stro Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Nah, Balor/Owens actually wasn't about crazy bumps just to do them. It was more about Owens wanting to beat the shit out of Finn using whatever he had at his disposal - mostly ladders - and Finn having to survive Owens's onslaught. Most of the big bumps actually meant something in the context of the match. It was arguably the most violent match the company had this year, non-Brock Lesnar division. We must have watched different matches. I thought the match was genuinely bad and by far the worst match of that show. Balor has sucked in NXT to me outside of the Dusty Classic tag matches, and even then his terrible selling and psychology shined brighter than his seeming improvements. He's been a complete and utter bust in NXT to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 The fact they put Sasha/Becky at 15 shows how little WWE cares about real wrestling. To me that was bell to bell the most well wrestled match In WWE this year. I guess all the psychology and selling threw the list maker off. How in the hell did that match at #20 make the list? I guess a Bella match was mandatory but damn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 The top 6 for the WWE list is actually pretty good. After that it gets kinda random, but it's way more inspired than most lists they generate. Even though Taker/Lesnar is a most undeserving #9, I thought for sure it would've been forced to #1 given how forced everything else was about that match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Vaudevillains vs Blake & Murphy is a strange one. The crowd was super-into it, sure, but I don't remember the match itself being anything special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 There were a couple of great near falls in the Villians/B&M match, and the crowd was great. There are about 4 or 5 NXT tags you could pick as the best of the year. I'm partial to Jordan & Gable vs Rhyno & Corbin. I really don't remember that Bryan/Ziggler match being anything special. Joe vs Ciampa got screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 It was a pretty damned good match, and the lack of a heel meant we didn't have the omnipresent heel control segment that every WWE match over twoten minutes has to have so it felt different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Ziggler has been in all of one good match in WWE (Survivor Series 2014). His match with a dead Bryan who clearly wasn't ready to be back certainly wasn't shit. In the "Ain't Shit" way, I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Ziggler had the double turn match with Del Rio that's a top 5 match this decade in WWE. I don't dispute your subtext that Ziggler is generally boring, but that match deserves a shout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 The fact they put Sasha/Becky at 15 shows how little WWE cares about real wrestling. To me that was bell to bell the most well wrestled match In WWE this year. I guess all the psychology and selling threw the list maker off. How in the hell did that match at #20 make the list? I guess a Bella match was mandatory but damn. I also like Sasha vs Becky better than all the NXT Takeover matches too Ive watched at Sasha's takeover matches for '15 twice and I don't really have the time to even watch stuff back again but yeah Becky is my second favorite worker of the Divas behind Sasha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 For me I'd go... 1) Bayley vs. Sasha - Respect 2) Bayley vs. Sasha - Brooklyn 3) Charlotte vs. Sasha vs. Bayley vs. Bex -Rival 4) Sasha vs. Bex - Unstoppable 5) Brock vs. Roman (vs. Seth) - Mania 6) Brock vs. Cena vs. Seth - Rumble 7) Cena vs. Owens - Elimination Chamber 8) Roman vs. Bryan - Fast Lane 9) Cena vs. Rusev - Fast Lane 10) Gable/Jordan vs. Neville/Crowe - NXT From 8 on it gets a little muddy. There's some stuff that could probably bounce up or down depending on mood. A lot on the fringe. Honestly I found a lot of main roster stuff pretty samey so stuff that stood out hooks my attention more. The women of NXT clearly swept the big matches (I'd have Bayley-Nia and Bayley-Eva in my top 25 or so too) since their stuff had this perfect mix of well done storytelling and great spots. Weird year overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerjeRUN Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Why are you writing "Bex", it's weird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 That's actually pretty damn similar to what my list would look like. Cena/Seth/Brock would be a bit higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Why are you writing "Bex", it's weird.Bexplex. N-Bex-T. It's kind of a running play on her name.Also I loved the Brock three way for fun value but ot definitely turns into a well done spotfest down the line and while I can appreciate well delivered spectacle, I'll usually veer toward story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Sting vs HHH was the funnest match of the year, even if it didn't make a lot of sense and wasn't technically that good. It was fun and as wrestling as wrasslin gets. I would put it in my top ten because I enjoyed the fuck out of it. ' Number 1 for me is Sasha/Bayley in Brooklyn. From there, it's hard to pick a real top 10, besides knowing that Seth and Balor don't belong on my list. There was a Roman/Harper match on Raw that was really, really dope that would likely make it onto the list for me. Brock/Taker matches would likely make it. I really enjoyed Rusev/Cena at Fastlane and WM (besides the finish). I wish Sami had been healthy all year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Why are you writing "Bex", it's weird.Bexplex. N-Bex-T. It's kind of a running play on her name. Stop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Why are you writing "Bex", it's weird.Bexplex. N-Bex-T. It's kind of a running play on her name. Stop I'm just saying. It's a play she makes that also works as a shortening. It's also how one of my buddies and I refer to her so it's kinda second nature by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Not sure where to put this but Jack Swagger was a Top 10 WWE wrestler in 2015. Maybe even Top 5. After his excellent match with Del Rio at TLC, I've been going back and watching most of his stuff from 2015 and I'm super impressed. The guy makes for a great face, IMO. Good strikes, moves/bumps well for a big guy, has some great power moves and sells really well. Some recommendations: vs Cesaro (Main Event #125 - 2/17) vs Harper (Main Event #144 - 6/30) vs Rusev (Smackdown 7/28 & Tribute To The Troops) vs Owens (Main Event #153 - 9/1) vs Sheamus (Main Event #156 - 9/22) vs Stardust (Main Event #169 - 12/29) There's also some good looking house show stuff that I just couldn't track down. He had a couple matches against Del Rio in Canada and Texas that sounded great from the reviews I read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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