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Post by MGH on Jul 9, 2008 14:21:08 GMT -5
Awesome to see Aries and Danielson get their due on this list. They have some of the best mat based matches anywhere, and when you add in whatever storyline the two are involved in at the time, they become all the more great.
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 10, 2008 7:19:00 GMT -5
In wrestling, logic dictates that when a heel injures the babyface, you figure the babyface makes a miracolus comeback and give the heel his comeupance. Lately you haven't seen that but our next feud was the basis for this and it ended in arguably the greatest Wrestlemania match of all time. This leads us the #42 spot of the greatest feuds of all time. 42. "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat In late 1986, Randy Savage had gone through almost everybody, retaining the WWF Intercontinental title. He would then face Ricky Steamboat who gave Savage the match of his life, almost winning the strap from Savage. After several tries to win the match, Savage nearly ended Steamboat's career. As the Dragon was lying on the steel barricade, Savage would head to the tope turnbuckle and deliver an axe handle to the back of Steamboat's head, crushing Ricky's larnyx. Savage would win by count out but wasn't done as he took the ring bell and from the top again crashed it into Steamboat's throat. Steamboat was taken out of the arena on a stretcher, gasping for air. Savage would gloat over what he did to Steamboat until December, when Steamboat appeared at ringside during Savage's match. Ricky would make his return in February, defeating former WWF champion, the Iron Sheik and challenged Savage at Wrestlemania III for the Intercontinental title. Savage promished that he would injury Steamboat's throat again which was a possibility and at WM3, Savage and Steamboat had a classic match, which included Savage trying to crush his throat with the ring bell again, but the Dragon would get a roll up and defeat Savage and win the Intercontinental title, ending Savage's year plus long reign. Tribute Videos: Recap of Savage injurying Steamboat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsIhPL9Vs_A&feature=relatedSavage vs. Steamboat at Wrestlemania: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Jk6rgNivEPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK6D_x8tY50&feature=related
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 10, 2008 9:58:33 GMT -5
Most of the time, friends outside the ring go to put on some of the best matches and feuds. This was true in the early-mid 90s when two members of the infamous Kliq set a new standard of how mathces, even Wrestlemania matches were set. They stole the show whenever they were around and in the ring, they had to settle who indeed was the undisputed Intercontinental champion. Two real life friends, trying to steal the show and set themselves up for the main event comes in at #41 of the greatest feuds of all time. 41. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon In late 1993, Shawn Michaels was suspended from the WWF after failing a drug test (some say he refused to drop the IC title, but thats false). Due to his suspension, he was striped of the WWF Intercontinental title. Razor Ramon would defeat Rick Martel to win the vacant title. But soon thereafter, HBK returned with an Intercontinental title belt. He claimed that since Razor never defeated him, he is still the legit IC champ and Razor is a fake champ. It was set for Wrestlemania 10 that both Shawn's and Razor's Intercontinental titles would be on the line in a match that Shawn previoulsy had with Bret Hart, a Ladder Match. Shawn and Razor stole the show at Wrestlemania was named the 1994 Match of the Year by many publishings with Razor winning and unifying both titles to become the undisputed IC champ. Both of them would go there seperate ways, Shawn teaming with Diesel for the Tag Titles and Razor feuding with Jeff Jarrett over the IC title. The only time they would meet would be at the 94 Survivor Series on opposing teams. In 1995, after Michaels defeated Jarrett for the IC title, Razor challenged Shawn and the match was set. Michaels/Razor II would take place at Summerslam 95 and it would once again be a Ladder Match. This time it would be HBK coming out on top to retain the Intercontinental title. Less than a year after, Razor left for WCW to start the Outsiders invasion and Shawn was WWF champion. Tribute Videos: History of the feud leading to Wrestlemania 10 www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Shawn%2BMichaels%2Bvs.%2BRazor%2BRamon/video/x1wh5e_shawn-michaels-vs-razor-ramon_sportShawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon from Wrestlemania Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ3u0jiWomwPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocpjNYSXn6E&feature=relatedPart 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5pC-bAWGsk&feature=relatedShawn vs. Razor II from Summerslam Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4qpv1Bq_RU&feature=relatedPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kST4_klBh4c&feature=relatedPart 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba2Jr09-FTI&feature=relatedPart 4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=covsCvzN848&feature=related (including botched placement of the belt and Shawn's tantrum)
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Post by ddt on Jul 10, 2008 10:27:35 GMT -5
Steamboat/Savage should have been higher -- particularly over Michaels/Ramon.
Other than that, good job so far.
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 14, 2008 8:39:25 GMT -5
The next feud in the list is not really a feud between two people or two stables. But rather two companies. Two companies that during the mid to late 90s put wrestling back in the mainstream and the competivness brought in new fans as well as old fans. New stars were born and old stars got another run in the sun. But this was a feud brought on by a company down south and by March 2001, the feud that changed wrestling on television and wrestlin overall changed. This legendary feud between two companies comes in at #40 of the greatest feuds of all time. 40. World Championship Wrestling vs. World Wrestling Federation: The Monday Night War In 1995, WCW had both Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, two of the WWF's top draws of the past 10 years but were still behind the WWF and their top show, Monday Night Raw. Eric Bishoff, the president of WCW, convinced owner Ted Turner to give him a slot on TNT to oppose Raw. On September 4th, 1995, WCW Monday Nitro premiered on TNT at the Mall of America where Bischoff would do what would be a staple of Nitro for three years, shocking moments. On the debut episode of Nitro, Lex Luger appeared on camera. Luger's WWF contract expired the night before, making him a free agent and Vince was trying to get Lex resigned but Bischoff had Sting to convince him to come back to WCW. It didn't end there. They signed WWF Women's Champion, Alundra Blaze aka Medusa Micheli and had her drop the women's championship in a garbage can. To top off his previous performances, Bischoff began to give away the taped Raw's results live on the air just before Raw came on the air. The WWF fought back with a series of ridicolous skits called Billionaire Ted. These segments would feature parody characters of Ted Turner, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and Gene Okerlund. These didn't help the WWF but rather had their audience interested in WCW's product. Bischoff countered this by creating argueably the greatest storyline of the 90s if not ever. Both Kevin Nash and Scott Hall's contracts had expired with WWF and were going to WCW. Bischoff made them seem as WWF Invaders since Nash was a former WWF champion and Hall a multi time Intercontinental champion. Together with Hulk Hogan, another former WWF star, they formed the New World Order and then proceded to fill it with more former WWF guys like Ted DiBiase, The 1-2-3 Kid (Syxx), Mike Jones (Virgil) and more. This NWO vs. WCW feud drove the crowd in masses to watch WCW while the WWF was sinking. By mid 1997, the WWF was almost out of business. In November of 1997, Rick Rude appeared on the taped Raw and live on Nitro with the NWO, putting down the incident in Montreal. WWF then did something that WCW didn't do, create new stars. They used thrown away WCW talent like Steve Austin, Chris Jericho and Mick Foley and create new stars like Triple H, the Rock and others to give Raw a fresh feel unlike the stale main event roster on Nitro. The Mr. McMahon character also was made into the biggest heel in the company and feuded with the greatest babyface of the company, Steve Austin. The combination of Austin/McMahon, the Rise of Triple H, The Rock, Mankind, Edge, Chrisitan, the Hardyz and the raunchiness and intriguing storylines brought Raw back from oblivion as WCW kept doing the same thing over and over and over. A huge chunk of WCW's midcard would leave for the WWF such as Syxx would would bury Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan on camera. Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and somebody else would make a huge jump, crippling WCW's midcard. By 2000, Nitro had become unwatchable and Raw was in the 7s in ratings. In 2001, the feud ended when Vince McMahon bought WCW for just $3 million. Tribute Videos: The Monday Night War: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6GXP4R7p6kPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8aQNj4pVLE&feature=relatedPart 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYKTp87gmM&feature=relatedPart 4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ6sZsV3URM&feature=relatedPart 5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtDnkqegerk&feature=relatedPart 6 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6IO_fdjYNU&feature=relatedPart 7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpjJVy3KRgU&feature=relatedPart 8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=COPc0OAtCYQ&feature=relatedPart 9 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXlOrCUz4uc&feature=relatedPart 10 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGOCTz4LqNA&feature=relatedPart 11 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDHhE-NYDu8&feature=relatedPart 12 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq8O8vSUPTc&feature=related
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Post by Gregor-2012 on Jul 14, 2008 10:57:28 GMT -5
The next feud in the list is not really a feud between two people or two stables. But rather two companies. Two companies that during the mid to late 90s put wrestling back in the mainstream and the competivness brought in new fans as well as old fans. New stars were born and old stars got another run in the sun. But this was a feud brought on by a company down south and by March 2001, the feud that changed wrestling on television and wrestlin overall changed. This legendary feud between two companies comes in at #40 of the greatest feuds of all time. 40. World Championship Wrestling vs. World Wrestling Federation: The Monday Night War In 1995, WCW had both Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, two of the WWF's top draws of the past 10 years but were still behind the WWF and their top show, Monday Night Raw. Eric Bishoff, the president of WCW, convinced owner Ted Turner to give him a slot on TNT to oppose Raw. On September 4th, 1995, WCW Monday Nitro premiered on TNT at the Mall of America where Bischoff would do what would be a staple of Nitro for three years, shocking moments. On the debut episode of Nitro, Lex Luger appeared on camera. Luger's WWF contract expired the night before, making him a free agent and Vince was trying to get Lex resigned but Bischoff had Sting to convince him to come back to WCW. It didn't end there. They signed WWF Women's Champion, Alundra Blaze aka Medusa Micheli and had her drop the women's championship in a garbage can. To top off his previous performances, Bischoff began to give away the taped Raw's results live on the air just before Raw came on the air. The WWF fought back with a series of ridicolous skits called Billionaire Ted. These segments would feature parody characters of Ted Turner, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and Gene Okerlund. These didn't help the WWF but rather had their audience interested in WCW's product. Bischoff countered this by creating argueably the greatest storyline of the 90s if not ever. Both Kevin Nash and Scott Hall's contracts had expired with WWF and were going to WCW. Bischoff made them seem as WWF Invaders since Nash was a former WWF champion and Hall a multi time Intercontinental champion. Together with Hulk Hogan, another former WWF star, they formed the New World Order and then proceded to fill it with more former WWF guys like Ted DiBiase, The 1-2-3 Kid (Syxx), Mike Jones (Virgil) and more. This NWO vs. WCW feud drove the crowd in masses to watch WCW while the WWF was sinking. By mid 1997, the WWF was almost out of business. In November of 1997, Rick Rude appeared on the taped Raw and live on Nitro with the NWO, putting down the incident in Montreal. WWF then did something that WCW didn't do, create new stars. They used thrown away WCW talent like Steve Austin, Chris Jericho and Mick Foley and create new stars like Triple H, the Rock and others to give Raw a fresh feel unlike the stale main event roster on Nitro. The Mr. McMahon character also was made into the biggest heel in the company and feuded with the greatest babyface of the company, Steve Austin. The combination of Austin/McMahon, the Rise of Triple H, The Rock, Mankind, Edge, Chrisitan, the Hardyz and the raunchiness and intriguing storylines brought Raw back from oblivion as WCW kept doing the same thing over and over and over. A huge chunk of WCW's midcard would leave for the WWF such as Syxx would would bury Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan on camera. Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and somebody else would make a huge jump, crippling WCW's midcard. By 2000, Nitro had become unwatchable and Raw was in the 7s in ratings. In 2001, the feud ended when Vince McMahon bought WCW for just $3 million. Tribute Videos: The Monday Night War: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6GXP4R7p6kPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8aQNj4pVLE&feature=relatedPart 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYKTp87gmM&feature=relatedPart 4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ6sZsV3URM&feature=relatedPart 5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtDnkqegerk&feature=relatedPart 6 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6IO_fdjYNU&feature=relatedPart 7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpjJVy3KRgU&feature=relatedPart 8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=COPc0OAtCYQ&feature=relatedPart 9 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXlOrCUz4uc&feature=relatedPart 10 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGOCTz4LqNA&feature=relatedPart 11 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDHhE-NYDu8&feature=relatedPart 12 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq8O8vSUPTc&feature=relatedBlimey! I never even thought of putting WCW/WWF in my list, nice work. And well done to the people who did. In theory it should probably be top of the list. However im concerned. Being as though you put 'someone else' does this mean that there will be no Benoit feuds in the list?
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Post by Jeff on Jul 14, 2008 12:37:29 GMT -5
The next feud in the list is not really a feud between two people or two stables. But rather two companies. Two companies that during the mid to late 90s put wrestling back in the mainstream and the competivness brought in new fans as well as old fans. New stars were born and old stars got another run in the sun. But this was a feud brought on by a company down south and by March 2001, the feud that changed wrestling on television and wrestlin overall changed. This legendary feud between two companies comes in at #40 of the greatest feuds of all time. 40. World Championship Wrestling vs. World Wrestling Federation: The Monday Night War In 1995, WCW had both Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, two of the WWF's top draws of the past 10 years but were still behind the WWF and their top show, Monday Night Raw. Eric Bishoff, the president of WCW, convinced owner Ted Turner to give him a slot on TNT to oppose Raw. On September 4th, 1995, WCW Monday Nitro premiered on TNT at the Mall of America where Bischoff would do what would be a staple of Nitro for three years, shocking moments. On the debut episode of Nitro, Lex Luger appeared on camera. Luger's WWF contract expired the night before, making him a free agent and Vince was trying to get Lex resigned but Bischoff had Sting to convince him to come back to WCW. It didn't end there. They signed WWF Women's Champion, Alundra Blaze aka Medusa Micheli and had her drop the women's championship in a garbage can. To top off his previous performances, Bischoff began to give away the taped Raw's results live on the air just before Raw came on the air. The WWF fought back with a series of ridicolous skits called Billionaire Ted. These segments would feature parody characters of Ted Turner, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and Gene Okerlund. These didn't help the WWF but rather had their audience interested in WCW's product. Bischoff countered this by creating argueably the greatest storyline of the 90s if not ever. Both Kevin Nash and Scott Hall's contracts had expired with WWF and were going to WCW. Bischoff made them seem as WWF Invaders since Nash was a former WWF champion and Hall a multi time Intercontinental champion. Together with Hulk Hogan, another former WWF star, they formed the New World Order and then proceded to fill it with more former WWF guys like Ted DiBiase, The 1-2-3 Kid (Syxx), Mike Jones (Virgil) and more. This NWO vs. WCW feud drove the crowd in masses to watch WCW while the WWF was sinking. By mid 1997, the WWF was almost out of business. In November of 1997, Rick Rude appeared on the taped Raw and live on Nitro with the NWO, putting down the incident in Montreal. WWF then did something that WCW didn't do, create new stars. They used thrown away WCW talent like Steve Austin, Chris Jericho and Mick Foley and create new stars like Triple H, the Rock and others to give Raw a fresh feel unlike the stale main event roster on Nitro. The Mr. McMahon character also was made into the biggest heel in the company and feuded with the greatest babyface of the company, Steve Austin. The combination of Austin/McMahon, the Rise of Triple H, The Rock, Mankind, Edge, Chrisitan, the Hardyz and the raunchiness and intriguing storylines brought Raw back from oblivion as WCW kept doing the same thing over and over and over. A huge chunk of WCW's midcard would leave for the WWF such as Syxx would would bury Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan on camera. Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and somebody else would make a huge jump, crippling WCW's midcard. By 2000, Nitro had become unwatchable and Raw was in the 7s in ratings. In 2001, the feud ended when Vince McMahon bought WCW for just $3 million. Tribute Videos: The Monday Night War: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6GXP4R7p6kPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8aQNj4pVLE&feature=relatedPart 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYKTp87gmM&feature=relatedPart 4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ6sZsV3URM&feature=relatedPart 5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtDnkqegerk&feature=relatedPart 6 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6IO_fdjYNU&feature=relatedPart 7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpjJVy3KRgU&feature=relatedPart 8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=COPc0OAtCYQ&feature=relatedPart 9 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXlOrCUz4uc&feature=relatedPart 10 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGOCTz4LqNA&feature=relatedPart 11 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDHhE-NYDu8&feature=relatedPart 12 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq8O8vSUPTc&feature=relatedBlimey! I never even thought of putting WCW/WWF in my list, nice work. And well done to the people who did. In theory it should probably be top of the list. However im concerned. Being as though you put 'someone else' does this mean that there will be no Benoit feuds in the list? I had it at #1.
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 14, 2008 12:40:40 GMT -5
Yes there wil be a Benoit feud in this list since its really high up.
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 17, 2008 13:34:58 GMT -5
The next feud in this list was one of ROH's first violent feuds that spanded for over four years. A feud that was so violent, people were actually injured for life and moments when even the smartest mark had to say "Was that a shoot?" This violent feud that led to ROH's first barbed wire match comes in at #39 of the greatest feuds of all time. 39. "The King of Old School" Steve Corino vs. "The Notroius 187" Homicide This feud started when Homicide was feuding with the Backseat Boyz in ROH. He picked Steve Corino to be his partner against them but Corino would turn on him by giving him the "Old School Kick". Homicide would demand a match with Corino that would take place at the 1st Anniversary Show. Corino's entorugae "the Group" would hassle the NYC crowd. Corino would get the win but then a group of fans would jump the rail and hit the ring, causing a full scale riot. Homicide and Corino would meet again six months later at Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies, where Homicide would slap Corino so hard, he legit injured his ear where Corino is now deaf in that ear. They would have another hard hitting match, this time with Homicide coming out with the win. The feud had gone on for almost a year and it was announced that Corino and Homicide would meet again in the first ever in ROH, a no ropes barbed wire match. Corino would get the win over the thug in that bloodbath. Corino would leave the promotion and they wouldn't face each other til 11 months later at Enter the Dragon when Corino teamed with Colt Cabana to take on Homicide and Low Ki where Corino and Cabana would get the win. Homicide and Corino would meet one on one again at Steel Cage Warfare where they nearly tore the building up, using every kind of weapon imaginable, even a bloody fork. Homicide would repeatedly stab Corino's injured ear and put him through a table on the floor. Corino would get the win when Colt Cabana interfered and help Corino. Things would get scary at Final Battle 2005, when Homicide attacked Corino and Cabana would come to the rescue, but the Rottweilers would attack both of them, only for Corino to escape. Homicide then sent his message to both Cabana and Corino by dumping Drano down Cabana's mouth. Corino would quit the company, fearing being killed by Homicide. Between that time, Homicide would face CZW invasion and would be granted three wishes for his involvement in Cage of Death. His first wish being a match with Steve Corino. Corino would return at Time to Man Up to confront Homicide, only for Adam Pearce and BJ Whitmer to get involved. The next night at Fight of the Century where Homicide and Whitmer would defeat Corino and Pearce. They would meet again at Suffocation where Homicide and Samoa Joe would defeat Corino and Pearce in the main event. A month later at Honor Reclaims Boston, Corino teamed up with the Briscoes to defeat Homicde, Joe and Whitmer. The next night, there epic showdown finally took place, at The Bitter End in a Fight without Honor where they topped their previous hardcore battles, including using rubbing alcohol on each others wounds. Homicide would get his win and after the match, the Rottweilers demanded to shave Corino's head or kill him. Corino admitted his defeat and allowed Cide and his group to shave his head and end the feud. Tribute Videos: Sorry couldn't find any
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 17, 2008 14:02:00 GMT -5
The next feud featured two of the top stars in the early 90s. One was in the midst of a great heel run while the other was the reigining WWF champion. They hadn't met each other for years but when they did, it became a heated rivalry targeted for the WWF title but at Wrestlemania, they put their careers on the line. This feud comes in at #38 of the greatest feuds of all time. 38. "Macho King" Randy Savage vs. The Ultimate Warrior During the mid 1990, the Ultimate Warrior had gone through everybody in the WWF, retaining the WWF title. It wasn't until long until "Macho King" Randy Savage would began demanding a title shot against Warrior. Savage would show how serious he was at Saturday Night Main Event when Warrior was defending the title against Ted DiBiase, where Savage would hit the champ with his scepter and jammed it in Warrior's throat from the top rope. At the Royal Rumble, Queen Sherri begged Warrior to give Savage a shot for the title, where Warrior gave a snarling no. During his title defense against Sgt. Slaughter, Savage would interfere twice during the match, including smashing his scepter in Warrior's face, costing him the WWF title. Savage and Warrior would face each other at Wrestlemania VII in a retirement match where Warrior would prevail over the king. Tribute Video: History of the Feud: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGAlv0UNdoAWarrior vs. Savage at Wrestlemania VII: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L29ihBqHFI&feature=relatedPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjwWPr1pWK0&feature=relatedPart 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE0jY3_Z_tg&feature=related
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 18, 2008 6:51:28 GMT -5
The next feud on the list goes wayyyyy back. Back when the WWF had three W's in its name. This is also the teacher vs. student feud and was the blueprint for every feud of that kind. It involved perhaps the greatest world champion of all time and a cocky younger wrestler who would become a legend, in his own mind at the least. They spilled each others blood around the northeast and would conclude in one of the biggest events of the early 80s in Shea Stadium. This really old school feud comes in at #37 of the greatest feuds of all time. 37. Larry Zybysko vs. Bruno Sammartino In the late 70's, while Sammartino was in his second reign as WWWF champion, he took a young wrestler who was named rookie of the year in 1976 and make him his protege. That protege was Larry Zybysko. Bruno would teach Larry everything he knew but eventually Zybysko became jealous of Bruno and in an exhibtion match together, Zybysko bloodied the living legend with a chair. Sammartino vowed that he would make Zybysko pay and thus started a bitter feud. As 1980 came around, the feud between these two didn't slow down as in April of 80, Sammartino and Zybysko fought each other in a Texas Deathmatch. Sammartino would defeat Zybysko. The final showdown would take place in August at the big show in Shea Stadium. The Showdown at Shea took place on August 9, 1980 where Sammartino and Zybysko pounded each other but Bruno escaped the cage and after the match, Larry tried to raise his mentor's arm in victory only to get punched around. The cage match ended the feud. Hulk Hogan claims in his autobiography that he and André the Giant were the reason for the Shea gate. However, Sammartino/Zbyszko sold out everywhere they wrestled leading up the show. Hogan and Andre wrestled in White Plains, New York, drawing 1,200 in a building that held 3,500 as the main event before they wrestled at Shea. Tribute Vidoes: The Betrayal: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQRR0WfNwrY&feature=relatedPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmiICDxlGig&feature=relatedPart 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNpbzf9RBbM&feature=relatedPart 4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN7D7j4n4Y8&feature=relatedShowdown in Shea: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJf6xeqZB8M&feature=related
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 18, 2008 12:15:37 GMT -5
The next feud started in Mexico with two young wrestlers fighting each other over and over again. Their feud spread to Japan and the United States and all over the world. They helped ECW in bringing a new style to the US and helped WCW by being staples of the cruiserweight division. This personal feud comes in at #36 of the greatest feuds of all time. 36. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psicosis Both Mysterio and Psicosis trained with each at Mysterio's uncle's gym and they were put together to wrestle several times. They stole the show every time they were together and in 1995, were invited to particiapte in the Super J Cup tournament against each other. From there they would set new attendance records in Mexico and then were called up by ECW to wrestle each other. They would each win one match against each other, culminating in a Mexican Deathmatch at the ECW Arena, where Mysterio came out victorious. Both were snared by WCW and both became a staple of the cruiserweight division. They would clash at Bash at the Beach 96, where Mysterio defeated Psi and then a few weeks later on Saturday Night, this time for Mysterio's cruiserweight title. They would face each other on Nitro every now and then but the feud was left unsettled until ECW One Night Stand where Mysterio and Psicosis rekindled their feud, which concluded with Mysterio defeating his archrival. Tribute Videos: Mysterio vs. Psicosis in the Super J Cup Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMDJwtpElGg&feature=relatedPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP38SSACNG4&feature=relatedMexican Deathmatch in ECW Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT3tBYydOncPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVkk-49e2To&feature=relatedRey and Psicosis in WCW: Bash at the Beach 96: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVkMSdJTsAQ&feature=relatedPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejc-MnSM_64&feature=relatedOn Nitro www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YLaA-FnL3I
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 18, 2008 18:52:11 GMT -5
Our next feud was one of the WWF Attitude's most popular rivalries. It involved a top star, it had violence, it had death, it had defecation of dead bodies. It made a star out of one of them and it continued the legacy of the WWF's longest running star at the time. It would go on and off with each other tagging then wanting to kill each other. The first brother vs. brother then turned into half brother feud comes in at #35 of the greatest feuds of all time. 35. The Undertaker vs. Kane In mid 1997, the Undertaker's former manager, Paul Bearer, had hinted of Undertaker's brother, Kane. Bearer would hype that Kane was alive and he would seek his revenge on his brother. At In Your House: Bad Blood, Kane debuted by interfering in his brother's Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels by ripping the cage door open and giving him a Tombstone. It was revealed by Bearer that Undertaker set his house on fire, killing his mother, father and presumably Kane. Kane would then tear through wrestlers, wanting a fight with his brother. At the beginning of 1998, Kane had a change of heart and aligned himself with his brother but it was short lived. At the Royal Rumble, Kane betryaed his brother and helped Shawn Michaels retain the WWF title. He locked the casket shut and set it on fire with Taker in the casket. When the casket was opened, the Undertaker disappeared. The Undertaker would reappear two months later on RAW, challenging Kane at Wrestlemania XIV. Before the match though, Kane would take his mother and father's corpses and set them on fire and chokeslam the Undertaker on top of one of them. At Wrestlemania, Undertaker defeated his brother after hitting him with three Tombstone piledrivers. A month later they met again but it was in the first ever Inferno Match. Taker would once again be successful when he set his brother on fire. It was then revealed that Paul Bearer was Kane's father and that he had a one nighter with the Undertaker's mother. Kane would get his win over the Undertaker on Raw to give him a shot at Steve Austin's WWF title, which he won thanks to The Undertaker accidentaly hitting Austin. At Fully Loaded, Taker and Austin would defeat Kane and Mankind for the WWF Tag Team titles but would defeat them in a four corner to win the titles back. They would settle their grudge and team together to take down Steve Austin and take the WWF title. They would meet each other at Judgment Day but the match ended by Austin who was the special ref. Taker would then defeat Kane in the first round of the Survivor Series tournament to crown a new WWF champion. They would team again during the InVasion but didn't fight each other until the 2003 Survivor Series when Kane attacked his brother during his Buried Alive match with Mr. McMahon and buried him. Undertaker would return at Wrestlemania XX when Taker come out with Kane's father, telling him he brought it upon himself. Taker would defeat Kane. Tribute Videos: History of the Feud leading to Wrestlemania: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdGjxHdYn_s&feature=relatedUndertaker vs. Kane at Wrestlemania XIV: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPiHr57rPbw&feature=relatedPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=94udPNwzdzs&feature=relatedPart 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKhCMMZxD_A&feature=relatedThe Inferno Match: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=PibXRh_6MDs&NR=1Part 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibgaAGuIF1w&feature=relatedPart 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrgJqc_j21Q&feature=relatedTaker vs. Kane at Wrestlemania 20 Part 1 (Including history of the feud) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x6ylurxMzI&feature=relatedPart 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRcVT8bIh3g&NR=1
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 21, 2008 17:30:03 GMT -5
Our next feud was one that was a worked feud in the ring and a very real life feud outside of it. It involved two friends and a woman. When that woman left one man for his best friend, it caused a huge spark in the wrestling community. One of the men got fired because of injury and how he handled the situation. But when the fans demanded that he be brought back it became #34 of the greatest feuds of all time. 34. Matt Hardy vs. Edge and Lita In August of 2004, Matt Hardy had to have knee surgery that would keep him out of action for a long time. During that time on the road, Lita (aka Amy Dumas) started having a relationship with Edge (aka Adam Copeland). With Matt at home, Lita and Edge started to have an affair with each other both in real life and in character. Matt found this out from Edge's ex wife and it was on. Matt Hardy planned to attend a RAW to confront Edge however WWE management and officials stopped this from happening.. Matt Hardy made this situation public and wrote on his website that Edge was a piece of crap. This didn't help his situation as he was fired in April of 2005. After Matt had left the public in on the situation, chants of "You Screwed Matt" echoed in the ears of Lita and Edge at every arena the WWE was being held at. For months this happened until the July 11th Raw when Matt Hardy jumped the rail and attacked Edge and then promoted Ring of Honor until he was dragged by security. Two days later on WWE.com's show, Byte This, Matt called in to the program with Lita on it and it caused a big stir as Lita walked off the set. The next Monday, Matt once again attacked Edge and Lita before escaping through the crowd before security could get to them. On August 1st, Vince McMahon publicly rehired Matt Hardy and then Matt would cut a shoot promo on him, Edge and Lita. Matt would finish up his ROH bookings before returning to the WWE full time. The match everybody wanted to see was set for Summerslam 05 between Matt Hardy vs. Edge. The match ended when the ref stopped due to Hardy's wound. Two weeks later on Raw in a street fight, it ended in a no contest when Matt hit Edge with a Side Effect off the stage through the electric equipment table, forcing both men to be taken out in an ambulance. At Unforgiven it was set up as a cage match, must be a winner. Matt would get his revenge on Edge by hitting a legdrop from the top of the cage. The feud would end at Raw Homecoming with Edge against Matt in a Loser Leaves Town Ladder Match with Edge's Money in the Bank briefcase on the line. The match was Matts until Lita interfered and allowed Edge to retrieve the briefcase and win the feud, thus sending Matt to Smackdown. Tribute Videos: History of the feud leading to Summerslam www.youtube.com/watch?v=MplL3YRFdWIThe Grudge match from Summerslam www.youtube.com/watch?v=0um-8ZhUzk0&feature=relatedSetting up for Unforgiven www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2tMjhDA4A&feature=relatedThe Cage match at Unforgiven www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Matt%2BHardy%2Bvs.%2BEdge/video/x1srvc_edge-vs-matt-hardy-steel-cage_eventsThe Conclusion: www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Matt%2BHardy%2Bvs.%2BEdge/video/xx37u_matt-hardy-vs-edge-ladder-mitb-and_news
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 21, 2008 17:56:04 GMT -5
Our next feud has been one of ROH's most heated rivalries. It started out who was the better champion. It also involved who was truely the best wrestler in the world. In 2006, they resolved that in an epic encounter and two years since, the roles of champion have reveresed and this hard hitting, technical match classic feud comes in at #33 of the Greatest Feuds of all time. 33. "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness In early 2006, both Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness were on a roll with their respective titles. Danielson held the ROH World Title while Nigel held the ROH Pure Wrestling title. Nigel would make comments on how he was the one with the most prestigious title while Danielson fired back that he was the best wrestler in the world, thus his belt was more important. This would lead up to a title vs. title match at Weekend of Champions Night 2. As Dragon dived over the top rope, Nigel would clobber him with a chair and got back in the ring before the 20 count and Dragon was counted out. Nigel was awarded both titles but another ref came in and stated that only the Pure title can change hands on a count out therefore Dragon was still the ROH World champion. Nigel would then tour around the world, still saying he was better than Danielson and with the outcome of WOC Night 2, McGuinness could boast and challegned Danielsn for the world title. The match would take place three months later at Generation Now but came up short as Dragon was able to pin him with a small package to retain the ROH World Title. A month a half later, the feud over who truely was the better champion and wrestler would end at Unified where both titles were on the line again. Nigel had the homefield advantage in his homeland of England, but Danielson would find a way and knock out Nigel to unify the ROH World title and Pure Wrestling title in what was called an instant classic. The Pure Wrestling title would be retired but that didn't stop Nigel as he would challenge Dragon again later that month. The match was signed for August 25th with the ROH World Title on the line in a 2 out of 3 falls match. At the Epic Encounter II, both Danielson and McGuinness had a fall during the match but the 60 minute time limit expired thus still making Danielson the ROH World champion. They would meet two months later at The Bitter End with Nigel defeating Dragon in a tag team match with Samoa Joe and Jimmy Rave. They would again meet in a tag match at the Chicago Night Spectacular Night 2 with Nigel as part of Team Delirious but they wouldn't elimnate each other. They would meet again later that month at International Challenge in a four way with Jimmy Rave and Homicide and Dragon would make Nigel tap out to win the match. The feud would lead to PPV as they would main event the first ROH PPV, Respect is Earned with Dragon and Takeshi Morishima defeating Nigel and KENTA. Danielson and Nigel would then main event Driven for the #1 contendership for Morishima's ROH World title. The match lived up to the hype as Dragon was able to beat Nigel. Nigel though would go on to dethrone Morishima as ROH World champion, much to the dismay of Danielson. It would lead up to them facing each other one on one at the 6th Anniversary show where Nigel showed his true colors and attacked the injured eye of Danielson, knocking him out. Sorry couldn't find any videos (Damn you ROH)
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Post by Stab Sword on Jul 21, 2008 17:57:49 GMT -5
All right i'll leave some hints for the next 5 feuds:
The stable feud of the Attitude Era
A feud that didn't involve mini hamburgers
A very personal ECW feud
The feud that saved ROH
The feud that catapulted an IWC hero (he's a champ on RAW)
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Post by Rorschach on Jul 21, 2008 22:56:29 GMT -5
These lists are fun and all....but I don't think I have seen a single one of these "forum votes" dealies that I have agreed with. The top spots had better be something truly EPIC in order to top Flair/Sting....
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jul 22, 2008 9:58:58 GMT -5
the ECW feud is Raven/Sandman.
the Attitude feud will either be Nation/DX, or DX/Corporation
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Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Jul 22, 2008 10:18:21 GMT -5
and i'm guessing the one that "catupulted and IWC hero" is punk vs raven.
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Post by MGH on Jul 22, 2008 10:54:08 GMT -5
All right i'll leave some hints for the next 5 feuds: The stable feud of the Attitude Era A feud that didn't involve mini hamburgers A very personal ECW feud The feud that saved ROH The feud that catapulted an IWC hero (he's a champ on RAW) 1) DX vs. Nation 2) 3) Raven/Sandman 4) CM Punk/Samoa Joe 5) CM Punk/Raven
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