Loss Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Use this thread to post recommendations for the yearbook. I don't want to put requirements on making recommendations necessarily, but I will kindly ask a favor -- if you recommend something, if you could, maybe just include a brief reason that you're recommending it. It doesn't have to be elaborate, but just something for us to see why it should go on. If you make recommendations that pique my curiosity, I will do my part to ask more follow-up questions to make sure I have a good understanding of why it was recommended. In addition, I will use this thread to list matches I come across when looking through various lists that look interesting on paper to ask if anyone has seen them. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smkelly Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Triple H vs. Cactus Jack (WWF Royal Rumble, Street Fight, 01/23/00)Best WWF hardcore-ish brawl I've ever seen. 2-7-00 Ten-man tag WWFEverything about this match would make people faint nowadays if this were on Raw. 2-20-00 Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk WCW (Death Match)I remember liking this a lot when I watched it about a month after it aired. 5-14-00 Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Steve Corino ECWCorino is really talented at getting fake beaten up but making it look like Bruce Lee was kicking him. To be fair though, Tajiri is a legit asskicker. Never seen but heard....: 10-29-00 Jushin Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto NJPW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB8 Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 I watched a ton of RAW from 2000 last year, and while I'd say the ten man tag from February is the only match that's a real slam dunk, there's a decent amount of fun stuff (unfortunately I don't remember much in the way of specifics). Chris Jericho & The Rock v Triple H & Chris Benoit (4/24/00) Super fun lead-in to Backlash. Crowd is insanely hot. The Rock v Shane McMahon (5/1/00) This is a cage match that overbooked to high Hell and I love it. Shane takes a couple crazy bumps, the crowd are molten, and JR makes gay jokes because Patterson is hanging around ringside. The Rock v Kurt Angle v Triple H (6/26/00) This isn't the best triple threat match in company history, but it might be my favourite. Angle and Hunter spend most of it double teaming Rock before Hunter punts Angle in the balls and from that point it's every man for himself. The early HHH/Angle v Rock story and the fact it's short means there's no annoying "one guy takes a breather" stuff, which is generally what prevents me from liking this stip. The Rock v Kane (8/28/00) I thought this was one of the better Kane matches I had seen. Rock does a great job making him look like a legit threat heading towards the Unforgiven PPV the next month. Steve Austin, The Rock, Billy Gunn & Chyna v Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn & Eddie Guerrero (11/13/00) Crazy match that winds up breaking down into a big brawl. Eddie is awesome as a smarmy little douchebag, and Austin hurls Saturn across the announce table like it's a slip-n-slide. Steve Austin v Chris Benoit (11/20/00) Probably the second or third best WWE TV match of the year. The Rock & The Undertaker v Edge & Christian (12/18/00) Don't remember much about this other than the outcome. Did think it was a really good TV tag, though. And the crowd was rocking as usual. There's also the HHH/Jericho match and angle where Jericho "wins" the title, but that's something that gets talked about pretty regularly, anyway. Although they had another match on June 12th that I thought was better as an actual match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditch Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Purotopia Best of 2000 results: http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.php?showtopic=49302 By far the most consensus-driven of any purotopia vote. Some more puro nominations... Akiyama vs Shiga, March 11th: Strong performance from Shiga. A good preview of both of their NOAH roles. Ohtani & Takaiwa vs Kanemoto & Tanaka, New Japan June 25th: Sadly the full version got out long after the 2000 vote. What got clipped out is EVERYONE HATING EACH OTHER TO DEATH. That is a good way to make me enjoy a juniors match. A lot of Kanemoto vs Ohtani matches have very limited bits of hate, but this one has real chunks of hate so you know it's good. It's the hate that eats like a meal. Liger, Samurai & Kashin vs Ohtani, Kanemoto & Takaiwa, New Japan July 11th: For one thing this is one of the last times around for the classic 'masks vs black trunks' 6-man. It's also one of the best, with Samurai getting tons of face heat from his hometown fans and a real big-match effort with a satisfying finish. Not an overwhelming match but solid enough, especially in a down year for NJ juniors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditch Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 More Japan Liger vs Kanemoto, NJ 1/4: A spectacular squash. Tenryu & Koshinaka vs Sasaki & Kenzo Suzuki, NJ 2/4: A very different squash. Liger & Tanaka vs Ohtani & Kanemoto, NJ 4/30: Quasi-payoff to the Liger/Kanemoto squash. Ohtani vs Tanaka, NJ BOSJ Kanemoto vs Takaiwa, NJ BOSJ: Both are slightly clipped, both are on the short side, both are good. Hashimoto vs Fujinami, NJ 10/9: Weird. Boring first half, quasi-shoot second half. Again: on the short side. Kobashi vs Omori, NOAH 10/11: For some reason they clipped this after it got tons of build. But that clipping means it easily deserves a spot. Brutal beatdown by Kobashi. Kong vs Yoshida, Arsion 10/17: Good glimpse at Arsion and post-AJW Kong. And again: short! Shiga, Morishima & Kanemaru vs Inoue, Rikio & Sugiura, NOAH 12/23: Sugiura's debut, and he certainly looks good right away. Good match, especially considering that it lacks star power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 I think the Taka/HHH match should be included because it is the type of match that now 10 years later you know would never headline Raw and be as competitive as it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 It's not a great match or even good but I think Dennis Rodman vs Curt Hennig from the i-Generation Wrestling July 30th ppv should be on. If for anything because of the mini riot that breaks out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBscout Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 For WTF value, Bret Hart vs. Terry Funk from Thunder 1-6-00 in a No DQ match. Bret gets dumped on his head by Funk when he sticks him in a shopping cart and flips it over. Jarrett attacks Funk with a baseball bat during one of the many played-out NWO run ins and then tosses it away when he's done with it, only for the butt end of it to unexpectedly ding Bret in the face while he's lying on the mat. The show ends with Nash bombing Funk off the stage. Watching this after the fact, I just remember thinking these two guys don't deserve this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smkelly Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 WWF EDMONTON CANADA 5/28/00 WWF IC Title: Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravJ1979 Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 In my project of delving into the 00's abyss, I just finish 2000 and will do a "pimping" post when and if this 2000 Yearbook gets made, but for now I'll comment on what's already been mentioned and add a few things of my own. I watched a ton of RAW from 2000 last year, and while I'd say the ten man tag from February is the only match that's a real slam dunk, there's a decent amount of fun stuff (unfortunately I don't remember much in the way of specifics). Chris Jericho & The Rock v Triple H & Chris Benoit (4/24/00) Super fun lead-in to Backlash. Crowd is insanely hot. I agree a good lead in to Backlash, but not a top 25 for the year. May be good for the yearbook if time permits. The Rock v Shane McMahon (5/1/00) This is a cage match that overbooked to high Hell and I love it. Shane takes a couple crazy bumps, the crowd are molten, and JR makes gay jokes because Patterson is hanging around ringside. I didn't like this. Crowd is hot and Patterson is the ref, not at ringside. He gets involved in the finishing stretch and HHH poking The Rock with a stick through the cage is outright silly. The Rock v Kurt Angle v Triple H (6/26/00) This isn't the best triple threat match in company history, but it might be my favourite. Angle and Hunter spend most of it double teaming Rock before Hunter punts Angle in the balls and from that point it's every man for himself. The early HHH/Angle v Rock story and the fact it's short means there's no annoying "one guy takes a breather" stuff, which is generally what prevents me from liking this stip. I agree with everything here and actually prefer this to their SummerSlam match. Although short, this is probably the best Kurt Angle match of the year with the Title win at No Mercy and the multiman HITC at Armageddon as arguable contenders. The Rock v Kane (8/28/00) I thought this was one of the better Kane matches I had seen. Rock does a great job making him look like a legit threat heading towards the Unforgiven PPV the next month. I thought this was an average TV match. Not bad, but nothing that stands out to me. Kane had a much better match with Jericho later in the year and this was in a time he was feuding with the Undertaker and having not-so-great matches Steve Austin, The Rock, Billy Gunn & Chyna v Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn & Eddie Guerrero (11/13/00) Crazy match that winds up breaking down into a big brawl. Eddie is awesome as a smarmy little douchebag, and Austin hurls Saturn across the announce table like it's a slip-n-slide. Good Brawl, but that's about it. The Eddy-Chyna interaction was fun as this was just after he got caught in the shower cheating on her. Aside from Eddy, not something I would put on a yearbook. Steve Austin v Chris Benoit (11/20/00) Probably the second or third best WWE TV match of the year. Good match and I'd say probably the fifth best TV match of the year behind the 10 man Raw Tag, the three way mentioned above, HHH v. Benoit in Benoit's first WWE TV Match on Smackdown and the 6/12 HHH/Jericho match. The Rock & The Undertaker v Edge & Christian (12/18/00) Don't remember much about this other than the outcome. Did think it was a really good TV tag, though. And the crowd was rocking as usual. Really hot crowd, nothing storyline or work wise that I'd see fitting on a yearbook. There's also the HHH/Jericho match and angle where Jericho "wins" the title, but that's something that gets talked about pretty regularly, anyway. Although they had another match on June 12th that I thought was better as an actual match. Agreed, the 6/12 match is the 2nd best TV match behind the 10 man Raw Tag I think the Taka/HHH match should be included because it is the type of match that now 10 years later you know would never headline Raw and be as competitive as it was. I wouldn't put this in a Top 25 of WWF for the year, but I did enjoy it while it lasted. Taka hiring the APA for protection in the early part of that gimmick as well as Funaki helping any way he can to help Taka pull off the upset is fun. April 2000 has three of the most talked about HHH matches when his "epic" year is being talked about. You have this match on 4-10, then you have the 4-17 match with Jericho with the title change and subsequent reversal and 4-24 features the hot tag match with HHH and Benoit v. Jericho and the Rock mentioned earlier. I wouldn't put the latter two in a top 25 for the year either as HHH/Jericho had at least two singles matches better that year (6/12 Raw and Fully Loaded Last Man Standing) and while the crowd was hot for the tag as mentioned earlier, the match as a whole didn't do much for me. WWF EDMONTON CANADA 5/28/00 WWF IC Title: Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho This looks like a handheld that I have not seen. These two wrestled each other A LOT and had 4 PPV matches alone counting the three way dance with Angle at WM 16. Of the matches I have seen I think SummerSlam's 2 out of 3 falls is by far the best followed by the Submission match at Judgment Day. The WM match and Backlash match aren't that good IMO with the Backlash match having a finish the crowed HATED -- as did I. However, as a whole year, Jericho has a really strong argument as WWE wrestler of the year. After the early nonsense with Bob Holly and Chyna, he had a good feud with Benoit, good to great matches with HHH, a short feud with X-Pac that produced a very good cage match at No Mercy and ended the year with a feud with Kane with the best of that series coming at Survivor Series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravJ1979 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Here are some suggestions of what I would consider "Yearbook moments." I left out the praised matches as I figure that, one way or another, they will all end up on the set. Forgive the formatting as I just slapped it together after having watched everything I could from the big 3 during the year ... JANUARY 2000 Tazz debut and win over Kurt Angle - Royal Rumble Mae Young in the swimsuit competition - Royal Rumble Radicals debuting in the crowd - Raw HHH title win over the Big Show to begin the Mcmahon-Helmsley era - Raw HHH v. Rikishi - Raw, HHH first title defense of year Rumble Match Highlights (Taka elimination, Rikishi dominance, Rock/Big Show Finish) DDP v. Buff Bagwell last man standing Souled out 2000 feuding over Kimberly - Meltzer rated high Mike Awesome Kills Spike Dudley - Guilty as Charged 2000 RVD vacates title after near two year reign with broken ankle February 2000 Foley Retirement HITC v. HHH - No Way Out Tank Abbott v. Big Al at SuperBrawl -- Tank pulls a blade Sid v. Hall v. Jarrett - SuperBrawl Hall Injured 3 Count wins the Hardcore Title from Knobs + 3 Count singing March 2000 Trish Stratus debut new Jack and Vic Grimes almost die - Living Dangerously Dusty Rhodes v. Corino bull rope match - Living Dangerously April 2000 WrestleMania Highlights - ladder match, Title match - Hardcore battle royal Raw 4/24 Trish's 4 vingettes crawling on tables teasing Bubba Ray Dudley leading to backlash Trish going through a table at Backlash by the dudleys Vince Russo reboots Nitro, 4/10 Nitro Highlights - Kidman/Hogan, Awesome/Nash, All titles stripped David Arquette wins the title - Thunder Terry Funk v. Norman Smiley Hardcore match - Spring Stampede Malenko v. Scotty 2 Hotty - Backlash Raw April - HHH v. Taka, HHH v jericho with fake title change May 2000 Norman Smiley/Ralphus win a backayard wrestling title - Thunder Three tier Cage match with Jarrett - DDP - Arquette and Kanyon getting dumped off cage by Awesome - Slamboree Undertaker's Return at Judgment Day 2000 June 2000 Goldberg heel Turn - Bash Human Torch Match: Vampiro + Sting - Bash Hulk Kidman - Bash Evening Gown Match Patterson v. Brisco - King of the RIng Kurt Angle wins King of the RIng + King Kurt July 2000 Russo "shoots" on Hogan - Bash at the Beach Graveyard match with Demon + Vampiro - Bash at the Beach Booker T wins first Title - Bash at the Beach XPW disrupts ECW Heatwave PPV Rikishi splashs Val venis off top of cage - Fully Loaded 2000 August 2000 Bret Hart appears at New Blood Rising HHH/Angle/Steph love triangle - Summer 2000 lawler v. Tazz for JR's honor - Summerslam Kat v. terri Stink face match - Summerslam September 2000 N/A October 2000 gertner over cyrus with kamala belly paint - anarchy rulz austins attempted homicide of rikishi - no mercy Angle wins first WWE Title - No Mercy November 2000 eddy cheats on chyna with chicks in the shower, engagement off Austin dumps HHH off a forklift while he is in a car "worst match ending ever" - Survivor Series December 2000 bunkhouse brawl at starrcade with filthy animals v. jarrett/harris boys Other Natural Born Thrillers debut 70's Guy Mike Awesome Rikishi revealed as guy who ran over Austin last year HHH shoves his way into "Who ran over Austin" storyline after getting cheers during the Angle/Steph Storyline HHH having Trish bent over, caught by Stephanie Tajiri and Mikey team up mae young births a hand, dates mark henry and gets put through a table twice by the dudleys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 How is this for 2000 All Japan? Does everything have a place and is anything missing? 01/17/00 - Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi 01/23/00 - Vader vs Jun Akiyama 02/17/00 - Vader vs Toshiaki Kawada 02/17/00 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue 02/20/00 - Vader & Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama 02/27/00 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama 02/27/00 - Vader vs Kenta Kobashi 03/31/00 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada 04/15/00 - Kenta Kobashi vs Takao Omori 10/28/00 - Toshiaki Kawada vs Genichiro Tenryu Was there any type of press conference or anything that actually aired on TV about the split? I'd like to somehow make it clear in televised format that it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I'd have to find the dates but these are must haves from the comm tapes AJPW put out after the split: Kawada vs Fuchi (Kawada lights up Fuchi's chest with chops as they desperately try to show the new AJPW can put on a quality main event) Tenryu's return at Korakuen Hall (He comes out in a suit to a huge reaction, I think introduced by Mrs Baba) Kawada & Tenryu vs Hansen & Kea (Hansen's last great match) Fuchi vs Chono (1st AJPW vs NJPW match) Tenryu vs Hansen (From the Triple Crown tournament, Hansen's last stand as a singles wrestler, not a great match since Hansen's back is fucked but fun) Fun/interesting/whatever stuff that might have a place: Early post-split undercard highlights with a hodgepodge of Indy guys Koshinaka stuff where he joins the AJPW side Kroffat/Fujiwara tags from the tag league that show Kroffat was still an amazing finish guy even with no knees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Mask vs Mask - Atlantis vs Villano 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hardyz vs. Dudleyz - Table Match - Rumble Hardyz vs. Dudleyz vs. Edge & Christian - Wrestlemania Hardyz vs. Dudleyz vs. Edge & Chrstian - TLC Those 3 teams were a big part of 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 IWA-Puerto Rico 2000 - Ricky Banderas (El Mesias from AAA) vs Slash Venom - Part 1 is here: This is an absolute must just for the bump Slash took off the bleachers to the floor. He missed the table and went splat from 15 feet up. Great heat and I remember enjoying the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chess Knight Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Was there any type of press conference or anything that actually aired on TV about the split? I'd like to somehow make it clear in televised format that it happened. Saw this on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPhJiBEEczw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 How is this for 2000 All Japan? Does everything have a place and is anything missing? 01/17/00 - Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi 01/23/00 - Vader vs Jun Akiyama 02/17/00 - Vader vs Toshiaki Kawada 02/17/00 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue 02/20/00 - Vader & Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama 02/27/00 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama 02/27/00 - Vader vs Kenta Kobashi 03/31/00 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada 04/15/00 - Kenta Kobashi vs Takao Omori 10/28/00 - Toshiaki Kawada vs Genichiro Tenryu I think Akiyama vs. Omori from the '00 Carnival needs to be on there for the novelty factor...and it's not like it's gonna eat up a ton of space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've been watching some Memphis 2000 lately. Nothing earth shattering but MCW had a good tv match from 9/9 between Spanky and Steven Regal. Lots of WTF stuff from that promotion like the Memphis version of Angle/HHH/Steph with K Krush/Lawler/Stacy, Lance Russell calling Jasmin St claire matches and Lawler vs Eddie Guerrero. I'm not sure if that match aired on TV or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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