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Post by ellisd on Feb 11, 2018 15:57:46 GMT -5
I thought it would be cool to talk about some of the matches that you wish that we could have seen. This could be matches between 2 wrestlers that never happened at all, or maybe they crossed paths at one time but you wanted to see them wrestle at a different point in their careers. There can be many reasons that the match didn’t happen; maybe they weren’t in the same company at the same time, maybe one wrestler was injured before they had the chance to wrestle each other, or maybe they were on the roster at the same time and it just didn’t happen, or I guess we could even include dream matches were they were from different eras if you want.
I’ve got a couple to start off with.
Undertaker Vs Umaga - Undertaker had a history of being booked against these unstoppable monsters, and Umaga was one of my favorite Monsters of the ring. Both wrestlers were in the company at the same time, but I don’t think they ever wrestled each other. I think Umaga would have made a good challenger to The Streak at WrestleMania.
Edge vs Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy vs Christian ( 4 way Ladder Match for the WWE or World Title) - We had seen these 4 men in ladder matches as teams but as they moved up the ladder to become World Champions, I wanted to see all 4 wrestling each other in a ladder match. I think when Christian returned to WWE in 2009 I think it would have been perfect for this to happen. In 2009 Edge and Jeff Hardy were fighting over the title, and we also saw the Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy feud. I think with Christian returning it would have been cool to work him into the mix and build to to a 4 way Ladder Match. I loved the Edge vs Jeff Hardy ladder match from Extreme Rules 2009 but I think Matt and Christian being involved would have been that much better.
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 11, 2018 16:19:54 GMT -5
I feel that WWE missed the boat several times the last few years at Mania while having major guys on the roster at the same time.
Batista vs. Brock at Mania 30 — Brock could have stayed the course complaining about not having his WWE Title match, and they could have had Batista return as the face they wanted him to be. All the while Bryan vs. Triple H still could have taken place and hell even Punk vs. Orton for the title could have happened as originally planned in the fall of 2013, and Punk still might be with the company today.
Sting vs. Taker at Mania 31 — This ones easy, replace Taker/Wyatts terrible match as well as the poorly choreographed Sting/Triple H match and instead had one of the biggest marquee matches in WWE history. Claim all you want that Sting/Taker wouldn't have been a great wrestling match, but then try to tell me it would have been any worse than either of the other two aforementioned matches.
Big Show vs. Shaq at Mania 32 — This one is to a lesser extent. Instead of saving this match for Mania 33, you had both guys at Mania 32. Cant speculate on the timing of Shaqs appearance here but if they could have, it would have been so much better to just have this match instead of having a pointless 10 second staredown followed by everyone eliminating them.
I also would have liked to see Taker vs. AJ but I fear that by the time Styles arrived to WWE, it would have been nearly impossible for even him to carry Taker to a memorable match.
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Post by PJ on Feb 11, 2018 16:52:23 GMT -5
The five year rule still applies.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Feb 11, 2018 17:47:13 GMT -5
The Brothers of Destruction Vs The Shield Summerslam 2013.
Bret Hart Vs The Rock 1997
Goldberg Vs Stone Cold 2003
Brothers of Destruction Vs The Outsiders 2002.
I would also love to see Undertaker fight guys like Demon Balor and AJ but there is a slight a possibility.
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Post by ellisd on Feb 11, 2018 19:05:19 GMT -5
I feel that WWE missed the boat several times the last few years at Mania while having major guys on the roster at the same time. Batista vs. Brock at Mania 30 — Brock could have stayed the course complaining about not having his WWE Title match, and they could have had Batista return as the face they wanted him to be. All the while Bryan vs. Triple H still could have taken place and hell even Punk vs. Orton for the title could have happened as originally planned in the fall of 2013, and Punk still might be with the company today. Sting vs. Taker at Mania 31 — This ones easy, replace Taker/Wyatts terrible match as well as the poorly choreographed Sting/Triple H match and instead had one of the biggest marquee matches in WWE history. Claim all you want that Sting/Taker wouldn't have been a great wrestling match, but then try to tell me it would have been any worse than either of the other two aforementioned matches. Big Show vs. Shaq at Mania 32 — This one is to a lesser extent. Instead of saving this match for Mania 33, you had both guys at Mania 32. Cant speculate on the timing of Shaqs appearance here but if they could have, it would have been so much better to just have this match instead of having a pointless 10 second staredown followed by everyone eliminating them. I also would have liked to see Taker vs. AJ but I fear that by the time Styles arrived to WWE, it would have been nearly impossible for even him to carry Taker to a memorable match. I’ve wanted to see Batista vs Brock too. And I could see it happening with Bryan vs Triple H and Punk vs Orton as you mentioned. But who would Taker’s opponent be that year then? The five year rule still applies. I think I missed something |
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Post by Nivro™ on Feb 11, 2018 19:10:42 GMT -5
Bruno Sammartino vs Hulk Hogan
Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan (At Wrestlemania)
Legion of Doom vs Demolition (Ax & Smash)
Legion of Doom vs Steiner Brothers (big stage like Wrestlemania)
Sting vs Ultimate Warrior
Brain Busters vs Steiner Brothers (this might have happened not sure)
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Post by PJ on Feb 11, 2018 19:17:21 GMT -5
I feel that WWE missed the boat several times the last few years at Mania while having major guys on the roster at the same time. Batista vs. Brock at Mania 30 — Brock could have stayed the course complaining about not having his WWE Title match, and they could have had Batista return as the face they wanted him to be. All the while Bryan vs. Triple H still could have taken place and hell even Punk vs. Orton for the title could have happened as originally planned in the fall of 2013, and Punk still might be with the company today. Sting vs. Taker at Mania 31 — This ones easy, replace Taker/Wyatts terrible match as well as the poorly choreographed Sting/Triple H match and instead had one of the biggest marquee matches in WWE history. Claim all you want that Sting/Taker wouldn't have been a great wrestling match, but then try to tell me it would have been any worse than either of the other two aforementioned matches. Big Show vs. Shaq at Mania 32 — This one is to a lesser extent. Instead of saving this match for Mania 33, you had both guys at Mania 32. Cant speculate on the timing of Shaqs appearance here but if they could have, it would have been so much better to just have this match instead of having a pointless 10 second staredown followed by everyone eliminating them. I also would have liked to see Taker vs. AJ but I fear that by the time Styles arrived to WWE, it would have been nearly impossible for even him to carry Taker to a memorable match. I’ve wanted to see Batista vs Brock too. And I could see it happening with Bryan vs Triple H and Punk vs Orton as you mentioned. But who would Taker’s opponent be that year then? The five year rule still applies. I think I missed something The first reply had plenty of matches that are considered modern. For the Classic board it need to be at least five years ago. So there shouldn't be any matches from any wrestlemania after WrestleMania 29/30 being mentioned. |
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Post by ellisd on Feb 11, 2018 19:35:18 GMT -5
I’ve wanted to see Batista vs Brock too. And I could see it happening with Bryan vs Triple H and Punk vs Orton as you mentioned. But who would Taker’s opponent be that year then? I think I missed something The first reply had plenty of matches that are considered modern. For the Classic board it need to be at least five years ago. So there shouldn't be any matches from any wrestlemania after WrestleMania 29/30 being mentioned. Alright, I see what you’re saying. I expect most responses will be classic, but didn’t think anyone wanted 2 of the same threads, one in the main WWE board and one in the classics. |
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Post by Darkhawk on Feb 11, 2018 20:12:19 GMT -5
Eddie Guerrero vs. Shawn Michaels I know these 2 would of easily had a 5-Star Match. 2004-05
Shawn Michaels vs. Brock Lesnar 2002
Goldberg vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin 2003
Randy Orton vs. The Rock 2004
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 11, 2018 21:40:31 GMT -5
I feel that WWE missed the boat several times the last few years at Mania while having major guys on the roster at the same time. Batista vs. Brock at Mania 30 — Brock could have stayed the course complaining about not having his WWE Title match, and they could have had Batista return as the face they wanted him to be. All the while Bryan vs. Triple H still could have taken place and hell even Punk vs. Orton for the title could have happened as originally planned in the fall of 2013, and Punk still might be with the company today. Sting vs. Taker at Mania 31 — This ones easy, replace Taker/Wyatts terrible match as well as the poorly choreographed Sting/Triple H match and instead had one of the biggest marquee matches in WWE history. Claim all you want that Sting/Taker wouldn't have been a great wrestling match, but then try to tell me it would have been any worse than either of the other two aforementioned matches. Big Show vs. Shaq at Mania 32 — This one is to a lesser extent. Instead of saving this match for Mania 33, you had both guys at Mania 32. Cant speculate on the timing of Shaqs appearance here but if they could have, it would have been so much better to just have this match instead of having a pointless 10 second staredown followed by everyone eliminating them. I also would have liked to see Taker vs. AJ but I fear that by the time Styles arrived to WWE, it would have been nearly impossible for even him to carry Taker to a memorable match. I’ve wanted to see Batista vs Brock too. And I could see it happening with Bryan vs Triple H and Punk vs Orton as you mentioned. But who would Taker’s opponent be that year then? Eh throw in Taker vs. Cena, its a big time marquee match and fitting for the 30th Anniversary of Mania. My card would look like this. ______________________________________ WWE World Championship CM Punk vs. Randy Orton(c) No Holds Barred Match Batista vs. Brock Lesnar Undefeated Streak on the Line Undertaker vs. John Cena Grudge Match Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H 6 Man Tag Team Match The Shield vs. The Wyatts ______________________________________ Everything else kind of still looks the same, Cesaro wins the Andre Battle Royal and AJ retains Divas Title. Outlaws and Kane don't need to be on the card, their match served no ultimate purpose. The only thing id feel bad about changing is the Daniel Bryan ending but I suppose they could still have added in the the stipulation that the winner of the Bryan/HHH match gets added to the main event. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 8:26:53 GMT -5
Eddie Guerrero vs Shawn Michaels
Eddie Guerrero vs Randy Savage
Randy Savage vs Shawn Michaels
Ken Shamrock vs Brock Lesnar
Goldberg vs The Undertaker
The Undertaker vs Sting
Goldberg vs The Ultimate Warrior (It would have likely sucked, but it would've been awesome to see them stare each other down)
Hulk Hogan vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
Hulk Hogan vs John Cena
John Cena vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
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Post by ellisd on Feb 12, 2018 10:15:46 GMT -5
Eddie Guerrero vs Shawn Michaels Eddie Guerrero vs Randy Savage Randy Savage vs Shawn Michaels Ken Shamrock vs Brock Lesnar Goldberg vs The Undertaker The Undertaker vs Sting Goldberg vs The Ultimate Warrior (It would have likely sucked, but it would've been awesome to see them stare each other down) Hulk Hogan vs Stone Cold Steve Austin Hulk Hogan vs John Cena John Cena vs Stone Cold Steve Austin Some good choices there. Savage vs Shawn would have been a great match. The few matches they had in 1992 when Michaels was starting his singles career were pretty good. But I bet a match between the 2 a few years later, maybe with a little storyline build up behind it, would have been awesome! |
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Feb 12, 2018 10:34:23 GMT -5
man, ive got a whole giant list ive been compiling over the years as i always think of more id like to see. here's where its at now:
hogan vs flair (WM8)
sting vs warrior (cross-promotion: when both were World Champions)
perfect vs steamboat (1991 for Perfect's IC title, prob the best technical match we never got to see)
perfect vs rude (when both were big heels. imagine the giant ego's battling it out)
goldberg vs austin (during the height of the Monday night wars 1998?)
studd/bundy vs dreamteam and sheik & volkoff (they did some heel vs heel matches around this time and these 2 woulda been favs of mine. (studd/bundy woulda beat both for the belts)
studd/bundy vs sid/vader
twin towers vs natural disasters (dream fat guy match right here)
bulldogs vs killer bees & the rockers & strikeforce (these woulda been some great fan friendly matches)
muraco/graham vs omg/reed (never got happen as graham got hurt)
killer bees vs rockers
savage vs hercules (after savage interfered and cost Herc the IC belt vs steamboat on snme)
studd vs bundy (after the bulldogs match, when they stated not getting along)
survivor series 1989: studd/duggan/rockers vs andre/haku/brain busters (if studd never left in 89)
studd/hogan vs andre/bundy (1988-snme) - if studd returned a year earlier
bundy vs yokozuna / earthqauke / omg
hercules vs bravo (when both were major heels. the 2 strong men in wwf goin at it)
earthqauke/dino bravo vs one man gang/butch reed (a little different timelines, but this would be a cool match).
hart foundation vs midnight express (when both were heels. imagine the cheating between both esp with both Jimmy managers on the outside)
hart foundation vs dreamteam (heels vs heels)
four horseman (flair/luger/tully/arn) vs heenan family (orndorff/race/bundy/hercules) 1987
heenan family (orndorff/race/bundy/hercules) vs. patera/graham/bigelow/billy jack haynes 1987 (after heenan family whipped patera on tv)
top nwa good guys: sting/luger/dusty/nikita vs top wwf good guys: hogan/piper/warrior/savage 1987
top nwa tag teams: warriors/steiners/midnights/R&R Ex vs top wwf tag teams: demolition/bulldogs/harts/rockers 1987
hogan vs gonzales (summerslam 93)
hart vs luger (wm9)
mr perfect vs kurt angle (wm 2002)- another great match that never got to happen cause perfect got fired
gonzales vs yoko (1993 the fattest vs the tallest)
hogan vs dusty (1989 when Dusty came to wwf)
hogan/warrior vs LOD (1991 when LOD came to wwf. the best singles vs the best tag team)
sting/warrior vs LOD (1990 the 2 greatest single face painted wrestlers vs the greatest face painted tag team)
DX- micheals/hhh/new age outlaws vs NWO- hogan/giant/outsiders (1997 xpac/syxx as the ref-which way's he gonna go?)
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 12, 2018 11:33:14 GMT -5
Sting vs The Undertaker comes to mind
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Feb 13, 2018 12:50:59 GMT -5
Sting vs The Undertaker comes to mind MAJOR missed WM Taker match opportunity right there  |
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Post by PJ on Feb 13, 2018 14:17:36 GMT -5
For me it needed to be surfer Sting vs original Undertaker. With the whole Light vs Dark, Good vs Evil type of build up.
Two tag team matches I would have loved to see...
British Bulldogs vs Steiner Brothers
British Bulldogs vs LOD
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Post by ellisd on Feb 13, 2018 14:22:08 GMT -5
For me it needed to be surfer Sting vs original Undertaker. With the whole Light vs Dark, Good vs Evil type of build up. Two tag team matches I would have loved to see... British Bulldogs vs Steiner Brothers British Bulldogs vs LOD I’ve gotta agree with you on that. Although I think crow Sting vs Undertaker would be cool, now that you mention it, surfer Sting vs Undertaker sounds even better. |
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Post by The Brain on Feb 13, 2018 15:58:25 GMT -5
I remember thinking this was a lock after Flair came in during the Fall of 91. How sadly mistaken I was... |
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Post by k5 on Feb 13, 2018 19:09:16 GMT -5
michaels/hogan 98. rather hogan jumps back or hbk goes south
Austin/hogan instead of michaels/Austin at wm14 as Pritchard claims was supposedly being the direction they wanted to take
Bret Hart/kurt angle
Bret Hart vs the rock
Hbk vs the rock
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Post by Stuart? on Feb 13, 2018 19:14:56 GMT -5
I wish we could've seen a proper singles feud between CM Punk and Dean Ambrose.
Punk vs Kevin Owens is another dream match of mine.
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