Uh oh, WM time means LISTS...
I thought a nifty way to get hyped up for the 25th Wrestlemania by waching the 25 best WM matches for 25 days up 'til the PPV. What do you think of this list for best WM bouts?
Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff (I)
The Dream Team vs The British Bulldogs (II)
Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat (III)
Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan (V)
Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior (VI)
The Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage (VII)
Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart (VIII)
Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (VIII)
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (X)
Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels (X)
Diesel vs. Shawn Michaels (XI)
Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (XII)
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (XIII)
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit (XVI)
The Dudley Boyz vs. Edge and Christian vs. The Hardys (XVII)
The Rock vs. Steve Austin (XVII)
The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan (XVIII)
Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (XVIV)
Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels (XX)
Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle (XXI)
Money in the Bank 1 (XXI)
Mick Foley vs. Edge (XXII)
Shawn Michaels vs. Vince McMahon (XXII)
John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (XXIII)
Edge vs. The Undertaker (XXIV)
Well, in for a penny, in for a pound, I guess. Your list, although thought-provoking, provides no challenge. How about picking the best match from each Wrestlemania and watching THOSE? Here's mine...
1: The main event, I guess, although I've seen that match way too many times to appreciate it anymore. I guess it's the best of a middling bunch.
2: Everyone's all "Bulldogs-Dream Team" all the times, but I'm like "No way, man, they had way better matches at MSG shows. Tito & JYD v. The Funks is the true diamond in the rough on this show and it gets better every time I watch it. Why? Because Tito fucking owns, man." That's how I ROLL.
3: Obvious pick here.
4: Randy Savage v. Greg Valentine wins by default, I'd say.
5: Savage v. Hogan by default.
6: Clearly Hogan v. Warrior here.
7: Clearly Savage v. Warrior.
8: Either way you, it's a daring call. I prefer Savage v. Flair because I was world's hugest Flair fan at the time and even I was booing him when Mr. Perfect pulled out the ref. However, Roddy Piper didn't lay down for no one, so it was pretty huge when Bret beat him clean. Either way is defendable.
9: Steiners v. Headshrinkers is a watchable enough match, so's Shawn v. Tatanka, either will do.
10: No fair picking both classics. I'm sick of the ladder match so I'm going with Owen v. Bret.
11: Diesel v. Michaels is a pretty clear choice here.
12: Another easy call with the Iron Man match, although really I don't ever want to watch it again.
13: Again, Bret-Austin is an easy choice, but I'm tired of watching it.
14: I find Shawn v. Austin to be very fascinating with the mix of Shawn's fake selling and then suddenly VERY REAL selling.
15: Rock v. Austin is pretty good for the time.
16: The triangle ladder match of course stole the show here and is the only match worth remembering.
17: The Hardyz can jump off all the ladders they want, they can march up and down Times Squares and have a big ladder parade for all I care, but Austin bashing Rock's head in with a chair and then pinning him to a giant face pop still gives me chills.
18: I'm gonna go off the beaten path and say Undertaker v. Flair here. My opinions of Rock v. Hogan vary too much to call it the best match of the show.
19: Actually kind of a hell of a show. If Brock hits the shooting star press, then yeah, but fuck him because I'm going with Rock v. Austin again.
20: I'm going with Eddie v. Angle instead of the other contender, for obvious reasons.
21: God, I barely remember this show. But I DO remember the movie theater going nuts for Shawn Michaels tapping to Kurt Angle, so there you go.
22: Foley v. Edge stands out as the best of an off-year, although now we're getting into the point where I can hardly remember these shows.
23: I've long since come to grips with the fact that I loved Batista v. Undertaker much more than Cena v. Michaels, so we'll go with that one.
24: Edge v. Undertaker I guess, although it kind of got overshadowed by Flair's retirement match and doesn't really get the love it deserves in the grand scheme of things. Luckily they had 18 rematches that year to make up for it.
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