The Brain's Classic Feuds Discussion

Greg Valentine vs Ronnie Garvin

This feud would get started during the Spring of 89 on an episode of Superstars in which Garvin would defeat Valentine. This would irate the Hammer to the point where he would challenge him again for the following week in a loser leaves town match.In the end Valentine would pick up the win to send Garvin packing...For now. I liked Valentine/Hart gloating at the end of the match.

Garvin would come back to TV not long after this in the ref role which didn't last long after he was canned by Jack Tunney for forcefully getting involved in matches. One in particular was punching Valentine during his match with Jimmy Snuka on SNME that July.He then would take on briefly a ring announcer role with the most infamous moment happening at SSlam that year during the Hammer/Hercules match with Garvin ripping on his foe. Hammer selling his anger was great here.

That Fall, Valentine demanded the WWF reinstate Garvin back into the fold with the resuming their feud from there. They would both be on the opposite ends at SSeries that year with Greg on the King's Court and Ronnie on the 4x4s. The heels would prevail in the end. The feud would culminate at the Rumble that January in a submission match. Main selling point here was Garvin having his own shin guard named the ''hammer jammer'' to counter Valentine's ''heartbreaker''. Garvin would pick up the win to officially the feud.

Overall... I was never a Garvin fan but I gotta say I did enjoy this feud.It was nice to see a low card feud get a good run.Definitely check out the Rumble match as it's a nice old school fashion match.

Shawn Michaels vs Rick Martel

Brief feud here humanoids. This would come about after Martel would start flirting with Sensational Sherri during one of HBKs matches which ticked of the SATX native and with that we're off.Michaels would retaliate by costing Martel to become IC champ that Summer in a match with Bret Hart. This would lead to the match being set for SSlam at Wembley with the stipulation being ''no hitting in the face''. In the end both guys were counted out when Sherri would ''pass out'' with both guys then brawling on the floor.Martel would get a babyface reaction post match when he splashed Sherri with water.

Overall... I always liked Martel and this initial heel run of HBK was my fav in his career so I enjoyed this little feud here.It was also nice to see heel vs heel which was extremely rare during these days.

Lex Luger vs Tatanka

This feud would get underway during the Summer of 94. Luger by this point was running on fumes after his failed run in the World Title picture so this was his next meaningful feud here.It was teased Luger was in cahoots with Ted Dibiase and his Corporation which led to Tatanka calling him a sell out during the build for this thing.In the end it was all a ruse as Tatanka was the one who would sell out at SSlam by attacking Luger post match.Even though I still feel Luger should've been the one to turn heel, This was a nice swerve and a nice way to change up Tatanka's character a bit.

From there the two would continue on into the Fall months with both guys being on opposite end at the SSeries that year with Luger apart of ''Guts and Glory'' and Tatanka on the $$$ Team.In the end the heels would prevail.After this they cooled down on the feud heading into 95 with Tatanka vying for the tag belts with Bam Bam Bigelow and Luger trying his luck in the Rumble match.The feud would come to a climax right before Mania XII in a cage match in which Luger would pick up the win to end this once and for all. Decent little cage match here all things considered.

Overall...I definitely would've been more invested in this if they turned Luger back to his Narcissist gimmick and had him join the Corporation. It would've breathed new life into em for sure after that flop of a main event push. As is though this was a feud I really didn't care about.