1999 Recommendations

BBscout · August 19, 2011

Nitro 10-4-99 has what might be Flair and Hogan's only time as a tag team? Taking on Sting and Luger.

smkelly · November 10, 2011

WWF MSG NY 2/7/99 Steve Blackman vs. Dan Severn vs Ken Shamrock, Rock vs. Steve Austin vs. Mankind vs Bossman, Al Snow vs Goldust

WWF CHARLOTTE NC, 12/26/99 Chris Jericho vs Al Snow

Gregor · March 1, 2012

So I dunno if you guys have already completed the sets and are just waiting to release them. If not, here's (non-blindingly obvious) stuff from 1999 I'd recommend, a lot of which you might have already included. (After doing this, I realized that it was a lot, so I divided the recommendations into three categories: "very good match or very good indicator of where company stood in 1999," "worth watching," and "I enjoyed it, and maybe other people would, too."

Norman Smiley vs. Chavo Guerrero (Souled Out)

Kind of an interesting match, as Smiley does matwork that wasn't ever common in the U.S. and seems really out of place in 1999. You also get to see how over Smiley's wiggling was. His being forced off TV because of it probably hurt WCW, although I have no idea if they'd have capitalized on it.

Four-Way Cruiserweight Championship Match (Souled Out)

I assume that the Psychosis title win is going to make the set. I prefer this match because of the fun dynamic between Guerrera and Psychosis.

Chris Jericho vs. Booker T (Nitro 1/18)

Heel Jericho had a definite formula in WCW, and this was one of the best executions of it.

Scott Hall vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (Nitro 1/25)

Good ladder match in which Hall does a few of Shawn Michaels' ladder match spots.

Scott Hall vs. Chris Benoit (Nitro 2/1)

I don't remember much about this match, but this is the one in which, during the ring introductions, Michael Buffer makes reference to United States Title holder Bret "Hitman" Clarke.

nWo Horsemen Parody (Nitro 2/22)

Even more mean-spirited than the first one. Malenko and Benoit are presented as beneath even being mentioned by name. I imagine this was kind of a lock for the set anyway.

Bret Hart vs. Booker T (Nitro 1/18, 2/22)

The second match got four stars from Meltzer and is a really good match. It might be Hart's second-best in WCW and Booker's best ever. The first one I've never seen in full, but 1) I've heard good things about it, 2) it features Bret Hart re-using the ring bell spot from WM XIII with the U.S. Title belt, and 3) it's actually the match that Hart is talking about in the famous El Dandy promo.

Bret Hart Calls Out Goldberg (Nitro 3/29/99)

This is probably a lock already. Great segment that ended up meaning nothing.

Owen Hart/Jeff Jarrett vs. New Age Outlaws (Backlash)

Owen's last good match. Probably a contender for the Outlaws' best match ever.

Kane/X-Pac vs. Mark Henry/D'Lo Brown (Over the Edge)

Surprisingly good match, considering that it's from 1999 WWF. Very fun - Mark Henry and Kane trade power spots, Henry flings X-Pac around, and the crowd loves to tell D'Lo that he sucks. D'Lo is great fun.

Nitro 6/7/99

Is the segment in which Eric Bischoff spoils the Greater Power angle something you'd put on a yearbook?

Mexican Hardcore Match (Nitro 6/7)

The famous match that the commentators shit all over while the guys in the ring are really trying.

Billy Gunn vs. Bradshaw (RAW 6/28)

Gunn's first match as King of the Ring. He loses to a tag team wrestler in three minutes.

Edge vs. Jeff Jarrett (Fully Loaded and their house show match from the night before)

The house show match is nothing special and really only a novelty. The Fully Loaded match is pretty good and gives a good look at Jarrett as a worker, carrying Edge through a ten-minute-ish match.

Marty Jannetty vs. Ace Darling (ISPW 11/6)

Jannetty looks about as good as usual. I thought it might be interesting to have something from him from this late in the game.

Juventud Guerrera and Vince Russo (Nitro 11/29)

The tequila bottle match is probably a lock, but there's a backstage segment in which Russo acts like he's being forced to have Liger on his show and it's a real pain in the ass for him.

Lex Luger Segments (Nitro 11/29)

These cracked me up, probably more than they should have. Luger is trying to get into Vince Russo's good graces by forcing Elizabeth into a mud match. Luger asks Liz if she's heard of the word "breach" and then spells it for her, forgetting the A. Then he asks, "Who do you think you're going?" Luger's evil acting is beyond description.

Outsiders Throw Away the TV Title (Nitro 11/29)

Scott Hall is upset that the TV Title has not led to his meeting Ted Turner or getting any free TV dinners, so Nash dunks it into a garbage can.

Jushin Liger vs. Chris Benoit (Thunder 12/2)

I imagine that a Liger vs. Benoit match would make it on anyway, but this is the historic debut of Juventud Guerrera, color commentator. He trashes Liger and blames him for his injury, and I don't know if it's a work or not.

One Last Lex Luger Segment (Thunder 12/2)

Luger is trying to escape the arena because he has a match with Sid. As his cab arrives to pick him up, he stops to talk to Big Vito and Johnny the Bull, and Silver King, in the background, jumps into the cab, which drives off without Luger. The visual made me laugh, as did Luger (clad in a FUBU jersey) correcting the guy who called him Lex - "It's 'Total Package.'"

Juventud Guerrera on Commentary (Thunder 12/9, 12/16)

Please include something from the greatest color commentator in the history of our sport. He confuses Madison with Milwaukee and Mobile with New Orleans. "The Juice is in the house, and the house is with the Juice, baybay."

goodhelmet · March 1, 2012

With 1999, any Indy suggestions would be really helpful. We'll comb the DVDVR archives but some of you guys were at taped Indy shows and may have a feel of what felt important in 1999.

JazeUSA · March 1, 2012

With 1999, any Indy suggestions would be really helpful. We'll comb the DVDVR archives but some of you guys were at taped Indy shows and may have a feel of what felt important in 1999.

Omega January 29th, 1999

Matt & Jeff Hardy vs. The Serial Thrillaz

Possibly imo one of the best indy tag team match's ever!

Loss · March 29, 2012

We won't be doing the 1999 Yearbook for a while, but I wanted to bump this to see if anyone who has all the WONs from '99 could compile all the New Japan WON star ratings for the year? The tOA list stops at '97, unfortunately. Giving as much notice as possible in case this is a long project. Thanks.

jdw · March 29, 2012

NJPW 1999

Posted by cNJ

March 06, 2000 17:37:26 U.S. CST

01/04/99 Ka Shin & Wagner Jr. vs. Otani & Takaiwa (Jr. Tag Titles) *** (1)

01/04/99 Liger vs. Kanemoto (Jr. Title) ***1/2 (1)

01/30/99 Otani vs. Liger ***3/4

01/30/99 Kojima vs. Yamazaki (#1 Contender Tourney) ***1/4

01/30/99 Sasaki vs. Nagata (#1 Contender Tourney) ***1/2

02/06/99 Ka Shin & Wagner Jr. vs. Samurai & Liger (Jr. Tag Titles) ***3/4

02/06/99 Sasaki & Yamazaki vs. Muto & Saito ***

02/13/99 Wagner Jr. & Ka Shin vs. Liger & Hamada ***

02/13/99 Kojima & Tenzan vs. Nagata & Nakanishi (World Tag) ***1/2

02/20/99 Liger vs. Wagner Jr. (Jr. Title) ***1/4

02/27/99 Ka Shin & Wagner Jr. vs. Otani & Takaiwa (Jr. Tag Titles) ***3/4

02/27/99 Sasaki vs. Kojima (#1 Contender Tourney Final) ****

03/06/99 Muto vs. Sasaki (World Title) ***3/4

03/13/99 Koshinaka & Sasaki vs. Kojima & Muto ***3/4

03/13/99 Kojima & Muto & Tenzan vs. Yasuda & Fujinami & Sasaki ***1/4

03/20/99 Kojima & Muto vs. Nagata & Yamazaki ***1/2

03/20/99 Kanemoto vs. Liger (Jr. Title) ****1/2

03/27/99 Nagata & Sasaki vs. Kojima & Muto ***1/4

03/27/99 Ka Shin & Wagner Jr. vs. Samurai & Hamada (Jr. Tag Titles) ***1/4

04/03/99 Sasaki & Koshinaka vs. Tenzan & Kojima (World Tag) ***1/2

04/10/99 Kanemoto vs. Otani (Jr. Title) ***3/4

04/10/99 Muto vs. Frye (World Title) ***

04/17/99 Liger & Sasuke vs. Wagner Jr. & Ka Shin (Jr. Tag Titles) ***1/2

04/24/99 Tenzan & Kojima vs. Nagata & Nakanishi ***1/4

04/24/99 Takaiwa vs. Tanaka ***1/2

04/24/99 Yamazaki & Fujita vs. Ishikawa & Otsuka ***

05/01/99 Otani & Takaiwa vs. Kanemoto & Ka Shin ****1/4

05/01/99 Kojima & Muto & Tenzan vs. Yasuda & Tenryu & Fujinami ***3/4

05/01/99 Nagata & Fujinami & Yamazaki vs. Nakanishi & Koshinaka & Sasaki ***1/4

05/08/99 Frye & Chono & AKIRA vs. Kojima & Muto & Tenzan ***

05/08/99 Takaiwa & Kanemoto vs. Liger & Ka Shin ***

05/08/99 Sasaki & Koshinaka vs. Nagata & Yamazaki (World Tag) ***1/4

05/15/99 Kanemoto vs. Takaiwa (Jr. Title) ***1/4

05/15/99 Muto vs. Tenryu (World Title) ****1/4

05/22/99 Otani vs. Wagner Jr. (Super Jr. Tourney) ***1/4

05/22/99 Kojima & Muto & Tenzan vs. Yasuda & Koshinaka & Nagata ***1/2

05/29/99 Otani vs. Orihara (Super Jr. Tourney) ****

05/29/99 Hamada vs. Liger (Super Jr. Tourney) ***1/4

05/29/99 Fujinami & Tenryu vs. Tenzan & Muto ***1/2

06/05/99 Ohara & Gotoh vs. Koshinaka & Yasuda ***1/4

06/05/99 Sasaki & Johnston vs. Nagata & Iizuka ***1/4

06/05/99 Chono & Frye & nWo Sting vs. Kojima & Muto & Tenzan ***3/4

06/05/99 Tanaka vs. Otani (Super Jr. Tourney) ****1/4

06/05/99 Liger vs. Kanemoto (Super Jr. Tourney) ****1/2

06/26/99 Ka Shin vs. Kanemoto (Super Jr. Final) ***1/4

07/03/99 Kojima & Muto vs. Chono & Frye ***3/4

07/03/99 Hashimoto & Nakanishi vs. Nagata & Fujinami ***1/4

07/03/99 Muto & Kojima vs. Wallstreet & Chono ***

07/03/99 Gotoh & Ohara vs. Koshinaka & Sasaki (World Tag) ***1/4

07/10/99 Kanemoto vs. Tanaka (Jr. Title) ****

07/10/99 Otani & Takaiwa vs. Liger & Wagner Jr. ***1/2

07/10/99 Hashimoto & Yasuda & Nagata & Meng vs. Tenzan & Muto & Kojima & Norton ***

07/24/99 Liger & Samurai vs. Wagner Jr. & Kanemoto ***1/2

07/31/99 Takaiwa & Otani vs. Liger & Sasuke (Jr. Tag Titles) ****1/2

08/07/99 Juniors Battle Royal (won by Ka Shin) ***

08/07/99 Gotoh & Ohara vs. Kimura & Koshinaka (World Tag) ***1/4

08/14/99 Hashimoto vs. Tenzan (G1) ****

08/14/99 Koshinaka vs. Chono (G1) ***1/2

08/14/99 Nagata vs. Kojima (G1) ****1/4

08/14/99 Fujinami vs. Muto (G1) ***3/4

08/14/99 Fujinami vs. Yasuda (G1) ***

08/14/99 Sasaki vs. Kojima (G1) ***1/2

08/14/99 Muto vs. Nagata (G1) ****

08/14/99 Chono vs. Hashimoto (G1) ***1/2

08/15/99 Tenzan vs. Chono (G1) ***1/4

08/15/99 Nakanishi vs. Muto (G1 Final) ***1/4

08/22/99 Ka Shin vs. Kanemoto (Jr. Title) ***1/2

08/22/99 Nagata & Nakanishi vs. Ohara & Gotoh (World Tag) ***1/2

09/18/99 Otani & Takaiwa vs. Liger & Samurai (Jr. Tag Titles) ***1/4

09/25/99 Norton & Muto vs. Nagata & Nakanishi (G1 Tag Tourney) ***1/4

10/02/99 Ka Shin vs. Takaiwa (Jr. Title) ***1/4

10/09/99 Nagata & Nakanishi vs. Tenzan & Kojima (G1 Tag Tourney) ***1/2

10/09/99 Muto & Norton vs. Nakanishi & Nagata (G1 Tag Final) ***3/4

10/16/99 Ogawa vs. Hashimoto (NWA Title) ***1/2

10/16/99 Muto vs. Nakanishi (World Title) ***3/4

10/23/99 Tenryu vs. Sasaki ***1/4

10/23/99 Tenzan vs. Gotoh ***1/2

10/30/99 Otani & Takaiwa vs. Tanaka & Kanemoto (Jr. Tag Titles) ****3/4

11/06/99 Malenko vs. Kanemoto ***1/2

11/06/99 Pegasus vs. Liger ****

11/06/99 Muto & Kojima vs. Koshinaka & Nagata ****

11/13/99 Yasuda & Tenryu vs. Nagata & Sasaki ***1/4

11/13/99 Liger & Pegasus vs. Takaiwa & Otani ****1/2

11/13/99 AKIRA & Wallstreet vs. Saito & Kojima ***

11/13/99 Chono & nWo Sting vs. Muto & Tenzan ***1/2

11/20/99 Otani & Kanemoto vs. Samurai & Liger ***1/2

11/27/99 Kido & Liger vs. Kanemoto & Koshinaka ***1/4

11/27/99 Otani vs. Ka Shin ***

11/27/99 Kojima & Muto vs. AKIRA & Chono ***1/4

12/04/99 Samurai & Ka Shin & Tanaka vs. Otani & Kanemoto & Takaiwa ***1/4

12/11/99 Ka Shin & Wagner Jr. vs. Otani & Kanemoto ***1/2

12/18/99 Tanaka & Ka Shin & Wagner Jr. vs. Takaiwa & Kanemoto & Otani ***1/2

12/25/99 Tenzan & Kojima vs. Chono & Frye ***1/4

12/25/99 Tenryu vs. Muto (World Title) ****1/2

All ratings from WON.

1999 had 94 matches rated at *** and above.

- 6 matches MOTYC (****1/2+)

- 11 matches **** to ****1/4

- 36 matches ***1/2 to ***3/4

- 41 matches *** to ***1/4

Splits:

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Singles matches: