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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Feb 16, 2022 23:15:22 GMT -5
If you're nitpicking, maybe. But I'd love to hear, for example, how the Batista/Triple H feud could have been executed any better than it actually was. Of the top of my head, I remember not being a fan of how they showed Batista listening in on Triple H and Flair basically calling him a dumbass or something, shortly before he was going to make the decision of which title to challenge for. It turned it from "hopefully Batista does the right thing and picks Triple H" to "well yeah, obviously he has to pick Triple H now, no matter what Teddy Long will argue regarding Smackdown and JBL" I think that was more for the fans, so they'd know that Triple H really was just using Batista and that Big Dave had every right to turn against him.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 16, 2022 23:31:27 GMT -5
Hogan/Andre with threads until Savage and Elizabeth reunite.
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Post by thegame415 on Feb 17, 2022 0:18:02 GMT -5
Undertaker vs Kane was the first thing that came to my mind.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Feb 17, 2022 7:05:54 GMT -5
Mega Powers is probably the best storyline WWE has ever done. From Andre's heel turn to WrestleMania V is honestly such a really well told turn of events that just includes a bit of everything and a fantastic set of wrestlers pulling off some great matches. The problem here is that there is a huge lull with spring and summer of 87. Andre was gone, Hogan didn't have any serious feud, and Savage was slowly being turned face. It picked back up in the fall when Savage and Hogan came together, and Dibiase came onto the scene and said he wanted to buy the title.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2022 7:29:23 GMT -5
If you're nitpicking, maybe. But I'd love to hear, for example, how the Batista/Triple H feud could have been executed any better than it actually was. Of the top of my head, I remember not being a fan of how they showed Batista listening in on Triple H and Flair basically calling him a dumbass or something, shortly before he was going to make the decision of which title to challenge for. It turned it from "hopefully Batista does the right thing and picks Triple H" to "well yeah, obviously he has to pick Triple H now, no matter what Teddy Long will argue regarding Smackdown and JBL" I actually loved that moment. Batista around this time was one of the smartest guys on the roster. He was on to EVERYTHING. Even when Eddie befriended him, he saw through his bullshit and played along anyway. I get why you wouldn't like it... I mean, it's silly how WE saw Batista listening but HHH and Flair had no idea... Even though if they watched the Raw replay, they would've known. . But that's wrestling for you. I thought it worked and made the fans want him to turn more.
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Post by James Fabiano on Feb 17, 2022 7:38:55 GMT -5
Randy Savage's entire existence, moreso the parts when Elizabeth was still involved.
If you start at his WWF debut and end at WrestleMania 8, perfect stuff. And it ties back to the AWA if you count him being involved in Hogan's beef with the Heenan Family.
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Feb 17, 2022 9:30:57 GMT -5
The Batista/Triple H feud from 2005 comes to mind. Not really. They ruined that turn at the last second by having Big Dave need to overhear Triple H and Flair making fun of him. Turned the whole thing from "Batista was outsmarting them all along" to "man, those sneaky heels nearly pulled it off, if only our locker rooms were soundproof!" Hence why I never got on the Batista bandwagon. They had a great thing going and ruined it with one moment.
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Post by James Fabiano on Feb 17, 2022 10:31:17 GMT -5
Randy Savage's entire existence, moreso the parts when Elizabeth was still involved. If you start at his WWF debut and end at WrestleMania 8, perfect stuff. And it ties back to the AWA if you count him being involved in Hogan's beef with the Heenan Family. In fact I had been toying around with writing an article (maybe more) covering the Savage/Liz story. I am going to copy and paste what I had so far (not including the WCW bits that came later and were in the works). Forgive me that part of it is "refined" and the other is a lot of timeline stuff I didn't work on... Even the stuff without Liz in 1992-94 kind of makes sense had led to other wrestlers' issues, as you'll see.
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Post by bob on Feb 17, 2022 10:33:29 GMT -5
Already mentioned, but Triple H & Batista
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Post by bob on Feb 17, 2022 10:33:40 GMT -5
Already mentioned, but Triple H & Batista
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Post by dav on Feb 17, 2022 10:42:52 GMT -5
From Andre's heel turn to WrestleMania V is honestly such a really well told turn of events that just includes a bit of everything and a fantastic set of wrestlers pulling off some great matches. The problem here is that there is a huge lull with spring and summer of 87. Andre was gone, Hogan didn't have any serious feud, and Savage was slowly being turned face. It picked back up in the fall when Savage and Hogan came together, and Dibiase came onto the scene and said he wanted to buy the title. A fair point, but they had just come off the biggest match possible in the form of Hogan vs. Andre. A cooling down period after that didn't necessarily hurt as such.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Feb 17, 2022 13:17:47 GMT -5
Aleister Black vs Velveteen Dream is a perfect an end-to-end program as I've ever seen. Truly a shame the former never quite found their footing on the main roster, and the less said about the latter the better, but it is the textbook definition of everyone coming out of a feud looking like a bankable star.
"enjoy infamy, Velveteen Dream" still gives me chills, despite it all.
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Post by sunnytaker on Feb 17, 2022 15:04:30 GMT -5
there was the story that curt hennig wrote
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Post by flowercity on Feb 17, 2022 15:27:23 GMT -5
The Main Event/WWF Title picture from Wrestlemania 3 through 6 is the height of American booking. There’s a reason it will always be the most watched, most popular wrestling in the history of the United States.
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Post by FunkerCM on Feb 17, 2022 18:23:43 GMT -5
Rick Martel 'blinds' Jake the Snake with cologne. Still struggling to see, Jake is last man standing in his team and loses to Martel and three others at Survivor Series. Jake can see again by the Royal Rumble but gets eliminated by Martel when caught unaware. Odds are even with both under hoods at WrestleMania - Jake hits the DDT to win and busts up the spray dispenser that started a six month angle. The babyface overcame the odds, the heel got what was coming.
It was great when stories used to get time to breathe.
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Post by nickcave on Feb 18, 2022 17:28:14 GMT -5
Eugene and William Regal. Kidding, but seeing Regal go from hating Eugene to being friends and tag partners with him was pretty sweet. It did lead to one of the best promos of Regal's career as well
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Feb 18, 2022 17:31:06 GMT -5
"I win. The End." A short story by Curt Hennig.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Feb 18, 2022 18:47:01 GMT -5
I’d say Batista vs HHH but it had a lot of unnecessary detours along the way. Orton being dumped, the Goldberg detour that derailed Bill’s first run because he was an afterthought to Batista needing to overhear Trips talking trash.
If we go outside to currently WWE owned stuff…how about Macho vs DDP?
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Feb 18, 2022 18:54:10 GMT -5
I’d say Batista vs HHH but it had a lot of unnecessary detours along the way. Orton being dumped, the Goldberg detour that derailed Bill’s first run because he was an afterthought to Batista needing to overhear Trips talking trash. If we go outside to currently WWE owned stuff…how about Macho vs DDP? Goldberg left the company and Orton was kicked out of Evolution months before the HHH/Batista story started.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Feb 18, 2022 19:09:00 GMT -5
I’d say Batista vs HHH but it had a lot of unnecessary detours along the way. Orton being dumped, the Goldberg detour that derailed Bill’s first run because he was an afterthought to Batista needing to overhear Trips talking trash. If we go outside to currently WWE owned stuff…how about Macho vs DDP? Goldberg left the company and Orton was kicked out of Evolution months before the HHH/Batista story started. Yes but it was unnecessary filler. Everyone kind of knew eventually Orton and/or Batista would eventually scrap with Trips. The Orton turn would have been perfect as the solo catalyst showing Batista that Trips couldn’t be trusted but it took stupidity later on. As far as the Goldberg side detour, the belt needed to be on Trips in the end to drop to Batista. That would have been fine it Goldberg beat him in their first encounter. Instead we got Elimination Chamber shenanigans that tainted his eventual title win. Add in that he dropped it in a three way with HHH pinning Kane it could have been so much more. Goldberg should have won at EC and stayed undeafeated until HHH beat him at Armageddon giving Trips a lot of momentum running into the Batista buzzsaw. Batista should have saw what happened to Orton and bided his time and been the smart man and destroyed Evolution.
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