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Offline Hammy

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Dream matches that sucked!
« on: January 15, 2010, 03:15:37 pm »
Well, which matches on paper did people want, sometimes for years, but when they happened, for one reason or another, they weren't too good.

First 2 that come to mind for me are:

Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar from Wrestlemania and Sting vs. Hollywood Hogan from Starrcade. 

I think in many ways the Sting vs. Hogan match is the biggest ****-up of all time, 18 mths build, Sting in the rafters not wrestling, the hype was tremendous, it was the biggest WCW match of all time and the finish they booked, firstly was botched and secondly it was a bad choice of finish anyway.  For those that don't know Sting, the WCW Hero that he was, everyone wished, hoped and thought he would slay Hogan, cleanly, the evil nWo leader and long time title holder.  Logic says, Sting wins clean, everyone goes home happy.  A month prior though Bret Hart had been signed, and they thought they'd inject a bit of "Montreal" into it.  Nick Patrick the referee was meant to make a fast count after Hogan hit the leg drop, Bret Hart comes down, says it's not happening again, knocks out Patrick, restarts the match and Sting goes on to win, only Nick Patrick botched it and didn't make a fast count, he counted normally which made it look dumb, on top of that (the idea sucked anyway) and the match quality even leading up to that horrendous finish was pretty damn poor, it was a let down on all fronts after such much hype and a slow build.

As for Goldberg and Lesnar, since most of us here are long time WWE fans, I think we all know the story behind that and why it was awful, I mean in a wrestlecrap way the crowd reactions made it mildly amusing, but heck, the match was meant to be HUGE!
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2010, 10:11:45 am »
I'm gonna get alot of abuse here......

.... But i remember really looking forward to Rock vs HHH and i just never felt they clicked.

Another was RVD vs Edge... two of my favourites. It wasn't a disaster but still i was a little disapointed.

And the last one that springs to mind was Taz vs Angle... i think they had 3 matches in total and i thought we'd need a suplex counter on the screen..... but Taz didn't do his better suplexes and it turned into a bit of a mess IMO.
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2010, 11:00:44 am »
Quote from: Gnrfan on January 16, 2010, 10:11:45 am
.... But i remember really looking forward to Rock vs HHH and i just never felt they clicked.
Wowza! I remember 2 classics they had in '98, a 30 minute draw at Fully Loaded and their Summerslam Ladder Match.

And at Judgment Day in '00 they had that Iron Man Match with HBK as Guest Ref and 'Taker debuting as the American Bad Ass!

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And the last one that springs to mind was Taz vs Angle... i think they had 3 matches in total and i thought we'd need a suplex counter on the screen..... but Taz didn't do his better suplexes and it turned into a bit of a mess IMO.
Only remember them at Royal Rumble '00, I think it only went about 5 or 6 minutes.
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2010, 11:07:39 am »
Quote from: Hammy on January 16, 2010, 11:00:44 am
Quote from: Gnrfan on January 16, 2010, 10:11:45 am
.... But i remember really looking forward to Rock vs HHH and i just never felt they clicked.
Wowza! I remember 2 classics they had in '98, a 30 minute draw at Fully Loaded and their Summerslam Ladder Match.

And at Judgment Day in '00 they had that Iron Man Match with HBK as Guest Ref and 'Taker debuting as the American Bad Ass!


I knew i'd get some jip here, but i watched the 30 minute draw just the other day and still seemed boring to me. If you compare those matches to the classics Rock/Austin put on they just don't compare IMO.

Also i remember a Taker vs HHH match at Mania where they went into the crowd that still to this day bores me. Maybe its just HHH!
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2010, 02:51:12 pm »
Number 1 on any list like this has to be Hogan vs Flair. Nothing else comes close. The two biggest icons in wrestling history. Happened about 5 or 6 years too late.
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2010, 03:13:39 pm »
Austin V Rock at whichever 'mania Austin went heel

just b4 the match started it became a no dq match and Austin spent 10 mins hitting The Rock with a chair

dreadful

should have been right at the end McMahon passes Austin the chair for the win - but 30 seconds in

some if the worst booking I've ever seen - ruined what should have been the greatest match ever, no wonder they had a rematch
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2010, 03:17:11 pm »
Warrior vs Hogan in WCW was the worst big match i have ever seen! But not really sure how much i expected.
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2010, 04:35:50 pm »
Quote from: Gnrfan on January 16, 2010, 11:07:39 am
i remember a Taker vs HHH match at Mania where they went into the crowd that still to this day bores me. Maybe its just HHH!
You what?  That match at WM17 was a classic!  :steelchair:
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2010, 04:58:12 pm »
Goldberg vs. Bret Hart (Starcade '99)

The ending..  :P

As for Triple H vs. Undertaker, they did have matchs before that...

...And Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg, in retrospect, I think the match quality was on purpose.

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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2010, 05:01:26 pm »
Quote from: Hammy on January 16, 2010, 04:35:50 pm
Quote from: Gnrfan on January 16, 2010, 11:07:39 am
i remember a Taker vs HHH match at Mania where they went into the crowd that still to this day bores me. Maybe its just HHH!
You what?  That match at WM17 was a classic!  :steelchair:

Classic pile of ****! Seriously what was good about it? The lame fighting on the crowd with the worst set up fall ever.

Seriously it was soooo dull to me. It did nothing for excitement. Go watch it again and tell me its a classic
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2010, 05:06:42 pm »
I've seen it plenty of times, I loved the brawling through the crowd and in the ring they had some great nearfalls, the last ride reversed with the sledgehammer in hand and what not, well we can't all love the same matches can we  :hihi:

I'm yet to get to that Starrcade, just finished '97, but by all accounts, from what I've read, only Bret's match with Benoit in tribute to Owen was his only very good match in WCW, which does seem a damn shame.
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2010, 05:50:09 pm »
The match that killed WCW  Hogan vs Sting

absolute worst booked angle in Wrestling history

had a chance to be one of the best ever
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2010, 06:58:11 pm »
The main event of Starcade '98.

I'm noticing a pattern...  :hihi:
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2010, 01:26:37 am »
I've seen Starrcade '94-'97 and I'm yet to see a good one, for all the talk that this was their "Wrestlemania" event.  Maybe all the good ones were in the 80s...
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Re: Dream matches that sucked!
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2010, 02:57:51 am »
Quote from: Hammy on January 17, 2010, 01:26:37 am
I've seen Starrcade '94-'97 and I'm yet to see a good one, for all the talk that this was their "Wrestlemania" event.  Maybe all the good ones were in the 80s...
83-87. Its all downhill from there. There's a VHS box set of the best Starrcade matches of that period. Not sure if it ever got a DVD release. Should check it out.
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