Most frequent PPV singles matches

[Cronant]

Just for fun, I've been thinking about wrestlers who have had the most matches on PPV against each other, and which pairing among those has had the most. So here's what I have so far. I’m counting MITB cash ins, since those are technically matches. I also didn't look through any of the overseas PPVs they use to do, so feel free to check over and correct me anywhere.

I'm still checking to make sure its 100% correct, but so far the leaders are:

Undertaker/Kane – 9 times (Wrestlemania 14, Judgment Day 98, Unforgiven 98, Survivor Series 98, Summerslam 2000, Wrestlemania 20, Night of Champions 10, Hell in a Cell 10, Bragging Rights 10)

HHH/Orton – 8 times (Unforgiven 04, Royal Rumble 05, No Mercy 07, No Mercy 07 (They had two matches), Judgment Day 08, ONS 08, Wrestlemania 25, The Bash 09)

Austin/Undertaker – 7 times (Cold Day in Hell 97, Summerslam 98, Rock Bottom 98, Over the Edge 99, Fully Loaded 99, Judgment Day 01, Backlash 02)
Rock/HHH – 7 times (Final Four 97, Fully Loaded 98, Summerslam 98, Over the Edge 99, Fully Loaded 99, Backlash 00, Judgment Day 00)
Orton/Cena – 7 times (Summerslam 07, Unforgiven 07, No Way Out 08, Summerslam 09, Breaking Point 09, Hell in a Cell 09, Bragging Rights 09)

Cena/JBL – 6 times (Wrestlemania 21, Judgment Day 05, Judgment Day 08, ONS 08, The Great American Bash 08, Royal Rumble 09)
Foley/Undertaker – 6 times(King of the Ring 96, Summerslam 96, Buried Alive 96, Survivor Series 96, Revenge of the Taker 97, King of the Ring 98)

Here are a list of feuds that came close, with 4 or 5:

Cena/Edge – 5 times (New Years Revolution 06, Royal Rumble 06, Summerslam 06, Unforgiven 06, Backlash 09)
HBK/HHH – 5 times (Summerslam 02, Armageddon 02, Royal Rumble 04, Bad Blood 04, Taboo Tuesday 04)
HBK/Undertaker – 5 times (Ground Zero 97, Bad Blood 97, Royal Rumble 98, Wrestlemania 25, Wrestlemania 26)
Edge/Undertaker – 5 times (Wrestlemania 24, Backlash 08, Judgment Day 08, ONS 2008, Summerslam 08)
Punk/Rey – 5 times (Armageddon 08, Wrestlemania 26, Extreme Rules 10, Over the Limit 10, Capital Punishment 11)
Rock/Austin – 5 times (Degeneration X 97, Wrestlemania 15, Backlash 99, Wrestlemania 17, Wrestlemania 19)
Rock/Foley – 5 times(Cold Day in Hell 97, Survivor Series 98, Rock Bottom 98, Royal Rumble 99, St Valentines day Massacre 99)
Undertaker/Show – 5 times(No Way Out 2003, Great American Bash 2006, No Mercy 08, Cyber Sunday 08, Survivor Series 08
Jericho/HBK – (Wrestlemania 19, Judgment Day 08, Great American Bash 08, Unforgiven 08, No Mercy 08)

Punk/Jeff – 4 times (Extreme Rules 09, The Bash 09, Night of Champions 09, Summerslam 09)
Edge/Batista – 4 times (Judgment Day 07, ONS 07, Night of Champions 07, Night of Champions 08)
Undertaker/Batista – 4 times (Wrestlemania 23, Backlash 07, Cyber Sunday 07, Survivor Series 07, TLC 09)
Cena/Batista - 4 times (Summerslam 08, Wrestlemania 26, Extreme Rules 10, Over the Limit 10)
Big Show/Cena – 4 times (Wrestlemania 20, Judgment Day 09, Extreme Rules 09, No Way Out 12)
Rey/Eddie – 4 times (Wrestlemania 21, Judgment Day 05, Great American Bash 05, Summerslam 05)
Orton/Christian – 4 times (Over the limit 11, Capital Punishment 11, Money in the Bank 11, Summerslam 11)
HBK/Orton – 4 times (Unforgiven 03, Judgment Day 07, Cyber Sunday 07, Survivor Series 07)
Cena/Jericho – 4 times (Vengeance 02, Summerslam 05, Survivor Series 08, Armageddon 08)
HHH/Undertaker – 4 times (Wrestlemania 17, King of the Ring 02, Wrestlemania 27, Wrestlemania 28)

And the only diva pair to get to 4:

Beth/Kelly – (Summerslam 11, Night of Champions 11, Hell in a Cell 11, TLC 11)

I was almost certain Trish did with either Jazz, Victoria, or Lita, but they all got 3 matches on PPV, and most of that time period had Split PPVs as well as more multi diva matches, so unless I'm miscounting an overseas PPV or something, I think Beth/Kelly is it.

Any more I'm missing. Any midcard feuds making it that I forgot? I think Rey/Chavo might be up there.

[kidglov3s]

The first one that came to mind was Austin/Undertaker, for some reason. Maybe because I just watched Cold Day in Hell.

[DZ: WF Legacy]

Wow, nice list! Very interesting.

Semi-related, for the longest time I used to think Edge and Undertaker's very first match was at WM24. It turns out Edge had a 1-on-1 match with Taker on an obscure episode of Smackdown in 2000 or 2001 (long-haired ABA Taker).

EDIT: 2000
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AZAh3SSRXA

[thecrusherwi]

Cool list! I always wonder about that kind of stuff myself. If you ad in tag team and multi-man matches, I have to believe Rock/Triple would be number 1. Although having said that I can think of at least 4 or 5 multiman matches with both Undertaker and Kane. ...

[avenger]

HBK/Jericho?
Jericho/Benoit?
Benoit/Eddie?

[thecrusherwi]

Jul 13, 2012 22:01:46 GMT -5 avenger said:

HBK/Jericho?
Jericho/Benoit?
Benoit/Eddie?

Off the top of my head:

Y2J/HBK happened 4 times (Wrestlemania 19, Judgment Day 08, Great American Bash 08, No Mercy 08)

Jericho/Benoit 4 times (Backlash 00, Judgment Day 00, Summerslam 00, Royal Rumble 01)

Benoit/Eddie just once at Vengeance 03

Someone verify this?

Benoit/Angle was 4 times as well (Wrestlemania X-Seven, Backlash 01, Judgment Day 01, Royal Rumble 03)

[Jeremy]

Jul 13, 2012 22:10:03 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Jul 13, 2012 22:01:46 GMT -5 avenger said:

HBK/Jericho?
Jericho/Benoit?
Benoit/Eddie?

Off the top of my head:

Y2J/HBK happened 4 times (Wrestlemania 19, Judgment Day 08, Great American Bash 08, No Mercy 08)

"Unsanctioned" but Unforgiven 2008 too

[DZ: WF Legacy]

Jul 13, 2012 22:10:03 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Jul 13, 2012 22:01:46 GMT -5 avenger said:

HBK/Jericho?
Jericho/Benoit?
Benoit/Eddie?

Off the top of my head:

Y2J/HBK happened 4 times (Wrestlemania 19, Judgment Day 08, Great American Bash 08, No Mercy 08)

Jericho/Benoit 4 times (Backlash 00, Judgment Day 00, Summerslam 00, Royal Rumble 01)

Benoit/Eddie just once at Vengeance 03

Someone verify this?

Benoit/Angle was 4 times as well (Wrestlemania X-Seven, Backlash 01, Judgment Day 01, Royal Rumble 03)

Benoit and Eddie also had a match at One Night Stand 2005.

[thegame415]

Jul 13, 2012 22:46:39 GMT -5 DZ: WF Legacy said:

Jul 13, 2012 22:10:03 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Off the top of my head:

Y2J/HBK happened 4 times (Wrestlemania 19, Judgment Day 08, Great American Bash 08, No Mercy 08)

Jericho/Benoit 4 times (Backlash 00, Judgment Day 00, Summerslam 00, Royal Rumble 01)

Benoit/Eddie just once at Vengeance 03

Someone verify this?

Benoit/Angle was 4 times as well (Wrestlemania X-Seven, Backlash 01, Judgment Day 01, Royal Rumble 03)

Benoit and Eddie also had a match at One Night Stand 2005.

Benoit and Eddie also had a not too memorable match at Armageddon 2002.

The first match that came to mind when I seen this thread was Undertaker vs Kane.

[CM Parish]

Austin Vs Foley (in any guise)?

[Some Guy]

Jul 13, 2012 22:10:03 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Jul 13, 2012 22:01:46 GMT -5 avenger said:

HBK/Jericho?
Jericho/Benoit?
Benoit/Eddie?

Off the top of my head:

Y2J/HBK happened 4 times (Wrestlemania 19, Judgment Day 08, Great American Bash 08, No Mercy 08)

Jericho/Benoit 4 times (Backlash 00, Judgment Day 00, Summerslam 00, Royal Rumble 01)

Benoit/Eddie just once at Vengeance 03

Someone verify this?

Benoit/Angle was 4 times as well (Wrestlemania X-Seven, Backlash 01, Judgment Day 01, Royal Rumble 03)

Benoit and Angle fought at Unforgiven 2002. They also fought at two different Insurrextion PPVs...if that counts.

[Cronant]

Out of all the pairings in the top, Undertaker/Kane may still add another one, although unlikely. HHH/Orton could do it as well, but HHH isn't wrestling as often.

Cena/Orton on the other hand have the potential to easily pass the others. One more big mega feud between the two before they finish seems very likely.

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

Would be interesting to see from other companies too e.g. NWA/WCW - Flair/Sting? (before my time), TNA - Styles/Daniels? (Joe/Angle would be pretty high too though), ECW - ?, ROH - ?

Also surprised that Dolph/Kofi doesn't appear on this list considering how we talk about them always facing each other.

I thought Jeff faced Trips a fair few times on PPV too, but that was during my time-off from the 'E so I'm just going off second-hand info.

[Deleted]

If you include both WWF/E and WCW, Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio has had at least 5.

[Deleted]

Jul 14, 2012 7:46:50 GMT -5 AdamAFL was sooooo wrong said:

Also surprised that Dolph/Kofi doesn't appear on this list considering how we talk about them always facing each other.

They've faced each in singles matches three times on PPV (SummerSlam '10, Night of Champions '10, Capitol Punishment '11). However they've fought on TV so many times (probably reaching double digits) in such a short amount of time that people are just plain sick of it.

They've feuded with each other for midcard titles four times in just two years. Just think about that.

[MikeyMania]

Jul 14, 2012 7:46:50 GMT -5 AdamAFL was sooooo wrong said:

Would be interesting to see from other companies too e.g. NWA/WCW - Flair/Sting? (before my time), TNA - Styles/Daniels? (Joe/Angle would be pretty high too though), ECW - ?, ROH - ?

Also surprised that Dolph/Kofi doesn't appear on this list considering how we talk about them always facing each other.

I thought Jeff faced Trips a fair few times on PPV too, but that was during my time-off from the 'E so I'm just going off second-hand info.

AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels has happened at 6 TNA PPVs (Against All Odds 2005, Bound for Glory 2005, Final Resolution 2009, Destination X 2011, Bound for Glory 2011, Destination X 2012)

Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe has happened at 6 TNA PPVs as well (Genesis 2006, Turning Point 2006, Final Resolution 2007, Hard Justice 2007, Lockdown 2008, Destination X 2012)

[Gummydavidson]

HHH vs Rock had a match at Rebellion 99, Rock vs Austin main evented Rebellion 01 and HHH vs Taker happened at Insurrextion 02

Also HHH and Foley had 6 ppv matches against each other

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

The funny thing about Austin and Undertaker wrestling so often is that I don't think I've ever seen them have a memorable or even good match.