[SPLIT TOPIC] The WWE 100

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Welp a Top 100 matches on the WWE Network is coming out today on WWE.com.

If the Women's PWI 50 didn't cause enough arguments yesterday.

[cowboy hats]

Any chance they'll post those matches to the network's video vault? I know it's not new content, but it's at least a way to easily jump to a match (even if they usually cut off the promo package hyping the match and entrances) rather than fast forwarding a PPV and guessing when the match begins.

 

Unrelated: I'm a sporadic viewer (watching something no more than a few times a week), but I have yet to see an ad.

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It is here:

http://www.wwe.com/classics/100-best-matches

 

They make you click through a 100 individual pages. When someone types up the full list I will post it and will make a thread.

[Migs]

I clicked on #100, Chris Jericho v. Triple H at Fully Loaded. It just loaded up the PPV.

[bradhindsight]

I don't know if they're necessarily ranking there - just noting 100 different matches to see.

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The 100 in order (#1 is first):

Undertaker v. Shawn Michaels (WM25)

Bret Hart v. Steve Austin (WM13)

Ricky Steamboat v. Randy Savage (WM3, IC title)

Ricky Steamboat v. Ric Flair (Clash VI, NWA title)

Eddie Guerrero v. Rey Mysterio (Halloween Havoc 1997, WCW cruiser title)

Randy Savage v. Ultimate Warrior (WM7, career v. career)

Bret Hart v. British Bulldog (SSlam 1992, IC title)

Dudley Boyz v. Hardy Boyz v. Edge and Christian (WM17, tag title TLC)

John Cena v. CM Punk (MitB 2011, WWE title)

Bret Hart v. Shawn Michaels (WM12, WWE title ironman)

Ricky Steamboat v. Ric Flair (1989 Chi-Town Rumble, NWA title)

Steve Austin v. The Rock (WM17, WWE title)

Undertaker v. Shawn Michaels (WM26)

Kurt Angle v. Shawn Michaels (WM21)

John Cena v. Brock Lesnar (Extreme Rules 2012)

Bret Hart v. Owen Hart (WM10)

Ricky Steamboat v. Ric Flair (WrestleWar 1989, NWA title)

Bret Hart v. Mr. Perfect (SSlam 1991, IC title)

Razor Ramon v. Shawn Michaels (WM10, IC title ladder)

Ric Flair v. Terry Funk (Clash 9, I Quit match)

Randy Orton v. Mick Foley (Backlash 2004, IC title hardcore)

1992 Royal Rumble

Undertaker v. HHH (WM27)

Ric Flair v. Randy Savage (WM8, WWE title)

Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels (No Mercy 2008, WHC title)

HHH v. Cactus Jack (RRumble 2000, WWE title street fight)

Ric Flair v. Sting (Clash 1, NWA title)

CM Punk v. Brock Lesnar (SSlam 2013, no DQ)

Edge and Christian v. Hardy Boyz (No Mercy 1999, ladder)

Tully Blanchard v. Magnum TA (Starrcade 85, steel cage I Quit match)

Rob Van Dam v. Jerry Lynn (Hardcore Heaven 1999, ECW TV title)

Sting's Squadron v. Dangerous Alliance (WrestleWar 1992, WarGames)

Edge v. John Cena (Unforgiven 2006, WWE title TLC)

Jushin Liger v. Brian Pillman (SuperBrawl II, WCW LHW title)

Vader v. Cactus Jack (Halloween Havoc 1993, street fight)

Mr. Perfect v. Ric Flair (RAW Jan 1993, Loser Leaves Town)

Undertaker v. Shawn Michaels (Badd Blood 1997, HitC)

Shield v. Wyatt Family (Elimination Chamber 2014)

Eddie Guerrero v. Dean Malenko (Hostile City Showdown 1995, ECW TV title)

Rock v. Hulk Hogan (WM18)

Masato Tanaka v. Mike Awesome (Heat Wave 1998)

Kurt Angle v. Brock Lesnar (WM19, WWE title)

HHH v. Kane v. Chris Jericho v. Booker T v. Rob Van Dam v. Shawn Michaels (SurSeries 2002, Elimination Chamber WHC title)

Shawn Michaels v. Mankind (Mind Games 1996, WWE title)

Chris Jericho v. Rey Mysterio (Bash 2009, IC title)

Shield v. Team Hell No and Ryback (TLC 2012, TLC match)

HHH v. Shawn Michaels (SSlam 2002, street fight)

Hulk Hogan v. Ultimate Warrior (WM6, WWE title)

Rock v. Steve Austin (WM19)

Undertaker v. Mankind (KotR 1998, HitC)

Vader v. Ric Flair (Starrcade 93, WCW title)

Kurt Angle v. Brock Lesnar (Smackdown Sept. 2003, WWE title ironman)

Mick Foley v. Edge (WM22, hardcore)

John Cena v. Daniel Bryan (SSlam 2013, WWE title)

Sting v. Vader (Starrcade 1992)

Undertaker v. HHH (WM28 HitC)

Steiner Brothers v. Sting and Lex Luger (SuperBrawl I, WCW tag)

Dean Malenko v. Rey Mysterio (Bash 1996, WCW cruiser title)

Team WWE v. Team Alliance (SurSeries 2001)

Tazz v. Bam Bam Bigelow (Living Dangerously 1998, ECW TV title)

Sami Zayn v. Cesaro (NXT Feb 2013, 2/3 falls)

John Cena v. CM Punk (RAW Feb 2013)

Sting v. Cactus Jack (Beach Blast 1992, falls count anywhere)

Daniel Bryan v. Dolph Ziggler (Bragging Rights 2010)

Hart Foundation v. Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Legion of Doom and Goldust (Canadian Stampede 1997)

Undertaker v. CM Punk (WM29)

Steve Austin v. HHH (No Way Out 2001, Three Stages of Hell)

Roddy Piper v. Greg Valentine (Starrcade 83, dog collar)

Ultimo Dragon v. Rey Mysterio (WW3 1996, J-crown)

Ric Flair v. Dusty Rhodes (Starrcade 1985, NWA title)

Bret Hart v. 1-2-3 Kid (RAW July 1994)

Midnight Express v. Southern Boys (Bash 1990, NWA US tag title)

Undertaker v. Rock v. Kurt Angle (Vengeance 2002, WWE title)

Steve Austin v. Ricky Steamboat (Bash at the Beach 1994, WCW US title)

Money In The Bank (WM21)

Shawn Michaels v. Chris Jericho (WM19)

Diamond Dallas Page v. Randy Savage (Spring Stampede 1997, No DQ)

Harley Race v. Ric Flair (Starrcade 83, NWA title)

Sheamus v. Daniel Bryan (Extreme Rules 2012, 2/3 falls WHC title)

Midnight Express v. Fantastics (Clash 1, NWA US tag title)

Dean Malenko v. Ultimo Dragon (Starrcade 96, J-crown v. WCW cruiser)

Steve Austin v. Dude Love (Over The Edge 1996, WWE title no DQ falls count anywhere)

Sting/Brian Pillman/Steiners v. Four Horsemen (WrestleWar 91, WarGames)

Yoshihiro Tajiri v. Super Crazy (Guilty as Charges 1999)

Ricky Steamboat v. Rick Rude (Beach Blast 92, ironman)

Christian v. Randy Orton (SSlam 2011, WHC title)

Kidman v. Rey Mysterio v. Juventud Guerrera (Starrcade 98, WCW cruiser)

Nasty Boys v. Cactus Jack/Maxx Payne (Spring Stampede 1994, no DQ falls count anywhere)

Adrian Neville v. Tyson Kidd v. Sami Zayn v. Tyler Breeze (NXT Takeover: Fatal Four Way, NXT title)

Ric Flair v. Kerry Von Erich (WCCW Star Wars 1982, NWA title, cage)

Dean Malenko v. Scotty 2 Hotty (Backlash 2000, WWE LH title)

Team Hell No and Randy Orton v. The Shield (Smackdown June 2013)

Ric Flair v. Lex Luger (WrestleWar 1990, NWA title)

Cactus Jack v. HHH (RAW Sept 1997, falls count anywhere)

Hulk Hogan v. Andre the Giant (WM3, WWE title)

Natalya v. Charlotte (NXT Takeover, NXT women's title)

Shawn Michaels v. Marty Jannetty (RAW May 1993, IC title)

Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada and Masato Yakushiji v. Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo and Terry Boy (Barely Legal 1997)

Goldberg v. Diamond Dallas Page (Halloween Havoc 1998, WCW title)

Chris Jericho v. HHH (Fully Loaded 2000, last man standing)

Seen them all

[Loss]

The WWE 100 should have its own thread.

[Loss]

Considering the many masters they need to serve, it's not a horrible list. It's a puzzling one at times, but not outright bad.

 

I encourage people to read the reviews though, just because they do read like a PWO parody at times.

 

Examples:

 

 

 

The reputations of Ric Flair and Lex Luger as in-ring performers are firmly established. Luger was a bronzed god who couldn’t wrestle his way out of a paper bag, while Flair was the type of preternatural genius who could have a good match against a paper bag.

 

 

 

It goes without saying that Flair, knowing he was on his way out, could have sandbagged this match, but he was an absolute pro in competing against Perfect.

 

 

 

What many of Rey Mysterio’s most flagrant imitators — and there’s a generation of them — too often overlook is that the lucha icon didn’t perform dazzling maneuvers just because they looked cool. Instead, it was Mysterio’s lack of size that necessitated his moveset.

[bradhindsight]

Loss - my head is spinning from the WrestleWar 90 write-up because what is the "Promised Land" and why is it capitalized? Horrible.

 

On another note I apologize, the front page headline DOES indeed say they've ranked the top 100 matches (on the network of course).

[Grimmas]

Weird stretch

 

 

6. Randy Savage v. Ultimate Warrior (WM7, career v. career)

7. Bret Hart v. British Bulldog (SSlam 1992, IC title)

8. Dudley Boyz v. Hardy Boyz v. Edge and Christian (WM17, tag title TLC)

9. John Cena v. CM Punk (MitB 2011, WWE title)

10. Bret Hart v. Shawn Michaels (WM12, WWE title ironman)

11. Ricky Steamboat v. Ric Flair (1989 Chi-Town Rumble, NWA title)

TLC better than Cena/Punk and Steamboat/Flair? The Iron Man in top 10?

[PhilTLL]

I could _maybe_ see why TLC might rank above Cena/Punk. And we're getting to the point that Flair/Steamboat maybe should be special-ranked as a trilogy to free up room, at least on time- and promotion-spanning lists, though not so low as Chitown and WW are here. But yeah the Iron Man match? Then again, look at #1, the lately ordained GOAT, and see how seriously to take the exact rankings.

[Dwide Schrude]

I strongly disliked HHH/Undertaker from Wrestlemania 27. I thought there should be more Daniel Bryan on the list, too.

[Loss]

Their goal was to represent as big of a cross-section of matches and eras as possible, not to provide an accurate ranking. I wouldn't criticize WWE.com writers too much for not doing something they weren't trying to do.

[Dwide Schrude]

How is including HHH/Undertaker providing a good cross section. They're each in about a dozen matches on the list.

[Loss]

Because they also still have to pay nod to the WWE version of history.

[elliott]

This list looks like something Scott Keith would produce with all the Benoit matches edited out and Hogan vs Andre added in.

 

The best is RVD vs Jerry Lynn being ranked one spot behind Tully vs Magnum. I cannot imagine two more different matches.

 

Also weird that Sting shows up more times than Cena.

[soup23]

Iron Man isn't odd at all when you consider wwe.com history of these things. They ranked it the greatest WWE Championship match of all time for example.

[Coffey]

Natalya v. Charlotte from NXT one of the best 100 matches ever. Who knew? Fucking L-O-L.

 

Or maybe it's not a "BEST" 100 matches list, whatever. That match was still an overrated pile that made my eyes roll. Natalya might be the most overrated worker on the entire roster.

 

Actually, come to think of it, I can't think anyone close to her in the overrated category. Maybe Dolph?

 

I honestly feel like she gets overrated just cause of her name.

[stomperspc]

I think it is a fine list for what they were going for. The vast majority of matches listed are worth seeing for one reason or another. Skimming through it quickly, I see maybe only 5 or 10 matches that don't have any reasons to be watched. That's not bad.

[jushin muta liger]

Add me to the camp that thinks that this is not a bad list all things considered. I might use this list to see some of the stuff I missed during my breaks from wrestling. Kinda disappointed I only saw two Eddie matches on that list though.

[Timbo Slice]

Yeah, the fact that Eddie/Brock isn't on that list is the one travesty off the top of my head.

[Coffey]

WWE is smart though. Big lists like this always spark controversy & debate, which will lead to more hits & more people tweeting about them. Just puts their name out there more.

[MarcMadness]

I love that Midnights / Southern Boys match. Might make my top ten of just tag matches.

[BillThompson]

Charlotte/Natalya is a really good match, with a promising Charlotte being aided to a really good match by the really good Natalya. Sure, if a women's match was to be on there I think it should have been Paige/Emma from Arrival, but there's no way Emma is making that list.

 

All in all, an okay list. Nothing to really get upset about. There are a lot of matches I don't think are great, but it's not my list and these things are entirely subjective. Most of all the list is a good representative of WWE's version of history, the weird almost smark place that is WWE.com, and the great matches from "everywhere" that can be found on the Network.

[NintendoLogic]

WWE can fuck right off with their long-ass lists where each entry has its own page. There's no way in hell I'm clicking through 100 pages, especially if I'm going to be "rewarded" with insights from the likes of David Shoemaker.