The Line
Patti Mayonnaise
Real Name: Bumkiss. Stanley Bumkiss.
Peanut Butter & JAAAAAMMMM!
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Post by The Line on Dec 11, 2007 23:02:15 GMT -5
What are some matches that changed your opinions on wrestlers, either making you think a bad wrestler was actually good, or vice-versa. Please don't say any matches from like 3 weeks ago changing your opinion on Abdullah the Butcher or something. Try and keep these matches form the wrestlers' primes.
Rocky Romero vs. Naomichi Marifuji-ROH: Respect is Earned.
I didn't hate either of these guys going into it. Actually, I just had ZERO opinion on them either way. But it was this match at this match alone that made me fans of both men. A nice little gem of a match that I think is often overlooked.
Delirious' whole series of matches with Bryan Danielson.
Huge AmDrag fan, but really didn't see Delirous as anything other than comedy fodder. IT was these matches that really changed my opinion, and made me realize that he is actually pretty damn accomplished in the ring.
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Rube
Hank Scorpio
Sammich Bogart
It's always the same and it's always different.
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Post by Rube on Dec 11, 2007 23:04:12 GMT -5
Kaz and Christian's ladder match from whatever PPV that was. I was "meh" on Kaz until that match.
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The Line
Patti Mayonnaise
Real Name: Bumkiss. Stanley Bumkiss.
Peanut Butter & JAAAAAMMMM!
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Post by The Line on Dec 11, 2007 23:06:46 GMT -5
oh. And the whole Manhattan Mayhem(the first one) for Lowki.
Before, I had only seen early-early ROH(some shows from 02 and 03), so I was like "Eh, he's good, but so is about half the roster". After that show, he officially became my 2nd favorite on my roster.
Also, that whole feud really caused me to like Jay Lethal as well.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Dec 11, 2007 23:13:56 GMT -5
Rocky Romero vs. Claudio Castagnoli. Romero had shown flashes of greatness as Black Tiger, but this match really sold me on Romero. He managed to wrestle as a believably threatening heel despite being so much smaller than the babyface, all while fluidly mixing lucha libre and MMA elements in a unique and cohesive style.
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Post by sexualvanilla on Dec 12, 2007 1:46:50 GMT -5
I didn't care for Roderick Strong at all until This Means War, when he first fought Bryan Danielson in ROH. He went from meh backbreaker guy to a great babyface fighting the lying, cheating Danielson. It was a huge eye opener and have been a fan since, though I think he's a better face than heel
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wwerules60
El Dandy
"Bring what? a vomit bag? a fig newton?"
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Post by wwerules60 on Dec 12, 2007 2:01:58 GMT -5
John Cena vs. Umaga from Royal Rumble changed my opinion of both of them, they were awesome.
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Post by royboy8 on Dec 12, 2007 2:17:27 GMT -5
Carlito's Ladder Match on Raw. I had pretty much given up on him. It always seemed like he just went through the motions in his matches, and didnt give a crap. Mondays match with Hardy was different. It was like he cared again, and you could tell. I was very impressed and it's made me have a turnabout when it comes to Carlito. I truly hope he keeps it up because he's got the potential to be great.
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Mozenrath
FANatic
Foppery and Whim
Speedy Speed Boy
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 12, 2007 4:46:42 GMT -5
Carlito's Ladder Match on Raw. I had pretty much given up on him. It always seemed like he just went through the motions in his matches, and didnt give a crap. Mondays match with Hardy was different. It was like he cared again, and you could tell. I was very impressed and it's made me have a turnabout when it comes to Carlito. I truly hope he keeps it up because he's got the potential to be great. Man, the Backstabber onto the ladder, and his bumps onto the ladder were sick. |
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Brain Of F'n J
Hank Scorpio
Not that cool enough to have one of these....wait.
We Discodians must stick apart.
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Post by Brain Of F'n J on Dec 12, 2007 9:48:05 GMT -5
Steve Corino vs. Dusty Rhodes, the bullrope match. Before that, Corino just pissed me off. X-Pac heat. Then, the build-up to the match and the match itself totally turned me around on him.
Jed Shaffer
~I'm gonna miss him.
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The Lodger
Don Corleone
Wino is not pleased.
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Post by The Lodger on Dec 12, 2007 12:05:58 GMT -5
Honestly, it's a little embarassing.
I wasn't that huge on RVD back in the old days, until I saw him have to defend the ECW Tag Titles against both of the Dudleys. Oh my god, what heart shown by RVD. I still remember that as the defining moment of my wrestling fandom, when the intelligence began to integrate with the mark in me. A weird thing, I can like a heel? Wow. It was all down hill for kayfabe with me, and I still loved every second of it.
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Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Dec 12, 2007 12:14:42 GMT -5
batista vs undertaker at wrestlemania. before this, batista was the most boring persona on earth, and iwould've killed to get the belt off him. then he put on the performance of a lifetime in the biggest match of his career, and i was sold thatt he guy had something special.
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Post by britishbulldog on Dec 12, 2007 12:27:38 GMT -5
Brock v Taker HIAC. Never a fan of Brock but that match made me think he might be pretty good. Of course then he went and screwed it up.
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Post by B'Cup x on Dec 12, 2007 12:48:58 GMT -5
Necro butcher - samoa joe
cant remember the name of the event but it was the one held in (i think) the ecw arena, that completly changed my opinion on butcher
james storm - chris harris
street fight from earlier this year, they both put soo much into it. Before this match and including the blindfold cage match, i couldnt give a toss about either. Didnt even care by the start of this match, but they won me and my mate over in the end.
not a match as such, but i never liked Aj styles until they turned him heel end of last year. Even before he became what he is now. Coming out dressed as raven, faking what looked like a legit injury, he went thru a phase of doing amazing heel stunts
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Dragonfly
Unicron
...is no Barry Windham.
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Post by Dragonfly on Dec 12, 2007 12:57:24 GMT -5
Manabu Nakanishi & Giant Bernard vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Black Strong Machine - This match proved to methat Giant Bernard was more than a stiff with a hairy back and piercings.
Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley (Hard Justice 2006) - Up until this match (and the feud between Sabin and Paparazzi Productions), I hated Sabin. His gimmick at the time, bland hero of the X Division, just didn't do it for me. It was here that he (finally) started showing some attitude.
LAX vs. AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels feud (Between Hard Justice 2006 and No Surrender 2006) - Once upon a time I loathed Konnan. I wasn't familiar with his work in WCW and Mexico at the time, so as far as I was concerned, he was just that annoying fat guy who threw his shoes and was looking for his dogs. Even when LAX hit, I wasn't impressed. Honestly, it was going to take about a month and a half of the best promos that I had ever heard to get him over with me. Six weeks later...
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Post by thestinger on Dec 12, 2007 13:10:02 GMT -5
Steve Corino vs. Dusty Rhodes, the bullrope match. Before that, Corino just pissed me off. X-Pac heat. Then, the build-up to the match and the match itself totally turned me around on him. Jed Shaffer ~I'm gonna miss him. Maybe it's because I missed that match, that my opinion of Corino never changed. It seemed like overnight, just about that time, he went from being considered 'nothing special' to being so great, and I never got why. Now I might actually know what I missed that changed everyone else's mind. |
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Post by Styx Cover Band on Dec 12, 2007 13:41:27 GMT -5
Necro butcher - samoa joe cant remember the name of the event but it was the one held in (i think) the ecw arena, that completly changed my opinion on butcher That would be IWA-MS' Something To Prove. I think the total time on the match was 13 minutes and some odd seconds (and it was the main event), but find me someone who was disappointed by that match, I don't think you can |
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Godhand
Team Rocket
The feel good poster of the year
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Post by Godhand on Dec 12, 2007 14:03:27 GMT -5
Lashley vs Benoit, I found out the dude could actually wrestle. I wasnt to keen on Homicide but I really liked him in lax especially the cage match with Stlyes and Daniels.
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Post by B'Cup x on Dec 12, 2007 14:14:58 GMT -5
Necro butcher - samoa joe cant remember the name of the event but it was the one held in (i think) the ecw arena, that completly changed my opinion on butcher That would be IWA-MS' Something To Prove. I think the total time on the match was 13 minutes and some odd seconds (and it was the main event), but find me someone who was disappointed by that match, I don't think you can cheers for that. No one was disapointed because it legit looks like someone will be killed, proper edge of your seat stuff |
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Brain Of F'n J
Hank Scorpio
Not that cool enough to have one of these....wait.
We Discodians must stick apart.
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Post by Brain Of F'n J on Dec 12, 2007 14:26:05 GMT -5
Steve Corino vs. Dusty Rhodes, the bullrope match. Before that, Corino just pissed me off. X-Pac heat. Then, the build-up to the match and the match itself totally turned me around on him. Jed Shaffer ~I'm gonna miss him. Maybe it's because I missed that match, that my opinion of Corino never changed. It seemed like overnight, just about that time, he went from being considered 'nothing special' to being so great, and I never got why. Now I might actually know what I missed that changed everyone else's mind. It's on Dusty's DVD. I highly recommend it. That, and he had a propensity for bleeding. Seek out his 2000 match with Jerry Lynn. Effing SICK match. Corino bleeds so much, Lynn is able to write "DIE" in blood on Corino's chest. Jed Shaffer ~Plus, in the build-up to Corino/Dusty, Corino accused Dusty of cutting the brake lines on Magnum TA's car. That was just AWESOME. |
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Joekishi
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by Joekishi on Dec 12, 2007 14:40:29 GMT -5
LAX vs. PhemenAngels
I was on the fence about Styles and his flip happy style, until these series of matches.
Here his moves were more profound because it lead to hot tags/desperation tags/great pin breaking
I just think AJ hits his stride in tag matches/fatal fourways/triple threats than in singles matches.
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