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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Dec 9, 2007 10:22:50 GMT -5
- The Road Warriors losing to the New Age Outlaws at the '98 Royal Rumble. I agree with this one, I thought for sure the LOD would get the belts back, especially after being humiliated by them on Raw the previous month.
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Post by Loki on Dec 9, 2007 10:26:01 GMT -5
I'm surprised nobody mentioned the most obvious choice IMO.
Kane losing to Taker at 'Mania XIV AND Unforgiven 98. So, this unstoppable monster comes back from the grave (more or less) to destroy his brother, just to get defeated twice in the short span of a month? Throw in a pathetic and useless 24 hours Championship reign, and voila. The wonderful build-up for Kane goes down the toilet.
Kane has never recovered his status of Monster since.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Dec 9, 2007 10:29:18 GMT -5
In re: Tatanka losing to Ludvig Borga
Where the hell else were they going to go with him? He had that long of a winning streak and yet still didn't win anything. For that matter, how many title shots did he even get? IC against Shawn Michaels at WM9? Was that it?
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Dec 9, 2007 10:29:59 GMT -5
When WWF brought in Paul Wight as some kind of beast, and was jobbing within like two weeks.
At least, that's how I remember it.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Dec 9, 2007 10:31:49 GMT -5
When WWF brought in Paul Wight as some kind of beast, and was jobbing within like two weeks. At least, that's how I remember it. I think it was maybe 3 or 4, but yeah that's pretty much how it went down.
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Post by Agent P on Dec 9, 2007 10:32:09 GMT -5
When WWF brought in Paul Wight as some kind of beast, and was jobbing within like two weeks. At least, that's how I remember it. Unless I'm not mistaken, his first match was a clean job to Austin and his second was a DQ loss to Mankind.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Dec 9, 2007 10:39:34 GMT -5
An time anyone has lost a match to: Spike Dudley, Zach Gowen, Rey Mysterio, Mikey Whipwreck etc Steve Austin jobbed clean to Mikey in 1995. I wouldn't exactly say his career derailed after that.
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Post by EmptyEYE DUNNOOOOOOOOO on Dec 9, 2007 10:45:53 GMT -5
Goldberg losing. Period.
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Post by Asics Johnson on Dec 9, 2007 10:46:22 GMT -5
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Hogan's loss to the Ultimate Warrior wasn't necessarily the "end of Hogan's career," but definitely made me see him as more vulnerable. I was an 11-year-old Hulkamaniac at the time (technically 10, but my birthday was three weeks later) and even though I supported the Warrior, seeing Hogan job cleanly to someone who had only been in the WWF for four years at the time was devastating to me. Good point... Sigh. I was seven years old at the time, and to this day, WrestleMania VI is the only movie that has ever made me cry like a girl. I would probably cast my vote for Vader's loss to Kane in 1997, though. The one where the once indomitable Rocky Mountain Monster referred to himself as a "big, fat piece of s***" He was never the same afterwards.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Dec 9, 2007 10:46:48 GMT -5
An time anyone has lost a match to: Spike Dudley, Zach Gowen, Rey Mysterio, Mikey Whipwreck etc Shawn Michaels lost to Rey and his career seems just fine. I think Matt Hardy lost to Zach Gowen and recovered quite nicely from it. JBL lost to Rey and he....well nevermind.
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Dec 9, 2007 11:00:39 GMT -5
Also, add to my list Jericho losing the Undisputed title to HHH at WrestleMania X-8. He was finally getting the push he deserved for years, and after that it was back to the midcard for Y2J.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Dec 9, 2007 11:02:05 GMT -5
Also, add to my list Jericho losing the Undisputed title to HHH at WrestleMania X-8. He was finally getting the push he deserved for years, and after that it was back to the midcard for Y2J. I thought his push was great till February or so when Steph became his manager or whatever, and had him run errands like walking a dog. But Jericho didn't mind, so meh.
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Post by twiggy101 on Dec 9, 2007 11:06:56 GMT -5
How about World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio and his win-loss record?
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Post by darthpipes on Dec 9, 2007 11:39:41 GMT -5
Here's an old one but Tito Santana losing the IC title to Randy Savage. Tito still had some good moments, like winning the tag titles with Rick Martel. But he was never the same afterwards, never reached the same heights, and began his Wrestlemania losing streak shortly thereafter.
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Post by T Vang is a HO-DADDY~! on Dec 9, 2007 11:44:07 GMT -5
I'm gonna go with Christian transfering to Smackdown, and jobbing in a six man title match. Sure it didn't end his carreer, but his any build he had going to SD was squashed and his WWE carreer was OVER. Literally. The 6 man title match that Christian lost in was his last in WWE.
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Post by randomranter on Dec 9, 2007 11:55:59 GMT -5
Bam Bam Bigelow losing to Lawrence Taylor at Wrestlemania. Bart Gunn losing to Butterbean. Winners. </thread>
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Post by hurrifan87 on Dec 9, 2007 12:08:37 GMT -5
I was at the In Your House where Gangrel lost his first match to D'Lo...he seemed to develop a taste for losing after that match.
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Post by Dolph Zalgo on Dec 9, 2007 12:14:20 GMT -5
Glacier losing to Buff Bagwell was the point where they gave up his push
Bigelow Vs. Taylor was an insult to any wrestling fan
Berlyn losing to Brad Armstrong. However, I guess Berlyn jobbed to Columbine before. A "teutonian gothic" gimmick was too much for mainstream TV and they had to water him down.
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Post by Evil Jan Otto on Dec 9, 2007 13:07:48 GMT -5
I'm gonna go with Christian transfering to Smackdown, and jobbing in a six man title match. Sure it didn't end his carreer, but his any build he had going to SD was squashed and his WWE carreer was OVER. Literally. The 6 man title match that Christian lost in was his last in WWE. Apparently that Booker vs Christian mini-fued on SD! after he jobbed in the aforementioned title match never happened.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Dec 9, 2007 13:24:27 GMT -5
Haven't looked to see if it was already posted, but Eugene's loss to Trips at Summerslam '04. Hard to believe, but 3.5 short years ago, Eugene was INSANELY over until Trippy got a hold of him.
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