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Hulk Hogan No explanation needed, brother.

Yokozuna Tough, tough pick, but Yokozuna's title reigns were more memorable than Show's. I wanted to vote Show just because I really like his work as of late, but Yokozuna had a more defining impact on the company than what Show has had, plus a more consistent character.

Bad News Brown I hyped Brown before in the qualifying round, and to me, the WWF careers of him and Arn are apples and oranges. Brown had a cup of coffee with the main event scene, while Anderson didn't. Anderson had a successful tag team run for a year, but you can't compare that to Brown, who would team with no one (look at the Survivor Series). I guess I like Brown because he stood out more and had a nice little run with Savage before the Mega-Powers exploding and all.

That's true now that you mention it. I generally don't have a problem with it, 'cept that Sammartino came to come out of it look like the better man despite his era still fading away. But again, as been hammered home earlier, it's not like they wanted Graham to carry the company.

I remember one time on Wrestling Observer Live how Dave Meltzer once compared Chris Jericho's transitional title reign to that of Superstar Billy Graham's. If anything, the match that Graham won the title kind of showed that, as while he may have won the title from a WWWF legend, that same legend was beating him in many ways, so much that the only way Graham could win was via a fluke. The story of this match is very simple: Whatever Graham could do, Sammartino could also do, sometimes quite better, and he could also do things that Graham can't do. Graham has most of the edge for the match, but Sammartino is able to match Graham's offense with the very same offense. It's hard to say if Graham, in his most famous match, is being outperformed here. He isn't dominating, but he does have control of most of the match, but Sammartino's offense seems far more inspired, as if the younger challenger will have to do a lot more than his normal strategy to beat the wily veteran. Examples of this are the lock-up shoves, the test of strength and the eventual bearhug spot done later in the match. In every case, Graham succeeds, but Sammartino is still able to fight back, enough for Graham to re-think his strategy. Even when Graham switches to rule-breaking, Sammartino fights back with the same method, not with the same levels, but enough to again give Graham a test of his own medicine. The point being is that Sammartino won't be beat easily, so the only opportunity for Graham to win is by luck, and he does that with his feet on the ropes. Maybe in the context of the match, it works, but it's easy to look back and feel that Vince Sr. really had no real long-term plans for Graham as champ. It's weird saying that, considering the 10-month reign he had is the equivalent of what JBL's was, which shows how times change in that sense. It's also strange how, in Graham's most famous match, it was never really shown how he changed wrestling aside from a few posing celebrations. Graham will always have a legacy. It's interesting how his legacy isn't shown off in a match with his greatest crowning achievement, but due to Vince Sr.'s booking plans. The match itself is okay and the story is fine, but it's tough for it to be anywhere near great or good under these circumstances.

Yeah, I don't really care either way, I just found it weird how, after the change to WWE, they went from simply changing the logo, to eventually blurring out the scratch WWF logo in any Attitude era footage, to eventually developing a block WWE logo (mainly for John Cena merch), to using that WWE logo for official releases like this (albeit, this is the only one I've seen). I wonder if the Fund or the courts gave them separate deadlines after the court case.

The ones on the box are just a partial list. They're the only ones officially released. I checked Highspots, and they're the only ones they have too.

Anyone else notice how they're beginning to commonly change the old logo into a block WWE logo, as well as blackening it out on Hogan's title belt? Isn't the re-writing of history fun?

Looks great, but I hope they include matches that I don't already have. On the list that's there, I already have Flair-Race, Flair-Rhodes, Snuka-Muraco, and Slaughter-Patterson. I'm happy about the others on there though. But Hogan never fought Mr. T I'm afraid.

Since you guys were discussing these things, I actually gotta apologize to you guys for not having reviewed anything after I had said I would, even if it was just shortly afterwards. I've been quite busy myself with a new project at work that's forcing me to work overtime several times, leaving me a bit exhausted on those given days. There's also been time with the girlfriend as well as getting my full driver's license last week. I need to fork out something soon. I'm feeling left out, in a way.

Wouldn't shock me if that look was half-shoot, but with a different meaning, since apparently Shelton was legitimately smacked good by that Michaels superkick.

Shawn Michaels Easy one here. Slaughter's career, besides his heel run in 1990-91, is pretty nonexistant in the WWF during this time frame. Michaels' resume has been covered on numerous occasions.

Val Venis X-Pac's been in bigger angles, and a greater number of them, but the guy's pissed away so many chances that I wouldn't want him back due to his attitude. If I'm a promotor, I know I can count on Venis more than I could Waltman. I think Venis is a better worker than Waltman too.

Ted DiBiase One of the best heels the company had ever seen and couldn't probably still draw killer heat today if he played his character for a one-time only show. Blanchard had a fun 1988-89, but it's nowhere near what DiBiase contributed.

The Rock The difference is simple. The Rock took leaves from the WWF for movies. Sid took leaves for softball. That, and, uh, all that money that Rock brought into the company.

HHH I really wanted to vote Rude, but couldn't in good conscience. Rude was probably a worse worker in the late 80s than some of HHH's years, and never had the same amount of success that Helmsley did. If we're counting WCW years, this might be close, but since it's the WWF, it really isn't a close one.

Rey Mysterio Rey's a better worker, has been with the company for almost 3 years and is still incredibly over. Orndorff, on the other hand, had a career that seemed to die off after the Hogan feud.

Eddy Guerrero One of the best draws the company had in 2003/2004 and still moreso today. Tremendous worker, has had some of the company's best-ever matches. Rotundo didn't have a bad career, but nowhere near the level of Eddy's.

Honky Tonk Man Fun, memorable run as Intercontinental champ in 1987 and 1988. Jannetty had a fun career, but not nearly as successful, and never truly reached his potential for various reasons.

Somebody contact Man In Blak and Loss, STAT. I think Scott Keith hacked into Some Guy's account. Good match, but given the way it was going, Shelton really should've gone over. Especially since he kicked Michaels (with some nice ones) about 5 times, but one kick nails Benjamin dead.

Well, dude, if it means anything, I appreciate the review. It's been the ONE thing today that's made me smile and/or laugh. Seriously. So thanks. Let this be a lesson to the young'ins of this board: When you finish school, stick to welfare if you can get by with it. It's less stressful than work.

I get the feeling I finally pushed HTQ over the edge with these suck reviews. *has a really worried look right now*

Just to add to the fun, here's a copy-n-paste of Tim's original review of the match from DeathValleyDriver.com. (Hope Tim doesn't mind!)

Jeff Jarrett I'm biting the bullet here. I almost took JBL, just because Eddy/JBL is still in my head, plus I really like JBL's promos. However, as a career as a whole, Jarrett has done consistently better, with all the Intercontinental title reigns.

Mick Foley I originally picked Backlund, until the rules of this tourney reminded me that Backlund's awesome face run doesn't count. So his heel run doesn't compare to Foley's accomplishments from 1996-2000.