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Post by Mark Martin on Feb 24, 2016 18:39:07 GMT -5
The first ever Elimination Chamber match at Survivor Series 2002. I thought it would be too gimmicky and not all that great but I loved it then and I love it now.
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Post by Joe Delta on Feb 24, 2016 19:21:33 GMT -5
I would say matches that where way better then I expected where, Shane McMahon/Vince McMahon Hulk Hogan/Vince McMahon Big Show/Mark Henry Big Show/Sheamus and matches that didn't live up to the hype and where let downs John Cena/The Rock Seth Rollins/Dean Ambrose Sami Zayn/Kevin Owens Finn Balor/Kevin Owens Randy Orton/John Cena Randy Orton/Triple H Randy Orton/Batista Randy Orton/Daniel Bryan you see a trend here,Orton is vastly overrated as a work and in reality has only like a dozen or so matches in his 14 year career that are good to great and only really had chemistry in the ring with just a few guys like Foley,Edge,Punk and Christian. Looks like Owens is catching up to him.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 20:16:41 GMT -5
Big Show Vs. Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules 2015. I though it was going to be a sub par match, but I was completely wrong. It was actually a pretty good match.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 2:53:02 GMT -5
Dean Malenko vs Scotty 2 Hotty at Backlash 2000 blew me away the first time I saw it. I went in expecting it to be a throwaway match, but boy, was I wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 3:04:33 GMT -5
As mentioned: Show vs Sheamus Roman vs Brock Both better than expected. Less than as great as I thought it'd be: RVD vs Cesaro What the ![](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/wfcensored.gif) were those?
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Post by tarver89 on Feb 25, 2016 3:19:15 GMT -5
Cody vs Rey Mysterio at WM27. That match showed how Cody is good in the ring and i wasn't expecting that.
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Post by honeybear 619 on Feb 25, 2016 7:02:15 GMT -5
Better than expected : Cena vs Great Khali (can't rember what ppv) Kurt angle vs shane o mac- king of the ring 2001, Vince vs austin - st valentine's day massacre 1999, Worse: Vince vs bret wrestlemania ?, Big show vs Mankind wreslemania 15 Sting vs Triple H = sad Cena vs the Rock - both wrestlemanias were bad.
Most wwe ppv matches with Rey Mysterio Vs Eddie Gurrero compared to their wcw matches I found them very underwelming.
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Post by dante123 on Feb 25, 2016 7:09:21 GMT -5
Better than expected : Cena vs Great Khali (can't rember what ppv) Kurt angle vs shane o mac- king of the ring 2001, Vince vs austin - st valentine's day massacre 1999, Worse: Vince vs bret wrestlemania ?, Big show vs Mankind wreslemania 15 Sting vs Triple H = sad Cena vs the Rock - both wrestlemanias were bad. Most wwe ppv matches with Rey Mysterio Vs Eddie Gurrero compared to their wcw matches I found them very underwelming. Cena vs Khali at extreme rules is what you are thinking.
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Post by honeybear 619 on Feb 25, 2016 7:17:14 GMT -5
Better than expected : Cena vs Great Khali (can't rember what ppv) Kurt angle vs shane o mac- king of the ring 2001, Vince vs austin - st valentine's day massacre 1999, Worse: Vince vs bret wrestlemania ?, Big show vs Mankind wreslemania 15 Sting vs Triple H = sad Cena vs the Rock - both wrestlemanias were bad. Most wwe ppv matches with Rey Mysterio Vs Eddie Gurrero compared to their wcw matches I found them very underwelming. Cena vs Khali at extreme rules is what you are thinking. Bingo. Do you know what year it was from?
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Post by cmiller79 on Feb 25, 2016 8:36:10 GMT -5
Cena vs Khali at extreme rules is what you are thinking. Bingo. Do you know what year it was from? there was no extreme rules ppv in 07 it was from one night stand 07 falls count anywhere match
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Post by ARUN on Feb 25, 2016 9:25:21 GMT -5
Taker vs HHH at mania 28. Didn't have much expectations since this was their 3rd March at mania. But it's now one of my all time favorite matches.
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Post by cripplercrossface on Feb 25, 2016 9:47:16 GMT -5
The Brock vs Goldberg match at Wrestlemania XX comes to mind as the worst. I was so excited to see them go at it, but I never expected it to be so bad.
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Post by bad guy™ on Feb 25, 2016 11:38:11 GMT -5
Big Show/Mark Henry 2012(?), the night Bryan cashed in on Show. Henry and Show were carrying SmackDown on their backs at that point. So many injuries. But two old, big guys who aren't known for great matches put on a good world title caliber match. Big Show/Sheamus. Granted that was good because they just beat the ![](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/wfcensored.gif) out each other but they made what was gonna be so bad into entertaining. And on the flip side, Brock/Goldberg. Couldn't have been less professional about it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 12:42:19 GMT -5
Worse than expected?
Hogan-Sting. Starrcade 97. Nuff said
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 13:06:07 GMT -5
y'know what, another Better than expected is Flair vs HHH at Taboo Tuesday 2005.
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Post by sitruC on Feb 25, 2016 13:26:18 GMT -5
I liked the Survivor Series 2014 elimination tag match more than I thought.
Probably Taker vs Lesnar at Mania for disappointing.
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Post by bigshab421 on Feb 25, 2016 14:26:14 GMT -5
Better than: Big Show v. Sheamus @ Hell in A Cell 2012? Literally on the edge of my seat for that match lol. Brock v. Undertaker @ SummerSlam 2015 Cena v. Rusev @ Fastlane 2015 HHH v. Taker @ WM 28 Taker v. Batista @ WM 23: My first and only Mania live and it was one of it not, the best match I ever witnessed live. HHH v. Bryan @ WM 30
Worse than expected: HHH v. Orton @ WM 25 Rock v. Cena I & II Brock v. HHH @ WM 29 Ambrose v. Wyatt @ TLC 2014
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Post by greenjack1992 on Feb 25, 2016 16:00:03 GMT -5
Every Vince McMahon match was better than I ever expected any of them to be.
Seriously, Vince was awesome.
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Post by ohernan6 on Feb 25, 2016 16:25:40 GMT -5
I expected more out of Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero at One Night Stand.
One match that I thought had no business in stealing the show, yet was freakin' awesome was El Torito vs. Hornswoggle! It was a WeeLC match at the 2014 Extreme Rules pre-show. But it pretty much included 3MB and Los Matadors and it was chaos!
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Post by Duke Silver on Feb 25, 2016 16:42:41 GMT -5
Better than expected:
*Many have already mentioned: Sheamus vs. Big Show @ Hell in a Cell. It's seriously that damn better than any of us probably would expect. Still love the finish to that match. Triple H vs. Great Khali @ Summerslam 2008 Randy Orton vs. Ric Flair @ Taboo Tuesday Alberto Del Rio vs. Big Show @ Royal Rumble 2013 Kurt Angle vs. Shane McMahon: I know Shane had a few matches by then. Really had low expectations with Angle just beating him in a few minutes. But man, still one of my favorites.
Worse:
Triple H vs. Randy Orton @ WM25: Because I was there live.
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