Title: Wrestlemania's Best
Description: Top 10 Mania matches
jamiegeist - February 18, 2005 03:11 AM (GMT)
With Wrestlemania creeping around the corner, lets have some fun and have everyone submit their top 10 Wrestlemania matches of all time. Just YOUR top 10. Don't have to be the "best" matches. You get the drift. Your Top 10 Mania matches of all time.
I find with lists it works better if you don't read everyone else's first, so I'll post mine under this.
jamiegeist - February 18, 2005 03:25 AM (GMT)
10. Wrestlemania 18 - Hulk Hogan v The Rock
9. Wrestlemania 17 - Kurt Angle v Chris Benoit
8. Wrestlemania 17 - Tag Team Title TLC Match - Edge & Christian © v Hardy Boyz v Dudley Boyz
7. Wrestlemania 8 - Intercontinental Title - Roddy Piper © v Bret Hart
6. Wrestlemania 17 - WWF Title - The Rock © v Steve Austin
5. Wrestlemania 10 - Intercontinental Title Ladder Match - Shawn Michaels © v Razor Ramon
4. Wrestlemania 7 - Retirement Match - Randy Savage v Ultimate Warrior
3. Wrestlemania 8 - WWF Title - Ric Flair © v Randy Savage
2. Wrestlemania 10 - Bret Hart v Owen Hart
1. Wrestlemania 13 - Submission Match - Bret Hart v Steve Austin
17 probably got 3 spots cause I was there live. Then again, it did kickass. Numbers 2 and 1 were and will forever be neck and neck in this race.
prof_plague - February 18, 2005 03:53 AM (GMT)
WM I: Andre the Giant defeated Big John Studd (w/ Bobby Heenan) in a $15,000 bodyslam match; after the bout, Andre began throwing the money into the crowd until Heenan returned ringside to grab as much as he could; had Andre been unsuccessful in slamming Studd, he would have been forced to retire (Andre the Giant)
WM III: WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Andre the Giant (w/ Bobby Heenan) with a bodyslam and the legdrop at 12:07; Bob Ueker was the guest ring announcer and Mary Hart was the guest time keeper; after the match, Hogan was presented with a new heavyweight title belt
WM VI: WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior pinned WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan to win the title at 22:50 with a splash after Hogan missed the legdrop; after the match, Hogan presented Warrior with the world title belt; both championships were on the line in the contest
WM IX: Yokozuna (w/ Mr. Fuji) pinned WWF World Champion Bret Hart to win the title at 8:56 after Fuji threw salt in Hart's eyes as the Sharpshooter was applied; immediately after the bout, Hulk Hogan came out to tell referee Earl Hebner what happened; moments later, Mr. Fuji issued Hogan an immediate challenge, eventually offering to put up the title; it was not until after Hart encouraged him to do so that Hogan accepted
WM X: Owen Hart pinned Bret Hart by blocking an attempted victory roll
WM X: WWF IC Champion Razor Ramon defeated Shawn Michaels in a ladder match after Michaels was knocked off the ladder and had his foot tangled up in the ring ropes; Diesel was in the challenger's corner for the early moments of the bout but was sent backstage after attacking Razor on the floor
WM XI: Owen Hart & Yokozuna (w/ Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji) (mystery partner) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Smoking Gunns to win the titles when Owen pinned Billy after Yoko hit the Bonzai Drop (Yoko's surprise return after being gone since the Survivor Series)
Bret Hart defeated Bob Backlund in a I Quit match by making Backlund submit to the Crossface Chicken Wing; Roddy Piper was the surprise guest referee for the bout
WWF World Champion Diesel (w/ Pamela Anderson) pinned Shawn Michaels (w/ Psycho Sid & Jenny McCarthy) with the powerbomb
WM XII: Shawn Michaels (w/ Jose Lothario) defeated WWF World Champion Bret Hart in an Ironman match to win the title; the original decision was a draw, as neither man had scored a fall in the 60-minute time-limit, however the match was restarted and Michaels hit two superkicks in overtime to pick up the win at 1:52
WM XIII: Bret Hart defeated Steve Austin in a submission match at 22:03 when guest referee Ken Shamrock stopped the match after Austin passed out while in the Sharpshooter after being hit in the head with the timekeeper's bell; after the match, Shamrock held Hart off from further attacking Austin; moments thereafter, Austin hit the Stunner on an offical who attempted to help him to his feet and walked backstage under his own power
WM XIV: Cactus Jack & Terry Funk defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Billy Gunn & the Road Dogg to win the titles in a dumpster match after Funk used a forklift to drop the champions in a dumpster backstage; the titles were later held up since the illegal dumpster was used in the decision
WM XVII: Edge & Christian defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz and Matt & Jeff Hardy in TLC 2 to win the titles when Rhyno put Christian on his shoulders and walked him up the ladder to grab the title belt; the match saw outside interference from Lita (on behalf of the Hardyz), Rhyno (on behalf of Edge & Christian), and Spike Dudley (on behalf of the Dudley Boyz)
WM XIX: The Rock pinned Steve Austin at 17:53 after hitting the Rock Bottom on three ocassions (Austin's last match before unofficially retiring from the ring)
Brock Lesnar pinned WWE Smackdown! World Champion Kurt Angle with the F5 to win the title at 21:04, moments after failing an attempt at a Shooting Star Press and hitting his head on the mat
WM XX: WWE Smackdown! World Champion Eddie Guerrero pinned Kurt Angle at 21:30 with an inside cradle and using the ropes for leverage after avoiding the ankle lock by unlacing his boot
Chris Benoit defeated WWE Raw World Champion Triple H and Shawn Michaels to win the title at 24:07 when Triple H submitted to the Crippler Crossface
Crap...I think that's 16. Meh. I'll knock it down to 10 later if I so feel inclined to.
SamoaRowe - February 18, 2005 04:13 AM (GMT)
1) Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (WMX)
2) Bret Hart vs Stone Cold (WM13)
3) Chris Benoit vs Triple H vs Shawn Michaels (WMXX, sue me)
4) Steve Austin vs The Rock (WMX8)
5) Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar (WMXIX)
6) Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat (WM3)
7) Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (WMX)
8) Steve Austin vs Shawn Michaels (WMXIV)
9) Hogan and Mr. T vs Piper and Orndorf (WM)
10) Kurt Angle vs Eddie Guerrero (WMXX)
I know my list is pretty by the numbers, but I can't not pick my favorites based on popularity.
Real F'n Show - February 18, 2005 05:24 PM (GMT)
1. Bret vs. Austin- WM13
2. Bret vs. Owen- WM10
3. Savage vs. Steamboat- WM3
4. Austin vs. The Rock- WM17
5. Flair vs. Savage- WM8
6. HBK vs. Razor Ramon- WM10
7. Piper vs. Bret- WM8
8. Benoit vs. Angle- WM17
9. Benoit vs. Triple H vs. HBK- WM20
10. Triangle Ladder Match- WM16
Mad Dog - February 18, 2005 06:15 PM (GMT)
1. Warrior vs. Savage WMVII - nothing has come close to the heat and emotion of this match and the aftermath.
2. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart WMX
3. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage WMVIII
4. Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper WMVIII
5. the Rock vs. Steve Austin WMX-7
6. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage WMV
7. Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage WMIII
8. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin WMXIII
9. Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan WMVI
10. Hogan vs. Rock WMXVIII - for heat mostly
dynamite kido - February 18, 2005 08:24 PM (GMT)
1. Rock vs. Austin -WMX-7
2. Bret Hart vs. Austin - WM XIII
3. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - WM X
4. Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage - WM III
5. Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair - WM VIII
6. Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper - WM VIII
7. Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan - WM V
8. Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon - WM X
9. Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesner - WM XIX
10. Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior - WM VII
Nitro - February 19, 2005 01:43 AM (GMT)
I may expand later, I'm just really tired right now
1. The Rock vs. Steven Austin, X-7
2. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, X
3. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, XIII
4. Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat, III
5. Scott Hall vs. Shawn Michaels, X
Scrooge McSuck - February 19, 2005 02:13 AM (GMT)
Hmm... I hate having to pick 10, since my opinion always changes.
10. Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock (WM X-8)
9. TLC 2 (WM X-Seven)
8. Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels (WM XX)
7. Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair (WM VIII)
6. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage (WM V)
5. Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage (WM VII)
4. Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat (WM III)
3. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (WM X)
2. Steve Austin vs. The Rock (WM X-Seven)
1. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (WM 13)
Benoit is God - February 20, 2005 12:37 AM (GMT)
I don't think I can make a definitive list. Need to rewatch Steamboat-Savage and Flair-Savage. The following are pretty much locks for me:
Austin vs Rock - 17
Austin vs Hart - 13
Hart vs Hart - 10
Michaels vs Ramon - 10
Hart vs Piper - 8
Savage vs Warrior - 7