, I thought the Big Show was awesome as a dominating ECW champion. Wish the show was still on. |
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Post by Flair Forever on Sept 15, 2014 2:34:54 GMT -5
Ric Flair VS. Big Show, ECW - 7/11/2006 - I never hear anything about this, but I dare say this was way better than it had any right to be.... it over-delivered, and actually kind of captured the spirit of the original ECW - one of the few times WWECW actually did that (with two performers that never performed for ECW, I might add). I saw this one live. Strangely enough, Flair cut an anti-ECW promo at the beginning of the show. Somewhat surreal to watch a guy of Flair's stature not only taking bumps like he did here, but on what was clearly WWE's C show. EDIT: Also worth noting, I thought the Big Show was awesome as a dominating ECW champion. Wish the show was still on. I remember reading that the Sci-Fi Channel executives saw this match and loved the violence - and told WWE/McMahon to do more stuff like this with the ECW program. So WWE in turn did the opposite and turned ECW into a watered-down WWE product..... and ECW ended up tanking. You gotta shake your head. |
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