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Post by Scott! on May 20, 2023 13:54:37 GMT -5
I don't know why, but for some reason I was thinking earlier about Wrestlemania 29 and it got me wondering, for you what are some of the weirdest Title Matches in Wrestlemania history? Reason I was thinking about it is obviously because we got Alberto Del Rio against Jack Swagger in a world title match.. at Wrestlemania?!
If that had been a match on Main Event I wouldn't have gave a crap let alone the World Title match on the biggest show of the year. It's still one of those ones I can't believe actually happened.
What is your one match, or matches, you still are dumbfounded they put on a Wrestlemania card?
Any title btw, have fun.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on May 20, 2023 14:02:00 GMT -5
At the time I slyly understood Del Rio/Swagger and the build up was decent but it still felt weird... looking back now 10 years later that stuff feels even more weird that it was for the World Title at a WM ffs...
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Post by CM Tusk on May 20, 2023 14:12:09 GMT -5
Road Dogg vs Goldust vs Shamrock vs Val Venis Billy Gunn vs Bob Holly vs Al Snow  you Russo |
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Post by TKO Propagandist on May 20, 2023 14:20:01 GMT -5
Goldust vs Maven for the Hardcore belt was included instead of a Test vs Albert singles match. It worked out better but still surprised it made the main card
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on May 20, 2023 14:32:28 GMT -5
Edge vs Del Rio in 2011 was a weird one... it should have been Edge vs Christian for the World Title.
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Post by MKSavage on May 20, 2023 14:58:26 GMT -5
These come to mind:
WM1: Greg Valentine vs. JYD. Nothing against the match or pairing, but Chico/Hammer really was a hot feud at the time, very odd that it didn't make the biggest PPV of the time.
WM3: Hart Foundation & Danny Davis vs. British Bulldogs & Chico Santana - not a title match, but it really should have been the Hart Foundation vs. British Bulldogs for the belts. Great feud and should have had the match at the PPV.
WM10: Men on a Mission vs. the Quebecers. They had the Steiner Brothers and Headshrinkers in the company, but this was the tag team title match at WM10.
WM13: nothing against any of the competitors, but the title matches were just odd or lackluster: Taker/Sid (WWF Title), Rocky Maivia/Sultan (IC title), and Bulldog/Owen vs. Vader/Mankind (Tag Titles). The feuds seemed to come out of nowhere, and none of them did anything spectacular at the PPV. Honestly, if it weren't for Bret/Austin, this might have gone down as the worst WrestleMania in history. The street fight was also good.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on May 20, 2023 17:08:20 GMT -5
These come to mind: WM1: Greg Valentine vs. JYD. Nothing against the match or pairing, but Chico/Hammer really was a hot feud at the time, very odd that it didn't make the biggest PPV of the time. WM3: Hart Foundation & Danny Davis vs. British Bulldogs & Chico Santana - not a title match, but it really should have been the Hart Foundation vs. British Bulldogs for the belts. Great feud and should have had the match at the PPV.WM10: Men on a Mission vs. the Quebecers. They had the Steiner Brothers and Headshrinkers in the company, but this was the tag team title match at WM10. WM13: nothing against any of the competitors, but the title matches were just odd or lackluster: Taker/Sid (WWF Title), Rocky Maivia/Sultan (IC title), and Bulldog/Owen vs. Vader/Mankind (Tag Titles). The feuds seemed to come out of nowhere, and none of them did anything spectacular at the PPV. Honestly, if it weren't for Bret/Austin, this might have gone down as the worst WrestleMania in history. The street fight was also good.
The IC Title match was explained by Greg and Tito in shoots. Apparently, the house shows were so high for Santana vs. Valentine that McMahon thought having it live on a national PPV type event would make fans not care to see the matches at the house shows.
As for the WM 3 six man tag match, Dynamite Kid was still too injured to really do much for it to be a tag title match, so to lessen the pain on him, they went with a six man tag.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2023 19:14:47 GMT -5
These come to mind: WM1: Greg Valentine vs. JYD. Nothing against the match or pairing, but Chico/Hammer really was a hot feud at the time, very odd that it didn't make the biggest PPV of the time. WM3: Hart Foundation & Danny Davis vs. British Bulldogs & Chico Santana - not a title match, but it really should have been the Hart Foundation vs. British Bulldogs for the belts. Great feud and should have had the match at the PPV.WM10: Men on a Mission vs. the Quebecers. They had the Steiner Brothers and Headshrinkers in the company, but this was the tag team title match at WM10. WM13: nothing against any of the competitors, but the title matches were just odd or lackluster: Taker/Sid (WWF Title), Rocky Maivia/Sultan (IC title), and Bulldog/Owen vs. Vader/Mankind (Tag Titles). The feuds seemed to come out of nowhere, and none of them did anything spectacular at the PPV. Honestly, if it weren't for Bret/Austin, this might have gone down as the worst WrestleMania in history. The street fight was also good. The IC Title match was explained by Greg and Tito in shoots. Apparently, the house shows were so high for Santana vs. Valentine that McMahon thought having it live on a national PPV type event would make fans not care to see the matches at the house shows. As for the WM 3 six man tag match, Dynamite Kid was still too injured to really do much for it to be a tag title match, so to lessen the pain on him, they went with a six man tag. i was really into the danny davis ref turn thing and wanted to see him have to face bulldogs/santana |
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Post by JokerFC on May 20, 2023 20:19:45 GMT -5
Ya Dynamite was still fubar at WM...the original plan was for the Harts to win the belts there
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Post by Kill Em' All on May 20, 2023 21:54:59 GMT -5
Delrio-Swagger that’s barely good enough for main event of WWE Superstars
Real clear of how devalued the WHC was post 2010/2011 in its final few years.
Edge - Show- Cena wasn’t a bad match at all; but I think Cena-Edge collision was superior
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Post by Scott! on May 20, 2023 23:26:47 GMT -5
Delrio-Swagger that’s barely good enough for main event of WWE Superstars Real clear of how devalued the WHC was post 2010/2011 in its final few years. Edge - Show- Cena wasn’t a bad match at all; but I think Cena-Edge collision was superior I liked the Triple threat match, but I agree Edge/Cena in a singles would’ve been better. No disrespect to Show, but I could’ve done without the “Vickies cheating on Edge with him” storyline. |
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Post by Kill Em' All on May 20, 2023 23:41:42 GMT -5
Delrio-Swagger that’s barely good enough for main event of WWE Superstars Real clear of how devalued the WHC was post 2010/2011 in its final few years. Edge - Show- Cena wasn’t a bad match at all; but I think Cena-Edge collision was superior I liked the Triple threat match, but I agree Edge/Cena in a singles would’ve been better. No disrespect to Show, but I could’ve done without the “Vickies cheating on Edge with him” storyline. I agree I think it was solid match but little silly for a main event mania storyline Could of been really great story with just Edge-Cena and Edges No Way Out 2009 Stunt. Maybe if we had to have had the triple threat had much more serious story and Show was being built to just be this monster heel that was demolishing them. He had some strong booking in late 08-09. So maybe in story Vickie’s hit man in Show going rogue and going to mania to conquer. |
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Post by MKSavage on May 21, 2023 0:02:41 GMT -5
These come to mind: WM1: Greg Valentine vs. JYD. Nothing against the match or pairing, but Chico/Hammer really was a hot feud at the time, very odd that it didn't make the biggest PPV of the time. WM3: Hart Foundation & Danny Davis vs. British Bulldogs & Chico Santana - not a title match, but it really should have been the Hart Foundation vs. British Bulldogs for the belts. Great feud and should have had the match at the PPV.WM10: Men on a Mission vs. the Quebecers. They had the Steiner Brothers and Headshrinkers in the company, but this was the tag team title match at WM10. WM13: nothing against any of the competitors, but the title matches were just odd or lackluster: Taker/Sid (WWF Title), Rocky Maivia/Sultan (IC title), and Bulldog/Owen vs. Vader/Mankind (Tag Titles). The feuds seemed to come out of nowhere, and none of them did anything spectacular at the PPV. Honestly, if it weren't for Bret/Austin, this might have gone down as the worst WrestleMania in history. The street fight was also good.
The IC Title match was explained by Greg and Tito in shoots. Apparently, the house shows were so high for Santana vs. Valentine that McMahon thought having it live on a national PPV type event would make fans not care to see the matches at the house shows.
As for the WM 3 six man tag match, Dynamite Kid was still too injured to really do much for it to be a tag title match, so to lessen the pain on him, they went with a six man tag.
Yeah, I remember Dynamite not being in the best shape at the time, but they probably could have done the match anyway with Davey Boy doing most of the work. And they probably could have done the Chico/Valentine match at WM1 without hurting the house business. It didn't need to have a true finish, they could have had a double-DQ to keep the feud going. |
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Post by CM Tusk on May 21, 2023 1:22:56 GMT -5
Have to go with some Women’s Championship matches too.
Sable vs Tori: You had one of the hottest acts in the company turn heel because she was in Playboy, which obviously makes people love her more, and have her defend against a “fan” with little to no experience. I get matches with Luna and Jacqueline were over done but you had a fresh faced Ivory on the roster doing nothing but hanging with D-Lo and you had Chyna who could have worked as a corporate heel against hot babyface Sable. Idk.
Trish vs Christy Hemme: Hottest female heel in wrestling at the time facing a green Christy was just weird. I get Lita could compete but you still had a ton of talented women on the roster you could have gone with here I’m pretty sure.
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Post by Old Zeke on May 21, 2023 6:33:34 GMT -5
Swagger/Del Rio is the first one that comes to mind.
Swagger's gone for months, then suddenly comes back and gets a title shot against one of the worst babyface champions in recent memory, Del Rio.
I didn't care about it at the time, and I still don't care about it. I'm just happy Ziggler cashed in the night after Mania, and the whole sorry storyline with Swagger/Del Rio was dropped...well, at least for two years until that whole MexAmerica crap.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on May 21, 2023 9:16:40 GMT -5
These come to mind: WM1: Greg Valentine vs. JYD. Nothing against the match or pairing, but Chico/Hammer really was a hot feud at the time, very odd that it didn't make the biggest PPV of the time. WM3: Hart Foundation & Danny Davis vs. British Bulldogs & Chico Santana - not a title match, but it really should have been the Hart Foundation vs. British Bulldogs for the belts. Great feud and should have had the match at the PPV. WM10: Men on a Mission vs. the Quebecers. They had the Steiner Brothers and Headshrinkers in the company, but this was the tag team title match at WM10. WM13: nothing against any of the competitors, but the title matches were just odd or lackluster: Taker/Sid (WWF Title), Rocky Maivia/Sultan (IC title), and Bulldog/Owen vs. Vader/Mankind (Tag Titles). The feuds seemed to come out of nowhere, and none of them did anything spectacular at the PPV. Honestly, if it weren't for Bret/Austin, this might have gone down as the worst WrestleMania in history. The street fight was also good. WM13 Taker vs HBK for the WWF Title would have been a classic… I liked Taker vs Sid tho |
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Post by dixol on May 22, 2023 18:46:59 GMT -5
Ya Dynamite was still fubar at WM...the original plan was for the Harts to win the belts there That was not the original plan at all. |
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Post by JokerFC on May 23, 2023 0:45:41 GMT -5
Ya Dynamite was still fubar at WM...the original plan was for the Harts to win the belts there That was not the original plan at all. Yeah it was as confirmed by many including the RF shoot with Bret & Jim. They had to drop them to the Harts earlier when Dynamite was revealed to actually be in traction. WM3 match was changed then to include Tito to accommodate Billington's still fragile condition |
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Post by ¡Twist Of 45 and 47! on May 23, 2023 1:46:59 GMT -5
Edge, Cena and Big Show. An Edge and Cena match would have been fine. Why they felt the need to add Big Show to the mix is beyond me.
Alberto and Jack Swagger. Its a B PPV match at best and thats what they chose as Smackdown's main event that year?
Christy Hemme and Trish. Christy was still new so it made no sense to put her up against Trish at Wrestlemania of all places. Raw, sure.
Kane and Chavo. Just a random pairing but they got the reacting they were after.
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