RIPPA Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Smelly McUgly said: That one red-haired lady ugly-crying when Savage and Liz reunite after the Savage/Warrior career-ending match is one of my favorite wrestling visuals ever. Every time, I'm touched that she's that touched at the resolution to this whole storyline. Related to that idea - I absolutely adore the kid who loses his shit when Ron Simmons wins the title I remember when I cared about things... 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Smelly McUgly said: That one red-haired lady ugly-crying when Savage and Liz reunite after the Savage/Warrior career-ending match is one of my favorite wrestling visuals ever. Every time, I'm touched that she's that touched at the resolution to this whole storyline. I see your... and raise you with... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Rey vs Marko Stunt. With Rey bringing the bully heel power offense and getting tied in the ropes Andre style. 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 5 hours ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: I just can’t wait till he starts showing off his gun collection by shooting up them up with milk jugs. I'd love for Rusev to show up in ROH as Miro Briscoe, the Briscoes Bulgarian-redneck cousin. 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Craig H said: There's so many people I want to see Rey get to work with in NJPW before he retires. I have no idea how well it would go, but man, I want to see Rey vs Ishii. And obviously Rey vs Hiromu. There's so many matches I'd want to see Rey have in New Japan, mostly against Taiji Ishimori, ELP, and Robbie Eagles. Rey vs. Ospreay and vs. SHINGO would have been awesome, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I wish had got the Rey vs Liger match we were supposed to get about 2 years ago. I think he and Cody would have a better match than they did years ago considering Cody is much better now plus they'd have a great backstory for the match. AEW treats Legends so much better than WWE. He'd do fine ending his Career there although I wouldn't trade his matches with Andrade for anything I don't think he have matches at that level with anyone else in WWE atleast 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 4 hours ago, RIPPA said: Related to that idea - I absolutely adore the kid who loses his shit when Ron Simmons wins the title I remember when I cared about things... Funny you mention that as I watched it yesterday on WCW Saturday Night. Still can't believe that and Jake's debut happened in Baltimore of all places. What great moments those were. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 5 hours ago, RIPPA said: Related to that idea - I absolutely adore the kid who loses his shit when Ron Simmons wins the title I remember when I cared about things... D-Lo or Ron told a story once where when they were in the NoD at a show in Baltimore - D-Lo was distracted in the ring and Farooq asks him what's wrong. D-Lo then says that he was "sitting over there" and points to a seat when Ron Simmons won the World Championship. I love that story. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Wyld Samurai said: D-Lo or Ron told a story once where when they were in the NoD at a show in Baltimore - D-Lo was distracted in the ring and Farooq asks him what's wrong. D-Lo then says that he was "sitting over there" and points to a seat when Ron Simmons won the World Championship. I love that story. Dude I miss D'lo. Around 2006 or 2007ish maybe, I was at a SmackDown taping and they had Slyck Wagner Brown doing a dark match, but production played D'lo's music by mistake somehow, and honestly for a half-full building it was a pretty meaty pop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I don't want Rey going anywhere near AEW. I like it too much, and I don't want that to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 7 hours ago, RolandTHTG said: Rey vs Marko Stunt. With Rey bringing the bully heel power offense and getting tied in the ropes Andre style. There was a Rey vs Evan Bourne face vs face match on RAW back when Rey was still a bit more jacked and he took a bit more of a "power moves" role for the match and was actually quite good at sliding into the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) Remember last month when I asked for help putting together a compilation about folklore? Well imagine I posted the once again bernie meme. The compilation I'm putting together right now is on Married Couples. Not literally married couples, but the ideas of matchups that have wrestled each other so many times that they're capable of tighter and more intense matches than irregular opponents. I need help coming up with some more examples of this. Here's what I have now Rey Mysterio & Psicosis Tajiri & Super Crazy Hijo Del Santo & Negro Casas Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit Finlay & Regal Rock & Roll Express & The Midnight Express The Four Pillars of AJPW Anyone else come to mind? Double points for joshi because I have a big blindspot there I'm trying to fill in. Edited May 16, 2020 by Lamp, broken circa 1988 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) The success of some of these pairings is subjective I guess, but as far as matchups where they could probably work a match without even talking it over or calling a lot of spots: Flair & Wahoo Cena & Orton Zayn & Owens Austin & Rock Morton & Eaton (Tags and singles) Kane & Big Show Benoit & Malenko Edited May 16, 2020 by (BP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, Lamp, broken circa 1988 said: Remember last month when I asked for help putting together a compilation about folklore? Well imagine I posted the once again bernie meme. The compilation I'm putting together right now is on Married Couples. Not literally married couples, but the ideas of matchups that have wrestled each other so many times that they're capable of tighter and more intense matches than irregular opponents. I need help coming up with some more examples of this. Here's what I have now Rey Mysterio & Psicosis Tajiri & Super Crazy Hijo Del Santo & Negro Casas Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit Finlay & Regal Rock & Roll Express & The Midnight Express The Four Pillars of AJPW Anyone else come to mind? Double points for joshi because I have a big blindspot there I'm trying to fill in. Flair vs Sting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Tyler Bate's first match ever was (a tag match) against Pete Dunne. And so were a lot of his other matches, except when they were on the same team and that. AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels David Starr and Joey Janela lasted for four years (and they were supposed to wrestle each other again this month), although most people think of Walter as his biggest opponent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Wyld Samurai said: D-Lo or Ron told a story once where when they were in the NoD at a show in Baltimore - D-Lo was distracted in the ring and Farooq asks him what's wrong. D-Lo then says that he was "sitting over there" and points to a seat when Ron Simmons won the World Championship. I am sure he told it other places but it was on the Table for 3 that I heard it (The one with D-Lo, Mark Henry and Godfather) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Lamp, broken circa 1988 said: Remember last month when I asked for help putting together a compilation about folklore? Well imagine I posted the once again bernie meme. The compilation I'm putting together right now is on Married Couples. Not literally married couples, but the ideas of matchups that have wrestled each other so many times that they're capable of tighter and more intense matches than irregular opponents. I need help coming up with some more examples of this. Here's what I have now Rey Mysterio & Psicosis Tajiri & Super Crazy Hijo Del Santo & Negro Casas Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit Finlay & Regal Rock & Roll Express & The Midnight Express The Four Pillars of AJPW Anyone else come to mind? Double points for joshi because I have a big blindspot there I'm trying to fill in. I played around a bit using the cagematch match search going over well known Japanese rivalries and I got the following number of single matches: Muto vs. Chono 29 (not sure if I covered all Muto gimmicks) Liger vs. Sano 42 Momota vs. Fuchi 159 (All Japan in the late 70ies ran this match multiple times per tour) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu 26 Liger vs. Kanemoto 26 Misawa vs. Kawada 17 Misawa vs. Kobashi 16 Kawada vs. Kobashi 23 Obviously, you will get much higher numbers (or at least numbers in the Momota vs. Fuchi range) for US rivalries. Also, if you consider young lion rivalries, you will also find some unexpected peaks there (e.g. Misawa vs. Koshinaka had 41 matches, 40 of them from 81 to 84). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Moneghetti Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) Everyone is forgetting Shawn Michaels vs. old age (and good taste). WWE ran that match every time HBK came out and danced to his "Sexy Boy" music in the 21st century. Edited May 16, 2020 by Tarheel Moneghetti fixed a typo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 i'm not out here making new wrestling fans watch shawn michaels, the hell do you take me for 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Michaels Vs. Hunter - Such beautiful art that should be hung in the finest galleries throughout the world, and admired for generations. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 11 hours ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: Dude I miss D'lo. Around 2006 or 2007ish maybe, I was at a SmackDown taping and they had Slyck Wagner Brown doing a dark match, but production played D'lo's music by mistake somehow, and honestly for a half-full building it was a pretty meaty pop He got one of the biggest reactions on the entire show I went to back in 2008 when he worked Lance Cade second from the bottom. 19,000 fans popping huge had to be a nice little moment for him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Lamp, broken circa 1988 said: Remember last month when I asked for help putting together a compilation about folklore? Well imagine I posted the once again bernie meme. The compilation I'm putting together right now is on Married Couples. Not literally married couples, but the ideas of matchups that have wrestled each other so many times that they're capable of tighter and more intense matches than irregular opponents. I need help coming up with some more examples of this. Here's what I have now Rey Mysterio & Psicosis Tajiri & Super Crazy Hijo Del Santo & Negro Casas Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit Finlay & Regal Rock & Roll Express & The Midnight Express The Four Pillars of AJPW Anyone else come to mind? Double points for joshi because I have a big blindspot there I'm trying to fill in. Angle/Benoit Tanahashi/Okada Naito/Ibushi Ibushi/ZSJ Tanaka/Ohtani Sekimoto/Okabayashi Cena/Punk Charlotte/Sasha Charlotte/Bayley Charlotte/Becky Meiko/Aja Meiko/Io Edited May 16, 2020 by Eivion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Did I miss someone saying Lawler and Dundee? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, Eivion said: Angle/Benoit A case could be made that Angle's definitive feuds are actually Sting and Jarrett, considering he was only in WWE for 8 years and in TNA for 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, AxB said: A case could be made that Angle's definitive feuds are actually Sting and Jarrett, considering he was only in WWE for 8 years and in TNA for 10. Never watched Angle in TNA. Also this isn't really about that per say as much as the general series of presumably good matches produced over the years. How were the feuds with Sting and Jarret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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