Dragonfly
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Post by Dragonfly on Mar 9, 2012 12:35:38 GMT -5
If I may throw in something a bit more obscure, IWC's "Unholy Alliance" storyline deserves to be mentioned. Here's my reasoning:
- While the actual storyline didn't start until February 2005, there were hinted being dropped as far back as 2003. Gotta love that kind of dedication.
- The story began with fan favorite turning heel at his own retirement ceremony and joining up with all around evil guy Sebastian Dark. No one saw it coming. Hell, most people believed that Hentai was destined to be a Rey Mysterio-esque "face for life."
- Sebastian Dark in general. I've never seen a person play a dark (pun not intended) character quite like that before - evil, with absolutely no caveats. He wasn't the best wrestler in the world, but it really didn't matter. The guy knew how to work a room.
- Unlike other company-wide angles, it didn't completely dominate the promotion. There were other stories going on at the time, from the emergence of Larry Sweeney to the whole "Shiima Xion is a bisexual illegal alien/kidnap victim/fashion model who fell in love with his captor" thing.
- It had the perfect ending: IWC hero (and real-life returning veteran) Dennis Gregory stabs Alliance leader and long time rival Shirley Doe in the eye with Sterling James Keenan's sword during a Wargames match.
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Post by 543Y2J on Mar 9, 2012 13:24:24 GMT -5
Generation Next vs Everyone Generation Next vs Alex Shelley/Austin Aries vs Alex Shelley Generation Next vs The Embassy
You couldnt have told the story better, over such a long amount of time. From Aries wanting to be the top guy in the group, to Shelley going through Strong and Evans to get to Aries almost like in the movies getting to the big boss. Plus no one in the lockeroom trusting Shelley once he broke away from GN for all he did in the group, leading him to go with Embassy. Just an incredible story/group that is really underrated and I don't think everyone involved gets enough credit that they deserve for it.
There is also a great 3 part music video on themvzone that documents it all with a great soundtrack. That I recommend anyone looking at if they aren't familiar with what happened arguably during the golden years of ROH.
Also Chris Hero vs The Human Tornado PWG, Steen vs Super Dragon PWG, Matt Sydal becoming cocky and arrogant after winning the tag titles in ROH, CM Punk vs Raven and ROH, Steen vs Generico ROH, AOTF
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Post by froggyfrog on Mar 9, 2012 14:53:17 GMT -5
Also all the Ring of Homicide stuff in 2006
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Post by baronmordo on Mar 9, 2012 17:24:32 GMT -5
"Shiima Xion is a bisexual illegal alien/kidnap victim/fashion model who fell in love with his captor"-this sounds like the most amazing thing, I swear.
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Urethra Franklin
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Mar 9, 2012 17:30:48 GMT -5
- AotF - The emergence of the BDK - Kevin Steen's ROH heel turn and everything that followed
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Post by Oak: Certified Jade Hater on Mar 9, 2012 17:37:23 GMT -5
"Shiima Xion is a bisexual illegal alien/kidnap victim/fashion model who fell in love with his captor"-this sounds like the most amazing thing, I swear. I want an explanation in graphic detail. This sounds awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2012 19:34:29 GMT -5
Kingston versus Hero in CZW. As bitter a feud as you'll see. Also, Kevin Steen's character arc over the past two years plus. The CHIKARA Special storyline too, simply because it set up the roots for FOUR years of stories. I was gonna mention Hero/Kingston but I forgot what fed it's in so I'd have felt kind of hackey for going there, I just saw a youtube series that showcased it years ago(I think copyrights swallowed it).
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Post by froggyfrog on Mar 10, 2012 1:25:59 GMT -5
Kingston versus Hero in CZW. As bitter a feud as you'll see. Also, Kevin Steen's character arc over the past two years plus. The CHIKARA Special storyline too, simply because it set up the roots for FOUR years of stories. I was gonna mention Hero/Kingston but I forgot what fed it's in so I'd have felt kind of hackey for going there, I just saw a youtube series that showcased it years ago(I think copyrights swallowed it). Yea someone made like 8 MV documenting it. They all owned it took years to finish I believe
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Mar 10, 2012 1:36:33 GMT -5
Kingston versus Hero in CZW. As bitter a feud as you'll see. Also, Kevin Steen's character arc over the past two years plus. The CHIKARA Special storyline too, simply because it set up the roots for FOUR years of stories. I was gonna mention Hero/Kingston but I forgot what fed it's in so I'd have felt kind of hackey for going there, I just saw a youtube series that showcased it years ago(I think copyrights swallowed it). uh, try every promotion
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Post by froggyfrog on Mar 10, 2012 1:50:40 GMT -5
I was gonna mention Hero/Kingston but I forgot what fed it's in so I'd have felt kind of hackey for going there, I just saw a youtube series that showcased it years ago(I think copyrights swallowed it). uh, try every promotion Its main was in CZW though. It carried into others including ROH but the meat of the feud was CZW
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Mar 10, 2012 2:09:23 GMT -5
Its main was in CZW though. It carried into others including ROH but the meat of the feud was CZW and CHIKARA (which is where it started), and IWA: Mid-South, and JAPW, and PWG, and IWC, and PW Elite... the Chris Hero vs. Eddie Kingston feud was bigger than any one promotion and carried over into damn near every independent promotion
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