Big Red Machine wrote:
The eight man tag match at King of Trios 2012 blows this match out of the water.
I admit I've never seen a game of duck duck goose in a wrestling ring until I saw that match.
It's not just that. It is the spot at the end with Darkness Crabtree and 3.0 that I don't want to spoil, or the "eye pokes" to the swamp monster. That match is about twelve different types of hilarious.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: Mar 14th, '13, 00:35
by Big Red Machine
Just added Fire Ant & Soldier Ant vs. Chuck Taylor & Icarus from CHIKARA Anniversario Yang. I defy you not to completely mark out for the entirety of this match.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: Mar 14th, '13, 13:35
by e-moose
Big Red Machine wrote:To all the people who don't have Bret vs Owen from Summer Slam listed: is that because you haven't seen it or because you didn't think it deserved the perfect rating?
I watched that PPV live. For the next 12 yearz I told people it wuz the greatest match of all time. Then a friend of mine got me the DVD "Bloodbath: Wrestling's Most Incredible Steel Cage Matches" for my birthday. After watching that match again, it wuz great but not az good az I remembered it from the first time. What bugz me iz all the hezitation at so many moments when either one of them should have eazily been able to take the victory. Aside from that, definitely a great match.
I think one of the all-time matchez burned into my memory wuz Chris Benoit winning the 2004 Royal Rumble. But that has to do mostly with the last 5 or so minutes. How can a person really rate a match involving so many people?
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: Apr 11th, '13, 22:53
by cero2k
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada match from this past weekend's New Japan Pro Wrestling iPPV drew a five star rating from Dave Meltzer. Should be worth checking out.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: Apr 12th, '13, 08:36
by Aggro
Bret Hart vs Mr Perfect at Summerslam 91 I believe. Greatest match I've ever seen.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: Apr 13th, '13, 21:01
by Big Red Machine
cero2k wrote:Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada match from this past weekend's New Japan Pro Wrestling iPPV drew a five star rating from Dave Meltzer. Should be worth checking out.
Just checked it out, and Meltzer got it right.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: Apr 14th, '13, 03:22
by Aggro
Big Red Machine wrote:
cero2k wrote:Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada match from this past weekend's New Japan Pro Wrestling iPPV drew a five star rating from Dave Meltzer. Should be worth checking out.
Just checked it out, and Meltzer got it right.
Avaiable on youtube??
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: Apr 14th, '13, 10:10
by Big Red Machine
Aggro wrote:
Big Red Machine wrote:
cero2k wrote:Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada match from this past weekend's New Japan Pro Wrestling iPPV drew a five star rating from Dave Meltzer. Should be worth checking out.
Just checked it out, and Meltzer got it right.
Avaiable on youtube??
[youtube][/youtube]
It's the last match on this show. Starts at 3:15 or so
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 11:39
by Sassafras
A lot of things about Meltzer's list pissed me off. So I thought a lot about my own 5-str matches list. And after careful conaideration, here it is.
Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Shawn Michaels - Iron Man Match, WrestleMania 12
Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin - Submission Match, WrestleMania 13
The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels - Hell in a Cell Match, Badd Blood 1997
Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz - TLC Match, SummerSlam 2000
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock - WrestleMania 17
Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Booker T vs. Rob Van Dam - Elimination Chamber Match, Survivor Series 2002
Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit - WrestleMania 20
Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk - ROH Joe vs. Punk II
Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe - TNA Unbreakable (2005)
Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi - ROH Joe vs. Kobashi
Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe - TNA Genesis 2006
Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair - WrestleMania 24
The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania 25
The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania 26
The Undertaker vs. Triple H - WrestleMania 27
CM Punk vs. John Cena - Money in the Bank 2011
The Undertaker vs. Triple H - Hell in a Cell Match, WrestleMania 28
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan - Over the Limit 2012
Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar - SummerSlam 2012
The Shield vs. Ryback, Kane, and Daniel Bryan - TLC Match, TLC 2012
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 11:52
by cero2k
Sassafras wrote:
Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz - TLC Match, SummerSlam 2000
you like this better than the Wrestlemania one?
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 12:22
by Big Red Machine
cero2k wrote:
Sassafras wrote:
Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz - TLC Match, SummerSlam 2000
you like this better than the Wrestlemania one?
I'm the same way. I don't know what it is. When I want to watch a TLC match, the one I want to watch most is always TLC 2, but the first one just has... I don't know... a feeling about it that makes it *****
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 12:24
by Big Red Machine
Sassafras wrote:A lot of things about Meltzer's list pissed me off. So I thought a lot about my own 5-str matches list. And after careful conaideration, here it is.
Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Shawn Michaels - Iron Man Match, WrestleMania 12
Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin - Submission Match, WrestleMania 13
The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels - Hell in a Cell Match, Badd Blood 1997
Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz - TLC Match, SummerSlam 2000
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock - WrestleMania 17
Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Booker T vs. Rob Van Dam - Elimination Chamber Match, Survivor Series 2002
Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit - WrestleMania 20
Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk - ROH Joe vs. Punk II
Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe - TNA Unbreakable (2005)
Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi - ROH Joe vs. Kobashi
Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe - TNA Genesis 2006
Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair - WrestleMania 24
The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania 25
The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania 26
The Undertaker vs. Triple H - WrestleMania 27
CM Punk vs. John Cena - Money in the Bank 2011
The Undertaker vs. Triple H - Hell in a Cell Match, WrestleMania 28
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan - Over the Limit 2012
Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar - SummerSlam 2012
The Shield vs. Ryback, Kane, and Daniel Bryan - TLC Match, TLC 2012
Have you seen the Cena vs. Umaga Last Man Standing match? Based on your list, I think you would love it. Also, the first Survival of the Fittest match, or most of the Danielson vs. McGuinness matches.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 14:28
by Sassafras
I think the edge (no pun intended) that the TLC at SummerSlam 2000 had over the others was that it was the first. They set out o prove something that night and they succeeded. And BRM, seen them all, all GREAT matches, but nothing I'd call perfect.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 15:38
by cero2k
Sassafras wrote:I think the edge (no pun intended) that the TLC at SummerSlam 2000 had over the others was that it was the first. They set out o prove something that night and they succeeded. And BRM, seen them all, all GREAT matches, but nothing I'd call perfect.
what about the WM 3way ladder match?
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 15:53
by Big Red Machine
Sassafras wrote:I think the edge (no pun intended) that the TLC at SummerSlam 2000 had over the others was that it was the first. They set out o prove something that night and they succeeded. And BRM, seen them all, all GREAT matches, but nothing I'd call perfect.
Damn. My search for someone other than myself and YCW who will give Cena vs. Umaga the love it deserves must continue!
Any love for the Flair Steamboat matches or some other 80's stuff?
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 17:02
by cero2k
Big Red Machine wrote:
Sassafras wrote:I think the edge (no pun intended) that the TLC at SummerSlam 2000 had over the others was that it was the first. They set out o prove something that night and they succeeded. And BRM, seen them all, all GREAT matches, but nothing I'd call perfect.
Damn. My search for someone other than myself and YCW who will give Cena vs. Umaga the love it deserves must continue!
Any love for the Flair Steamboat matches or some other 80's stuff?
i'll have to look at it again, I personally thought that cena/ryback was amazing, so if you think it's far better than that i should take a look
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 18:14
by Sassafras
I pretty much decided to keep the list narrowed down to matches that have taken place in the time since I became a fan. But the Flaj/Steamboat matches were AMAZING. As was the Flair/Funk I Quit match.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: May 20th, '13, 18:26
by Big Red Machine
Sassafras wrote:I pretty much decided to keep the list narrowed down to matches that have taken place in the time since I became a fan. But the Flaj/Steamboat matches were AMAZING. As was the Flair/Funk I Quit match.
I haven't seen it in about four or five years, but I remember being very disappointed by it.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: Aug 18th, '13, 21:29
by Big Red Machine
Just added Punk vs. Lesnar from Summer Slam.
Re: Your 5 star matches
Posted: Oct 14th, '13, 08:53
by cero2k
word on the internet is that in NJPW's King of Pro Wrestling '13. Tanahashi vs Okada drew another 5 stars and Nakamura vs Marafuji is close behind with only like a 1/4 less to five stars