Post by vinniemac on Jan 10, 2007 16:59:44 GMT -5
good8evil said:
This is a list of some other WWE that should've been rated 5 Stars by Meltzer. Agree with me if you want.Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels: WrestleMania 21.
4*.
Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle: No Way Out 2006: World Heavyweight Title match.
3*
Paul London and Brain Kendrick vs. William Regal and Dave Taylor vs. MNM vs. The Hardy Boyz: Armageddon 2006: Fatal 4 Way Ladder match for the WWE Tag Team Titles.
3*s, tops. An awesome thing to watch, but there were missed spots, a horrible acident, guys were not working at 100% (Dave Taylor, thanks to injury) and needed to be protected and the whole purpose of the event was not so much storyline based but to atone for one of the worst PPVs in WWE history: DECEMBER 2 DISMEMBER.
Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels: SummerSlam 2002.
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit: Royal Rumble 2003: WWE Title match.
3*'s - and I'm being insanely generous. Trips and Shawn were dialing it in. Shawn was thrown in the match last minute, and over bulls#t. Making it a 3 way was to protect Trips as a performer and to minimize the loss (i. e. protect him). Benoit carried the match. Its psychology was poldding along and felt like every other Triple H main even that year. The 4* Angle/Guerrero match before it exposed its weakensses and set it up for further failure. B. S. faux, "wasn't it great Benoit FINALLY got the strap" sentimentality does not warrant *s.
Nowhere near a 5* match within the confines of WWE booking/politics/workrate. This match has slowly turned into one of the most grotesquely overrated matches in the history of the McMahon empire. All three men have had better matches elsewhere.
Benoit's work can't even hold up to his 4 1/2* work agaisnt guys like Jushin Liger.
2* Horrible. I laughed when I read this as an example of a "5*" match.
Okay, now you MUST be joking.
1/2*. The fan destroying the roof of the limo earlier that day (and thus, the finish) automatically removes a *. JBL has NEVER had a 4* match in his ENTIRE career, as a singles wrestler or as a tag team partner, let alone a 5* match in any capacity. At his best, he was carried to 3* matches.
This is frightening. You must be serious. Oh boy!
2*s. A fan didn't ruin the props in a finish this year....
3 1/2*. Good match. Both men have had better matches. When Rey Vs. Psicosis in ECW had a 4* and a 3* - and was better than this - how could this even come close to a 5?
Too short. 3 *s.
Better. 3 and 1/2*s. When Joe vs. Kobashi is a 4* match, and it was better than this, it's hard to go beyond a 3 1/2* rank.
3 & 3/4*s. Good match. If they had more time it could have been a solid 4.
I'm bored so I'll finish on this one: NO WAY! 3*'s and that's because they guys got a little stiff and while entertaining, the match served little purpose.
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit: Royal Rumble 2003: WWE Title match.
Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H vs. Chris Benoit: WrestleMania 20: Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Title.
3*'s - and I'm being insanely generous. Trips and Shawn were dialing it in. Shawn was thrown in the match last minute, and over bulls#t. Making it a 3 way was to protect Trips as a performer and to minimize the loss (i. e. protect him). Benoit carried the match. Its psychology was poldding along and felt like every other Triple H main even that year. The 4* Angle/Guerrero match before it exposed its weakensses and set it up for further failure. B. S. faux, "wasn't it great Benoit FINALLY got the strap" sentimentality does not warrant *s.
Nowhere near a 5* match within the confines of WWE booking/politics/workrate. This match has slowly turned into one of the most grotesquely overrated matches in the history of the McMahon empire. All three men have had better matches elsewhere.
Benoit's work can't even hold up to his 4 1/2* work agaisnt guys like Jushin Liger.
Team Austin vs. Team Bischoff: Survivor Series 2003.
2* Horrible. I laughed when I read this as an example of a "5*" match.
Undertaker vs. JBL: No Mercy 2004: Last Ride match for the WWE Title.
Okay, now you MUST be joking.
1/2*. The fan destroying the roof of the limo earlier that day (and thus, the finish) automatically removes a *. JBL has NEVER had a 4* match in his ENTIRE career, as a singles wrestler or as a tag team partner, let alone a 5* match in any capacity. At his best, he was carried to 3* matches.
Undertaker vs. Mr. Kennedy: Armageddon 2006: Last Ride match.
This is frightening. You must be serious. Oh boy!
2*s. A fan didn't ruin the props in a finish this year....
Kurt Angle vs. Rey Mysterio: SummerSlam 2002.
3 1/2*. Good match. Both men have had better matches. When Rey Vs. Psicosis in ECW had a 4* and a 3* - and was better than this - how could this even come close to a 5?
Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe: Genesis 2006.
Too short. 3 *s.
Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe: Turning Point 2006.
Better. 3 and 1/2*s. When Joe vs. Kobashi is a 4* match, and it was better than this, it's hard to go beyond a 3 1/2* rank.
AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels vs. LAX: No Surrender 2006: Ultimate X match for the NWA World Tag Team Titles.
3 & 3/4*s. Good match. If they had more time it could have been a solid 4.
Samoa Joe vs. Rhino vs. Monty Brown: Hard Justice 2006: Falls Count Anywhere Triple Threat match.
I'm bored so I'll finish on this one: NO WAY! 3*'s and that's because they guys got a little stiff and while entertaining, the match served little purpose.