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Post by jason88cubs on Sept 19, 2021 18:15:55 GMT -5
post a match that a wrestler or tag team lost that was damaging to them, that hurt them as they continued on
I say Luger's failing to win title at SUmmerslam 93
He won the match but lost the war. He celebrated like ge won the title but didn't
It was damaging
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Post by LA Times on Sept 19, 2021 20:12:04 GMT -5
Kevin Nash def Goldberg @starrcade 1998
Brock Lesnar def Undertaker @wrestlemania XXX
Team WWE def The Nexus @summerslam 2010
HHH def Booker T @wrestlemania XIX
Kevin Federline def John Cena @raw Jan 2007
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Post by The Brain on Sept 19, 2021 20:34:55 GMT -5
Austin losing to Duggan in seconds at Fall Brawl 94
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Post by CM Tusk on Sept 19, 2021 20:44:18 GMT -5
Yeah Lex looked like a real loser after that.
Vader looked like a bum after failing to beat Michaels at Summerslam.
DDP being brought in and quickly being Undertakers bitch kind of ended him.
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Post by Angusdacat on Sept 19, 2021 21:59:53 GMT -5
The Fiend losing to a suplex against Goldberg after surviving a dozen curb stomps a month prior
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Post by cordless2016 on Sept 19, 2021 23:04:11 GMT -5
Luger not winning the title from Yoko at SS ā93 - this was the peak of Lugers momentum. Him celebrating like an idiot at the end of the show despite not winning the title did him no favors, and from this point on the fans chose Bret over him.
HBK beating Vader at SS ā96 - Vader lost all mistique that night and his career was never the same.
Nash beating Goldberg - fans werenāt ready for Goldberg to lose and his momentum never recovered.
HHH beating Booker T - Booker came off as a chump and was stuck in the midcard for the next 3 years.
HHH beating Orton at Unforgiven 2004 - the only thing worse than Orton turning face at the time was loosing to HHH weeks later. He didnāt sniff another world title for over three years.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Sept 20, 2021 12:33:04 GMT -5
The Great Muta at Starrcade 1989, "Future Shock".
It was an Iron Man Tournament & he lost 3 straight matches. The first one to Ric Flair in under 2 minutes, the second to Sting in under 9 minutes, the third to Lex Luger in under 15 minutes.
I believe he left JCP/NWA shortly after.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 12:45:34 GMT -5
Goldberg is at the top of the list for me.
Booker at Wrestlemania to Triple H was another huge loss. Booker could have been made into a mega star if he had won that match.
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Post by rateddal on Sept 21, 2021 8:46:59 GMT -5
Obviously the writing was on the wall but Power and Glory squash at WM VII.
Tatanka vs Ludvig Borga. Once the undefeated streak ended his ceiling was lowered dramatically. Not winning the IC title from HBK wasn't a good thing but at least his unbeaten streak helped keep momentum for him.
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Post by cordless2016 on Sept 21, 2021 10:05:45 GMT -5
Could we consider Hogan and Hall both loosing at WM18 damaging losses? The nWo was toast after that night (they were already on rocky ground after some questions booking in the buildup). Hogan obviously went on to bigger things but the WWE version of the nWo was on life support.
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Post by LA Times on Sept 21, 2021 10:47:22 GMT -5
Could we consider Hogan and Hall both loosing at WM18 damaging losses? The nWo was toast after that night (they were already on rocky ground after some questions booking in the buildup). Hogan obviously went on to bigger things but the WWE version of the nWo was on life support. As much as the Canadian crowd and myself wanted hogan to win at wrestlemania x8, the right guy went over. Hogan winning that match would've been like if bruno sammartino came back in 1991 and beat hulk hogan. |
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Post by cordless2016 on Sept 21, 2021 12:46:42 GMT -5
Could we consider Hogan and Hall both loosing at WM18 damaging losses? The nWo was toast after that night (they were already on rocky ground after some questions booking in the buildup). Hogan obviously went on to bigger things but the WWE version of the nWo was on life support. As much as the Canadian crowd and myself wanted hogan to win at wrestlemania x8, the right guy went over. Hogan winning that match would've been like if bruno sammartino came back in 1991 and beat hulk hogan. Agreed Rock needed to win. The bigger issue is the nWo didnāt get any wins. Putting Hall with Austin was a no win situation as no way Austin was doing a job to Hall that night. I think had Nash had a match and won atleast they could say the nWo had a win, but both going winless seemed to be the final nail for the group. |
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Post by PJ on Sept 21, 2021 14:02:29 GMT -5
Booker came off like a chump in the wwe way before the Triple H match. The Rock disrespecting him on his first night and Austin destroying him in the grocery store did far more damage to Booker (and the rest of the WCW roster) than his WM match vs Triple H. Thereās nothing anyone can say to change my opinion on that.
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Post by cordless2016 on Sept 21, 2021 14:38:06 GMT -5
Booker came off like a chump in the wwe way before the Triple H match. The Rock disrespecting him on his first night and Austin destroying him in the grocery store did far more damage to Booker (and the rest of the WCW roster) than his WM match vs Triple H. Thereās nothing anyone can say to change my opinion on that. I agree the Rock and Austin stuff killed his credibility long before the HHH feud. I think what makes that so frustrating is despite those burials, Booker still recovered, built a ton of fan support, and by 2003 felt like one of the next guys to break into the main event scene. All the chips were there and the WWE just needed to cash inā¦then HHH said āhis peopleā donāt win world titles, pinned him about 24 hours after hitting the pedigree, and proved his point. Booker was then squarely placed in the midcard for the next 3+ years until a string of injuries to the Smackdown roster and a ridiculous gimmick change allowed him to finally win the world title (Iām a fan of the āKing Bookahā gimmick but itās ridiculous thatās what it took for Booker to be taken more seriously in the WWE). While Booker recovered relatively quickly from the Rock and Austin feuds, the HHH one buried him six feet under for years. |
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Post by The Brain on Sept 21, 2021 16:39:33 GMT -5
Obviously the writing was on the wall but Power and Glory squash at WM VII. After a strong build up in 1990, to see em job here was a shame. Really wish they got a run with the belts. |
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Post by K5 on Sept 21, 2021 22:23:17 GMT -5
Booker came off like a chump in the wwe way before the Triple H match. The Rock disrespecting him on his first night and Austin destroying him in the grocery store did far more damage to Booker (and the rest of the WCW roster) than his WM match vs Triple H. Thereās nothing anyone can say to change my opinion on that. yeah, the rock straight up acted like he didnāt know who booker was. thatās rough |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Sept 22, 2021 0:40:22 GMT -5
Obviously the writing was on the wall but Power and Glory squash at WM VII. After a strong build up in 1990, to see em job here was a shame. Really wish they got a run with the belts.
I wanna say it was in a Hart Foundation shoot where they say that Power and Glory pretty much screwed themselves into not getting the belts. They would constantly whine and complain saying, "we should be champions, when are we winning the belts??" and I guess Vince was fed up with it so he kept having the Harts go over them.
Which may explain the squash match at Wrestlemania to the LOD as payback for complaining so much.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2021 3:15:19 GMT -5
rude losing to warrior at summerslam90. even his wwf career was over short after. and all that build up of a new rick rude. reminds of luger and ss93.
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Post by Ā”Twist Of 45 and 47! on Sept 22, 2021 3:39:54 GMT -5
Triple H v Randy Orton at Unforgiven 2004. Massive face turn and a World Championship only to lose it a few weeks later.
Brock Lesnar v Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel. You just don't have a guy like Strowman lose in three minutes, regardless of the outside interference that caused it. His loss to Rollins in 2019 didn't help much either. By then he was already meandering so when he won the Universal Championship last year, I just thought 'who cares?'
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Post by Evil Abed on Sept 22, 2021 4:13:34 GMT -5
Punk losing to basically everyone on the roster after Summerslam 2011 was pretty awful (Triple H, Miz, R-Truth, Del Rio, etcā¦). It obviously didnt kill him completely but Iād say his āSummer of Punkā work went from A+ material to B at best.
More recently but Nakamura losing to Mahal back to back PPVs was pretty devastating. I know he headlines Mania with Styles the year after but something was taken away from Shinsukeās aura after a solid run in NXT and debut on Smackdown up to that point with wins over Orton and Cena.
Roman taking 3 years and 5 matches to finally beat Lesnar didnt do him any favors. I dont disagree with the outcome of Mania 31, I def think Seth needed to win there. But somewhere between Summerslam ā17, Mania 34, and Greatest Rumble ā18, if Roman was going to be ātheā guy, he should have taken down Brock a lot sooner.
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