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Post by PJ on Apr 12, 2016 7:12:07 GMT -5
Let's keep it Classic matches only...so othing within the last 5 years.
My "Top 5" are in order...
1. Sting vs Flair from the '90 GAB.
2. Triple H vs Cactus Jack from the '00 RR NYC Street Fight.
3. Steiner Brothers vs Headshrinkers from WrestleMania IX.
4. Hitman vs HBK "Iron Man" Match from WrestleMania XII
5. Magnum Ta vs Tully Blanchard "I Quit" Match from Starcade '85.
Honorable Mentions-
Road Warriors vs Ivan and Nikita Koloff "Russian Chain" Match from the '86 GAB.
Superfly vs Muraco from MSG "Steel Cage" Match in '83.
Roddy Piper vs Mr Wonderful from SNME at the Meadowlands.
Roddy Piper vs Superfly from MSG '84.
And not a specific match, but any time the Hart Foundation vs the British Bulldogs matches up it was fantastic.
I can watch these matches all day every day. They never get old to me.
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Post by Bandalero on Apr 12, 2016 9:51:44 GMT -5
For me:
1. '88-'89 series of Flair vs. Steamboat - I mean really pick any of their matches!
2. Flair vs. Sting Clash of Champions I
3. War Games - the first in '87 and the one in '92 Stinger's Squadran
4. Magnum T.A. vs Tully Blanchard - steel cage grudge match
5. Road Warriors screwed out of the titles by Anderson/Blanchard in Chicago - Starrcade
6. Starrcade '89 Iron Man Tournament - the whole PPV was great!
7. Pillman vs Liger - Superbrawl I
8. Flair vs. Vader - Starrcade where Flair won back the title
9. Benoit vs Angle - any of them
10. Benoit winning the World title at WM against Trips/Shawn
y'know Starrcades really held a lot of special moments - it's a shame that PPV didn't live on.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2016 9:54:41 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter WrestleMania VII 1991
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Post by King Richius on Apr 12, 2016 10:23:08 GMT -5
In no particular order:
Savage vs Steamboat - WM3 match
Flair vs Steamboat - all three of their matches when they played hot potato with the NWA title.
RVD vs Jerry Lynn - any of their matches from ECW, they had incredible chemistry in the ring
Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio - again almost any of their matches but if I have to pick one then I think I'd go with the Halloween Havoc match in WCW that gets credit for putting cruiserweights on the map
CM Punk vs John Cena - very recent but no less of a classic matchup, they had several great matches but MITB 2011 is the standard for a great PPV main event from build-up to in ring execution to a great finish
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Post by PJ on Apr 12, 2016 10:38:45 GMT -5
For me: 1. '88-'89 series of Flair vs. Steamboat - I mean really pick any of their matches! 2. Flair vs. Sting Clash of Champions I 3. War Games - the first in '87 and the one in '92 Stinger's Squadran 4. Magnum T.A. vs Tully Blanchard - steel cage grudge match 5. Road Warriors screwed out of the titles by Anderson/Blanchard in Chicago - Starrcade 6. Starrcade '89 Iron Man Tournament - the whole PPV was great! 7. Pillman vs Liger - Superbrawl I 8. Flair vs. Vader - Starrcade where Flair won back the title 9. Benoit vs Angle - any of them 10. Benoit winning the World title at WM against Trips/Shawn y'know Starrcades really held a lot of special moments - it's a shame that PPV didn't live on. All great matches. Yes, I agree I do wish both Starcade and the Great American Bash lived on as PPV's. |
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Post by Zigzag on Apr 12, 2016 10:43:20 GMT -5
My favorite match of all time...
Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair for the WWF World title (1992 - Saskatoon, CN).
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Post by theafricandream on Apr 12, 2016 11:31:41 GMT -5
Triple H vs. HBK from Summerslam 2002
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Post by PJ on Apr 13, 2016 7:13:19 GMT -5
Some nice choices so far.
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Post by jeffro2000 on Apr 13, 2016 9:03:34 GMT -5
I can't really order them but matches that come to mind are
HBK vs Taker Mania 25. Some say it's overrated but I love it. Great psychology, good spots, 2 greats.
Flair/Steamboat Chi Town Rumble. You can pick any of the 3, but Steamboat's win was unexpected so I like this one.
HBK/Razor Mania 10. It is still my favorite because it was a wrestling match with a ladder not a spot fest like today.
Cactus Jack/Triple H Royal Rumble. Hard hitting match that made me take notice of Triple H. All time great heel.
Funk/Flair I quit match.
Hogan/Warrior WM6. As a kid, nothing could have been bigger. Still the biggest or 2nd biggest Mania match of all time. They both delivered good performances for them, and I love it.
Not the greatest technical match of course, but very entertaining. Probably my all time favorite and my most watched match.
There are others too like Sting/Flair (clash or GAB), Sting/Vader (GAB), Steiners/MVC, Steiners/Sting/Luger, Hart/Austin (WM13)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 11:50:09 GMT -5
Off the top of my head...
Angle vs Shawn from WM 21
Shawn vs Taker from WM 25 + 26
Shawn vs Taker in the first cell
Triple H vs HBK SummerSlam 2002
HBK vs Y2J WM 19
Taker vs Flair WM 18
Taker vs Edge WM 24
Flair vs Steamboat - literally any
Flair vs Sting - almost any
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 12:09:48 GMT -5
Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins from FCW 18.09.2011. In my honest opinion, the greatest ironman match of all time.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Apr 15, 2016 12:12:08 GMT -5
Barry Windham & Lex Luger vs. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (Barry turns on Lex, joins Horsemen) - Saturday Night April 1988
Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage - Wrestlemania V
Randy Savage vs. Brutus Beefcake - SNME July 1989
Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior - Wrestlemania VI
Hart Foundation vs. Demolition - SummerSlam 90
Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage - Wrestlemania VII
Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect - SummerSlam 91
Dangerous Alliace vs. Sting's Squadron in War Games - Wrestle War 92
Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog - SummerSlam 92
Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels - Survivor Series 92
Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs. Brian Pillman & Barry Windham - Starrcade 92
Sting vs. Vader - SuperBrawl III
Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs. Hollywood Blondes - WCW World Wide March 1993
Bret Hart vs. Razor Ramon, Mr. Perfect & Bam Bam Bigelow - King Of The Ring 93
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - Wrestlemania X
Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon - Wrestlemania X
Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. Nasty Boys - WCW Slamboree 1994
Diesel & Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon & 123 Kid - Action Zone October 1994
Diesel vs. Bret Hart - Royal Rumble 95
Diesel vs. Shawn Michaels - Wrestlemania XI
Diesel vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - WWE Raw April 1995
Shawn Michaels vs. Jeff Jarrett - In Your House July 1995
Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels - SummerSlam 95
Diesel & Shawn Michaels vs. Yokozuna & British Bulldog - In Your House September 1995
Diesel, Shawn Michaels & Undertaker vs. British Bulldog, Owen Hart & Yokozuna - WWE Raw October 1995
Diesel vs. Bret Hart - Survivor Series 95
Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog - In Your House December 1995
Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel - In Your House April 1996
Sid vs. Shawn Michaels - Survivor Series 1996
Sid vs. Shawn Michaels - Royal Rumble 1997
British Bulldog vs. Owen Hart - WWE Raw March 1997
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - Wrestlemania 13
Shane Douglas vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - ECW November To Remember 1997
Triple H vs. The Rock - Fully Loaded 1998
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 12:28:20 GMT -5
Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat - Wrestlemania 3
Randy Savage vs Ric Flair - Wrestlemania 8
Bret Hart vs Owen Hart - Wrestlemania 10
Shawn Michaels vs Mankind - Mind Games 96
Bret Hart vs Stone Cold - Wrestlemania 13
Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio - Halloween Havoc 97
Owen Hart vs British Bulldog - Raw 1997
Chris Benoit vs William Regal - Pillman tribute
Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit - Owen tribute
Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit - Royal Rumble 2001
Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit - Royal Rumble 2003
Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho - Wrestlemania 19
Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels - Wrestlemania 25
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 12:38:33 GMT -5
Stan Hansen vs Andre the Giant - Can't remember the date at the moment
Sting vs Ric Flair - Great American Bash 1989
Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage - Wrestlemania V
Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior - Wrestlemania VI
Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect - SummerSlam 91
Sting vs. Vader - SuperBrawl III
Royal Rumble 1992 - The entire match
Vader vs Cactus Jack - Halloween Havoc 1993
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - Wrestlemania X
Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon - Wrestlemania X
Flyin' Brian Pillman vs Johnny B. Badd FB 95- This match went on for like 30 minutes as a rib to prove they weren't as good as everyone said. Turns out, they were as good as everyone said!
Vader vs Antonio Inoki - This took place sometime in 1996 before he went to the WWF.
Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel - In Your House April 1996
Sycho Sid vs. Shawn Michaels - Survivor Series 1996
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Psicosis - Bash at the Beach 1996
Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant - Hog Wild 1996
Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper - Starrcade 1996
Masahiro Chono vs Chris Jericho - Souled Out 1997. Mostly because Chono in general.
Lex Luger vs Hollywood Hogan - Nitro where Luger won the belt
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - Wrestlemania 13
DDP vs Randy Savage - All of them.
Goldberg vs Hollywood Hogan - Nitro 1998
Goldberg vs DDP - Halloween Havoc 1998
DDP vs Sting - Nitro 1999
DDP vs Ric Flair vs Hollywood Hogan vs Sting - Spring Stampede 1999
Masahiro Chono vs Atsushi Onita - Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match 1999
Triple H vs Mick Foley - Royal Rumble 2000
TLC Match - WM 2000
Booker T vs Jeff Jarrett - Bash at the Beach 2000
Goldberg vs Scott Steiner - Fall Brawl 2000
DDP vs Scott Steiner - Greed 2001
The Rock vs Stone Cold - WM 17
TLC Match - WM 17
DDP vs Christian - WM 18
Hollywood Hogan vs The Rock - WM 18
I'd say 2002 is a good cut off year.
That's off the top of my head.
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Post by PJ on Apr 15, 2016 12:40:24 GMT -5
That Owen tribute match was a very nice match.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 12:46:31 GMT -5
All this thread did was remind me how much better wrestling used to be.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 13:03:04 GMT -5
Bret vs Owen from WM 10 and SummerSlam 94
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Apr 15, 2016 13:09:45 GMT -5
I'll list some of my favorites, in no particular order, from 2006 and earlier.
King of the Ring Semi-Finals: Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect - 1993
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - WrestleMania X
Submission Match: Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - WrestleMania 13
Hell in a Cell: Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker - Bad Blood
Last Man Standing Match: Chris Jericho vs. Triple H - Fully Loaded 2000
WWF Tag Team Championship TLC Match: The Dudley Boyz [c] vs. Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz - WrestleMania X-Seven
World Heavyweight Championship: Triple H [c] vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania XX
TNA X-Division Championship: Christopher Daniels [c] vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe - Unbreakable 2005
Retirement Match: Macho Man vs. Ultimate Warrior - WrestleMania VII
WWF Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Razor Ramon [c] vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania X
WWF Championship Steel Cage Match: Bret Hart [c] vs. Owen Hart - SummerSlam 1994
WWF Championship: Bret Hart [c] vs. British Bulldog - IYH: Season's Beatings
WWF Championship: Shawn Michaels [c] vs. Mankind - IYH: Mind Games
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - Survivor Series 1996
The Hart Foundation vs. Steve Austin, Goldust, Ken Shamrock & The Legion of Doom - IYH: Canadian Stampede
WWF European Championship Tournament Finals: British Bulldog vs. Owen Hart - Raw
WWF Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Chris Benoit [c] vs. Chris Jericho - Royal Rumble 2001
Three Stages of Hell: Steve Austin vs. Triple H - No Way Out 2001
WWF Championship: The Rock [c] vs. Steve Austin - WrestleMania X-Seven
Unsanctioned Street Fight: Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H - SummerSlam 2002
WWE Tag Team Championship: Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle vs. Edge and Rey Mysterio - No Mercy 2002
WWE Championship: Kurt Angle [c] vs. Chris Benoit - Royal Rumble 2003
WWE Championship: Eddie Guerrero [c] vs. Kurt Angle - WrestleMania XX
Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania 21
United States Tag Team Championship: The Midnight Express [c] vs. The Fantastics - Clash of the Champions
United States Tag Team Championship: The Midnight Express [c] vs. The Southern Boys - Great American Bash 1990
WWF Intercontinental Championship: Mr. Perfect [c] vs. Bret Hart - SummerSlam 1991
WWF Championship: Bret Hart [c] vs. 1-2-3 Kid - Raw
Psicosis vs. Rey Mysterio - Bash at the Beach 1996
WWF Championship Final Four: Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker vs. Vader - IYH: Final Four
ECW Television Championship: Rob Van Dam [c] vs. Jerry Lynn - Living Dangerously 1999
Street Fight: Kurt Angle vs. Shane McMahon - King of the Ring 2001
Team WCW vs. Team WWF - Survivor Series 2001
Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle - Unforgiven 2002
No Disqualification: Eddie Guerrero vs. Edge - Smackdown
World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber: Triple H [c] vs. Booker T vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Shawn Michaels - Survivor Series 2002
WWE Championship Ironman Match: Kurt Angle [c] vs. Brock Lesnar - Smackdown
WWE Intercontinental Championship Hardcore Match: Randy Orton [c] vs. Mick Foley - Backlash 2004
TNA X-Division Championship: AJ Styles [c] vs. Samoa Joe - TNA Turning Point
WWF Championship: Bret Hart [c] vs. Shawn Michaels - Survivor Series 1992
WWF Championship: Diesel [c] vs. Bret Hart - Survivor Series 1995
WWF Hardcore Championship: Rob Van Dam [c] vs. Chris Jericho - Unforgiven 2001
WWE Tag Team Championship: The World's Greatest Tag Team [c] vs. Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio - Vengeance 2003
Shawn Michaels vs. Shelton Benjamin - Raw
World Heavyweight Championship: Chris Benoit [c] vs. Randy Orton - SummerSlam 2004
Hardcore Match: Edge vs. Mick Foley - WrestleMania 22
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Post by China Claus on Apr 15, 2016 15:33:12 GMT -5
1. Royal Rumble Match 92
I've honestly probably watched this match more than any match ever. So many greats in the ring in one match. Hands down, my favorite match ever. And being such a huge NWA/WCW fan, Flair winning was the icing on the cake.
2. NWA CHAMPIONSHIP - Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes - Starcade 85
Used to have Starcade 85-88 on VHS when I was a kid, and this match always stood out, as I was a huge Dusty Rhodes fan. The only thing that takes away from this match is the annoying fan repeatedly screaming "DUSTY RHODES" throughout the match.
3. WWF CHAMPIONSHIP - Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels - Iron Man Match - Wrestlemania 12
This match gets a lot of flack for being slow and plodding, but I was a HUGE HBK fan, and Hart was just as good in my eyes. Still one of my favorites after all these years.
4. WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP - Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage - Wrestlemania 3
I wasn't the biggest WWF fan in the 80's, as my allegiance was always with the NWA. I had heard great things about this match, and finally saw it when I was around 8 years old when I scored a Wrestlemania 3 VHS at a yard sale. I have to say, it well surpassed the hype and still stands up to this day.
5. Undertaker vs. Mankind - Hell in a Cell - King of the Ring 98
Regarded by many as a glorified spot fest, the images of Mankind getting thrown off the Cell are still shown to this day. This is a match I've watched a hundred times, and is the epitome of the Attitude Era in my eyes. This match solidified Mick Foley as a Legend, and is a pretty good introduction to non wrestling fans into the world of WWE.
I love it, if only for it's sheer brutality.
These are the matches that seem to still capture my imagination after all these years, and made me appreciate professional wrestling that much more.
There's plenty of matches from 2000 on that would be on this list, but classic wrestling to me was everything before the WWE's purchase of WCW and ECW.
Maybe I'm just old.
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