goodhelmet Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 I did a round table with the placetobe guys last night and the question came up... what are the best three consecutive PPVs a company has put out? I think Justin had it right when he brought up the following three PPVs from WCW 1992. However, if someone wants to argue for three other PPVs, I would be willing to listen. Superbrawl II - The Mecca; Milwaukee, WI 2/29/1992 - Light Heavyweight Title: Brian Pillman beat Jushin Liger to win the title - Marcus Alexander Bagwell beat Terry Taylor - Ron Simmons beat Cactus Jack - Van Hammer & Tom Zenk beat Vinnie Vegas & Ricky Morton - Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes beat Steve Austin & Larry Zbyzsko - WCW Tag Team Title: Champs Bobby Eaton & Arn Anderson beat The Steiners by DQ - US Title: Champ Rick Rude beat Ricky Steamboat - WCW World Title: Sting beat Lex Luger to win the title Wrestle War 1992 - Jacksonvile Coliseum; Jacksonville, FL 5/17/1992 - US Tag Team Titles: The Freebirds beat Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine to win the belts - Johnny B Badd beat Tracey Smothers - Scotty Flamingo beat Marcus Alexander Bagwell - Ron Simmons beat Mr. Hughes - The Super Invader beat Todd Champion - Big Josh beat Ricky Morton - Light Heavyweight Title: Champ Brian Pillman beat Tom Zenk - WCW Tag Team Titles: Champs The Steiners beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Takayuki Iizuka - War Games: Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham & Nikita Koloff beat Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, & Larry Zbyzsko Beach Blast 1992 - Civic Center; Mobile, AL 6/20/1992 - Light Heavyweight Title: Scotty Flamingo beat Brian Pillman to win the title - Ron Simmons beat Terry Taylor - Falls Count Anywhere for WCW Title: Sting beat Cactus Jack - Greg Valentine beat Marcus Alexander Bagwell - 30 minute Iron Man Challenge: Ricky Steamboat beat Rick Rude 4-3 - Dustin Rhodes, Nikita Koloff & Barry Windham beat Steve Austin, Bobby Eaton , & Arn Anderson by DQ - WCW Tag Team Titles: Champs The Steiners fought Terry Gordy & Steve Williams to a draw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Money in the Bank 2011/Summerslam 2011 is a good 1-2 punch but Night of Champions really just has the Mark Henry win going for it. Honestly Capital Punishment had a Christian vs Orton match and Rey vs Punk so maybe that's better. Either way neither hits the mark I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted November 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 I brought up MITB and Summerslam 11. Fell short on the before and after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow34 Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Love this topic, GH, glad it came up last night. The other stretch we debated: Superbrawl IV, Spring Stampede 94, Slamboree 94. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Love it! Will might've nailed it with WCW's early offerings in 1992. I'd also be open to the WWF's start to that year with Flair winning the Rumble, then Savage/Flair and Hart/Piper at Mania followed by the double main event at Wembley for Summerslam. Since I like cop outs I'm also going to throw a bone to early WWF 2001. Awesome Rumble with Austin going over, the Benoit/Jericho IC Title ladder match and a decent Angle/HHH title match while that feud was still hot. Then you've got HHH/Austin in a legit MOTYC and Rock/Angle at No Way Out, followed by the climax of the era at WM17. Not a bad run. Full results to save anyone a google search: Royal Rumble - New Orleans Arena; New Orleans, LA 1/21/2001 - World Tag Team Title: The Dudley Boyz beat Edge & Christian to win the belts - Ladder Match for Intercontinental Title: Chris Jericho beat Chris Benoit to win the title - Women's Title: Champ Ivory beat Chyna - WWF Title: Champ Kurt Angle beat Triple H - Steve Austin won the Royal Rumble last eliminating Kane No Way Out - Thomas & Mack Center; Las Vegas, NV 2/25/2001 - Hardcore Title: Big Show beat Raven to win the title - Intercontinental Title: Champ Chris Jericho beat Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero & X-Pac - Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley beat Trish Stratus - Best-of-3 Falls Match: Triple H beat Steve Austin in 3 falls. Austin won fall 1, Triple H won the last 2 falls which were street fight & cage match rules - Steven Richards beat Jerry Lawler. Due to pre-match stipulations The Kat is forced to join Right to Censor - Table match for Tag Team Title: Champion Dudley Boyz beat Edge & Christian, and Kane & The Undertaker - WWF Title: The Rock beat Kurt Angle to win the title WrestleMania X-7 - Astrodome; Houston, TX 4/1/2001 - Intercontinental Title: Champ Chris Jericho beat William Regal - The APA & Tazz beat The Right to Censor - Hardcore Title: Kane beat champ Raven & Big Show to win the title - European Title: Eddie Guerrero beat Test to win the title - Kurt Angle beat Chris Benoit - Women's Title: Chyna beat Ivory to win the title - Street Fight: Shane McMahon beat Vince McMahon - TLC match for the World Tag Team Title: Edge & Christian beat champs The Dudley Boyz & The Hardy Boyz to win the title - Gimmick Battle Royal: The Iron Sheik by last eliminating Hillbilly Jim - The Undertaker beat Triple H - WWF Title: Steve Austin beat the Rock to win the WWF title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow34 Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Love it! Will might've nailed it with WCW's early offerings in 1992. I'd also be open to the WWF's start to that year with Flair winning the Rumble, then Savage/Flair and Hart/Piper at Mania followed by the double main event at Wembley for Summerslam. Since I like cop outs I'm also going to throw a bone to early WWF 2001. Awesome Rumble with Austin going over, the Benoit/Jericho IC Title ladder match and a decent Angle/HHH title match while that feud was still hot. Then you've got HHH/Austin in a legit MOTYC and Rock/Angle at No Way Out, followed by the climax of the era at WM17. Not a bad run. Full results to save anyone a google search: Royal Rumble - New Orleans Arena; New Orleans, LA 1/21/2001 - World Tag Team Title: The Dudley Boyz beat Edge & Christian to win the belts - Ladder Match for Intercontinental Title: Chris Jericho beat Chris Benoit to win the title - Women's Title: Champ Ivory beat Chyna - WWF Title: Champ Kurt Angle beat Triple H - Steve Austin won the Royal Rumble last eliminating Kane No Way Out - Thomas & Mack Center; Las Vegas, NV 2/25/2001 - Hardcore Title: Big Show beat Raven to win the title - Intercontinental Title: Champ Chris Jericho beat Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero & X-Pac - Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley beat Trish Stratus - Best-of-3 Falls Match: Triple H beat Steve Austin in 3 falls. Austin won fall 1, Triple H won the last 2 falls which were street fight & cage match rules - Steven Richards beat Jerry Lawler. Due to pre-match stipulations The Kat is forced to join Right to Censor - Table match for Tag Team Title: Champion Dudley Boyz beat Edge & Christian, and Kane & The Undertaker - WWF Title: The Rock beat Kurt Angle to win the title WrestleMania X-7 - Astrodome; Houston, TX 4/1/2001 - Intercontinental Title: Champ Chris Jericho beat William Regal - The APA & Tazz beat The Right to Censor - Hardcore Title: Kane beat champ Raven & Big Show to win the title - European Title: Eddie Guerrero beat Test to win the title - Kurt Angle beat Chris Benoit - Women's Title: Chyna beat Ivory to win the title - Street Fight: Shane McMahon beat Vince McMahon - TLC match for the World Tag Team Title: Edge & Christian beat champs The Dudley Boyz & The Hardy Boyz to win the title - Gimmick Battle Royal: The Iron Sheik by last eliminating Hillbilly Jim - The Undertaker beat Triple H - WWF Title: Steve Austin beat the Rock to win the WWF title Yes, the 2001 stretch is actually what sparked the debate...hard to argue with that stretch for sure. We discussed that 1992 WWF stretch on the show as well. It will be posted later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Chi Town Rumble, WrestleWar 89, and GAB 89 are a pretty good combo as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Aren't monthly PPVs at an inherent disadvantage here? It's a lot harder to present strong matchups three months in a row. Maybe we should include Clashes to even things out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stomperspc Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Chi Town Rumble, WrestleWar 89, and GAB 89 are a pretty good combo as well. Yea, I was just about to mention that. Chi-Town Rumble has the first 1989 Flair/Steamboat match, a good Luger/Windham US title match, and an entertaining Loser Leaves town six-man with both Midnight Express teams. Plus the two major singles titles changed hands. WrestleWar is really about the main event but there the US and World singles titles change hands again. GAB has Flair/Funk, Sting/Muta, Luger/Steamboat, and War Games all of which are good (or better) matches. WrestleWar is the weak link in that chain but the great main event might be enough to hold it up as a "great" PPV. At least everything else on that card was kept short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookeighana Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 What about Summer Slam 2001 / Unforgiven 2001 / No Mercy 2001? (I bolded all the matches that got *** or higher.) Summer Slam 01 - San Jose, CA - Compaq Center - August 19, 2001 (15,293; sell out) Pay-per-view bouts - featured Jim Ross & Paul Heyman on commentary: Edge pinned WWF IC Champion Lance Storm to win the title at 11:18 with a DDT Test & the Dudley Boyz defeated Spike Dudley (w/ Molly Holly) & the Acolytes when Test pinned Bradshaw at 7:19 WCW Cruiserweight Champion X-Pac pinned WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Tajiri to win the title at 7:34 with a low blow and the X-Factor after Tajiri sprayed red mist into the eyes of Albert, who came ringside late in the contest and climbed on the ring apron; both titles were at stake in the match Chris Jericho defeated Rhyno (w/ Stephanie McMahon) via submission with the Walls of Jericho at 11:47 after Jericho avoided the Gore and Rhyno hit the corner Rob Van Dam defeated WWF Hardcore Champion Jeff Hardy in a ladder match to win the title at 16:32 after shoving Hardy off the top, sending the challenger onto the ring ropes WCW Tag Team Champions the Undertaker & Kane (w/ Sara) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page & WCW US Champion Kanyon in a steel cage match to win the titles at 10:13 Kurt Angle defeated WWF World Champion Steve Austin via disqualification at 22:31 The Rock pinned WCW World Champion Booker T (w/ Shane McMahon) to win the title at 15:19 * Austin/Angle was really great. Unforgiven 01 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mellon Arena - September 23, 2001 Pay-per-view bouts - featured Jim Ross & Paul Heyman on commentary: WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz defeated the Big Show & Spike Dudley, Lance Storm & WWF European Champion the Hurricane, and Matt & Jeff Hardy in an elimination match Perry Saturn pinned Raven (w/ Terri) with the spinning fisherman's suplex after catapulting Raven into the turnbuckle Christian pinned WWF IC Champion Edge to win the title after using a steel chair to hit a low blow WCW Tag Team Champions the Undertaker & Kane defeated Kronik (w/ Steven Richards) WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam pinned Chris Jericho WCW World Champion the Rock defeated Booker T & Shane McMahon in a handicap match at 15:24 by pinning Booker with the Rock Bottom Rhyno pinned WCW US Champion Tajiri (w/ Torrie Wilson) to win the title with a T-Bone suplex and the Gore Kurt Angle defeated WWF World Champion Steve Austin to win the title * RVD/Jericho and Angle/Austin were great. No Mercy 01 - St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center - October 21, 2001 Pay-per-view bouts - featured Jim Ross & Paul Heyman on commentary: WCW Tag Team Champions Matt & Jeff Hardy (w/ Lita) defeated WWF European Champion the Hurricane (w/ Molly Holly) & Lance Storm (w/ Ivory) at 7:14 Test pinned Kane at 10:09 with a boot to the face after landing a low blow Torrie Wilson pinned Stacy Keibler with a handspring elbow and roll up at 3:07 in a lingerie match Edge defeated WWF IC Champion Christian in a ladder match to win the title at 22:17 WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz defeated the Big Show & Tajiri at 9:19 The Undertaker pinned Booker T at 13:20 Chris Jericho pinned WCW World Champion the Rock at 23:47 WWF World Champion Steve Austin defeated Kurt Angle and WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam at 15:19 in a No DQ match * Jericho/Rock was really great. Austin/Angle/RVD was great. Edge/Christian was quite good. I'm a big fan of 2002 as well with Vengeance 2002 (July), Summer Slam 2002 (August) and Unforgiven 2002 (Sept). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 WWF 2000 had such an amazing stretch... except they couldn't seem to put together 3 straight. Royal Rumble/No Way Out are amazing, but it's hard to put Wrestlemania 2000 in with the top tier. Backlash/Judgment Day are possibly the two best pure wrestling PPVs they've ever done... but King of the Ring is pretty crappy. Fully Loaded and Summerslam are also excellent shows, but Unforgiven was mostly a bit of a mess (although its better than the other streak breakers here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Chi Town Rumble, WrestleWar 89, and GAB 89 are a pretty good combo as well. Yea, I was just about to mention that. Chi-Town Rumble has the first 1989 Flair/Steamboat match, a good Luger/Windham US title match, and an entertaining Loser Leaves town six-man with both Midnight Express teams. Plus the two major singles titles changed hands. WrestleWar is really about the main event but there the US and World singles titles change hands again. GAB has Flair/Funk, Sting/Muta, Luger/Steamboat, and War Games all of which are good (or better) matches. WrestleWar is the weak link in that chain but the great main event might be enough to hold it up as a "great" PPV. At least everything else on that card was kept short. WrestleWar had the main, which over time has become a Love/Hate type of match (relative to the earlier two big Flair-Steamer matches still being fully Loved). It was hurt by a supporting card that just didn't take off. At the time, Hayes-Luger was surprisingly entertaining... but I wonder how much of that was the surprise of Lex losing. Even if the match doesn't hold up (16+ minutes from those two is a lot of time given Lex was in face mode), I'd say it was at the very least a decent supporting match for the booking and title change and adding to the aura. But the rest... the final two title matches were in an anti-climactic spot, and neither delivered. The undercard was mediocre. It ends up being a one match card. It's too bad one can sub in Starcade '88, which had the strong main with Flair-Lex, a wildly fun Steiner-Rotundo TV title change, what I recall as a solid Barry vs Bam Bam US Title match, and I want to say a solid MX vs OMX match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victory Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I'd go with the WCW 92 category. Just listened to that podcast and was yelling into my phone for you guys to mention WCW 92 before you did. I know not everybody agreed, but I'd throw in Bash 92 as well. Pretty strong tag matches despite the tourney format which usually leaves no time for good matches where this one debunks that theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Wait, can we discuss that Will was on a podcast with Scott Keith? What was that like Will? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 It was fine. He seemed like a nice guy. Tried to get him to bite on Regal-Arn (which he hated in the past). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 He was emotionally connected to Canadian wrestlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 He was emotionally connected to Canadian wrestlers. I was/am too and I love that match and Regal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 He was emotionally connected to Canadian wrestlers. I was/am too and I love that match and Regal. I was just paraphrasing what I thought was a great line by Will on the podcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 What about Summerslam, Unforgiven, and No Mercy 2002? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 What are the cards for those Mike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 Summerslam had Rock/Brock, Edge/Guerrero, Bookdust vs. Christian/Storm, RVD/Benoit. Unforgiven had Angle/Benoit, Edge/Guerrero again, Brock/UT, HHH/RVD, Trish/Molly No Mercy had Angle/Benoit vs. Edge/Mysterio, Brock/UT Hell in a Cell, Trish/Victoria, RVD/Flair, HHH/Kane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlKayfabian Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Chi Town Rumble, WrestleWar 89, and GAB 89 are a pretty good combo as well. Yea, I was just about to mention that. Chi-Town Rumble has the first 1989 Flair/Steamboat match, a good Luger/Windham US title match, and an entertaining Loser Leaves town six-man with both Midnight Express teams. Plus the two major singles titles changed hands. WrestleWar is really about the main event but there the US and World singles titles change hands again. GAB has Flair/Funk, Sting/Muta, Luger/Steamboat, and War Games all of which are good (or better) matches. WrestleWar is the weak link in that chain but the great main event might be enough to hold it up as a "great" PPV. At least everything else on that card was kept short. WrestleWar had the main, which over time has become a Love/Hate type of match (relative to the earlier two big Flair-Steamer matches still being fully Loved). It was hurt by a supporting card that just didn't take off. At the time, Hayes-Luger was surprisingly entertaining... but I wonder how much of that was the surprise of Lex losing. Even if the match doesn't hold up (16+ minutes from those two is a lot of time given Lex was in face mode), I'd say it was at the very least a decent supporting match for the booking and title change and adding to the aura. But the rest... the final two title matches were in an anti-climactic spot, and neither delivered. The undercard was mediocre. It ends up being a one match card. It's too bad one can sub in Starcade '88, which had the strong main with Flair-Lex, a wildly fun Steiner-Rotundo TV title change, what I recall as a solid Barry vs Bam Bam US Title match, and I want to say a solid MX vs OMX match. The Fantastics vs Doc and Sullivan opener was also very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlKayfabian Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 How about these three from the summer of '96 for WCW: Great American Bash '96 The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) defeat Fire And Ice (Ice-Train & Scott Norton) (10:29) WCW United States Heavyweight Title Match Konnan © defeats El Gato (6:03) Lord Of The Ring Match Diamond Dallas Page defeats Marcus Alexander Bagwell (9:39) WCW World Cruiserweight Title Dean Malenko © defeats Rey Misterio Jr. (17:50) John Tenta defeats Big Bubba (w/Jimmy Hart) (5:24) Falls Count Anywhere Chris Benoit defeats Kevin Sullivan (w/Jimmy Hart) (9:58) Sting defeats Lord Steven Regal (w/Jeeves) (16:30) Arn Anderson & Ric Flair (w/Bobby Heenan, Miss Elizabeth & Woman) defeat Kevin Greene & Steve McMichael (w/Debra McMichael, Randy Savage & Tara Greene) (20:51) WCW World Heavyweight Title Match The Giant (w/Jimmy Hart) © defeats Lex Luger (9:21) Bash at the Beach '96 Rey Misterio Jr. defeats Psychosis (15:18) Carson City Silver Dollar Match John Tenta defeats Big Bubba (w/Jimmy Hart) (9:00) Lord Of The Ring Taped Fist Match Diamond Dallas Page defeats Jim Duggan (5:39) Double Dog Collar Chain Tag Team Match The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) defeat The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) (11:25) WCW World Cruiserweight Title Match Dean Malenko © defeats Disco Inferno (12:04) Steve McMichael (w/Debra McMichael) defeats Joe Gomez (6:44) WCW United States Heavyweight Title Match Ric Flair (w/Miss Elizabeth & Woman) defeats Konnan © (15:39) Kevin Sullivan & The Giant (w/Jimmy Hart) defeat Arn Anderson & Chris Benoit (7:59) Hulk Hogan & The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall) vs. Lex Luger, Randy Savage & Sting - No Contest (16:00) Hog Wild '96 WCW World Cruiserweight Title Rey Misterio Jr. © defeats Ultimate Dragon (w/Sonny Onoo) (11:35) Scott Norton defeats Ice-Train (5:05) Loser Smashes Opponent's Bike Match Madusa defeats Bull Nakano (w/Sonny Onoo) (5:00) Chris Benoit (w/Miss Elizabeth & Woman) defeats Dean Malenko (26:55) WCW World Tag Team Title Match Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) (w/Col. Robert Parker & Sister Sherri) © defeat The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) (17:53) WCW United States Heavyweight Title Ric Flair (w/Miss Elizabeth & Woman) © defeats Eddie Guerrero (14:14) The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall) defeat Lex Luger & Sting (14:36) WCW World Heavyweight Title Match Hollywood Hogan defeats The Giant (w/Jimmy Hart) © (14:55) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 All down to personal taste but Backlash 2000 and Judgement Day 2000 were two blinding PPV's in a row. KOTR after that was a huge let down, and WM2000 prior was a let down also, despite the amazing triangle ladder match and the main event had its moments. The card did have a big time feel however, so you could argue that April - June period. Summerslam 95 is still one of my favourite WWF PPV's, followed by a wonderful Survivor Series with the wild card match, strong undercard and the blinding Diesel / Hart match. Then we had Royal Rumble 96 with a strong Undertaker / Bret match, star packed Rumble and Goldust and Razor going at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow34 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 You are skipping some pretty rough In Your House shows in late 95 though, which wipes that out of the running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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