RIPPA Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 WRESTLEMANIA XIX vs. WRESTLEMANIA X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 It was a tough choice but I went with XIX. My point from the previous round still rings true, and as amazing as Bret/Owen and the ladder match were I couldn't possibly vote the show as a whole over XIX. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 8 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said: It was a tough choice but I went with XIX. My point from the previous round still rings true, and as amazing as Bret/Owen and the ladder match were I couldn't possibly vote the show as a whole over XIX. I endorse this post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 XIX is just such a strong show end to end. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 17 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said: It was a tough choice but I went with XIX. My point from the previous round still rings true, and as amazing as Bret/Owen and the ladder match were I couldn't possibly vote the show as a whole over XIX. Well, as time goes on memory of what was decent but unspectacular and what was poor but not horrible fades. Were the filler matches at II and XIX better than X? I'll take your word for it, but I don't think it's unreasonable to vote based on what actually sticks out in your mind about the show. I couldn't remember a single thing that happened at XIX, and clicking through to the wikipedia summary didn't trigger much in the way of memories either. By contrast, X had two all-time great matches, one of which was historically significant to boot. That easily puts X over the top for me, even if Savage-Crush was memorably awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 2 hours ago, tbarrie said: Well, as time goes on memory of what was decent but unspectacular and what was poor but not horrible fades. Were the filler matches at II and XIX better than X? I'll take your word for it, but I don't think it's unreasonable to vote based on what actually sticks out in your mind about the show. I couldn't remember a single thing that happened at XIX, and clicking through to the wikipedia summary didn't trigger much in the way of memories either. By contrast, X had two all-time great matches, one of which was historically significant to boot. That easily puts X over the top for me, even if Savage-Crush was memorably awful. By a huge margin, yes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 6 hours ago, tbarrie said: Well, as time goes on memory of what was decent but unspectacular and what was poor but not horrible fades. Were the filler matches at II and XIX better than X? I'll take your word for it, but I don't think it's unreasonable to vote based on what actually sticks out in your mind about the show. I couldn't remember a single thing that happened at XIX, and clicking through to the wikipedia summary didn't trigger much in the way of memories either. By contrast, X had two all-time great matches, one of which was historically significant to boot. That easily puts X over the top for me, even if Savage-Crush was memorably awful. XIX had some damn good filler matches to go with the more hyped ones so like Fowler mentioned I can safely say that's very true. And looking at the Wiki pages for both I'm the opposite where I don't remember squat about the filer matches for X yet do for XIX. And aside from nostalgic memories I'm not sure how you can believe that those were better than XIX. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 18 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said: And looking at the Wiki pages for both I'm the opposite where I don't remember squat about the filer matches for X yet do for XIX. And aside from nostalgic memories I'm not sure how you can believe that those were better than XIX. If by "those" you mean X's filler matches, then I never said I believed they were better. I thought I was pretty clear that I don't remember much of anything about either show's filler, which for me means they weren't important enough to sway my vote. I wasn't being facetious when I said I'd take your word for it that XIX's were better. If by "those" you mean Owen-Bret and the ladder match, then yeah, I actually do think those were better than XIX. If that's what you're referring to, which matches specifically at XIX do you think were better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I think XIX would be remembered a lot more fondly if the World title match had a different finish. Any other finish, really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Yeah, that's one match I did recall after Wikipedia jogged my memory, but it didn't exactly boost XIX's standing in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 3 hours ago, Michael Sweetser said: I think XIX would be remembered a lot more fondly if the World title match had a different finish. Any other finish, really. Just for the record - XIX was the #1 Mania on 4 of the 5 random lists I looked at when doing the slight seeding for this. It was #2 on the 5th list. So I am not sure how not fondly it is being remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 XIX squeaks by yet X-Seven wins in a walk You people are weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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