This match made me a wrestling fan more than anything else. I remember the whole build between these two and I was a huge Magnum TA mark. Now THIS is how you do an "I Quit" match right. These two straight up hecked each other up: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfIWFLlzDJk]NWA Magnum T.A vs Tully Blanchard Starrcade 85 - YouTube[/ame] I'll keep posting some more of my favorites. Feel free to post videos of your favorite matches and feel free to let us know why or something about the match we should know. Feel free to post any favorites from any organization or era.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3vigtYbmqY]Undertaker Vs. Jeff Hardy Ladder Match Part 1 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUFQK5N2yzE&feature=related]Undertaker Vs. Jeff Hardy Ladder Match Part 2 - YouTube[/ame] This match has always stood out in my mind as one of my favorites. I haven't watched it since it was first aired, but at that time Hardy was my favorite wrestler.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5doKQ7fEdk]Ric Flair Vs. Harley Race 1/5 - Starrcade (1983) - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01VAVZ4Xsu0]Ric Flair Vs. Harley Race 2/5 - Starrcade (1983) - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGpw-2PgoA]Ric Flair Vs. Harley Race 3/5 - Starrcade (1983) - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApFcTTGtCvE]Ric Flair Vs. Harley Race 4/5 - Starrcade '83 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDY89ynQ_xQ]Ric Flair Vs. Harley Race 5/5 "THE SPEECH" - Starrcade (1983) - YouTube[/ame] im a big flair guy so this has been my favorite for a while now
I remember one of the worst matches I ever saw was Goldberg vs. Brock lesnar, I think. I'll have to look it up later to make sure. I think it was at Wrestlemania. They just walked around each other. It was so boring. I'll try to find the video when I'm on my computer later. Unless that's too off topic. lol.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCC90QR7GM&feature=related]Wrestlemania XX Bill Goldberg Vs Brock Lesnar Part 2/3 (HQ) - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvSFI_MvNd4&feature=related]Brock Lesnar vs Goldberg (Wrestlemania 20) Part 2/2 - YouTube[/ame] Absolutely awful.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15zZvnfZKo]Wcw Bash At The Beach 1996 Main Event 1/3 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_RXiWKcME&feature=related]Wcw Bash At The Beach 1996 Main Event 2/3 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfDRFCb1dCQ&feature=related]Wcw Bash At The Beach 1996 Main Event 3/3 - YouTube[/ame] My personal favorite, and the formation of the nWo.
This one is one of my All-Time Favorites: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv3OBWwxX_0]Macho Madness Randy Savage Collection (Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat) 7/32 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KqsZNx83fg&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]Fritz, Mike, & Kevin Von Erich vs. The Fabulous Freebirds - YouTube[/ame] Sent from my HTC EVO
The one thing people forget about matches becoming so short these days is after WCW/ECW was bought, they had to expand with SO much talent, and add like 20 different belts. Before that look at how much prestige the IC belt had. The tag belts had some flair before the brands as well. Guys had much longer matches, and starts were built up slowly. Wrestling is so rushed these days, they forget to tell you a story. I miss wrestling back in the 80's and 90's as a kid it just seemed so much better, Course now gimmicks or wrestlers I really didn't care for or were bored with, I am kinda big fans of now lol. I understand WWE's problem, I'm still trying to figure out wtf is going on at TNA.
http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x5qiv7 i suck at linking videos.... it's whatever. This isn't my favorite match, but it's the first that came to mind when it comes to an all around great match.
Love this one....Terry Funk challenges Jerry Lawler to an "Empty Arena Match" with the thought process that in Memphis Lawler has the refs in his back pocket. Lance Russell is there (and he is just plain GREAT here) Funk is at the arena awaiting Lawler and just when it looks like nothing will happen Lawler shows up...the match is ON! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g_lecgQzb8]Jerry Lawler No-Sells Terry Funk's Taped Promo - Re: Empty Arena Match (April 1981) - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUdXP7kWpf8]Terry Funk vs. Jerry Lawler (Empty Arena Match) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZwbrSk6HVo]Stone cold Steve Austin vs Shawn Micheals wrestlemania 14 part 1 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoI_Z1rEVBo]Stone cold Steve Austin vs Shawn Micheals wrestlemania 14 part 2 - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwm8IfQ15S4&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwm8IfQ15S4[/ame]
Don't know if there are any puro fans here, but when it comes to Japanese wrestling it doesn't get better than Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZQRuuXv9II]Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi, October 1998 (Won Match of the Year). - YouTube[/ame] This was a five-star match and match of the year by Wrestling Observer in 1998. One of the best feuds ever too.
this is one i havent watched in a few years but i remember really enjoying it when i saw it. plus its got one of my favorites who i always seem to forget when listing my favorites. hot rod [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pt-CsgQiOY]Greg Valentine vs Roddy Piper Part1 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLaEBqN2i-Q]Greg Valentine vs Roddy Piper Part2 - YouTube[/ame]
Cab you believe they did that exact match for like a week straight? That was a straight up fight, they didn't hold back. Piper's ear is a mess.