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This. One of my few memories from Halloween Havoc 97 weekend in Vegas(was young, not drunk btw), was Mongo literally standing on a table in the bar at the MGM drunk off his ass. It was seriously Haasmen style

Loss mentioned this story but here is the report: Word is that the Undertaker has requested his opponent for WrestleMania 30, and the man he has requested to work with is Daniel Bryan. It is not known at this time if WWE has confirmed the request, but a request from Taker in regards to his WrestleMania opponent always carries a lot of weight when making the decision. Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Anyways I'm all for this match and when I think more about it, it sounds even better. First of Taker's best matches(recently & alltime) are Big v. Little ones. Taker v. HBK I & II, v. Punk and v. Rey @ Rumble 2010 were all ****+ matches. Somehow Bryan's got to wrap up the Wyatt Family feud by Februray to give the Taker Mania match a real build, and I read somewhere that Danielson has become "Daniel Wyatt" with Godwinns gear and all so this match isn't looking good. I'd still be happy with Danielson vs. Bray Wyatt if we get Brock/Taker or Cena/Taker only. Honestly the Brock/Taker match would be awesome but what would it help other than getting Taker another BIG win. Vs. Roman Reigns with Reigns getting the huge win and 'rocket strapped' push would be great but it's too early for that. Vs. John Cena is the biggest and best match they can do for this Mania, and it would be my pick if I were booker but if Taker doesn't wanna do it, its not gonna happen. The Deadman vs. The American Dragon will rule though if it does go down.

It's always been that way though, Hogan(Cena) was always on another level than Jake Roberts(Daniel Bryan) or Randy Savage(CM Punk). I do think they need to start finding the next power move-great wrestler-with charisma guy pretty soon though. Yeah that's hard to find though.

The word is that if Hulk Hogan cannot compete in a tag match with John Cena at WrestleMania 30, Cena will be switched into a singles match. At this time, Cena's match would be with Bray Wyatt, and would be considered the main event of the show. Vince McMahon recently stated to WWE writers and producers that, "Cena is the main event until his time is clearly up. That man feeds us!" Credit: WrestlingObserver.com First off, Hogan & Cena in a tag match? What is this a 2005 RAW match? It's been done and doesn't need to be revisted. Speaking of 2005 that was the last year Hogan could even remotely "Go" in ring, and 2002 being the last year he could actually go at the level necessary. I'd rather they have Hogan, Punk & Bryan vs. The Shield where they could actually build an awesome 30-minute match around the geezer. He deserves a last hurrah for making Wrestlemania what it is but there's no need to waste Cena's huge Mania XXX match on him. Bray Wyatt? Well Vince's got it right on the dot about Cena, he IS the WWE. Buyrates, ratings, merch, matches & brawls and hyping up shows. He does it all. But Bray Wyatt just isn't over enough for that slot and I don't see him heating up like say Batista in '05, Benoit is '04, Rock in '99 or Austin in '98. I definitely see more of a Miz in 2011 bombing of the main event, minus all the heat from returning Rock's hype. I mean The Undertaker/Cena match is RIGHT there, with a full year of healing up after Taker's last classic(no sarcasm, it was ***** IMO) with Punk. Plus it'd be a surefire million buy+ main event and the only big time match that is 50/50 on the outcome, just like Warrior/Hogan Ultimate Challenge or Rock/Cena I and very few others in 'Mania history. Sure Taker has unfinished business with Punk, the Shield and Brock but none of those bring the mystique of "Streak vs. Franchise" or even have Cena take the belt off of Orton and go with "Streak vs. Title" and since there's an Undisputed championship now, that match would be The Main Event.

I've always loved this match. One of my fav Wrestlemania matches ever. This. People always bitch about how Andre was past his prime and how Afro-Andre vs. Hogan would have been a better match, but we already have seen these two do a "sprint" in 1980 and it was fun for what it was. But, slow and lumbering Andre *The Giant* is way scarier and actually moves like a fairytale giant, totally playing his part here. Agree on the hope spots, Hogan running and throwing everything at Andre, and then finally knocking him down with the faling Lariat is almost as good of a visual as the Bodyslam. I also like one of Hogan's earliest character flaws being exposed when he pulls back the mats on the floor to try in vein to piledrive Andre on the concrete, proving Hogan will do ANYTHING to win, a flaw that grows and eventually turns him to the darkside in 1996. Kinda like HBK begging the ref to countout Taker @ Mania 25: these are *good guys* but they sometimes have failings and they do *need* to win because winning a lot defines them as great. This is one of those feuds/matches that are so perfectly booked and executed that it deserves ***** even if it's not a "workrate classic" or whatev. Anyway I'm watching Hell in a Cell 2013 at the moment, trying to catch up on bits & pieces of WWE PPV matches since Summerslam when I OD'd on goodness with Brock/Punk & Bryan/Cena. Basically just to see more Shield/Rhodes Bros because dammit Triple H set out to rebuild a great tag division and he sure has. The Unified Tag Titles have provided the best action of any title in WWE in the past 3 months easily. Lovin' it

I just watched The Shield vs Rhodes Brothers from Battleground last night and I have to say it was THE best tag team match I have seen in years. It just kept building and building with great spots sprinkled in, with Dusty & Dean being involved just the right amount. And then bam, the perfect ending with the faces going over. Loved it. Best tag match of the year easily. Top 5 WWE MOTY overall for me, behind Taker/Punk, Brock/Punk & Punk/Cena but ahead of Bryan/Cena. ****1/2 Now I gotta see moarr.

Eh I don't watch enough Indy stuff to make a full card like that, but how about a worldwide current 10-Match dream card: John Cena vs. KENTA Brock Lesnar vs. Goldust The Undertaker vs. Sting CM Punk vs. Bobby Roode Daniel Bryan vs. Austin Aries Fit Finlay vs. William Regal(One. More. Time.) Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins vs. Hernandez & Homicide Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro vs. Motor City Machine Guns Rey Mysterio vs. Naomichi Marafuji Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher- No DQ

Best big match wrestler ever? Umm Ric Flair? Best WWE "big match" wrestler? Well HBK & Bret had a lot of big matches, and I like both better. Best WWE title/WHC match wrestler ever? Yeah I'd buy that.

Eddie easily. Not a fan of Mexico Lucha. Love the Guerrero/Barr vs ??? Match from his first dvd though. Like a lot of Black Tiger II stuff. Malenko/Guerrero from ECW is good but overrated. Into WCW he has some straight awesome matches: vs. Ohtani @ Starrcade '95, vs. Jericho @ Superbrawl '97, Fall Brawl '97(there was another one somewhere), Of course vs. Mysterio @ Havoc '97(one of the best matches of all time. Loved it live too). Onto WWE you have the RVD ladder match from Raw '02, the Edge No DQ match, Smackdown '02 & vs. Edge @ Unforgiven '02(was there live so it holds a special place). "Smackdown Six" matches are all awesome. Especially vs. Benoit @ Armageddon '02. Moving along you have vs. Brock @ No Way Out '04(Top ten match of that decade). Lots of great Mysterio matches on TV & PPV including the WWE Title match from Smackdown, April '04. And towards the end vs. Batista @ No Mercy '05(is Eddie foe or friend storyline, not newbbut well done). Thought they could have really produced a classic @ Survivor Series with a sorta double turn, where Eddie is actually Batista's friend but Batista's paranoia leads to his heel turn to destroy Eddie(like he did to Rey in '09). Damn I miss Eddy . Did he ever have a TV match with Finlay or Regal?? Who's better: Owen Hart or Davey Boy Smith? (Probably been done if so, move on)

HAhaha so much for "Chris Hero wins the Rumble, beats the streak etc" that OP suggested. I knew it was bs but damn he can't even get into the main roster, while so much junk remains. Changed up the card a bit, seeing as Hero is gone. Also Sting & Goldberg are possibly on the way in, maybe. Sting I can see, Goldberg coming in for even a million dollar job seems far-fetched. Maybe if he goes over Ryback but then what's the point? Wrestlemania XXX: WWE Heavyweight title Unification No DQ match: John Cena© vs. Randy Orton© vs. Daniel Bryan CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar II Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan(Trips makes him do double duty) The Undertaker vs. Sting Unified Tag Team Titles: Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns© vs. Tyson Kidd & Kofi Kingston United States Title: Dean Ambrose© vs. Damien Sandow Intercontinental Title: Antonio Cesaro© vs. Jack Swagger Sheamus vs Rey Mysterio Goldust vs Cody Rhodes 20-Man Pre show battle royale: Big Show, Kane, Mark Henry, Miz, Big E Langston, Primo, Epico, Great Khali, Luke Harper, Eric Rowan, Alberto Del Rio, Darren Young, Titus O'Neil, R Truth, Fandango, Wade Barrett, Sin Cara, Curt Axel, Ryback

I was actually going to bring up Paul Hogan as a comparison. The first Crocodile Dundee movie grossed more than all the Brat Pack films combined, and the second one grossed over $100 million as well (in 1980s dollars, it should be noted). Was Paul Hogan a bigger deal in the culture than Hulk Hogan? No. Hogan WAS wrestling. Paul Hogan WASN'T movies. He was a pop culture icon. But not even in the top 100 actors recognized. Hogan's lost a lot of name recognition with the younger group. My 19 year old girlfriend didn't know the name or the face, but she knows The Rock(and loves him). The Rock has a lot of BIG movies which Hogan never ever had and also Rock is really good looking which is how all my girlfriends recgnize him and what makes him 10x the star Hogan ever was. A lot of what made Hogan relevant in the last 10 years was the VH1 'Hogan Knows Best' reality show and all the ensuing drama with the whore wife, the pathetic daughter, the criminal idiot son and the staple of trashy reality stars, the sex tape. Hogan went from the most famous wrestler in the world in the 80's/90ksto an infamous Corey Feldman And looking at his 2011 appearances & tag match, 2012 Wrestlemania main event & 2013 title run/Mania main event he is back to being the biggest wrestler and one of the top 20 actors in America. So basically I'm saying The Rock > Hogan >>> Taker as far as star power.

Ick I love me some old school but awesome is a strong word for him. Awesome to me indicates a 9/10 rating in words to number scaling. I's be willing to look into him but I have never seen anything good from him. About Dynamite. I have seen the 1980 match that's raved, forget the date since its sadly not on Youtube that I can find. It was match #1 on my Highspots.com 'Best of Dynamite Kid in Japan' tape and I do remember loving it aswell. Honestly it could have been the first match I ever saw from Japan. If you've got a link I would *love* to see it again, since I've been watching all the 80's/90's NJPW I can find this past month. Become a fan of Fujinami actually after thinking he was boring previously and I'll always like watching Kid. From the Maeda group v. Inoki & Fujinami group up to Hash/Tenryu G1 '98 & Hash/Norton and everything I read in that thread. About the selling. Mask & Kid seem to have their matches broken up in portions. First off the do some long(and boring) leg or arm work so you think it's gonna be a "work the leg so he can't fly around" but then they transition into the Bam Bam Bam moves with no rhyme or reason at Usain Bolt speed but then again that is the the part I love, the *speed*. To this day there aren't many matches that have parts at that speed. I guess there's those Dragon Gat in ROH 6-Man tags but I didn't like those. And couldn't believe they got ***** across the board wherever I read like it was a mathematical equation to rate them and ***** was the answer. Also the timeframe. Maybe I haven't seen a enough Juinor stuff from the early 80's but they just look so good for being 30 years old. In New York they were running Hogan v. Big John Studd(shit) & in JCP they were running Flair v. Dusty(good but slow & no huge bumps or highspots to speak of.) What's the "good" early 80's Juinor stuff?(Only Japan, I hate Lucha still. I gave it a few chances, from the touted Dandy/Azteca '90 bout to the 2013 Blue Panther stuff and I just didn't like it. I thought for sure I'd like old man Panther, kinda like how I love 'old' Tenryu but I just didn't get it.

So fuckin Akebono won the Triple Crown Championship on October 27. 1 day shy of the 13th anniversary of the Tenryu/Kawada TC championship tourny to try and save AJPW after Misawa gutted the promotion. Here's the Suwama/Akebono title change if anyone wants to see how bad it's got for All Japan(PWF?): Yeah the fat fuck that makes Viscera look like Hashimoto or Tensai look like William Regal. I don't get it, is Vince Russo booking in Japan now? I guess they are taking WWE's 'bigger than life'(read it on 411 today) approach explaining why Big Show is getting a monster push & why Khali has been on Raw. Basically the last 3 PPV's bombed headlined by Orton-Danielson and WWE is of course blaming Bryan because Orton is a household name and proven to be box-office I guess. I guarentee Cena-Danielson would have 25% more business with similar shit booking. Heck I don't think Undertaker or even Steve Austin 2013 could have drawn much more money with the exact same booking: stacked odds, Orton as Trips/Stephanies corporate champion, also the Shield as henchmen. But let's get to the point. Triple H & Stephanie are trying to play some married couple version of 'Chairman Vince McMahon' but they lack all the charisma of that character that made him a top 5 ALL-time heel. I know Vince is phasing himself out and giving the character to Trips but it just doesn't fit. Everytime Vince is on TV the ratings jump. People remember the jackass boss that went to war with Austin & Foley & had the family on board with Triple H's awesome 2000 run, basically the end of WWF's real 'mainstream' window before the Monday Night War ended, the XFL, the crazy Costas interview, 9/11 & the recession and the catalyst of him teaming up with Austin in 2001 and killing off ' Attitude' when it could have kept going in some form. Remember the awesome Raw(with an awesome rating) last year where he had the Street Fight with CM Punk and helped Punk look like a huge deal, straight out of 1999/2000? Let's get some more of that, have Trips around as the protege for awhile, he's just not ready to be 'Mr. McMahon' although Hall, Nash & Waltman as 'The Stooges II' would be awesome. WAY off topic, damn. Green stuff gets to me at night.

Ya I'll have to agree with the consensus, Hero winning the Rumble & ending the streak is so far out of left field that it is not worth debating. The only guy worthy of breaking it right now, barring some Steve Austin in '97 or Hulk Hogan in '84 level babyface taking off right now is John Cena. And the trash filled ring to follow that is not phony Wrestlemania Moment® McMahon wants. I like and expect the unification of the World titles match. It's sad that Ric Flair's Big Gold Belt will dissapear but it's time. Brand split means nothing and the Unified Tag Belts has been a big plus for making tag wrestling atleast relevant again. Royal Rumble: Cena retains against ___. Orton retains against ___. Danielson wins the Rumble. Let's say no Austin, no Hogan, no Jericho. Wrestlemania XXX: WWE Heavyweight title Unification No DQ match: John Cena© vs. Randy Orton© vs. Daniel Bryan CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar II Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan(Trips makes him do double duty) The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns (yes this is random. But to me he's obviously the 'breakout' guy from the Shield in Vince's eyes. Taker still has a beef with the Shield from earlier in the year, and Reigns is the only viable one. Reigns pushes him to the limit but does the job of course) Unified Tag Team Titles: Seth Rollins & Kassius Ohno(new Shield member)© vs. Tyson Kidd & Kofi Kingston United States Title: Dean Ambrose© vs. Damien Sandow Intercontinental Title: Antonio Cesaro© vs. Jack Swagger Sheamus vs Rey Mysterio Goldust vs Cody Rhodes 20-Man Pre show battle royale: Big Show, Kane, Mark Henry, Miz, Ryback, Big E Langston, Primo, Epico, Great Khali, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Eric Rowan, Alberto Del Rio, Darren Young, Titus O'Neil, R Truth, Fandango, Wade Barrett, Sin Cara, Curt Axel EDIT: Damn I forgot Del Rio. Shows what a big fan I am of perennial World champion Del Rio. In fact I actually like him as our Mexican Rick Martel(not just the body type, gear & arrogance but in ring aswell) but I just don't buy him as a main eventer. Yeah I get it he's Mexican but just like me as a white kid lovin D'Lo Brown & Booker T at 10 years old in '98, we don't need someone of our race to "identify" with. Forced corporate 'diversity'(which comes from people that LOOK different, remember kids!) Is insulting. I threw him in the battle royale because my card is badass(well I hate triple threats but it was as inventive as I could get, plus I like the odds being stacked against Bryan.

Haha haterrr. Dynamite Kid: best pound for pound wrestler of all time.(Jk but I think Bret Hart has made this assertion) What can I say, I still love those Kid/Mask matches just like when I first saw them on tape over a decade ago. Can you explain the hate for him? He's just so impressive to me. His look, his speed, his stiff style. And how bout the 1982 MSG match they had, compared to most of the horseshit on WWF shows(I dunno, Tony Garea matches?) That fight was just an awesome alternative. *EDIT: haha I missed that "main event" part. I'm shocked. I like my quadruple main event, its got all the PWO favorites: Sid, Sting, Shawn, Mutoh...the WON hall of famers for sure. Atleast they're all in their primes! Well 2001 'Shining Wizard' Mutoh is my favorite. Distant 2nd is 1989 Great Muta, based on my nostalgia. My local video store only had '89 NWA tapes(everything else was A.H, after Hogan) so grew up watching him the Thunderdome cage, vs. Sting @ the Bash, Starrcade Iron Man tournament etc. Always wondered why Muta never made it to the WWF as a kid. Mutoh vs Taker was a dream match of mine 10 years ago. Also a Foley/Mutoh feud where they have schizo identity changes? Oh well everyone that was good is too old now and even worse, completely shot out Anyways(Lord I ramble on) yeah I just watched that Finlay/Regal Bash '06 match the other day and it's probably my 2nd favorite match. Nothing tops the Parking Lot Brawl on Nitro. Nothing. Although it's a close 2nd with the Uncensored '96 bout, another tape I wore out from the video store. Loved that match, it was just so different from the rest of the card. Just kept thinking "a triple cage match! It MUST be good...this time.". Oh well DDP & Jarrett did it right if you can forget about the 3rd guy in that match.

10 matches. All title matches, from all eras, from all over the planet. maybe not the "best" matches for these belts, but certainly my favorites. This card would be like 6 hours long haha. The real "Night of Champions" Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. - WCW Cruiserweight Title, Halloween Havoc '97(hey i was there live, it WAS that good) The Steiner Brothers vs Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow - IWGP Tag Team titles, NJPW 06/25/92 Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask I - NWA Juinor Heavyweight title match, NJPW 04/21/83 William Regal vs. Fit Finlay - WWE United States Title, Great American Bash '06 Mistuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi - GHC Heavyweight Title, NOAH 03/01/03 Barry Windham & Lex Luger vs.Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson - NWA Tag Team Titles, Clash of Champions I, 04/01/88 *INTERMISSION* Sting vs Rick Rude - WCW "International" Title, Spring Stampede '94 Keiji Mutoh vs. Genichiro Tenryu - AJPW Triple Crown Championship, AJPW 06/08/01 Shawn Michaels vs. Sid Vicious - WWF Heavyweight Title, Survivor Series '96 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - NWA World Heavyweight Title, Chi-Town Rumble '89(send the fans home happy with a big babyface title win, after a big heel World Title wins) EDIT: whoops I had Vader in 2 matches. But I like the Steiners/Bam & Vader tag match so much that I went with that. Also if it's *my* card I definitely want to have Stinger on it so I went with Sting/Rude from '94 because they had such a fun chemistry and I think if Rude doesn't get hurt, they eventually beat out the Warrior/Rude Summerslam '89 classic, which is Rude's best singles match IMO.

i agree on the worked MMA matches. I liked the Gerard Gordeua(sp?) match quite a bit actually. But Vader/Inoki from the '96 Dome show is ****+ and one of my top 20 matches ever from Japan. THAT is how you work sympathy for a babyface in a big match. Overall, he's not in my top 100 favorite workers. BUT as said before he is such a Legend that it's fun to see him in big stuff. And he gave us NJPW, how could i "hate" a great man like that.

I can't believe they put the belt on Sabin still to this day. It was so random(well I barely get to see Impact but stiill). While the Aries '12 push was so organic and awesome, this was a baddd copycat. And to me it was territory killing level of a bad decision. I tuned out for good when I saw him win it. It would be like WWE putting the strap on Miz and having him main event Wrestlem...wait a minute. Atleast WWE keeps on chugging even if their World Title is worthless.

I agree so much with this. Honestly I don't think this is even a fair comparison. It's almost like Misawa vs. Marafuji vs. Hase. Where the 1st guys(Misawa/Steamboat) is such a legend, a top 5 babyface of ALL time in their country and the other 2 guys are great, awesome workers but are on a whole 'nother level below the 1st guy.

And honestly, why does everyone care about some random writers Hall of Fame? Ill be honest, my first exposures to the 'IWC' was IGN Wrestling & Scott Keith back in 2000 when I got back into wrestling after being turned off by Mania 15. I was mildy amused by Keith, while almost never agreeing with his ratings and opinions. That was basically it except for reading 411 & IGN boards untill last year when I found this board. And basically I've had second hand stuff from you guys about Dave and while I disagree on some majority opinions here(I like Angle for one) I just don't see why everyone follows him so closely when his opinions are so opposite to this place. Can someone link me to a list of who is in this HOF? And tell me how Tanahashi can go in before Dick Murdoch? Please

How is it a "strawman"? You said he might be one of the best wrestlers of all-time. I'll suggest, with respect, that he doesn't have shit on Tsuyoshi Kikuchi. His matches aren't as over, don't draw as many people and aren't as good as the matches in classic AJPW, which is the gold standard of modern pro wrestling. No one really measures to that standard today. Which is fine. No one is Michael Jordan. But this guy isn't LeBron James. He's Harold Minor. Damn I didn't wanna say it but I also prefer Kikuchi. I just couldn't get into the Tanahashi matches. He's a "draw" compared to NOAH and All Japan, if we're talking 2013, but all time, not even close. I just don't get his appeal, and with all the old NJPW, All Japan etc on Youtube I just have no reason to watch anything new. Am I the only one that prefers KENTA to Tanahashi? And as for "Top 5 big match workers", I'm not even sure he's having "big matches".

Are you serious here? He would have been like the 12th best guy in 1990's AJPW. I agree with this sort of. Maybe not 12th but behind Misawa, Kobashi, Kawada, Akiyama, Taue, Hansen and Steve Williams...and maybe some others in their primes. But that's just my personal tastes. I love, love that group and everything they produced. I did watch the October Okada/Tanahashi match last night and damn it was great, but the AJPW guys did it 1st and 'Best of Kobashi", "Best Of Kawada" etc, were my first tapes watching that style and it blew me away. I know the style is a bit different but those guys shook the Earth with their peak runs and it was for the better overall. Sure ROH may have went too far with it(Davey Richards) but when you look at Danielson & Punk, 2 of the top 5 stars in the world, and it's obvious the 90's All Japan style is a good portion of what makes those guys great in modern day WWE.

Fuck, most of us would rather them push pre-heart attack (and even post maybe) Lawler over the entire roster. Or Finlay. Or Regal. We like old wrestlers who are amazing. We like watching old Wahoo and old Bock in the 80s and plenty of people on the board think the best wrestlers in the world right now are 50+ lucha guys. I don't have WWE stock. I want to watch Dustin Rhodes get a ton of TV time and be awesome. They can screw everything else up but that and honestly? They'd STILL have a better batting average than at other various points of my life. THIS is it right here. We just like who we like & while I care that WWE is solvant, so that it sticks around and I get current wrestling, I'm not a McMahon and I'm not a shareholder. So basically I want to see 'my guys' and am not worried about the new stars as much. Damn just thinking about a promotion with Lawler, Regal, Finlay and Dustin on top is awesome. The best thing we've had is 2006 Smackdown/Velocity. We had Benoit/Finlay(Benoit would totally be in the 'old guys that rule boat had he not left the planet) have that killer match @ Judgment Day(not to mention Rey Jr. Main eventing as champion). Then one of my personal favorites, Regal/Finlay @ Great American Bash in a knockdown fight. Sprinkled around are the Benoit/Regal TV matches and then we had the awesome Benoit/Regal No Mercy 2006 PPV match.(Remember Regal bleeding hardway from a headbutt, and Benoit chopping him in the cut? That's what I want). Yeah I've been on an '06 run this week.

I've seriously been out of the loop on Puro even though my boy(KENTA) finally got the GHC Heavyweight belt, which he should have had 5 years ago, but Morshima was Misawa's boy...so. Anyway they really screwed themselves thinking that the Terry Gordy wannabe would sell out buildings when they had someone marketable in KENTA doing jobs. Honestly I'd like to see NJPW buy out NOAH and have a big Tanahashi-KENTA series, could reallly breathe new life into Japan. On to my picks(disregarding the August deal, since it's now Nov): 1) CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar- ****3/4 Summerslam 2013. Lived up to my hype & more. Forget the Taker/Brock match, Punk needs to be featured at Mania to get his win back. 2) CM Punk vs The Undertaker- ****3/4 Wrestlemania 29. Taker's best match since v. HBK @ WM25 easily. Almost liked this more since it had a KENTA/Kobashi '06 vibe at the beginning. Again, they didn't overdo the false finishes like the Taker/H matches which I was not a huge fan of(27 was good, 28 was dumb). Perfect Wrestlemania match, especially since Brock/H and Cena/Rock bombed badly(I liked the former more myself). 3) John Cena vs. CM Punk- ****1/2 RAW 2/25/13. Best RAW match in years. To me, it's easily 2nd behind MITB '11 in their series. Yeah the Orndorff Piledriver adds one * to this, sue me. 4)KENTA vs. Naomichi Marafuji- ****1/2 7/07/13. Again, haven't seen the October Tanahashi title defense, but its on my top 5 Youtube "Watch Later" list. But these 2 are my favorite "prime" Puro guys, finally going for the big one. And just as always they clock in at ****+. Just my taste though. 5) John Cena vs Daniel Bryan- ****1/4 Summerslam 2013. Loved it, especially the ending. That was a *perfect* way to beat Cena clean. I probably need to rewatch it on it's own, because after Brock/Punk I was spent 6) Daniel Bryan vs. Antonio Cesaro- **** RAW 7/22/13. Was wanting this badly since they both showed up, and it delivered. Brutal Regal style mixed with some Indy-flying and WWE TV drama, just perfect. Plus it helped elevate Bryan to where he is. That's all I got. Loved Hero/Regal & Generico/Cesaro from nXt but I haven't seen them in months, and thus couldn't give a real rating but they are top 15. I am dying to find the Rhodes'/Shield PPV & no dq RAW match but haven't yet. Also I haven't seen a PPV since Summerslam so I haven't seen an Orton/Bryan WWE title fight yet, but I'm pretty sure I'd like them despite overbooking. Hell I really enjoy WCW 2000 PPV's(mostly based around what if's with all that talent, so nothing phases me.

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2013/0...-impact-taping/ Kurt Angle got another DUI. But TNA doesn't give a shit he will still main event