Kuetsar Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 If there is a topic like this I apologize, but I thought it might be interesting. For clarification, I am talking about carry jobs that were the best matches of the other guys career but should be borderline miraculous. The one that fits in my mind in the (in)famous Bret Hart vs Tom Magee match. Couldn't find it on youtube, but I know its been there before. I know Flair and HBK have these type of matches too, just not sure which ones. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I'd say Bret/Bulldog from The SummerSlam is a strong contender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Flair allegedly carried El Gigante to a three-snowflaker, which is pretty mind-boggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I was under the impression that no one had ever seen the Hart/Magee match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Speaking of Flair, I think this qualifies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHeeOklCZ4 And AJ Completely carries this match https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN-_ywqB9c8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Rock vs Austin, Wrestlemania 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I don't think that Rock/Austin from WM 19 was the best match of EITHER guy's career. John Cena vs. Khali is the definition of this topic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 That's a fair point, but I think The Rock has never received enough credit for that carryjob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenalysis Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 DDP/Goldberg perhaps? Unsure if that's a carry job, but that's Goldberg's one great match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJay Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Cena wasn't even Khali's best opponent, Triple H had Khali's best match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Jun Akiyama vs. Masao Inoue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 I was under the impression that no one had ever seen the Hart/Magee match. Its certainly possible that I thought I saw the match and didn;t, its happened before. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior Wrestlemania 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Goldberg had just as good matches with Steiner and Sid as the DDP one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Jun Akiyama vs. Masao Inoue YES!!!! I love this match! Just absolutely perfect. Also, Cena was def Khali's best match. A case can be made for every jobber match Flair had in the 80's-mid 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The Goldberg/Sid matches don't hold up terribly well, they're mostly just competent brawling; but THE MAN had plenty of decent matches over the years. The Rock match at Backlash, the Raven title switch, that one damn fine Scott Steiner match, the Booker T job (aside from the instant no-sell of the finisher), etcetera. But it's probably true that DDP pretty much picked up all 300 pounds of concussion-addled Goldberg and carried him like a fuckin' crucifix to the single greatest match of our entire career at HH98. (Sid has his own carry job of honor, though; go back and rewatch the Royal Rumble 97 match, where he's out-bumping a clearly off-his-game Shawn Michaels.) Kinda surprised nobody's brought up Fonzie/Beulah, that one is a classic in terms of one performer practically working their opponent like a puppet. I did once see a guy literally work a broomstick. It was a talented fellow named Dynamite Dan, who was so incredibly laid-back that his career never went anywhere practically because of ennui. Dan had the driest sense of humor this side of Steven Wright, he'd done a gimmick where he'd hilariously parodied the other wrestlers he was facing, right down to facial tics and mumbled catchphrases. I wish I could remember exactly what the setup was or exactly what he did, time/headshots/drugs sadly blur the details, but somehow he managed to actually wrestle a broomstick for like two minutes. It was spontaneously improvised, he just did it because he thought it'd be funny; and he actually got some of the Tennessee-but-kinda-smarky fans to enact an ironic "Go, broom, go!" chant. I do recall that the tide turned when he shot the broom into the ropes and managed to broomstick-clothesline himself in the face, and then it turned into a double-down spot where the rest of the heels around ringside were shouting encouragement for Dan to kick that broom's ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Bret vs Bulldog at Summerslam 92 and Steamboat vs Luger are the two that sprung to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Bret vs Bulldog at Summerslam 92 and Steamboat vs Luger are the two that sprung to mind. Didn't Steamboat say that Lex called their matches? Kinda weird that Bret/Bulldog gets so many shoutouts (it's not inaccurate, but still) while plenty of other easy examples go unmentioned. Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Lawrence Taylor, Jerry Lawler vs Kerry Von Erich with the accidental blading, practically every Vince McMahon match ever, whenever insert-your-favorite-ECW-hardcore-legend-here showed up for work In No Condition To Perform... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Not sure if Sam counts as a broomstick or not (he was basically JTTS at this point), but enjoy nonetheless. I haven't watched this in 30 years and still remember it clear as day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Bret vs Bulldog at Summerslam 92 and Steamboat vs Luger are the two that sprung to mind. Eh, I don't know if Luger counts as a broomstick. He wasn't a bad worker at all, just lazy a lot of the time. I recently watched a perfectly above average Luger/Hayes match from, I think, Chi-Town Rumble and Hayes definitely did not carry Luger there. And, as someone else here already mentioned, Steamboat has said that Luger called their matches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 No, Steamboat called their match at GAB to the extent that he was actually instructing Luger when to stooge on the crowd and everything I guess calling the Summerslam match a broomstick job is unfair to Davey Boy but it is pretty much a fact that Bret had to carry him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 On that night, Davey was a broomstick. An amazingly over broomstick, yes, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 first match that came to my mind was Bret Hart vs Pierre Oulette. now don't get me wrong, i love the Quebecers and even their lowcard run in WCW as the Amazing French-Canadians, but i don't think most people expected anything out of this match and it ended up being a fantastic little ditty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Ric Flair vs. David Flair at GAB2000. David Flair is the most naturally nonathletic non-obese/under 30 year old wrestlers I've ever seen and Ric carried him to watchable match on that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingrsco Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The Cena-Kahli has me wondering something with regards to Umaga: Was Umaga that good or did Cena and Jeff Hardy carry him to good matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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