Craziest streak of PPV matches?

[Jindrak Mark]

Either in terms of match quality or star power.

Steve Austin in early 2001 won one of the greatest Royal Rumble matches ever, faced Triple H in a classic at No Way Out then had another all-timer with The Rock at Wrestlemania.

A few of these matches sucked but this is a kind of insane run Undertaker had in 2002:

No Way Out v The Rock
Wrestlemania v Ric Flair
Backlash v Steve Austin
Judgment Day v Hulk Hogan
King of the Ring v Triple H
Vengeance v Kurt Angle (and Rock)

With all due respect to Test, he kind of ruined the streak at Summerslam, being a midcarder compared to all those legends.

The following year The Rock only wrestled on 3 PPVs but they were all mega matches in consecutive months with Rock/Hogan at No Way Out, Rock/Austin at Wrestlemania and Rock/Goldberg at Backlash.

[bluebeach25]

Seth Rollins in 2014 and 2015! Had many awesome PPV Matches. 2014 many great Shield Matches, Seth vs Ambrose, Team Cena vs Authority was fantastic.

then 2015 the amazing triple threat match, WM 31, against Cena at Summerslam (finish was bs but still good match)

Lesnar in 2015! Triple Threat Match at the Rumble, WM 31 Main Event, Both matches against Taker were very good.

[thegame415]

For quality and or star power, Triple H in 2000

vs Cactus Jack at Royal Rumble
vs Cactus Jack at No Way Out
vs Rock vs Big Show vs Foley at WM
vs Rock at Backlash
vs Rock at Judgment Day
with McMahon's vs Rock, Undertaker and Kane at King of the Ring
vs Jericho at Fully Loaded
vs Rock and Kurt Angle at SummerSlam
vs Kurt Angle at Unforgiven
vs Chris Benoit at No Mercy
vs Austin at Survivor Series
6 man hell in a cell at Armageddon

It even continues into 2001, and you could go back to 1999.

He was always getting big matches, and 5 of those 2000 matches could be match of the year candidates (I'll let you determine which ones).

[MrElijah]

Sting in 1992 is the stuff of legends
-Vs. Luger at Superbrawl II
-War Games at WrestleWar
-Vs. Cactus Jack at Beach Blast
-Vs. Vader at GAB '92
-Vs. Jake Roberts at HalloweenHavoc 92
-Vs. Vader at Starrcade '92

[chazraps]

Oct 3, 2022 18:19:04 GMT -5 MrElijah said:

Sting in 1992 is the stuff of legends
-Vs. Luger at Superbrawl II
-War Games at WrestleWar
-Vs. Cactus Jack at Beach Blast
-Vs. Vader at GAB '92
-Vs. Vader at Starrcade '92

And Jake Roberts was Halloween Havoc 92 that year right? (the least of all these matches but still there in terms of star power)

I think if we're factoring star power and overall quality, this 92 Sting run might be best.

[Starshine]

That long Okada title reign where he was just kicking it out of the park every time out. That feels like that was a completely different New Japan to what it's been since the pandemic started.

[fw91]

Alberto Del Rio vs Sheamus
Alberto Del Rio vs Sheamus
Alberto Del Rio vs Sheamus
Alberto Del Rio vs Sheamus

[chazraps]

Hold the fort, I offer up Bret Hart 92-93

Mania 8 vs Piper
Summerslam 92 v British Bulldog
Survivor series 92 vs Shawn Michaels
Rumble 93 vs Razor Ramon
Mania IX against Yoko (Yoko's Best Match)
King of the Ring 93 against Razor, Bam Bam and Perfect
Summerslam 93 against Lawler and Doink

falls apart at Survivor Series 93, but until then you have sellar quality and notable names.

[chazraps]

Oct 3, 2022 18:27:55 GMT -5 Starshine said:

That long Okada title reign where he was just kicking it out of the park every time out. That feels like that was a completely different New Japan to what it's been since the pandemic started.

Well, technically outside his ROH appearances those matches weren't offered in a Pay-Per-View model. New Japan matches air on regular TV in their country of origin and everywhere else via their streaming service.

It's maybe the craziest streak for a title reign ever, don't get me wrong, but to include that would also have to include all the television-based models of any title streak and not just pay-per-views.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Oct 3, 2022 18:30:05 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Hold the fort, I offer up Bret Hart 92-93

Mania 8 vs Piper
Summerslam 92 v British Bulldog
Survivor series 92 vs Shawn Michaels
Rumble 93 vs Razor Ramon
Mania IX against Yoko (Yoko's Best Match)
King of the Ring 93 against Razor, Bam Bam and Perfect
Summerslam 93 against Lawler and Doink

falls apart at Survivor Series 93, but until then you have sellar quality and notable names.

Survivor Series 93 was fine. It was meant to be a showcase for Owen to set up the angle and it met that goal. While not the greatest in ring match ever, it did what it needed to and that makes it a good match.

[chazraps]

Oct 3, 2022 18:32:51 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Oct 3, 2022 18:30:05 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Hold the fort, I offer up Bret Hart 92-93

Mania 8 vs Piper
Summerslam 92 v British Bulldog
Survivor series 92 vs Shawn Michaels
Rumble 93 vs Razor Ramon
Mania IX against Yoko (Yoko's Best Match)
King of the Ring 93 against Razor, Bam Bam and Perfect
Summerslam 93 against Lawler and Doink

falls apart at Survivor Series 93, but until then you have sellar quality and notable names.

Survivor Series 93 was fine. It was meant to be a showcase for Owen to set up the angle and it met that goal. While not the greatest in ring match ever, it did what it needed to and that makes it a good match.

Not saying it wasn't good, but I wouldn't consider it part of a streak on par with the previous 18 straight months of PPV outings.

[Starshine]

Oct 3, 2022 18:32:28 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Oct 3, 2022 18:27:55 GMT -5 Starshine said:

That long Okada title reign where he was just kicking it out of the park every time out. That feels like that was a completely different New Japan to what it's been since the pandemic started.

Well, technically outside his ROH appearances those matches weren't offered in a Pay-Per-View model. New Japan matches air on regular TV in their country of origin and everywhere else via their streaming service.

It's maybe the craziest streak for a title reign ever, don't get me wrong, but to include that would also have to include all the television-based models of any title streak and not just pay-per-views.

This really seems like splitting hairs considering the model still follows the traditional PPV booking conventions.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Oct 3, 2022 18:34:09 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Oct 3, 2022 18:32:51 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Survivor Series 93 was fine. It was meant to be a showcase for Owen to set up the angle and it met that goal. While not the greatest in ring match ever, it did what it needed to and that makes it a good match.

Not saying it wasn't good, but I wouldn't consider it part of a streak on par with the previous 18 straight months of PPV outings.

Out of all those you had mentioned, I’d say the match against Yoko was the stinker.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

Oct 3, 2022 18:32:28 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Oct 3, 2022 18:27:55 GMT -5 Starshine said:

That long Okada title reign where he was just kicking it out of the park every time out. That feels like that was a completely different New Japan to what it's been since the pandemic started.

Well, technically outside his ROH appearances those matches weren't offered in a Pay-Per-View model. New Japan matches air on regular TV in their country of origin and everywhere else via their streaming service.

It's maybe the craziest streak for a title reign ever, don't get me wrong, but to include that would also have to include all the television-based models of any title streak and not just pay-per-views.

This hasn't been true for a while, starting with WK1 in 2007 they've had major shows on PPV (they had 12 in 2014) and now everything is live on NJPW World in the same way WWE has everything on Peacock. The TV Asahi show is usually about a month later than what happens in real time.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

Oct 3, 2022 17:48:30 GMT -5 thegame415 said:

For quality and or star power, Triple H in 2000

vs Cactus Jack at Royal Rumble
vs Cactus Jack at No Way Out
vs Rock vs Big Show vs Foley at WM
vs Rock at Backlash
vs Rock at Judgment Day
with McMahon's vs Rock, Undertaker and Kane at King of the Ring
vs Jericho at Fully Loaded
vs Rock and Kurt Angle at SummerSlam
vs Kurt Angle at Unforgiven
vs Chris Benoit at No Mercy
vs Austin at Survivor Series
6 man hell in a cell at Armageddon

It even continues into 2001, and you could go back to 1999.

He was always getting big matches, and 5 of those 2000 matches could be match of the year candidates (I'll let you determine which ones).

This run was so good that Meltzer was putting him on par with Misawa, which is as close as you'll ever get to Dave saying he worships someone

[chazraps]

Oct 3, 2022 19:54:31 GMT -5 TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out said:

Oct 3, 2022 18:32:28 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Well, technically outside his ROH appearances those matches weren't offered in a Pay-Per-View model. New Japan matches air on regular TV in their country of origin and everywhere else via their streaming service.

It's maybe the craziest streak for a title reign ever, don't get me wrong, but to include that would also have to include all the television-based models of any title streak and not just pay-per-views.

This hasn't been true for a while, starting with WK1 in 2007 they've had major shows on PPV (they had 12 in 2014) and now everything is live on NJPW World in the same way WWE has everything on Peacock. The TV Asahi show is usually about a month later than what happens in real time.

When I was in Tokyo for WK11 in 2017 it aired on regular TV that same night after we got back to the hotel.

[chrom]

AJ Styles in 2005 had fantastic matches on PPV all year long

[fw91]

Oct 3, 2022 18:34:09 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Oct 3, 2022 18:32:51 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Survivor Series 93 was fine. It was meant to be a showcase for Owen to set up the angle and it met that goal. While not the greatest in ring match ever, it did what it needed to and that makes it a good match.

Not saying it wasn't good, but I wouldn't consider it part of a streak on par with the previous 18 straight months of PPV outings.

Heenan’s performance on commentary alone makes it a classic.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

The Young Bucks's AEW tenure has been an absolute tear of PPV matches.

Lucha Bros
Lucha Bros ladder match
Santana and Ortiz
Hangman and Omega
Stadium Stampede
Jurassic Express
FTR
Jericho and MJF
Mox and Kingston
Lucha Bros cage match
Jurassic Express & Christian Cage (w/ Adam Cole)
vs. reDRagon vs. Jurassic Express
The Hardyz
Reynolds & Silver and Hangman (w/ Omega)

It's an insane run of PPV matches where maybe three of them at worst weren't in match of the night contention, and several were best of their year.