Scott's Blog of Doom

On a lot of levels i respect you writing and coverage of the wrestling industry. Your writing played an important role in developing my desire to become involved in the business anyway possible and train to work the indies. Your thought provoking writing is important as an introduction to many fans to some of what goes on behind the curtain.
i understand your discontentment with the current wwe as i grew up one the early 90's wwf, the new gen era, on into the wwf attitude. I would, howeve argue that the in ring product has VASTLY improved in recent wwe history. Having gone through the training and worked in front of crowds myself, i think sometimes, the iwc loses sight of how difficult it is to pull off even a match that is generally inoffensive. I think that you, and many of your readers would be willing to admit that we are very rarely treated to 'dreadful' level matches on tv or ppv these days.

Here's kinda my point. I submit to you my top 10 list of all time matches in the wwe era. It is my assumption that many of your readers would argue this list and cry foul over certain omissions. That, being my point. A best of list in the current era is much more difficult to put togehter than in times gone by. The reason for such is that, the current in ring product is, technically, much better than it ever was. The list is made up of matches i have seen enough to evaluate from as many aspects as possible. In all cases, the quality of of the work by those involved (from the perspective of someone who's actually been paid to perform the job itself) will be of primary evaluation:
10. Hhh vs. Jeff hardy (no mercy 2008)
9. Rock vs. Angle vs. Undertaker (vengence 2002)
8. Edge vs. Orton (Raw 4/30/2007)
7. Regal/taylor v. mnm v. haryz v. Kendrick/london (armageddon 2006)
6. Edge v. Michaels vs. Edge v. Cena (backlash 2007)
5. Hhh vs. Michaels (summerslam 2002)
4. Cena vs. Michaels (raw 4/23/2007)
3. Michaels vs. Angle (wrestlemania 21)
2. Undertaker vs. Michaels (wrestlemania 25)
1. Chris benoit vs. Angle (royal rumble 2003)
Ps... Despite what it looks like, i'm not a michael's mark. I actually mark out for angle, orton, and edge these days (edge would be my 'rocket' from his debut in 96 on wcw pro. I recognized him in 98 when he started with the fed).
Take it for what it's worth. Maybe there is something about your argument that I'm missing that someone can further elaborate on.
Brad
Sean finn on the indies

 

My problems with the current product don’t really stem from the in-ring product and the quality thereof.  If ringwork was the problem then I’d just order HDNet and watch ROH TV on a regular basis.  In fact that’s why I’m happier ordering the occasional WWE PPV – because then I’m generally going to get a few good matches without having to put up with the bullshit of the weekly TV shows.  What I’m looking for is a ***** classic between two guys that I care about, and that’s a problem they haven’t been able to resolve in a while.  Yeah, John Cena delivers the goods on most of his major matches, but I wouldn’t pay 10 cents to watch him unless they revamped his act.