My top 100 Matches in no particular order

[dkookypunk43]

Hey Guys,

I constructed a list of my 100 favorite matches of all time right now. It's a good mix. Remember I'm only 19 and only seen so much so give it a look and place your opinions here. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MZ4N0VP4a9urK-L2nCz-BHpBSD7suDZJwdvh8VUCKU/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks

[BigBadMick]

Lots of great stuff in there. Seems like you've spent your limited time wisely.

 

You've requested opinions. Just a couple that I find out of place in a Top 100 -

Rock/Mankind at Rumble,

Awesome/Tanaka (One Night Stand),

Undertaker/Mankind (KotR 98),

Windham and Luger v Horsemen (Clash 1 - a little too short for classic status to me)

and HHH/Michaels (Hell in a Cell).

[JerryvonKramer]

Just to say that Clash 1 Luger / Windham vs. Arn / Tully tag was 48 in my top 100, and I seem to recall it had a similar sort of placement on Tim L's recent list.

 

I also think that DiBiase vs. Duggan might even be a shorter match, so I don't think length is necessarily a criterion for classic status. Pretty sure Steven put that 4-minute Bock vs. Zbyszko match on his, and that might be pushing it.

 

I kinda like his list. Apart from the presence of the Taker vs. HBK WM25 (which I'm in the minority on). I also maintain that Brock vs. Roman from WM2015 is better than the Rumble triple threat in basically every way (which I think I'm also in the minority on).

[BigBadMick]

Really? I should watch it again. Previous viewings have always left me with the impression it was really rushed (for tv time, presumably).

[andrew79]

Based on your list, you should watch some Hashimoto.

 

Try the 95 G1 Climax final with him versus Mutoh. I think it's a better match than the 91 final which made your list.

[WingedEagle]

I kinda like his list. Apart from the presence of the Taker vs. HBK WM25 (which I'm in the minority on). I also maintain that Brock vs. Roman from WM2015 is better than the Rumble triple threat in basically every way (which I think I'm also in the minority on).

 

Couldn't agree more on Brock vs. Roman. A match I love more every time I watch it and somehow think they incorporated Rollins just about perfectly when on paper such a scenario may read like a trainwreck.

 

Really eager to compile a list of this sort myself, but so many matches I've yet to rewatch since I started tracking things that it'd be very incomplete at this point.

[dkookypunk43]

I liked the triple threat better but I have bias since I was in the building.

[Microstatistics]

You have 6/9/1995 listed twice.

[dkookypunk43]

Thanks

[peachchaos]

Lots of great stuff on there. I myself appreciate the high placement of the Dog Collar Match at Starrcade. One of those times wrestling felt brutal on an absolutely visceral level.

[Death From Above]

Nice list. I'm sure I must have had one myself at some point, but my viewing really over the last decade has been so spotty that it would be swiss cheese now.

[PhilTLL]

Lots of great stuff on there. I myself appreciate the high placement of the Dog Collar Match at Starrcade. One of those times wrestling felt brutal on an absolutely visceral level.

I love it too. And, if I can circle back around to one of Mick's replies, that might explain why kookypunk ranks Foley/Rock and Foley/Taker. Those aren't my favorite *matches* but they're singular brutal spectacles that I've had friends ask me to dig up and rewatch more than once.

[dkookypunk43]

The I Quit Cage Match is my #1 of all time. I said no particular order but that was the first match I thought of to put on there.

 

I like violent spectacles and those three matches (Dog Collar, Foley/Rock, Mankind/Taker) are the best examples at those violent spectacles.

[dkookypunk43]

Based on your list, you should watch some Hashimoto.

 

Try the 95 G1 Climax final with him versus Mutoh. I think it's a better match than the 91 final which made your list.

I like the 91 match a little better because of the historical significance but the 95 match was very good as well.

 

What Hashimoto matches should I watch?

[bestintheworld3589]

So I'm planning on doing a Top 100 list too and your list made me feel better about making mine. You don't have that many lucha or puro matches and mine will have none b/c I haven't watched hardly any of either. Mine will be made up of majority WWF/WWE, NWA/WCW, ECW, TNA, & ROH and probably nothing before 1983. I'm 26, but I only started watching wrestling in late 1998, but didn't become a smart internet fan until like 2003, I was worried about posting my list here when I get it finished because I thought I would get laughed at and ridiculed for not being near as well rounded in all promotions/territories as majority of people on this forum are. After seeing the compliments and friendly advice on what you should watch it made me more comfortable and I will post my list here when I get it done.

I'm currently listening to Steven Graham & Tim Livingston doing their top 100 on the pro wrestling super show and I'm enjoying it very much.

[andrew79]

What Hashimoto matches should I watch?

There are recommendations in this thread.

 

And a match that's not in that thread, but you might appreciate, is Hash vs Tenryu from 8/1/98 - they just beat the hell out of each other.

 

You can watch it here.

[andrew79]

After seeing the compliments and friendly advice on what you should watch it made me more comfortable and I will post my list here when I get it done.

Yeah, go for it. Looking forward to seeing your list.

[bestintheworld3589]

Don't expect to see it anytime soon, this might be a year long project for me as I need to re-watch a lot of stuff lol

[dkookypunk43]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Really appreciate it, I'm young in my fandom but willing to watch more!!

[WingedEagle]

Gotta start somewhere. Your list may change dramatically in one month or 6, but that's what makes this stuff. Nothing written in stone.

[dkookypunk43]

Yeah and I have a pretty good start. I have holes I need to fill such as the 70s in general, Lucha, late 90s NJPW and early 2000s indies