Taker/Batista or Cena/HBK?

[rra]

I hear shit all night...what is THE better of the top major title bouts....and I want debate dammit!

[Thomas Powers of Paine]

Easily Taker vs. Botchista. Even though both matches had plenty of no-selling, one was justified and the other was just plain wrong.

[rra]

I was just surprised the shit that Taker and Batista actually delivered as good of a match as they did....in spite of the fact that Taker's title win was very darn assured.

[skiller]

While it may have not been the more technical, something about Taker/Batista just felt special.

I just can't put my finger on it.

[rra]

Yeah I know what you mean.

Anyone want to argue why HBK/Cena was better?

I do have to say...HBK was phenominal, but that's expected of him at Wrassle Mania.

[Thomas Powers of Paine]

On second thought, HBK didn't work Cena's legs with kryponite so it makes sense that Cena stopped selling it.

[rra]

Come on someday, argue for the HBK/Cena match....certainly there is a good argument for it, right?

[Thomas Powers of Paine]

^^I'm sure everyone's favorite anti-smark will come up with something. You know who. He reminds me of warriorthug but with much better grammar.

[rra]

I just want the smart and good wrestling fans of the WC forums to have a cool debate, since I've seen postings on why both sides were "the best."

[undertakerfan4life]

Taker v Batista it was unpredictable

[zerosignel]

manglemeelmo said:

On second thought, HBK didn't work Cena's legs with kryponite so it makes sense that Cena stopped selling it.

lmfao.

[Tea & Crumpets]

HBK/Cena went 10 minutes too long, and this is the 3rd time I've said that. It was good but there was too much 'exhaustion selling', it didn't make it feel epic it made it feel like neither had trained much for the match. Also HBK working Cena's legs for ages only for Cena to pull a Wolverine and magically heal himself was annoying. It got to the point that I forgot HBK had worked over Cena's legs, they lacked that much psychology. It was decent despite this, but I preferred Batista/Taker. Not as good technically (there were a couple of nice sequences in the WWE Title match) but it was a good brawl and gave a much better moment than 'Cena wins again'.

[MGH]

I loved the Shawn/Cena match. Something about it just felt more epic, like it was a bigger deal. Which is somewhat impressive seeing as I knew from the start that Cena would eventually make Michales tap out. Michaels busted his ass, Cena had his best non-brawling match ever IMO, and they had the crowd in the palm of their hand. I thought Shawn was going to go for a chair when that ref went down.

Batista/Taker was fine, compared to Batista's usual effort it was *****. As a match I just didn't think it was nearly as good as the main event though.

The only thing I hated ..... another wrestlemania ends and Cena has his hand raised over someone 20x better than him.

[Matt Rogers]

Undertaker/Batista, just from a personal standpoint more than anything. I wanted Undertaker to win that match so damn much, he was my favourite wrestler as a 9 year old, and I needed to see him back on top of the mountain. Loved it.

[valiens]

Cena/HBK was really good in spite of the leg no-sell. It felt epic because, if you notice, there's a lot of close up camera work in that match and they're 2 of the better actors in WWE (as far as facial expressions go). Also, Cena actually did some wrestling in the wrestling match, which is always a plus. The high spots were great, the back-and-forth worked, and HBK telling him "not today" for the handshake at the end, great... but HBK lost and that's a downer.

My vote is Undertaker/Batista because, quite frankly, this match should have sucked. Two big guys, one past his prime, the other never hitting his prime... I thought it would be a boring botch fest. Instead it was an unpredictable ride that the audience cared about with a satisfying ending. I expected Kennedy to immediately come out, challenge Taker and win. Money in the Bank, Champ, beat the Taker streak all in one night. Now THAT would have been special.

But what we got was pretty great.

[Joekishi]

Taker/Batista was match of the night, nothing else came close to feeling as epic. which is weird considering I loved HBK/Cena.

Ending wrestlemania with Taker disappearring into the mist, would have been awesome.

[hollywood]

I'll argue that Cena/Shawn was better. Personally, I wasn't all that riveted with Batista/Taker. In fact, when it ended, I kinda had a feeling of "That's it? It's over?" But then, I don't mark out so much for Taker anymore. The match didn't suck by any means, it was damn good, but I just didn't think it was as epic as some people are saying.

Cena and Shawn just had really great psychology, and I, and the people with me, were completely drawn in. When Shawn was first in the STFU, we were all saying "Please don't tap Shawn! Please don't tap!" And when he hit that roll-up out of nowhere, for a brief second, we thought Shawn just might win that night. Granted, we were all disappointed with the ending, (the moment Cena put Shawn in the STFU a second time, we knew that was it) but the match was really good. I probably have to give all credit to Shawn for making it great, though. Anyway, that's why it gets my vote.

[valiens]

Maybe it boils down to what you anticipated for the Batista match. If you thought it was gonna suck like I did then it looks a thousand times better than it actually is. Maybe 10 years from now I'll look back on it and wonder what I was thinking. It's all about expectations.

[tna]

Taker/Tista

[mo]

Undertaker and Batista easily, I was real impressed with Batista, something I don't say often

I was actually kinda disappointed by Michaels/Cena, but it was still a great match