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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2011 10:05:22 GMT -5
How about Bats/Orton at extreme rules. They knew Batista was hurt, so they had him go over and drop the belt the next night on raw. IMO they should have had Orton beat him and "injure" him to write him out. The problem is you don't know how hurt he really is till after the match. It's not a obvious case like Stone Cold breaking his neck or Sids leg snapping. They don't want to repeat a Ken Kennedy situation where they thought the guy was going to be out for 6 to 9 months when in reality he was injured only for a few weeks.
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Post by blake6905 on Aug 25, 2011 11:01:52 GMT -5
Rude should have went over Warrior at Summerslam. Of course, I'm a Rude fan though. Slaughter hogan could have had their blowoff match at the rumble(feud went on too long anyways and nobody cared by WM, proof is the attendance). Warrior could have won the title back at the Rumble, giving rude a nice 6 month reign with the title. Setting up warrior hogan 2 or warrior/savage for the title at WM 7. I think with those two choices they could have stayed at the Rose bowl and not have to move stadiums.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2011 11:07:25 GMT -5
Rourke jaws with Jericho, Flair distracts ref, Rourke cold-cocks Jericho, Jericho staggers into a Steamboat chop, crossbody off the top, 1-2-3, MSG goes plaid. I like it. Honestly, that would have been a fantastic ending. Sometimes simple is better, I suppose. Exactly. I think the fact that this ending would have gotten the reaction I strongly suspect it would have (based on the earlier reactions to Steamboat/Jericho) is proof positive that it was the right one. A match between an upper midcarder and a gaggle of guys who are collectively older than America would have had no business getting that reaction. I acknowledge I'm biased. Up until Punk beat Cena at Money in the Bank, Steamboat nailing an armdrag and the crowd exploding was my most recent actual factual goose-bump moment in pro wrestling. So maybe I'm just projecting how badly *I* wanted to see it. But I think logic is still on my side here.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Aug 25, 2011 14:13:52 GMT -5
Steamboat should have gone over Jericho at Wrestlemania. There would have been absolutely no mark on Jericho's name (he would have lost to four guys, five if they had given Rourke a chance to throw in a shot or two), the crowd would have eaten it up (remember how crazed they were over an arm drag and a skin-the-cat?), at it would have set the stage perfectly for the next PPV (Jericho shows a little respect, takes on Steamboat one on one, beats him fairly handily, and then can go back to crowing about beating up legends). Everyone in our little PPV viewing party were just dying to see Steamboat go over and I suspect we weren't the only ones. I feel like Steamboat should've won 1 of those matches. WrestleMania to make Jericho's victory seem more important, or Backlash to send Steamboat off victorious.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Aug 25, 2011 20:50:17 GMT -5
I get the logic behind Steamboat not picking up a win. It would've been cool, definitely...but looking at it from a distance, it's a guy who hadn't wrestled at all in 15 years against one of the top 5 wrestlers in the company. I took those matches to be more of an introduction of Steamboat to the younger generation. Like "Hey, this guy who's a talking head on our DVDs? Yeah, he's possibly the smoothest in-ring performer ever. Take a look." Also, I think he did pick up a win during a tag match on Raw, didn't he?
That said, that first armdrag was one of the big mark-out moments of the last few years for sure.
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Aug 25, 2011 20:57:23 GMT -5
Triple H beating Randy Orton at Wrestlemania 25. Orton could've been launched into the stratosphere as an unstoppable monster heel if he had won. Storylinewise, I get why Hunter won, but from a booking perspective, all that main event did was halt Orton's incredible momentum at the time, and maintain the status quo.
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Post by Beast Army Ass on Aug 26, 2011 8:21:40 GMT -5
Cole/Lawler at WM 27. Just about everything that could've been booked wrong about that match happened. It's so simple - Lawler beats the tar out of Cole, Swagger tries to get involved, Stone Cole stuns him, (ideally, but I know it'd never happen) piledriver, 1-2-3, fans eat it up. We paid to see Cole get destroyed, not...whatever THAT was.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Aug 26, 2011 10:38:17 GMT -5
Cole/Lawler at WM 27. Just about everything that could've been booked wrong about that match happened. It's so simple - Lawler beats the tar out of Cole, Swagger tries to get involved, Stone Cole stuns him, (ideally, but I know it'd never happen) piledriver, 1-2-3, fans eat it up. We paid to see Cole get destroyed, not...whatever THAT was. I agree, I would have had Swagger get involved, leading to a Stunner, Cole runs away only to run into Eve and the rest of the Divas, Eve kicks him in the nards and he gets thrown back in the ring, Cole tries to run away again, only this time JR stops him and tosses him back in the ring, and King destroys him. During this time Swagger would eat another Stunner, or he'd get pissed at Cole and deck him. That would have been Cole getting his comeuppance.
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Post by icemansiva on Aug 26, 2011 11:55:26 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy / Randy Orton - RR.. i bought the show for that match alone. Hardy was unbelievably over at that point.
Savage / Hogan at the WM main event..
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Aug 26, 2011 11:59:49 GMT -5
Umaga/fruity pebbles @ Royal Rumble. If the plan was for fruity boy to face HHH and HHH was already injured at that point why keep him champ? HBK coulda faced Umaga and I dont think he ever beat Umaga
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Aug 26, 2011 12:07:05 GMT -5
Umaga/fruity pebbles @ Royal Rumble. If the plan was for fruity boy to face HHH and HHH was already injured at that point why keep him champ? HBK coulda faced Umaga and I dont think he ever beat Umaga I'm quite staggered that you think Shawn Michaels v Umaga is a worthy Wrestlemania main event. In that case what does Cena do?
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Post by Renslayer on Aug 26, 2011 21:35:33 GMT -5
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Shawn Michaels & British Bulldog from One Night Only in 97. Don't get me wrong the match was very good, but Michaels going over & the post match antics were really unnecessary. It didn't help that Michaels allegedly politicked his way to the belt & that Michaels made the belt worthless in December when he laid down for Helmsley.
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Post by The Punisher on Aug 27, 2011 15:25:38 GMT -5
You'll probably say I'm wrong, but Big Show should have gone over Mayweather at WM24...
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Post by The Punisher on Aug 27, 2011 15:28:18 GMT -5
Umaga/fruity pebbles @ Royal Rumble. If the plan was for fruity boy to face HHH and HHH was already injured at that point why keep him champ? HBK coulda faced Umaga and I dont think he ever beat Umaga I'm quite staggered that you think Shawn Michaels v Umaga is a worthy Wrestlemania main event. In that case what does Cena do? Not main event? Oh I forgot, Cena doesn't "do" mid card does he?
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Post by thecrocksays on Aug 27, 2011 16:43:32 GMT -5
Hogan vs Warrior WM6- In hindsight, of course.
Wrestlemania 2000 Main Event- Should have been Rock's big moment, wasted on a B PPV the following month. Any coincidence that Rock was looking at Hollywood shortly after this match?
Rock vs Hogan WM18- Would have been the biggest pop ever if Hogan won. Plus, it's hard to pass a torch when the young guy leaves a month later.
Booker vs HHH- Storyline made it obvious Booker would win. But then he didn't, and was never taken seriously again.
Goldberg Elimination Chamber- This was pretty much the moment you knew he wasn't long for WWE. They wouldn't even put him over an injured HHH when he had finally gotten over BIG again.
Hogan vs Orton- Hogan was on the outs with WWE again, and vanished the next night.
Lita vs Trish Last Match- Did nothing for either of them, and it was WWE's way of saying the division was leaving with Trish. Plus, she already ruined it by working some pointless tag matches (Snooki anyone?)
HBK vs Cena WM23- They had already pushed Cena down everyone's throats to the point of revolt, having him lose to Shawn would have been good for both of them. This was the moment you realized they were putting too many eggs in one basket (Cena), and the company has been unable to build anyone effectively since then.
I haven't really seen alot of PPV's since then, so nothing else is sticking out to me. Orton/HHH is a common one people say, but giving the storyline (psycho Orton terrorizing all the faces), it made sense to have him lose the big match. Look how bland he is now that WWE has made him a centerpiece. He's just not very good. Good thing HHH won.
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Post by DarBucks on Aug 27, 2011 18:35:48 GMT -5
and the company has been unable to build anyone effectively since then.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Aug 27, 2011 20:26:05 GMT -5
I'm quite staggered that you think Shawn Michaels v Umaga is a worthy Wrestlemania main event. In that case what does Cena do? Not main event? Oh I forgot, Cena doesn't "do" mid card does he? Midcard against who though? The only possible spot for him would be in the MitB match. And that'd be a huge waste of the companies biggest star.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 27, 2011 20:37:57 GMT -5
Not main event? Oh I forgot, Cena doesn't "do" mid card does he? Midcard against who though? The only possible spot for him would be in the MitB match. And that'd be a huge waste of the companies biggest star. I disagree. I think that would be fascinating. Have Cena have to start from the bottom and cash in, in true whitebread babyface style, miles ahead of the match. That's, of course, if he even WINS MITB. Also it would be a great way to put over some midcarders if he feuded over the case. He wouldn't have to lose to them for them to be put over, necessarily, either.
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Post by thecrocksays on Aug 27, 2011 20:55:00 GMT -5
and the company has been unable to build anyone effectively since then. You really think Punk is on Cena's level? Give it six months before you post some cute little gifs.
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Aug 27, 2011 21:13:58 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy / Randy Orton - RR.. i bought the show for that match alone. Hardy was unbelievably over at that point I don't care how over he was; Jeff Hardy should NEVER hold the WWE and Intercontinental Championships at the same time. EVER. He doesn't deserve it.
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