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Post by Spearmint* on May 17, 2012 9:18:28 GMT -5
Just watched this on Ladder Match 1 DvD and Dear god what an incredible match. One of the hottest crowds ever (including Flair's daughter screaming away in the front row), one of the most surprisingly great performances (not many thought Flair could do a full TLC match at this stage in his career) and one of the most well thought out endings (giving the crowd the emotional tease of Flair winning and then showing Edge off as an ultimate heel). Not to mention the big bumps, the blood (appropriate for once in Flair's case) and the establishing of Edge as a big time main stay main event player. Anyone else got found memories of this one? Just a shame Edge's title run had to end pointlessly to Cena 2 weeks later at Royal Rumble instead of letting him take the belt into 'Mania. But oh well.  |
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Post by norsisclouds on May 17, 2012 9:30:40 GMT -5
And it was all for free on Monday Night RAW. Edge's first title reign was so awesome. It's a shame they cut it short, ratings were up, crowd was hot to hate him, and he was doing exciting things every week.
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Post by Sparvid on May 17, 2012 11:49:46 GMT -5
It's been a while since I last saw it, but I remember getting quite annoyed at the ref running around the whole time. It's a ladder match!
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 17, 2012 13:49:12 GMT -5
It was a great match, and I honestly wanted them to give Flair the win for just one last mini-run.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 17, 2012 18:21:52 GMT -5
Brilliant match. Every now and then, Flair will just pull a match like this out. This is why many consider him the greatest.
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Post by thegame415 on May 18, 2012 1:07:19 GMT -5
Great storytelling, especially in terms of Flair being the underdog. I agree, Edge could've done a lot more as champ. However, they wanted Cena vs HHH at WM, so Edge's loss would've happened in the not too distant future.
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on May 18, 2012 3:07:48 GMT -5
I never understood why they took the title off Edge and gave it back to Cena. Its as if they felt he wasn't over enough to carry and only gave him the WWE Title to get the MITB story out of the way. I seriously think it was really lazy writing on their part and that Foley vs Edge was already in stone for WM and they didn't want to drop that so they got the MITB story out of the way, gave Edge the belt and decided to have him drop to Cena. WWE's booking in the last decade has been awful at places and January 2006 was a good example (granted I loved Angle's World Title win).
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Post by Soultastic on May 18, 2012 12:14:56 GMT -5
It still shocks me that there are 2 different Edge dvd sets and neither has this match.
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Post by norsisclouds on May 18, 2012 13:23:21 GMT -5
I never understood why they took the title off Edge and gave it back to Cena. Its as if they felt he wasn't over enough to carry and only gave him the WWE Title to get the MITB story out of the way. I seriously think it was really lazy writing on their part and that Foley vs Edge was already in stone for WM and they didn't want to drop that so they got the MITB story out of the way, gave Edge the belt and decided to have him drop to Cena. WWE's booking in the last decade has been awful at places and January 2006 was a good example (granted I loved Angle's World Title win). In his DVD he talked about how frustrated and angry he was over that because he felt he had momentum and had proven himself as a draw at that point (ratings were up consistently for his first reign as champ). He felt that a part of the momentum was that you had someone new with the title that was a good polar opposite to Cena, and that old and new fans were tuning into see what his character was about, how he was going to lose the title, and that this guy Edge that they saw 7 years ago finally had the WWE Title. He didn't say it by name, but it seemed clear to me at least that there was some frustration with Triple H taking on the spot against Cena at WM 22 instead of having him carry it into mania. Added to that, he said there were some powerful voices backstage that never wanted him to get the title and it was Vince who pushed for it because he believed in him. It makes me wonder if those rumors about Triple H always hating him were true... I also think it was a dumb move to take the title off of him at Rumble at that point. Even people in the IWC who legit hated him just a year prior were eager to see where the title run would go, and we saw how awesome Edge could be working with Cena less than a year later when they gave him his own version of the WWE belt and he gave Cena his best rivalry to date. |
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Post by rzombie1988 on May 18, 2012 13:27:12 GMT -5
I remember loving this and hoping for the Flair win. I didn't mark out as hard until King was in the TLC match.
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