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tempo_n_groove

Lets see more lists!!!

Ledbetterman10

Top 5 favorite matches:

1) Bret/Piper (WM8)
2) Shawn/Undertaker (Hell in the Cell ‘97)
3) Austin/Dude Love (with McMahon as ref ‘98)
4) Hogan/Rock (WM18)
5) Hardys/Dudleys/E&C (TLC - WM17)

eeriepadave

tempo_n_groove said:

eeriepadave said:

tempo_n_groove said:

ConorKavanagh said:

Okay, well I didn't really understand the criteria. I was going by favourites there, and not who I think are the greatest wrestlers of all time. That's a totally different list, and depends on what we consider makes someone great. I.E is in ring more important than drawing power. If it's in ring, then Mitsuharu Misawa is up there. But for sure, Hulk Hogan has to be considered because of all the money he drew. Anyway, this is a nice chat to have when we're all going through stressful times outside of this forum!

Oh yeah, I listed in my opinion, the best wrestlers of all time for what they did for the sport.

The Rock and Stone Cold could possibly be on that list too.  

So if it was 10 all time wrestlers it would be:

Ric Flair
Dusty Rhodes
Macho Man
Hulk Hogan
Sting
Bruno Samartino
Bruiser Brody
John Cena
The Rock
Stone Cold

I would add The Undertaker and Chris Jericho to that list

I mentioned above about adding him.  Chris Jericho though?

You did? Sorry, my bad.

eeriepadave

tempo_n_groove said:

Lets see more lists!!!

eeriepadave

Ledbetterman10 said:

Top 5 favorite matches:

1) Bret/Piper (WM8)
2) Shawn/Undertaker (Hell in the Cell ‘97)
3) Austin/Dude Love (with McMahon as ref ‘98)
4) Hogan/Rock (WM18)
5) Hardys/Dudleys/E&C (TLC - WM17)

1. Steamboat/Savage (WM3)
2. British Bulldog/Bret Hart (SS ‘92)
3. Flair/Steamboat (Clash of the Champions ‘89)
4. Hardy’s/Dudley’s/Egde and Christian (WM X-17)
5. Undertaker/Edge (WM 24)

Ledbetterman10

eeriepadave said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Top 5 favorite matches:

1) Bret/Piper (WM8)
2) Shawn/Undertaker (Hell in the Cell ‘97)
3) Austin/Dude Love (with McMahon as ref ‘98)
4) Hogan/Rock (WM18)
5) Hardys/Dudleys/E&C (TLC - WM17)

1. Steamboat/Savage (WM3)
2. British Bulldog/Bret Hart (SS ‘92)
3. Flair/Steamboat (Clash of the Champions ‘89)
4. Hardy’s/Dudley’s/Egde and Christian (WM X-17)
5. Undertaker/Edge (WM 24)

I implore you to rewatch Savage/Steamboat sometime and focus on the ref. He works as hard as the two wrestlers getting in position to count all those near-falls. It’s exhausting watching him. Gorilla Monsoon’s son by the way for all you trivia buffs.

eeriepadave

Ledbetterman10 said:

eeriepadave said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Top 5 favorite matches:

1) Bret/Piper (WM8)
2) Shawn/Undertaker (Hell in the Cell ‘97)
3) Austin/Dude Love (with McMahon as ref ‘98)
4) Hogan/Rock (WM18)
5) Hardys/Dudleys/E&C (TLC - WM17)

1. Steamboat/Savage (WM3)
2. British Bulldog/Bret Hart (SS ‘92)
3. Flair/Steamboat (Clash of the Champions ‘89)
4. Hardy’s/Dudley’s/Egde and Christian (WM X-17)
5. Undertaker/Edge (WM 24)

I implore you to rewatch Savage/Steamboat sometime and focus on the ref. He works as hard as the two wrestlers getting in position to count all those near-falls. It’s exhausting watching him. Gorilla Monsoon’s son by the way for all you trivia buffs.

Yeah i haven't watched that in years. I do kinda remember Joey Marella running around counting the falls now that you mention it.

tempo_n_groove

eeriepadave said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Top 5 favorite matches:

1) Bret/Piper (WM8)
2) Shawn/Undertaker (Hell in the Cell ‘97)
3) Austin/Dude Love (with McMahon as ref ‘98)
4) Hogan/Rock (WM18)
5) Hardys/Dudleys/E&C (TLC - WM17)

1. Steamboat/Savage (WM3)
2. British Bulldog/Bret Hart (SS ‘92)
3. Flair/Steamboat (Clash of the Champions ‘89)
4. Hardy’s/Dudley’s/Egde and Christian (WM X-17)
5. Undertaker/Edge (WM 24)

Nice to see steamboat in there.  He was an amazing talent!

tempo_n_groove

1-Savage/Steamboat "bell match"  I know some of you prefer the WM3 match but if it wasn't for this one then it doesn't get as big as it did.
2-Honkytonk/Savage "guitar match  Another Savage gem.  Honkytonk bashed him over the head with his guitar.
3-British Bulldogs/Hart Foundation  Pick any one of their matches.  They are all great.
4-Flair/Rhodes These two masters would put on a show whenever they squared up and it was always a treasure.
5-Piper/Adonis WM3 The whole WM3 series is a masterpiece, it really is.  I chose this particular match though because it had Brutus Beefcake at the time without the "barber" nickname.  The match between The Beautiful Adrian Adonis and Piper was to be a haircut match and this is where Beefacke got the name "the Barber"!

What do you think?

eeriepadave

tempo_n_groove said:

1-Savage/Steamboat "bell match"  I know some of you prefer the WM3 match but if it wasn't for this one then it doesn't get as big as it did.
2-Honkytonk/Savage "guitar match  Another Savage gem.  Honkytonk bashed him over the head with his guitar.
3-British Bulldogs/Hart Foundation  Pick any one of their matches.  They are all great.
4-Flair/Rhodes These two masters would put on a show whenever they squared up and it was always a treasure.
5-Piper/Adonis WM3 The whole WM3 series is a masterpiece, it really is.  I chose this particular match though because it had Brutus Beefcake at the time without the "barber" nickname.  The match between The Beautiful Adrian Adonis and Piper was to be a haircut match and this is where Beefacke got the name "the Barber"!

What do you think?

savage/steamboat "bell" match you mean the one where savage clocked steamboat with the timekeepers bell on the throat?

and i'm guessing the savage/honlytonk man guitar match was the one where honky smashed the guitar on savage's head? I think that was on SNME.

This match also stood out to me for some reason from SNME between Hart/Savage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDcus9CrIA

Ledbetterman10

eeriepadave said:

tempo_n_groove said:

1-Savage/Steamboat "bell match"  I know some of you prefer the WM3 match but if it wasn't for this one then it doesn't get as big as it did.
2-Honkytonk/Savage "guitar match  Another Savage gem.  Honkytonk bashed him over the head with his guitar.
3-British Bulldogs/Hart Foundation  Pick any one of their matches.  They are all great.
4-Flair/Rhodes These two masters would put on a show whenever they squared up and it was always a treasure.
5-Piper/Adonis WM3 The whole WM3 series is a masterpiece, it really is.  I chose this particular match though because it had Brutus Beefcake at the time without the "barber" nickname.  The match between The Beautiful Adrian Adonis and Piper was to be a haircut match and this is where Beefacke got the name "the Barber"!

What do you think?

savage/steamboat "bell" match you mean the one where savage clocked steamboat with the timekeepers bell on the throat?

and i'm guessing the savage/honlytonk man guitar match was the one where honky smashed the guitar on savage's head? I think that was on SNME.

This match also stood out to me for some reason from SNME between Hart/Savage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDcus9CrIA

Bruno was NOT happy about that...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3TCHJ3iypU

tempo_n_groove

eeriepadave said:

tempo_n_groove said:

1-Savage/Steamboat "bell match"  I know some of you prefer the WM3 match but if it wasn't for this one then it doesn't get as big as it did.
2-Honkytonk/Savage "guitar match  Another Savage gem.  Honkytonk bashed him over the head with his guitar.
3-British Bulldogs/Hart Foundation  Pick any one of their matches.  They are all great.
4-Flair/Rhodes These two masters would put on a show whenever they squared up and it was always a treasure.
5-Piper/Adonis WM3 The whole WM3 series is a masterpiece, it really is.  I chose this particular match though because it had Brutus Beefcake at the time without the "barber" nickname.  The match between The Beautiful Adrian Adonis and Piper was to be a haircut match and this is where Beefacke got the name "the Barber"!

What do you think?

savage/steamboat "bell" match you mean the one where savage clocked steamboat with the timekeepers bell on the throat?

and i'm guessing the savage/honlytonk man guitar match was the one where honky smashed the guitar on savage's head? I think that was on SNME.

This match also stood out to me for some reason from SNME between Hart/Savage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDcus9CrIA

Saturday Night Main Event!  YES!  That was where those took place!  They are the matches that you think they were too.

These were HUGE events happening in a non payperview show.  Some truly great matches on those nights. 

I do remember them not finishing on time one night and a melee happened and they cut out to the next show, lol.  I subscribed to WWF the magazine and everything I watched was in the magazine including the rest of the melee.

Watched religiously every Saturday show or sometimes a special.

DewieCox

Jericho has been very good for a long time but I don’t think he’s ever been great. 

Hogan is the GOAT

I put Undertaker at a distant 2. Hugely popular, incredible ringwork...anybody that can sell that gimmick for that long is something special. Paul Bearer was integral to his early work and the transition of that was spectacular.

Ledbetterman10

DewieCox said:

Jericho has been very good for a long time but I don’t think he’s ever been great. 

Unless you ask HIM of course lol

I liked him in WCW. Like when he had Jericho Personal Security (Ralphus). Never really got into him in WWE. But I do like him and listen to his podcast from time to time. I read one of his books too. It was alright. Not quite on the same level of Bret's or Foley's books, but pretty good in it's own right. 

tempo_n_groove

DewieCox said:

Jericho has been very good for a long time but I don’t think he’s ever been great. 

Hogan is the GOAT

I put Undertaker at a distant 2. Hugely popular, incredible ringwork...anybody that can sell that gimmick for that long is something special. Paul Bearer was integral to his early work and the transition of that was spectacular.

I couldn't stand Paul Barer...

You have to remember that he changed up his mage a little bit over the years.  He rode a motorcycle for a while and lost the tombstone hat.

Ledbetterman10

tempo_n_groove said:

DewieCox said:

Jericho has been very good for a long time but I don’t think he’s ever been great. 

Hogan is the GOAT

I put Undertaker at a distant 2. Hugely popular, incredible ringwork...anybody that can sell that gimmick for that long is something special. Paul Bearer was integral to his early work and the transition of that was spectacular.

I couldn't stand Paul Barer...

You have to remember that he changed up his mage a little bit over the years.  He rode a motorcycle for a while and lost the tombstone hat.

I actually liked him more in the late 90's when he was with Kane, and he talked like a Southern preacher.....

"I DAMN YOU, UNDERTAKER! I DAMN YOUR SOUL TO HELL!!!" 

eeriepadave

tempo_n_groove said:

eeriepadave said:

tempo_n_groove said:

1-Savage/Steamboat "bell match"  I know some of you prefer the WM3 match but if it wasn't for this one then it doesn't get as big as it did.
2-Honkytonk/Savage "guitar match  Another Savage gem.  Honkytonk bashed him over the head with his guitar.
3-British Bulldogs/Hart Foundation  Pick any one of their matches.  They are all great.
4-Flair/Rhodes These two masters would put on a show whenever they squared up and it was always a treasure.
5-Piper/Adonis WM3 The whole WM3 series is a masterpiece, it really is.  I chose this particular match though because it had Brutus Beefcake at the time without the "barber" nickname.  The match between The Beautiful Adrian Adonis and Piper was to be a haircut match and this is where Beefacke got the name "the Barber"!

What do you think?

savage/steamboat "bell" match you mean the one where savage clocked steamboat with the timekeepers bell on the throat?

and i'm guessing the savage/honlytonk man guitar match was the one where honky smashed the guitar on savage's head? I think that was on SNME.

This match also stood out to me for some reason from SNME between Hart/Savage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDcus9CrIA

Saturday Night Main Event!  YES!  That was where those took place!  They are the matches that you think they were too.

These were HUGE events happening in a non payperview show.  Some truly great matches on those nights. 

I do remember them not finishing on time one night and a melee happened and they cut out to the next show, lol.  I subscribed to WWF the magazine and everything I watched was in the magazine including the rest of the melee.

Watched religiously every Saturday show or sometimes a special.

I loved SNME,. I remember that's how i kinda got into the WWF. I had it on late one night and was hooked. Orndorff/Hogan in a steel cage was the first one i saw.

ConorKavanagh

The WWE Network is the greatest resource ever. If you had told me when I was a child that this was going to come along I probably wouldn't have been able to sleep for 20 years!

tempo_n_groove

How big is Lesnar in WWE, is he even fun to watch?  

eeriepadave

tempo_n_groove said:

How big is Lesnar in WWE, is he even fun to watch?  

he's about 275 pounds

fun to watch? not really. he has like two moves. German suplex and F5