NintendoLogic Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 The thread title should be self-explanatory. My picks: WWF/E title: HBK/Mankind, Mind Games NWA title: Flair/Funk, 89 Bash WCW title: Vader/Sting, 92 Bash Triple Crown: Misawa/Kawada, 6/3/94 GHC title: Kobashi/Takayama, 4/25/04 WWWA red belt: Kong/Kansai, 8/30/95 WWWA white belt: Devil/Chiggy, 8/22/85 WCW/WWE cruiserweight title: Eddy/Rey, Halloween Havoc IWGP junior title: Liger/Sano, 8/10/89 WWF/E tag titles: HBK/Diesel vs. Ramon/Kid, Action Zone AJPW tag titles: Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue, 6/9/95 All Asia tag titles: Kobashi/Kikuchi vs. Can-Ams, 5/25/92 WWWA tag titles: Toyota/Yamada vs. Ozaki/Kansai, Dream Rush This is what I could come up with off the top of my head. But any belt from any promotion is fair game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 My picks are admittedly rather uninspired, I'm a big fan of Arn's run with the TV title in the early 90s. My obvious biases are easy to see. I can't do Japan because I've still not seen any of the 90s stuff at all. I'll be better placed to do this after watching all the yearbooks. WWF title: Savage / Flair, Mania VIII (92) NWA World title: Steamboat / Flair, Clash VI (89) WCW World title: Flair / Vader, Starrcade '93 WWF IC title: Savage / Steamboat, Mania III or Perfect / Hart, Summerslam 91 NWA US title: Magnum / Tully, Starrcade '85 WCW US title: Steamboat / Rude, Beachblast '92 NWA / WCW TV title: Great Muta vs. Arn Anderson, from a WCW Power Hour of Jan '90 OR Bobby Eaton vs. Arn Anderson, Superbrawl I (91) WWF tag titles: Dream Team vs. British Bulldogs, from SNME (Oct, 85) Triple crown (based only on AJ 80s set): Jumbo vs. Tenryu (6/5/89) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 WCW US title: Steamboat / Rude, Beachblast '92I believe (and wikipedia says) this was actually a non-title match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I want to respond, but there aren't enough picks where I'd differ from Nintendo Logic. I have trouble in my mind remembering if something is a title match or not also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I want to respond, but there aren't enough picks where I'd differ from Nintendo Logic. I have trouble in my mind remembering if something is a title match or not also. This. The more time passes, the less I remember or care about dates and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Bugger. Could have sworn that was for the US title. I did have Sting vs. Vader strap match from 92 originally too, but that was also non-title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Some picks: WWE Championship: Austin/Rock (Wrestlemania 17) WWE Intercontinental Championship: Ramon/Michaels (Wrestlemania X) WWE Tag Team Championship: Adonis/Murdoch vs Briscos (MSG) WWE World Championship: Undertaker/Batista (Wrestlemania 23) NWA World Championship: Steamboat/Flair (Clash VI) WCW World Championship: Flair/Vader (Starrcade '93) NWA/WCW U.S. Championship: Magnum/Blanchard (Starrcade '85) NWA/WCW Television Championship: Blanchard/Steamboat (Starrcade '84) NWA/WCW World Tag Team Championship: Steamboat/Youngblood vs Slaughter/Kernodle (Cage Match) The U.S., Television, Tag titles I consider one lineage because they were established in the Mid-Atlantic promotions. AWA World Heavyweight Championship: Bockwinkel/Hennig (New Years Eve '86) ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Funk/Sabu (Barbed Wire Match) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Face Chicken Wing Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Is there another NWA/US Title match that is a serious contender for being better than the Magnum/Tully I Quit match? I feel like if 1,000 people voted on the top US Title match of all time, Magnum/Tully might actually get all 1,000 votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I really like Magnum vs Wahoo and think it has a little more meat to it even if it doesn't have quite the same oomph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I think I might like Luger/Steamboat from Bash '89 better. I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 What do people think of Rude vs. Sting from Clash 27 in 1991? I'd probably have voted for Rude vs. Steamboat Beachblast 92 over Magnum vs. Tully, were it a title match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Clash 17, you mean? Excellent match. Really fun and heated. But it's only five minutes long and not quite in the "best of" category. Luger/Rich from Clash 8 is an overlooked match that I thought was tremendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I'll throw in Fantastics vs. Midnights from the first Clash for the US Tag Titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted June 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Interesting to see votes for Flair/Vader. I thought that match had fallen out of favor somewhat. Some more picks: ROH title: Danielson/Morishima, Manhattan Mayhem GHC junior title: KENTA/SUWA, 9/18/05 For the World Heavyweight Championship, I can't think of anything off the top of my head I'd put over Bryan/Sheamus from Extreme Rules. What about the IWGP title? I really liked Okada/Naito, but I feel like that shouldn't be the correct answer. I imagine the consensus pick would be a Hashimoto or Mutoh match, but I've hated all the title matches I've seen involving them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Yeah, Clash 17 is what I mean, was on my phone. I went for Flair vs. Vader because of the sheer emotion and the build for that match. One of the few times WCW played and executed an angle perfectly. Also one of only 4 occassions I've had tears watching a wrestling match. Really though, if you treat the NWA title as a separate belt, what competition does it have outside of Sting / Vader? Flair / Steamboat from 94 (the Saturday Night rematch not the Spring Stampede one)? Flair / Hogan from Bash at the Beach '94? DDP vs. Sting from 99? The WCW Title picture is pretty shitty after 94. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Yeah, Flair/Vader won out for me for lack of competition as much as anything. You've got Sting/Vader from the Bash. Beyond that, the strap match at Superbrawl 3 was non-title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Michaels-Jarrett from IYH 2 maybe isn't the best IC Title match of all time, but I like it a lot in part because it's illustrative of why secondary belts are fun to have around. That match doesn't work as well if it isn't for a title, and if it's for a world title then it looks like a farce. The best European Championship match is clearly the first one. I tried to think of what the second-best one would be, and there's not much to choose from. Michaels-Bulldog? D'Lo-X-Pac? The Owen-Bulldog rematch that Bret interrupted? Do people like that three-way from WM2000? Rude-Steamboat from SuperBrawl isn't up there with Magnum-Tully, but I think it stands a chance as the best US Title match in the WCW era. The WCW Title picture is pretty shitty after 94.What are the best choices here? DDP-Goldberg and DDP-Sting are the only really good title matches that I can recall. Were any of the Savage-Flair title matches really good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Obviously a huge grain of salt here. WCW Title Matches getting ****+ from the Observer. I just wanted a comprehensive source as a starting point. Flair vs Pillman (4/3/91) Vader vs Sting (Great American Bash) Vader vs Cactus Jack (Halloween Havoc) Flair vs Vader (Starrcade) Flair vs Steamboat (Spring Stampede) Flair vs Steamboat (5/14/94) Hogan vs Flair (Halloween Havoc) Page vs Sting (4/26/99) I don't remember if the Vader/Foley match was a title match or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Wrestling X Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 WWE Championship: Steve Austin vs. The Rock - Wrestlemania 17 WWE World Heavyweight: Edge vs. Undertaker - Wrestlemania 24 WWE World Tag Team: Edge and Christian vs. The Hardy Boys vs. The Dudleys - Summerslam 2000 WWE Tag Team: Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit vs. Edge and Rey Mysterio WWE Intercontinental: Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon - Wrestlemania X WWE European: Owen Hart vs. British Bulldog - Raw live event in Berlin 1997 WWE Hardcore: Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy - The Invasion WWE Light Heavyweight: Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Dean Malenko - Backlash 2000 WWE Women's: Trish Stratus vs. Lita - Unforgiven 2006 NWA World Heavyweight: Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - Chi-Town Rumble WCW World Heavyweight: Ric Flair vs. Vader - Starrcade 1993 WCW Cruiserweight: Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. - Halloween Havoc 1996 ECW World Heavyweight: Terry Funk vs. Sabu vs. Shane Douglas - The Night The Line Was Crossed ECW Tag Team: Raven and Tommy Dreamer vs. Lance Storm and Justin Credible - Guilty As Charged 2000 ECW TV: Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn - Hardcore Heaven 1999 TNA World Heavyweight: Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle - Lockdown 2008 NWA/TNA World Tag Team: Chris Harris and James Storm vs. Elix Skipper and Christopher Daniels - TNA PPV #50 NWA/TNA X-Division: Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe - Unbreakable 2005 IWGP Heavyweight: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu - G1 Climax 1996 Day 1 IWGP Junior Heavyweight: The Great Sasuke vs. Jushin Liger - Battle Formation 1996 AJPW Triple Crown: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada - Jun 3rd Budokan Show 1994 AJPW Unified Tag Team: Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi -June 9th Budokan Show 1995 GHC Heavyweight: Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa - Navigate For Evolution 2003 Day 9 GHC Junior Heavyweight: KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji - First Navigation 2006 Day 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvd356 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 All personal favorites, maybe not the 'best'. WWWF/WWF/WWE Championship & WWE Intercontinental:: Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior - Wrestlemania 6(hell it was for both) WWE World Heavyweight: CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy- TLC, Summerslam 2009 WWE World Tag Team: Edge and Christian vs. The Hardy Boys vs. The Dudleys - TLC, Wrestlemania 17(can't remember the difference between the two tag titles) - WWE European: Shawn Michaels vs. British Bulldog - One night only(loved the super heel Michels here, always loved these two guys' chemistry) WWE Hardcore: Raven vs Kane vs Big Show - Wrestlemania 17(yes I loved WM17) WWE Light Heavyweight: Taka Michonoku vs Brian Christopher - dx In Your House WWE Women's: Trish Stratus vs. Jazz vs victoria - Wrestlemania 19 NWA World Heavyweight: Ric Flair vs. Sting - Clash of the Champions I(yup love Flair/Funk, Rhodes, Steamboat, Windham but this match is just special.) NWA US Title: Lex Luger vs Ricky Steamboat - Bash '89 NWA World tag titles: Arn & Tully vs Lex Luger & Barry Windham - Clash of the Champions I,(what a fuckin show huh?) WCW World Heavyweight: Sting vs. Vader - Great American Bash '92 WCW US title: Raven vs Goldberg - nitro April '98 WCW Cruiserweight: Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr - Halloween Havoc 1997(saw it live) WCW Tag Titles: The Steiners vs Sting & Lex Luger - Superbrawl '91 WCW Tv title: Booker T vs Rick Martel - Superbrawl '98 ECW World Heavyweight: Sandman vs Steve Austin vs Mikey Whipwreck - 1995 ECW TV: Rob Van Dam vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - 1998 TNA World Heavyweight: Sting vs. Kurt Angle - BFG 2007 TNA World Tag Team: Beer Money vs MCMG - Cage, Impact '10 TNA X-Division: AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe - Turning Point '05(just liked it better than the 3 way, sue me) IWGP- damn just haven't watched enough new japan to make choices. Seen hundreds of AJPW matches, hundreds of noah matches. Just like that style better. AJPW Triple Crown: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi - 1/20/97(SUCH a hard pick. Any Kawada/Misawa bout, Jumbo/Tenryu June '89 and a personal favorite Mutoh/Tenryu from 2001) AJPW Tag Titles - Kobashi & Kikuchi vs Kroffat & Furnas - 5/25/92(not sure how the tag title unifying went, but this is my #1 AJPW tag title match) GHC Heavyweight: Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa - Navigate For Evolution 2003 GHC Junior Heavyweight: KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji - 10/26/06 ROH World Heavyweight title: Bryan Danielson vs KENTA - GBH Night 2 2006(have never seen the Punk/Joe trilogy. I know I suck.) ROH Pure title: Jay Lethal vs Samoa Joe - Manhattan Mayhem 2005 ROH Tag Titles: Kings of Wrestling vs MCMG's - Supercard of Honor? 2010. The match that made me a HUGE Cesaro fan. It was hard not to list the guy from Edmonton but I hate to give him any credit. Yes I really like Sting, HBK & Kobashi. EDIT: changed nwa US title match, how forgot Luger/Steamboat I dunno. Also my WWE title match was also an IC title match so I combined them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow34 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I would probably go Savage/Flair for the WWF/E strap...but Austin vs. Angle at Summerslam 2001 is in the running too. Love that match. Angle had some brutally stiff battles that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpchicago23 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Wasnt HBK Taker HIAC for the European strap? If so thats my favorite for that belt. World Heavyweight- Benoit vs. Angle RR 03 More later those two just popped in my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerpride Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Wasnt HBK Taker HIAC for the European strap? If so thats my favorite for that belt. More later those two just popped in my head No, it was for the #1 contender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpchicago23 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Oh ok myabe HBK was the champ and not defending. Sid v HBK SS 96 just might be my fav WWF title match as weird as that sounds to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow34 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Yeah Shawn won the Euro belt at One Night Only in September...so he was champ. I am not sure he ever defended it until the staged loss to Triple H on the Christmas Raw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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