Chris Jericho would probably agree with that assessment, as Y2J grew up idolizing The Showstopper. ANTHONY BENIGNO. 1 contenders hand at the bout's outset. Lock and made his black-clad adversary tap out. "Believe me, even as the referee was making the three-count, even as I was surrounded by the potpourri of burnt hair, charred flesh and blood, as I was losing, I realized I was having that defining WrestleMania moment." As a fan, knowing he was coming back to have a match was probably the most excited Id ever been. It was a very unique, hard-hitting match. Yeah, it was pretty metal. ANTHONY BENIGNO. Two major betrayals, the constant bickering on commentary between Jim Ross and Paul Heyman, and an epic final showdown between Rock and Austin brought a fitting end to the war for sports-entertainment domination. I look at that as the event that turned Mr. McMahon into a Mick Foley fan. WWE is the most successful pro wrestling (or, as they say, sports entertainment) promotion of all time. That he did so after a bloody No Disqualification contest between himself and The Rock only added to the hurt, especially since Austin cemented his new allegiance with 16 blows from a steel chair to The Brahma Bull. Steve Austin and Bret Hart. In a display of true grace and sportsmanship, the competitors emotionally embraced after the unforgettable match. Still, no matter what Austin did on this night, Steamboat was one step ahead. But I had just started to like Shawn and root for the bad guys. To truly appreciate "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat's Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania III, you have to watch the card in its entirety. It was the main event of the second-biggest PPV of 1992 in front of more than 80,000 of Smith's fellow Brits at Wembley Stadium. It was a great Vengeance in July 2002 and an unbelievable Triple Threat main event that saw WWE Undisputed Champion Undertaker, The Rock and Kurt Angle strike down upon each other with furious anger and with one anothers signature moves, including a Rock-charged chokeslam, an Angle-executed Rock Bottom and an Undertaker-driven Angle Slam. The contest alternated between a fast-paced, high-flying affair and a slow, methodical bout as Zayn and Cesaro split the first two falls. What if we had a real [rivalry] heading into a pay-per-view? In the heat of the moment, Bobby Fulton tossed the official out of the ring, costing The Fantastics the match just as they had the bout won. It wasn't your typical 2-out-of-3 Falls Match. (And all of this before the post-match beatdown, which featured Lex Luger destroying a trophy with a steel chair and Sting making a run-in in slacks, which is about all you can ask for.) This was the finals of a tournament to determine the new NXT Women's Champion. ALEX GIANNINI. If you are fortunate enough, work hard enough, hit all your marks, dont make any mistakes, you hold up your end, your guy holds up his end, and the situation, aura, awe, mystique and everything else falls into place, you get that match. Maybe "The Nature Boy" thought that getting inside "Macho Man's" head would make Savage lose focus, get disqualified and in doing so, fail to win the WWE Championship. MICHAEL BURDICK. "Kurt came with a reputation. When they finally set the match in place, I almost couldnt believe it. You can watch it as a standalone amazing match and see it unfold. "When I retired from full-time wrestling in 2000, you didnt really hear anything about 'defining WrestleMania moments.' WrestleMania 21 ended with John Cena as the new WWE Champion and Batista as the new World Champion, setting the stage for the next generation of WWE superstars. "It all stemmed from an interview I did with Jim Ross in the WWE studios in Connecticut. Perhaps the biggest testament to that fierce conflict was their WWE Iron Man Match for the WWE Title at The Showcase of the Immortals. Subscribe and watch all 100 matches right now. MITCH PASSERO, Mixing the relatively recent faces of Ric Flair and Sid Justice whod popped up in WWE with stars like Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and Roddy Piper, plus, a rapidly ascending Undertaker, the 1992 Royal Rumble Match had the composition of a dream Battle Royal. That means the only way to appreciate their historic trio of clashes is to experience the pace and exhilaration of this opening Allegro in its entirety. The first fall was a regular one-on-one match, the second fall was a Street Fight, and the third fall was a steel cage match. The highest-rated NXT match on this list saw Almas and Gargano give absolutely everything they had as they did battle for the NXT Championship. The Undertaker: Raw (06/28/1999) 9.5: 10,721,000 viewers (most watched wrestling cable match in history). Alas, while this match does hold up, it is also hampered by its stipulation. For years, WWE, WCW and ECW battled in a war for sports-entertainment supremacy. You truly believed Steve Austin would do anything to beat The Rock. Sign up for Peacock to watch. Perfect, Andre the Giant, Jimmy Snuka, Dusty Rhodes, Ted Dibiase, Jake Roberts, and even the Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior. The storyline went that Michaels was willing to do anything to get his rematch against Undertaker, including eliminating his best friend Triple H from the Royal Rumble and costing Undertaker the title at Elimination Chamber. A technical classic. The match didn't lie to fans Guerrero couldn't beat Lesnar. Absolutely not. Watching these two work at that level for 60-plus minutes is an impressive display today, and was practically unheard of (in the WWE) then. Yeah, we still dont know how he did it, either. Every wrestler knew his future depended on this match and each brought it in a big way. GOLDUST, AS TOLD TO ZACH LINDER AND NICKY SAMPOGNA. What if we had a WrestleMania to work with? It's easy to forget, but Austin was once one of the world's best workers. This website uses cookies. Most consider the very first Money in the Bank Ladder Match to be the best of all time. "The greatest thing for me was Kurt knew he had the background of an Olympic wrestler and I was the pro wrestler, and he knew we had to merge those two worlds. The Beast." Not only was this bout in Edge's backyard of Toronto, but it was also Cena's first foray into theunforgivingrealm of TLC Matches. BOBBY MELOK, Guilty as Charged 1999 will be remembered as the event at which Tazz finally won the ECW Championship, but the best match on the pay-per-view was Tajiri vs. Super Crazy. But this wasn't a tag team match. Good thing Smith was in there with his brother-in-law, Bret Hart. It wasn't one thing. But if you're looking for sports-entertainment nirvana, you'll never get closer than this. KARA MEDALIS, Its startling how quickly certain matches can shift from the territory of mindless fun to almost wince-inducing brutality. In a match that can be considered one of the finest displays of technical wrestling ever, Perfect worked over Hart and thought he had retained his title, only for the "Hit Man" to kick out of the Perfect Plex. They were so different and so popular, but popular for exactly opposite reasons. Its an identity. Mr. Money in the Bank, Randy Orton, entered the arena with a knowing grin. There, the notorious Roddy Piper went head-to-head with Greg Valentine in an infamous Dog Collar Match. Watching these two certified WWE Hall of Famers duke it out at Chi-Town Rumble should be near the top of every WWE fans bucket list. The match has it all from CM Punk's early match domination, to one of Kofi Kingston's most creative survival attempts, to Triple H's shocking elimination by his best friend, Shawn Michaels, to massive amounts of star power (Cena, Batista, Jericho), to a shocking return and subsequent victory that nobody predicted (Edge). But dont let Scottys appearances fool you: The vertical-haired half of Too Cool was a well-versed veteran by the time he and Malenko tangled over the Light Heavyweight Title. WWE Day 1, January 1 Cesaro & Ricochet vs. Ridge Holland & Sheamus - 2.5 The Usos (c) vs. New Day (WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship) - 4 Drew McIntyre vs. Madcap Moss - 2.75 RK-Bro (c) vs. Street Profits (WWE Raw Tag Team Championship) - 3.25 Edge vs. In the end, Bryan prevailed, defeating Triple H in what one of the best opening matches in WrestleMania history, and Triple H's last great match before retiring in 2022. SETH ROLLINS, AS TOLD TO ZACH LINDER, John Cena and CM Punk shared a special kind of animosity. Its 20 solid minutes of edge-of-your-seat drama; even if you go in knowing the ending, its impossible not to get wrapped up. In many ways, the opening chapter of the legendary Steamboat-Flair trilogy played out like the first movement of a symphony. ANTHONY BENIGNO. There are matches I look back on and think, 'Maybe I shouldnt have gone to that extreme. "The year before, one of our camera guys, Stu, asked how old my son was. He hits a Stunner on Austin while wearing the vest, and when The Rock lands three Rock Bottoms to finish the match, it is a slow, sad three-count. And Triple H emerged from this match changed forever, while Mick Foley put a blood-soaked exclamation point on his extraordinary career. What really made this match so special was how these rivals tirelessly one-upped each other in a series of viciously creative, momentum-swinging maneuvers before "The Champ" reclaimed his throne by throttling Edge with an Attitude Adjustment off a ladder and through two stacked tables. How did the nWo's Scott Hall & Kevin Nash factor into the contest? TOM HERRERA. And these wrestlers have put on many of the greatest matches in pro wrestling history. The resilient Steamboat, however, knew that he had it inside him to overcome the odds. The challenger ruled the day, but the methods making that result possible set the bar for all of the Cruiserweight competitors who would follow in the footsteps of these larger-than-life fighters. I left it out there that night. It was intense, because Steve Austin wins the regular match with a Stunner, and then its time to start again, this time as a Street Fight. This was before the internet, so it's likely that many regional fans weren't familiar with Flair. This was about as pure a tag team match as youre going to find. BOBBY MELOK. This match featured the WWE Champion Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Ravishing Rick Rude, Mr. "From the beginning, the way Pillman dominated Barry Windham for the first full five-minute section of the match was sort of unexpected, because Windham was a lot bigger than Pillman, and at that point at least, a lot more established than Pillman was. But then the most unlikely of challenges appeared in the form of Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho. Nowhere was this more true than in Punk's hometown of Chicago, which featured a crowd loud enough to register on the Richter scale. Smith's victory blew the roof of the building, but Hart was the real hero here. MICHAEL BURDICK. This set the scene for the hated adversaries to beat the senses out of each other. In particular, the TLC match consisting of the Hardy Boyz, Dudley Boyz, and Edge & Christian is arguably one of the most superb matches in WWE history. Hart had his work cut out for him. You don't, but The Deadman and The Heartbreak Kid certainly gave it a darn good try at WrestleMania XXVI, resulting in one of the best matches in WWE history. While his "Yes!" And then themed PPVs happened. The match was highlighted by one of the most hardcore spots ever to be condoned in WWE, when Mick Foley took two shots with a flaming barbed wire 2 x 4 from Terry Funk before falling through a. Youd be foolish not to rush to relive it. For my money, this is one of the absolute best matches of all time. The 15-time World Champion, reeling from a loss to The Rock and all but emasculated in the weeks leading into the Lesnar match, tapped into that same well of savagery that allowed him to survive, say, JBL in an "I Quit" Match, and ultimately came out with the win. But while the reign was short, the match stands the test of time. From an all-time classic to a modern masterpiece, Andrade 'Cien' Almas and Johnny Gargano take second place on the list with a rating of 9.65 from 673 votes. If you tear the frickin' house down, that'll usually take care of it." It's fair to say that Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker dominate it. BOBBY MELOK. The crowd was on its feet as Cesaro muscled Zayn into the air for a European uppercut and Neutralized him to win the bout, and stood in amazement at the epic match they had just witnessed. I cant pinpoint why I liked Bret so much. Hasan abimizle 1,2,3 saniye iinde takmlar alp, efsane ma yaptk, izleyelim. "Being inside WarGames is intimidating. Though reviled by much of the WWE Universe for his anti-U.S. angst, Bret still had a very strong sect of support in the north. WRESTLEMANIA 35 - Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair A groundbreaking winner-takes-all match for both the Raw and SmackDown women's championships that saw Becky Lynch become the. Is it a little premature to declare Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins from Hell In A Cell 2022 an all-time classic? Long story short? But for the fan that was really enjoying the intricacies and the methodology and the psychology and the depth of the Jericho-Michaels rivalry at the time, I think it really did a good job of that. They executed it like two veterans do." Ricky Steamboat and "Ravishing" Rick Rude showed that at Beach Blast 1992. They do stuff in that match thats never been replicated. And Shawn Michaels? I think it helped people see Randy in a different way. 5. The clash between Goldberg and Diamond Dallas Page over the WCW World Championship at Halloween Havoc 1998 was far from a mat wrestling classic, but it had the crowd at the edge of their seats all the same. The "Hit Man" shook the No. So I trained like nobodys business. But that wasnt all. Survivor series 2002 5. Ric Flair might not have been a good guy, but the fans loved him for it. Smith was "high as a kite" on the plane flight, so fearing disaster, Hart meticulously prepped the match and had Smith recite it back to him. Yawn. In the ultimate show of respect, the Deadman and the Heartbreak Kid held up The Game as they left the stadium, battered, beaten and bloodied. It's one of those magic things where its hard to point out why it worked so well. But within the confines of what we had, it felt like we were creating art out there." "Ive seen enough," Heenan said, satiated, even a little disgusted, after the pinfall. 'Taker and I, when we see each other, we feel like two old war buddies that shared a bunker together and lived through it. "To get to start that match off was awesome. There are many contenders for "Top 5" Rumbles (2001, 2004, 2010), but 30 years later there's really only one number one: 1992. All these years later, it still hurts, but such a classic can only hurt so good. ANTHONY BENIGNO, We defy you to think of the Hell in a Cell Match without picturing The Undertaker throwing Mick Foley off the side of the demonic structure and onto a table below. Anyway, if anything, this Rumble does have one of the better final fours with Austin, Dude Love, Rock, and Farooq. While CM Punk was wrestling some of the best matches of his career, Lesnar was in a bit of a rut, having lost to John Cena at Extreme Rules 2012 (in an awesome match that was this close to making our cut), and going 2-1 in a poorly received feud with part-timer Triple H. The mini-CM Punk feud gave Lesnar his mojo back, even if it spelled the beginning of the end of Punk's WWE run. Triple H at WrestleMania XXX had more than just an element of truth to it Bryan's quest to reclaim the title stolen from him against the Authority's wishes was pretty much how it went down. @JOEYSTYLES. Every high-spot is purposeful. It came down to best friends-turned-archrivals, and HBK in just his second match after a back injury forced him into retirement four years earlier silenced Triple H's title reign with some Sweet Chin Music. during a promo. "Everything aligned and came together. I told him hes 9, and he said, 'Oh, hes halfway gone.' Some feel it was an overlong and indulgent display on the part of all three performers (especially Shawn Michaels as the anxiety-ridden ref). Although The Deadman won, it was The Game who rose to his feet and walked up the entrance ramp. BRAD "HITMAN" HART vs STONE GOLD STEVE AUSTIN. This was one of those perfect storms of pro wrestling a Loser Leaves Town Match between two top-level wrestlers on a stray episode of Raw one night in January. Austin lost, but became a hero. 10. Instead, it defined the enduring legacy of "The Dragon," "Macho Man" Randy Savage, the Intercontinental Championship that passed from the latter to the former, and some would say WrestleMania (if not wrestling) itself. The fans in Madison Square Garden, and mainstream wrestling fans in general, had never seen anything like this. Except fanswere ready for it, like hard rock lovers listening to Nirvana for the first time after a decade of hair metal. Through the duration of the match, Shawn was the underdog, and you didnt know if hed be able to pull it out. "The thing about both me and Savage was that neither one of us liked to do a lot of talking when it came to settling our differences. Cody Rhodes bested Damian Sandow in a fine battle, that had the right level of intensity for the friends turned foes. "The best thing was, after the match, walking into a locker room with a bunch of guys who'd been in the business for many years and were big stars, standing up and giving this guy a standing ovation. Shawn Michaels, before his 1998 injury, was one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time. One had the flash and showmanship, the other was pure grit and desire. MIKE MURPHY. MATTHEW ARTUS, Fifteen years before the advent of WWEs Attitude Era, the sports-entertainment world witnessed true mayhem at the National Wrestling Alliances first Starrcade event. So WrestleMania 22 with Edge was realistically my last chance to try to carve out that spot in my legacy. The back-and-forth bout ended with the plucky, ever-resilient Michaels failing in his comeback and succumbing to Angle's vicious ankle lock. The Beast from the East answered with plenty of punishment of his own, including the "Oh My God!" Ten years after main eventing the inaugural Starrcade, Ric Flairs legacy nearly came to an end at the 1993 edition of WCWs marquee event. RYAN MURPHY, "That was my favorite of the three matches in our trilogy, because we put in 55 minutes. Its WWE.coms biggest list ever, and the definitive guide to the 100 best matches available on WWE Network. "Best-case scenario for a match is when everybody benefits. Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat. That didn't stop the Cenation leader from pulling off one of the most remarkable upsets of his career, as he somehow found a way to batter Edge's resolve in spite of a hostile crowd that loudly chanted "Cena sucks!" The shift began with his on-screen marriage to Stephanie McMahon and her subsequent turn to the dark side, betraying her father and forming the McMahon-Helmsley Faction. With a capacity crowd chanting "Yes!," Bryan hit Cena with a running knee 26 minutes, 47 seconds into the bout. Shawn Michaels was the cowardly heel who had managed to escape Undertaker's clutches. Wrestlemania 17 2. It was a game-changer for the industry. He's tough as hell. Their rivalry culminated in a Ladder Match on the Nov. 20, 2006, edition of Raw. Speaking of "flesh and blood," a lot of it was spilled in Madison Square Garden, as Triple H and Cactus Jack battled in the greatest Street Fight of all time. The challenge with triple threat matches is they frequently become contrived, as one guy has to sell a move by staying out of the ring for several minutes at a time, while the other two fight. Few competitors enamored her the way Sasha Banks did, which is why nobody knew if Bayley could finally put aside childish things to defeat her for the NXT Womens Title at the very first TakeOver: Brooklyn. 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. He can do all the pro wrestling stuff you want, but can also do the other stuff, and thats what was so much fun for him and I mixing and matching the two. Steamboat vs. Savage was way ahead of its time and for fans of pure pro wrestling still holds up to this day. The match told a simple but compelling story about two driven men competing to be the best. With the odds stacked against him Neville didnt have to be pinned or submit to lose the NXT Title the championdid everything he could to remain the face of NXT, solidifying his spot in the NXT record books. Triple H gets the win, but you dont have a second to catch your breath as a viewer, because you just saw this crazy Street Fight and youre like, These guys have taken everything they can out of each other, and then the cage starts lowering and youre going What?! In the weeks leading up to the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, The Wyatt Family cost the members of The Shield an opportunity to compete inside the sinister structure for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He was able to adapt to Sting and was one of his better opponents. "It was an incredible match, and if you watch it back now, it still holds up like a great movie. Due to overexposure, "the Devil's playground" became basic. The fans turned Bryan babyface in a big way, and a year and a half later he was back competing for the big belt. JAMES WORTMAN. There was brawling, wrestling, the most palpable antipathy between two performers feasible, and an undisputed victor that somehow didnt demean the loser at all. JAMES WORTMAN. The war between The Phenom and The Hardcore Legend went everywhere, even to the top of the haunting configuration. What if we had gotten a bigger platform? 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