PIMP MATCHES: EVERY SUMMERSLAM MATCH EVER

EDIT: Sorry about the formatting issues.

The pro rasslin' is enjoying something of a quiet renaissance here in the early 2010's.

Full disclosure: I'm from the socialist paradise of Canada. Here in Canada, being a wrestling fan has been borderline accetable for a long time. Stemming from the days of the great Maple Leaf Gardens shows and the vibrant Quebec independent scene, wrestling has been a small part of our northern heritage for generations. Not unlike bacon.

Growing up, WWF aired on TSN (which is our main sports network) for years and years. Eventually both Raw and Smackdown were picked up by The Score, which is now Rogers Sportsnet 360, renamed as such because Rogers loves murdering Canadian institutions dead in cold blood, see: The Skydome becoming the ROGERS CENTRE. Oh yeah guys honestly you knocked that name out of the park you capatalist fat cat

.....sorry about that. Anyway the good people at The Score took it a step further by deciding to cover the WWE like it was a real sport. Preview shows, review shows, and a real life panel with a real life ex referee (the esteemed Jimmy F'n Korderas).

The Score is where Arda Ocal, whom you may remember him from such podcasts as the JBL show, and Renee Paquette, who can now be seen every week on Smackdown as Renee Young, got started. It's also where I got "started", if by "started" you mean "quickly finished".

I got to help out with the Aftermath blog, and am boisterously proud of that fact. It was really cool to observe something new and exciting happening from a distance, to want to become a part of it, to try really hard to join, and then be granted that opportunity. I'll always be thankful for the chance, and doubly thankful for every lesson I learned along the way. But unfortunately, when Rogers bought up The Score and that whole deal ended, I kind of got over the whole "writing about wrestling" and "speaking to humans" and "leaving the house ever again" thing.

Thankfully, folks like the hilarious OSW Review (Watch them or we aren't friends anymore :

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coupled with my quest to figure out who the Reddit guy is (Brad Maddox?) and websites like the Wrestling Observer/Figure 4 CONGLOMERATE~! have rekindled my love for both watching copious amount of pro wrestling, and talking shit about it.

So as a way to restart this blog / assault my OCD, I decided to watch every Summerslam, and rank the individual matches , COUNTDOWN STYLE, 200-1 for your (by which I mean probably only my) reading pleasure.

Please note two things:

One -- This article only covers up to Summerslam 2012. I am planning on rewatching Summerslam 2013, as I was a little less than sober for it's majority. The main events were both amazing though and top 20 matches pretty much no question.

Two -- I'm no expert, I'm nobody in fact, I'm not even ring-trained, at best I'm a grizzled backyard wrestling veteran with numerous college ~~diplomas~~ nice tries. I do have the benefit of being a fan since I was 3, way back in 1990. And I used to write for a major sports network, whatever that's worth (have I mentioned that yet?). Also, I saw a lot of this in context at least. I've seen too much wrestling in my day and before I forget it all, I want to document some of it.

Also, I'm going to try to rate matches with stars. For anybody who might be unaware, most of us pro wrestling geeks like to rate matches on a five star scale. If I give a match "five stars", it means I personally think that it's a classic, hall of fame, pretty much perfect match. That's all well and good. A lot of the stuff you read will break matches down into quarter stars, and I think that's a bit extreme. Like "No, no, no, no, actually Rob Van Dam loses a quarter star because he slipped off the top rope". I'm sure it's a mild form of Aspergers we're all sharing. I eventually decided to use half-stars and even that was so nerdy that I temporarily forgot what the female breast feels like.

Also, in my opinion, there is a difference between a nothing match (which I am calling a 0* match) and a match that actively sucks (or a DUD). A dud has to do something special to suck more than zero. If that makes sense. Which it definitely does.

In related news, I somehow don't have a girlfriend.

SO in the 1% chance you're still reading this, You get a better sense of what I'm actually trying to say the quality of these matches are. Again, this is just my opinion, of course. Thanks for reading. I appreciate your time, sir or madam.

who needs a girlfriend tho AMIRITE oh god i'm so alone

THE LIST~!

THE DUDS~! - professional wrestling matches of negative value and worth to society

200. Jerry Lawler v. Jake Roberts (1996)

CLASSIC HEELIN

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, Mr. Perfect, MARK FUCKING HENRY
Mark Henry RULES on commentary in this match. Henry audibly laughs and says "Oh My God" when the King reveals his Baltimore Ravens Jersey. Henry is from the outside world and rightly knows that if Lawler were walking down the street in Cleveland in 1996 with that jersey on, he may not make it home.

Everything Jake the Snake-recovery related is hard for me to watch. Spoiler: he never recovers. I detested his part in Beyond the Mat, I hate the exploitative DDP Yoga horseshit, and I hate hate hate this.
Snake talks about knowing he needed help when he found himself wanting to die. In 1996.
At least the Punk/Jericho CM DRUNK shit was dumb and entertaining. If this had a point, it would be one thing. If this was really classic, funny stuff it would be one thing. I mean, Lawler gets some decent lines in, but it seems like this was irresponsible to do to man who was struggling with some serious shit, in Jake the Snake. Watching Lawler pour booze down a recovering alcoholic's throat was the worst kind of X-pac heat I've ever seen. It made me physically ill to my own stomach. I could imagine Jake's. I hope it was fake booze (but that Jake y'know, he was such a pro I bet they didn't gimmick the bottle) ... I realize the idea is that Henry would save the day and set up a match v. Jerry Lawler, but Mark Henry was hardly Spider Man coming to the rescue this evening. And also, not sure this Henry push was so effective seeing as it took the guy 15 fucking years to get over
DUD. . I really hope DDP Yoga works.

In professional wrestling, there will always be a measure of pig-headedness and exploitation. Sometimes it's all in good fun (that Maria poster up there) and sometimes

199. Terri Runnels v. The Kat - Thong Stinkface Match (2000)

Vote Linda McMahon in 2012.

Commentators: Jim Ross , Jerry Lawler

Just to further alienate any female readers who happened to stumble on this blog by accident.
THE WAY TO WIN THIS MATCH IS TO RUB YOUR ASS IN THE OPPONENTS FACE. Not unlike Flair/Steamboat.
Kat’s theme was awful. It sounds like Sable’s theme somehow fell into the machine that slaughters cows. This song graduated from Bovine University.
The Stinkface "match" follows the amazing first ever Tables, Ladders and Chairs match; making up maybe the single biggest two match drop off in the history of wrestling. A top level Summerslam match followed by the worst of all time.
Terri Runnels had some egregious fake breasts.
Perry Saturn has an egregious fake eye
EUROPEAN CHAMPION Perry Saturn that is
Remember when WWE women only existed to have catfights and strip? I mean, I enjoy boobs. Everybody enjoys them, regardless of gender. But could you imagine actually watching this with a human you respected? God damn
How did Al Snow and Perry Saturn get this gig?
The ending is exactly what you think it is. Also I'm 90% sure Al Snow sexually assaulted the Kat.
DUD. Barbie dolls in a cat fight that set the female gender back decades.

198. Undertaker v. Undertaker (1994)

I'm seein double....Four Takers!

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler
There are no words
....Dud. It's tough to watch

197. Divas Battle Royal (2007)

This isn't even the same match. Holy shit they've done more than one of these

Commentators: Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross
This is for the #1 contendership of the Diva’s title
Wow it's bad.
Before we go though, shoutout to a couple things: ECW Brooke (remember her) who actually took a bump over the top rope here in this battle royal. To Melina for one of the worst eliminations from any Royal Rumble or Battle Royal in the history of the business.. Also Beth Phoenix for winning I guess
DUD WEBB

196. Kane v. Great Khali (2009)

The wonder of the world is gone I know for sure.

Commentators: Jim Ross, Todd Grisham
DEAR GOD

Khali has his babyface music. He’s already dancing, smiling Khali. Well, at least the Nerve holds will be kept to a minimum here.
I wonder if I AM STOOGE? Has happened yet?.
Jim Ross says “Kane sees evil, and likes it”. I thought he Saw No Evil.
I See your Brain Chop and raise you a Kona Crusher
......
QUOTE DAVE MELTZER: I mean, there is an excuse to put exceedingly crappy matches on PPV if both guys are over and fans want to see the match. But when fans don’t even want to see it, it’s like, why waste the time.
NAILED IT, DAVE
DUDDDDDDDDD. Worse than a nothing match. Six of the longest minutes in PPV history.

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THE 0* MATCHES - Not quite a stain on the wrestling business, but matches that are there and then gone forever.

195. Matt Hardy v. Mark Henry - ECW Title (2008)

Sandman, Sabu, Van Dam, Dreamer, Raven, Funk and Henry

Commentators: Todd Grisham, FUCKING MATT STRYKER
SHIT WE'VE ENTERED THE STRYKER YEARS
Nah Stryker's actually alright here. I think he lost his mind once he hit Raw.
Um, is it over?
Yeah it’s over.
Literally a nothing match
0*

194. Christian v. William Regal - ECW Title (2009)

Kudos to whoever took that pic, killer action shot

Commentators: Matt Stryker, Josh Mathews
One move match. That’s it up there in the picture. See? Sir William doesn’t even get his jacket off.
Post Match sees Christian eat some finishers! Regal’s lackeys have almost the exact same move. It’s like 80% the same at least. Even your beatdowns are square.
At least the Regal Stretch is bad ass.
They would eventually have some great matches but you have to feel for the guys here.
0* Shame.

193. Bad News Brown v. Ken Patera (1988)

You guys I think Bad News is angry.

Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Superstar Billy Graham

Bad News jumps the bell and I’m actually excited for this match. I can’t remember watching too much Patera in my life.
Patera throws a clothesline as his first offensive move. It was an extremely offensive clothesline. I know I'm offended.
Yup I’m ready to see some prime Patera because I can confirm he had lost it by 1988
Sorry to harp but my oh my Kenny Patera has forgotten how to throw a clothesline. If you stepped outside and clotheslined the next person you saw, it would look better than the Patera-line. And he wouldn’t be working with you.
Patera with a bear hug. The breakneck pace of this sprint was too much to maintain.
Having not remembered this match (because Jesus fucking Christ) I fully expected the typical Bad News Brown double DQ. Pleasantly surprised.
0* not quite a dud for the ghetto blaster and because the right man actually won with a clean finish. Still there was little to this but a bunch of shit clotheslines.

192. Nailz v. Virgil (1992)

I can tell you I would have definitely changed the channel had somebody walked in on this one.

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan
Nailz is one of the most legitimately insane people in the long and batshit history of professional wrestling. Should be fun!
.....
Wellp Nailz’ offense is not good
0* just there, nothing match. Nailz is fucking boring bros. Nailzzzzzzzz

191. Bushwackers v. Natural Disasters (1991)

Just realized it's kind of tasteless to use the Princess Bride quote here

Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, Roddy Piper
Bushwhackers have three stooges offense.
Heenan line. What kind of strategy would you give the Bushwackers? Full deadpan: “Well, if I managed the Bushwhackers, I would commit suicide”.
Lots of stalling, basic clubbering, managieral hijinks.
OH NO WATCH OUT ANDRE oh good lol LOD shows up to massive cheers. That was the highlight of this match by a wide margin.
0* Imagine the Sheepherders in 1991 WWF?

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THE 0.5* MATCHES - I thank you for and totally appreciate the effort but also I don't ever want to see that ever again under any circumstance ever

190. Alicia Fox v. Melina - Diva's Title (2010)

Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Matt Stryker
Alicia Fox's HOT IN HURR knockoff theme is among the worst in the history of pro wrestling.
Melina is wearing Saba Simba’s gear this evening because yeah sure
They work fake referee injury spots in. You can tell it’s fake because the acting is so shit and the selling is so sporadic.
Beth Phoenix : gone.
Kharma: toast.
Sara Del Rey : wasted as a trainer.
Trish Stratus: off makin yoga babies.
Alicia Fox: STILL EMPLOYED
This was going decently alright until Melina’s spot. And then it falls off a massive Cliff. A Cliff Robinson.
I’M GONNA DUCK BUT THEN STILL MATRIX ANYWAY
Melina cries post match and I don’t believe that either.
I sat through the post-match promo. The acting is bottom of the barrel, the writing is degrading and embarrassing to both genders (because you know a man is writing it and it’s sad that this is somebody’s idea of femininity), and if you were watching this while someone walked in the room, you would have a lot of explaining to do. The only way this shit could possibly have been enjoyed is ironically. At least the WWE embraces it now with Total Divas.
0.5* it’s not good. There are small nuggets of good though

189. Batista v. Great Khali - World Heavyweight Title (2007)

As you can tell Batista was quite excited to be working with Khali.

Commentators : Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler

Wellp.
At least Batista works hard and tries to get something out of Khali, but if you’ve ever heard Bob Tister on observer radio you know that even he hated these matches.
KHALI NERVE HOLD
KHALI CHOP
Khali’s wrestling style is actually the primary supplier of Melatonin in the United States.
Yup here’s another Pinchy crab hold.
NOT THE CHAIR~! Said the crowd at a fever pitch.
And we’re done here.
0.5* I respect Batista for doing what he could but there is no reason to ever watch this.

188. Nikolai Volkoff & Hacksaw Jim Duggan v. Orient Express (1990)

Never mind Vince, I wonder if the makeup guy thinks he was doing something racist?

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper
Jesus pillow fighting Christ the #MERICA babyfaces start with America the Beautiful and it’s among the worst things in the history of pro wrestling and the American nation.

Honestly I need to use another note to explain how bad it is. It’s a heated Philadelphia crowd in 1990 in the height of the Gulf War, and they had JUST seen Sergeant Slaughter cut an anti-American promo, and they couldn’t even get behind it. They started to sing once a pro-USA propoganda video started playing, but before that, every single person in that arena thought this was a joke.
ALL TIME HORRIBLE SINGING PERFORMANCE THAT IS SOMEHOW SWEET IN ITS AWFULNESS.
This match was a whole lot of nothing.
0.5* Pat Tanaka was a good worker, spectacular bumper. Minus a minimum of seven hundred stars for that anthem. Good heavens.

187. Don Muraco v. Dino Bravo (1988)

Really enjoying these sweet 80's Summerslam graphics.

Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Superstar Billy Graham, BOBBY HEENAN! Yes!
Heenan shows up on commentary and good god damn this match might be saved.
Muraco shows up wearing the tie die and looking like he was trained by a fucking tire inflator. Honestly he looks swole with it, brotha. Gorilla says something to the effect of “Superstar, you really gave him what he needed”. Yeah, ALL OF THE STEROIDS!
Summerslam 1988 has not been a good show for the most part.
0.5* for Frenchy and Bobby on commentary and a lot of different things but not the technical prowess of these two athletes.

186. Bolsheviks v. Powers of Pain (1988)

PICTURED: Manager of the year?

Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Superstar Billy Graham
The Powers of Pain are now managed by Baron Von Raschke for some reason. ...Allright.
While I'm at it, Slick and the Big Scary Russians are a strange pairing. Like how the fuck did they get together?
I do not believe that the Bolsheviks’ goal was to have good matches.
Lots of clubbering but not even fun clubbering. Slow clubbering. Sad clubbering. Seal clubbering. That “old guy in the club” clubbering.
0.5 * Hard to call it a dud, but this is one of Summerslam’s most missable matches.

185. Crush v. Repo Man (1992)

Doink, Brah

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan
This is what’s known as the “Its fcking hot out, let’s go have a piss then” match
Fun little squash here. This was at least better than the Nailz match
0.5* DEMOLITION EXPLODES!~

184. Alundra Blayze v. Bertha Faye - Women's Title (1995)

wellp horizontal rainbow stripes are the most slimming

COMMENTATORS: Vince McMahon, Heel Jerry Lawler:
Mercifully Lawler and McMahon cool it with the fat jokes on Bertha. Could you imagine her coming around today?
Dad calling Mom "Bertha Faye" generally was a fight ender. far more effective a finisher than Alundra's german suplex.
I want to like her but Faye just kinda sucks and is a GOD AWFUL promo.
Shit powerbomb for the win
0.5* Alundra worked really hard and then jobbed to a shit awful wrestler. Bertha is hardly the Earthquake.

183. Oddities v. KaiEnTai (1998)

still want to see him drop the Earthquake on the Cartman doll

Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Oh lord I have no recollection of this one. The ICP came out and I almost threw up. Juggalowned.
DID YOU KNOW: Golga was the friggin Earthquake? Sadly the idiot in the Cartman shirt is the worker of the group.
What in the fucking hell was that shoe spot? I don’t even know how but I think it was racist.
I KNOW that Kurrgan was pulling some racist shit in there, going down to his knees and mock bowing to KaienTai.
JR---- “Well, we never advertised this to be a classic”
Giant Silva is on the Mount Rushmore of 7 foot suckies with The Giant Gonzalez, The Great Khali, and Andrea Bargnani.
THIS IS GIVEN FAR TOO MUCH TIME. If this happened today it would be over in two minutes and possibly less racist in tone?
Ah well, Dick Togo got a PPV payoff at least.
DOUBLE DOUBLE CHOKESLAM! QUADRUPLE SPLASH FINISH
KaienTai fly around and Golga is awesome enough to save this from being a dud, but this is Wrestlecrap incarnate.
fuck sakes now I have to hear the ICP again.
0.5* because lil’ asain dudes flying around will always be entertaining but there was a whole lot of shit in this.

182. Undertaker v. Giant Gonzales - Rest in Peace Match (1993)

Cried honest to god tears of terror when this guy killed The Undertaker at Rumble 93

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan
This is all Undertaker. And awkward ringside brawling.
Gonzalez is bad. It’s weird though. He’s worse than Khali, but not as immobile or unintelligible. He can physically move at least. But yet, somehow Khali seemed like a scary beast in his prime and Gonzalez seems like a douchebag in a monkey suit.
Not a lot to it but they pull out the proverbial bells and whistles and make it at least watchable. It’s better than Mania IX and not the worst match ever. That’s a plus, sadly.
Looking ahead as I started to do this, I assumed Undertaker would be getting three duds in a row from 92-94. It’s a testament to his ability that the last two years, he was able to get anything at all out of two of the worst pro wrestlers in the history of the business. Having said that, oh fucking god Summerslam 1994
0.5* for the Taker. Good show sir

181. Undertaker v. Kamala (1992)

PICTURED: Racism.

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan
Goooot to give the peeeeeeople.......what they waaaaaaaaant.
QUOTE:
YOU TAKE THAT SARCASTIC TONE OUT OF YOUR VOICE WHEN YOU INTRODUCE ME, LITTLE MAN. NEXT TIME I’ll KNOCK YOU OUT!

...little man?

ABOUT TO BE LED DOWN THE AISLE BY KIM CHEE. FROM THE DARK CONTINENT OF AFRICA (ed’s note: uh?). TO THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION (ok I see what you meant that’s a little better I guess). THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF WEMBLEY STADIUM. AND THE BRIGHT SPOTLIGHT OF SUMMERSLAM. I WANT EVERYBODY TO SHOW PROPER RESPECT FOR THE LORD OF THE JUNGLE (nope that’s just straight racist dog). THE UGANDAN GIANT. THE MIGHTY KAMALA.
Undertaker’s entrance with the hearse, in front of 80,000, is simple and awesome.
KAMALA SCURRED.
The gimmick here is that Kamala = scurred and Undertaker fights his managers and then does some wrestling moves, most of which after the bell. That’s the entire match.
I spent more time transcribing Harvey Wippleman’s intro than I ever want to spend thinking about this wrestling match again.
*0.5 The start of an unparalled 3 year stretch of shit sandwiches for the Undertaker’s Summerslam lunchbox.

180. Hercules v. Greg Valentine (1989)

Commentators: Jesse Ventura, Tony Schiavone
This is the famous “Rugged Ronnie Garvin does the ring introductions” match. Quick name me one OTHER thing that happens in this match. And you can’t say Garvin Interferes.
Oh my god it’s over already
The post and pre match are SO much better than the actual match here
0.5* barely. The post match shenanigans are a shit load of fun and woke the crowd back up.

179. Jake Roberts v. Bad News Brown (1990)

oh he mad

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper
Bad News was 20 years before his time. If he would have come around in the mid 90’s he would have been a great hardcore wrestler who probably would have multiple scars at the hands of New Jack.
Shit’s racist?
Missed DDT attempts = ratings.
Jake the Snake was so amazing.
Bad News Brown was not quite that
0.5* for Jake’s babyface antics and Bad News Brown legitimately detesting snakes. They really liked to fuck with this poor guy. Shit’s most certainly racist.

178. Rick Rude v. JYD (1988)

HOPEFULLY the last time I search the internet for a picture of Rick Rude's crotch

Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Superstar Billy Graham
Rude can be awesome (See: Summerslam 1989) and also he can be god awful (See: v. Jake Roberts at Mania IV, pretty much all the Jake Roberts matches, Summerslam 1988)
GRAB DEM CAKES
Rude is a bump machine.
There are very few moves in the history of wrestling that look like they hurt less than the JYD’s crawling headbutts, but the crowd loves them so what the fuck.
Rude’s bumping and selling saves this match. Wobbly wooble wobble legs for the headbutts.
Rude’s tights reveal is classic stuff. He started with the classic “wear my opponent’s face on my ass for some reason” fashion strategy, but then midway through the match (while on the top rope no less) he pulled down his JYD tights to reveal his brand new, “here’s my rival’s wife’s face on my balls” number.
0.5* with a super angry and awesome post match.

177. Hacksaw Duggan & Bushawckers v. Mountie & Nasty Boys (1992)

There will be no objectivity when discussing The Mountie here at Pimp Matches

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan
Lol Heenan whistling
It was the “get everybody to your seat and get some popcorn” match
The Bushwhackers had some bushwacky offense boy
0.5* fun but long and dragged a tad.

176. Smoking Gunns v. Blu Brothers (1995)

COMMENTATORS: Vince McMahon, Heel Jerry Lawler:
ZEB COLTER SIGHTING!@ Back then he was still Uncle Zebekiah. It's funny to imagine that he was secretly a Tea Party racist in kayfabe this whole time.
Bad Ass Billy Gunn was p. good for a long time.
Not a heck of a lot to this
0.5* The Smoking Gunns had some nice tag moves. A good finish to a nothing match.

175. Undertaker & Kane v. DDP & Kanyon - Cage Match, WWF Tag Titles v. WCW Tag Titles (2001)

Another fantastic action shot here.

Commentators: Jim Ross, Paul Heyman
This is a violent WCW snuff film. Take THAT Ted Turner
DDP stalked the Undertaker’s wife even though his own wife is significantly hotter and in movies.
Hey Taker how did that SARA tattoo work out?
Kanyon takes a bump off the cage before the smoke has even cleared from the Undertaker’s entrance. Jesus Christ. That guy, man. He was pretty cool in the ring.
Absolute squashtoberfest. DDP went straight to the undercard never to be seen again, after this. Kanyon should have been so lucky.
0.5* Not a dud but close. It’s ridiculously one sided. Kane and Undertaker were so dominant that it was sad after a while. I felt for Kanyon and especially Page. Who would want to watch Goliath brutalize David for 15 minutes?

174. The Rock v. Billy Gunn - Kiss My Ass Match (1999)

This one's worth a thousand words.

Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
SOMEHOW this didn’t get Billy Gunn over
In an all time wrestlecrap angle, Billy Gunn brings out a, shall we say, bigger woman and tries to make the Rock kiss her ass. Of course, you know this has to end up w/Billy Gunn's face all up in there.
OHHHHHHHHHHHH SNAP HIS FACE! HER ASS! Wompity womp.
The work is decent, it’s hard for these two guys to not be entertaining in 1999. Still, this is embarrassing and if you ever watched this with a nonfan, it would ruin your relationship with that person.
Jim Ross gets in a beautifully deadpanned “The Rock just put Billy Gunn’s face... in that large woman’s ass!” at least.
0.5* the bad far outweighs the good.

173. HHH v. Great Khali - WWE Title (2008)

Khalice, Tabarnac

Commentators: Tazz, Jim Ross
HHH looks vulnerable here.
LOUD YOU CANT WRESTLE CHANTS for the Khali.
This is the typical Khali match. Nerve Hold, Kona Crusher, chop chop babyface comeback. Some stuff in between, but not a whole lot of stuff. It’s HHH and not Batista, so true to form we get a slightly better match, and of course Khali jobs clean.
Hunter hits the worst pedigree ever and poses for a fucking hour. Chill out, Hulk.
0.5* HHH done did what he could. This went 4 minutes less than match that followed it, but felt about 25 minutes longer.

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THE 1* MATCHES- matches that can't really be called "good" by the accepted definition of the word, but that retain a certain watchability or historical significance.

(I'm being told via the spellcheck sgwiggly red line that both "watchability" and "sgwiggly" aren't words).

172. Chris Benoit v. Orlando Jordan - US Title (2005)

I wonder what willywrestlefest.fr is, but not enough to actually check it out

Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz
Remember this one?
1* Earns a star for the moment. The crowd goes absolutely ape shit. A poor man’s Warrior/Honky. WWE was very clever at keeping Benoit at a high level after his title win. He was noticeably a step up from his midcard days and was treated more seriously than a midcarder. for a long time, he was the definition of an upper midcard babyface. Stuff like this is a great example . That's not to praise Benoit, I just wish they would do that again.

171. Ivory v. Tori - Women's Title (1999)

vividly remember having some romantic moments with this picture when I was 14

Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Wow.The buildup for this one was p. interesting. Ivory beat up Tori and wrote SLUT on her stomach in shoe polish. Ivory, 1, Tori, 0
Lawler goes a bat shit in this match. He BURIES Tori and ....that... move she does. Which is actually kind of a bad ass throw.
This match doesn’t have an “ending” per se.
Ivory was a miracle worker to have produced something this good. I want Ivory v Alundra Blaze for some reason.
1* GIANT SWING

170. Smoking Gunns v. New Rockers v. Body Donnas v. Godwinns - Tag Team Titles (1996)

PICTURED: Hard Times for Marty Jannetty

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, Mr. Perfect
Sunny’s outfit is far and away the highlight of this match
Billy Gunn turned heel and just decided to start screaming at the fans to get booed. I don’t think it’s that easy there Rockbilly.
Not a ton to it. Skip didn’t even get into the match which sucks because he was probably the best guy in there at that time. I mean he did come to the ring in a neck brace though.
Hard for these matches to be *boring*, but I literally already forget the entire match and finish.
1* Sunny is the best part of this 1996 tag team division.

169. Dusty Rhodes v. Randy Savage (1990)

Too bad we never got a proper Savage/Dusty match

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper
Savage cuts what is one of my new favorite Savage promos, from mid-air in his portable MACHO KING throne, while jobbers hold him up, and Sean Mooney teeters back and forth on a rickety stool. Fucking tremendous. Eleventy million constellations.
Million Dollar Man cuts the most Million-Dollar-Manish promo in the history of his career. Honestly this is so 80’s cheesy supervillian it’s almost hilarious. Awesome stuff
Then Sapphire comes out, wearing the most ridiculous fur coat they possibly could have found.
They do almost nothing, Savage eats a few bionic elbows but for the most part controls the match
Wham bam purse in the face and yup that’s a waste of some classic Macho Man. Ah well, I still got my new favorite promo ever.
More of an angle than a match
1* I think old DiBiase overpaid for Sapphire you guys

168. Dudley Boys v. La Resistance - World Tag Team Titles (2003)

Would be a pretty bad ass pic if they weren't making the two stupidest faces ever recorded on the internet

Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
The Dudleys jump the bell because Jesus Christ you have to do something to make this match exciting
Bubba Dudley slapped the shit out of guys like “How DARE you be younger and better looking than me?! *SLAP!*”
This is every single Raw tag team match ever.
Bubba’s offense is weird. Like he thinks he’s the baddest, toughest fucking guy but his moveset is all slaps and an ass breaker.
D-von! Vas donc Cherché la table!
Lawl is that the camera man from King of the Ring 1993?
It’s a Raw match with an angle because PPV.
1* Raw is Worn

167. RTC v. Too Cool (2000)

It's no Steven RichardS. We're allowed one.

Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Violence against women = HEEL HEAT. Not very Good of you Mr. Goodfather.
This is every Too Cool Raw match I ever saw.
Awesome finish
1* They stuck to their same old thing but it was decent and it got the crowd excited.

166. DOA v. Los Baricuas (1997)

Sick bandana brah

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, Heel Jerry Lawler
The Baricuas had a god damn awful theme.
Crush, Brian Lee and the Harris brothers might honestly be the least talented stable of all time in any promotion.
It sounds like their theme is saying On’y Vas!
Wait, the DOA has the single worst theme ever. It sounds something Patrick Swayze would roundhouse a jukebox over.
Nation of Domination comes out and JR and Lawler make awkward racial comments.
Ahmed Johnson hits no shit, the single worst powerbomb of all time on Chainz on the outside.
AND we get a classic brawl to the back
Crush tries to run everybody the fuck over because hey why not its not like he's never been to jail
1* If only there were wild ass hardcore matches at this point.

165. Papa Shango v. Tito Santana (1992)

Papa Shang-Oh Face

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan
“Shango” kept trying to autocorrect to “shanty” on my phone for some reason
Heenan gets a couple funny cracks in at Finkel's expense. Poor Finkel
Tito Santana in control is great. Shango is slow. Papa Shangslow
Wow they let Papa Shanty kick out of the flying jalapeno
Tito eats a fairly unsafe looking shoulderbreaker and Bob’s your uncle.
1* a homelessly poor man’s Tito/Barbarian

164. Dusty Rhodes v. Honky Tonk Man (1989)

Click it and stick it around for the first two minutes for a batshit crazy cocaine-fueled hurricane of a Dusty Rhodes promo.

Commentators: Jesse Ventura, Tony Schiavone
What in the goddamn hell was this promo to start?
Insane Rambling Dusty
Wacky match with shit action but it gets both guys over
Hahah concussion humour. Honky gets knocked out and he thinks he’s Elvis and Jimmy Hart is Priscilla. Lawlz.
1* this is the 80’s

163. Ted DiBiase v. Jimmy Snuka (1989)

I'd get married in that fucking suit if I could

Commentators: Jesse Ventura, Tony Schiavone
Our “You going for a piss over theh? I’m goin for a piss ova heah” match of the evening.
Snuka is wearing some fantastic tights for the PPV
DiBiase was a crisp wrestler. His shit looked great.
The “Self-Proclaimed” Million Dollar Champion wins a quick one.
1* Snuka wasn’t exactly Kenta Kobashi at this point.

162. Mr. Perfect v. Red Rooster (1989)

He's significantly better than his son

Commentators: Jesse Ventura, Tony Schiavone
Pre music and apparently pre-entrance for Mr. Perfect
The rumours are that Perfect and Terry Taylor were hired on the same day, and that the Mr. Perfect gimmick originally was supposed to go to Terry Taylor. Those rumours have also apparently been squashed by Terry himself and that story is not true. Thank god I kept this note in.
Perfect looks like the babyface here. The crowd agrees
Taylor apparently blew his knee out in the middle of this match and they kind of had to go right into the finish. That explains the awkwardness.
1* a very watchable one star match, Perfect was awesome.

161. Tatanka v. Lex Luger (1994)

Single tear.

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler
Why do Luger’s clotheslines not also kill his opponent? His forearms are mega death blows but his clotheslines are normal? The fuq?
Lawler mentions DiBiase on commentary and he magically appears. I wonder if that was his cue?
OH SNAP TATANKA HEEL TURN
1* not a ton to this except the moderately alright heel turn. I was pissed when this happened, for whatever reason I really liked Tatanka.

160. Berzerker v. Tatanka (1992)

HAAAANNHHHHHHH

Commentators: Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan
Got to give the people.......what they waaaant.
Heenan is on absolute fire with the racist 90’s commentary here.
Berzerker aka John Nord was an amazing bumper for his size and a very agile guy. He was entertaining to watch.
PAPOOSE TO GO
1* for Heenan and Berzerker Bumps and Tatanka who was one of my favorites growing up. Wildly biased but I really thought this was good. This is the best coliseum add on. COUNTERPOINT: it’s all chops and the Berzerker was shit.

159. IRS v. Greg Valentine (1991)

^ looks WAY more like Bray Wyatt than IRS does

Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan & Roddy Piper
The “youse guys wanna go for a piss? I’m gonna go bleed the lizz-id” match
Not much to it, but I enjoy Valentine’s clubbering.
1* this will be in the muck of forgettable matches.

158. CM Punk, Joey Mercury & Luke Gallows v. Big Show (2010)

Is Serena the hottest bald girl of all time? Srs question.

Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Matt Stryker
Stryker is fucking insufferable in this match.
Big Show has logged a lot of hours being a giant and is awesome at it.
Not a lot to see here. Big Show gets clubbered until his comeback and Punk runs away while he chokeslams his flunkies on top of each other. Which was p. cool.
1*WELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

157. CM Punk v. John Morrison - ECW Title (2007)

lol John Morrison. You had the worst nicknames.

Commentators : Tazz, Joey Styles
Hilarious note I felt I had to include: I googled "Punk Morrison" to get the above picture. A bleacher report article came up named "MORRISON PUNK: MODERN DAY MICHAELS/HART?".
*ahem*. Allow me to respond in the form of a bodyguard diving in front of a speeding bullet.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This is a disappointing match that doesn’t get out of the gate really. It’s not the abomination it’s been rated as but it’s nothing you need to see.
John Morrison: The guru of greatness/shaman of sexy/ ayatollah of attractiveness / George Bush of being good looking. How much weed do you think this guy is smoking in California these days? Guy grew up in Palos Verdes ffs. John Morrison and RVD walk into a 7-11....
John Morrison: The High Chief of getting high, chief.
Weird and awkward ending, JoMo can barely reach the ropes for the dirty pin.
There’s an alternate universe where Chris Benoit never went crazy and he’s feuding with CM Punk on this show y’know. And far more importantly three humans weren’t gruesomely murdered.
1* Skippable unless you’re making a history of CM Punk DVD.

156. Big Show v. Sabu - Extreme Rules - ECW Title (2006)

They should have held every WWECW show at The Hammerstein

Commentators: Joey Styles, Tazz
SO MANY BOTCHES
Remember when we didn’t have to specify that an ECW match had no rules? Ah well.
Big Show kicking through a chair as if to say “Fuck your triple jump moonsault” is the spot of this match, honestly. It’s not even a move but it’s the best thing in this match.
Show yells FUCK THIS audibly. They bleep five seconds of nothing a moment too late. Good work team.
Ugh I fucking hate that chair through. Christ almighty though it makes a really fun noise.
The camera captures a lot of kayfabe-breaking talking going on here.
Actually the entire end spot Sabu does with the table is a destruction of kayfabe. What the fuck are you even trying Sabu? I’m not saying I would have done the same but I can see why Vince McMahon pulled the plug on this ECW thing.
A sloppy digsuting botch filled mess that you can’t take your eyes off of. Car Crash Rasslin. But not the good kind, like TLC. The bad kind. Like an actual car crash.
1* Not sure I ever want to see this one again either. Was going on with Summerslam 2006?

155. Jake Roberts v. Hercules (1988)

The line between "wrestler" and "gay pirate barbarian" was blurrier in the 80's.

Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Superstar Billy Graham
Roberts is awesome in this match. Usually he’s a smarmy dickhead heel but here Jake plays an intelligent, clever babyface. It’s fun.
Herc is slow and his offense varies between Oops sorry man did I accidentally hurt you with this? And Headlock.
So many headlocks. It’s like the joke that’s not funny but you repeat so fucking much it becomes hilarious. This has a strange watchability about it.
Jake carries Hercules kicking and screaming to a good, no decent, no WATCHABLE match. No it’s perfectly fine. Just a whole lot of headlock.
1* IF you can accept the headlock as a strategic maneuver, this was a fine wrestling match. I understand if you fell asleep.

154. John Cena v. Booker T (2004)

Get a haircut, hippie

- Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz
This is every Cena/Booker Smackdown match from the mid 00’s. Booker was a fun worker, but he wasn’t Mitsuharu Misawa. This matchup would usually be average at best.
CAMEL CLUTCH. This is *right* before the days of Muhammad Hassan.
Slow and the crowd is quiet throughout.
Spinarooni into a banana peel FU and oh snap this one’s over.
1* Even if you’ve never seen this, you’ve seen it.

153. Big Bossman v. Koko B. Ware (1988)

Big ol' Boss Man

- Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Superstar Billy Graham
*Big* being the operative term for the Boss Man here this evening. Boss Man was still a huskier Harris in August of 1988. Good for the man for losing that weight. Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
“Koko giving away a lot of weight here”. Gorilla Monsoon ladies and gentlemen.
Big Boss man went over strong here and Koko still looked good. This was fine midcard squash-ish fodder.
1* Good stuff compared to the absolute concussion that was Muraco/Bravo and basically everything earlier on the card.

152. Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior v. Sgt. Slaughter, Gen. Adnan, and Cnl Mustafa (1991)

Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan & Roddy Piper
Slowwww and boring
This is not very good. I’d say it’s worse than the Savage/Hogan/Liz’s arse match and the Why the fuck is Deebo fighting Brutus Beefcake? match.
1* For Warrior running to the back never to be seen again.

151. Diesel v. Mabel - WWF Title (1995)

COMMENTATORS: Vince McMahon, Dok fucking Hendrix encore:
In the first three seconds, Mabel hits a shoulderblock and yells “IM GONNA BE THE FIRST BLACK CHAMPION”. Lol welp I got some bad news for ya champ.
I wonder if he could have been a Mark Henry babyface is his younger and more agile days? Young Viscera was not quite Yokozuna in there but he could still like, physically move.
Diesel works really hard.
If you watch this match, they actually work their asses off and get a pretty decent match out of each other at the start. Then Mabel
SITS RIGHT ON HIS BACK
Jesus fucking Christ Mabel. Growing up I was the fat kid who got a little carried away and ended up hurting someone p. often actually. SO I feel bad for him a little, but god damn it Mabel you idiot you don’t do that.
Match is overbooked with run ins and some Lex Luger bullshit I forget, also action wise it hits a wall post-Nash injury. But it’s still the best King Mabel match I can remember, which by the accepted definition of the word is not a compliment.
It’s a testament to anybody who wants to argue that Kevin Nash was a good worker. This was way way way way way better than I was expecting. Nash is actually alright and considering the circumstance and the injury and whatever this was a damn good performance from Big Daddy Cool. Still, a boring, sloppy, weirdly booked match with a god damn shit awful finish, providing an anticlimactic end to a decent PPV
1* surprisingly watchable.

150. Shane McMahon v. Eric Bischoff - Falls Count Anywhere (2003)

Commentators: Jerry Lawler, Tazz
If you’re gonna book Shane McMahon to be a scary ass kicker, do it against Eric Bischoff for the love of fuck.
Uh Coachman heel turn? That’s still surprising and I know it’s coming. Now that he’s on ESPN it’s pretty much known that he has charisma, but this was mindblowing at the time. The internet exploded with COACH LOLOLOLOOOOLOLOL
Bischoff said the shit word!
Say what you will about Austin in 2003, but god damn the people loved him. That glass breaking gets a hell of a pop. Coach has a fantastic “Oh shit” face.
Shane-O hits his OMGEE elbow and everybody goes home happy.
1* it’s all smoke and mirrors but they do a good job of making something memorable out of Shane McMahon/Eric Bischoff

149. King Booker v. Batista - World Heavyweight Title (2006)
148. Tito Santana v. Warlord (1990)
147. Mr. Perfect v. Texas Tornado - IC Title (1990)
146. Lex Luger v. Yokozuna - WWF Title (1993)
145. Randy Orton v. John Cena - WWE Title (2009)
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1.5* (16)

144. Natural Disasters v. Beverly Brothers - Tag Team Titles (1992)
143. Al Snow v. Big Bossman - Hardcore Title (1999)
142. Ken Shamrock v. Steve Blackman - Lion's Den Weapons Match (1999)
141. Ted DiBiase v. Razor Ramon (1993)
140. Kofi Kingston & R-Truth v. Darren Young & Titus O'Neil - Tag Team Titles (2012)
139. Godwins v. LOD (1997)
138. Goldust v. Brian Pillman - If Pillman Loses He Must Wear A Dress (1997)
137. Jeff Jarrett v. Mabel (1994)
136. Jack Swagger v. MVP (2009)
135. Undertaker v. A-Train (2003)
134. X-Pac v. Road Dogg (2000)
133. Dolph Ziggler v. Kofi Kingston - IC Title (2010)
132. Jerry Lawler v. Tazz (2000)
131. Rey Mysterio v. Chavo Guerrero (2006)
130. Ludvig Borga v. Marty Jannetty (1993)
129. Mark Henry v. Sheamus (2011)
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2* (23)

128. Money Inc v. LOD (1992)
127. Headshrinkers v. Bam Bam Bigelow & IRS (1994)
126. HHH v. Bob Spark Plug Holly (1995)
125. Ricky Steamboat, Texas Tornado & British Bulldog v. Warlord & Power & Glory (1991)
124. Owen Hart v. Savio Vega (1996)
123. LOD v. Nasty Boys - No Disqualification - Tag Team Titles (1991)
122. Chris Jericho v. Edge v. Batista - IC Title (2004)
121. Kane v. Rey Mysterio - World Heavyweight Title (2010)
120. British Bulldog v. Sid (1996)
119. British Bulldog v. Ken Shamrock - If Bulldog Loses He Must Eat Dog Food (1997)
118. Randy Orton v. Hulk Hogan (2006)
117. Mankind v. New Age Outlaws - Hardcore Handicap Match - Tag Tiles (1998)
116. Undertaker v. Kama - Casket Match (1995)
115. Shawn Michaels v. Mr. Perfect - IC Title (1993)
114. Chyna & Eddy Guerrero v. Trish Stratus & Val Venis - IC Title (2000)
113. 1-2-3 Kid v. IRS (1993)
112. Big Bossman, Akeem & Andre the Giant v. Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Demolition (1989)
111. HHH v. Steve Austin v. Mankind - Special Ref: Jesse Ventura - WWF Title (1999)
110. CM Punk v. JBL - World Heavyweight Title (2008)
109. Kane v. Daniel Bryan (2012)
108. Goldust v. Wildman Marc Mero (1996)
107. Undertaker v. Test (2002)
106. Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake v. Randy Savage & ZEUS~! (1989)
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2.5* (25) weird.

105. Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage v. Ted DiBiase & Andre the Giant (1988)
104. British Bulldogs v. Fabulous Rougeau Bros (1988)
103. Rey Mysterio, Paul London & Billy Kidman v. The Dudley Boys (2004)
102. X-Pac v. Jeff Jarrett - Hair v. Hair Match (1998)
101. Marc Mero & Jacqueline v. Edge & Sable - Mixed Tag (1998)
100. Ultimate Warrior v. Honky Tonk Man - IC Title (1988)
99. Ultimate Warrior v. Rick Rude - Steel Cage Match - WWF Title (1990)
98. Steve Austin v. Owen Hart - IC Title - If Austin Loses He Must Kiss Owen's Ass (1997)
97. Barry Horowitz v. Skip (1995)
96. Kelly Kelly v. Beth Phoenix - Diva's Title (2011)
95. Ken Shamrock v. Owen Hart - Lion's Den Match (1998)
94. Rhyno v. Chris Jericho (2001)
93. Lance Storm & Christian v. Booker T & Goldust - Tag Team Titles (2002)
92. Kane v. Finlay (2007)
91. TAG TEAM TURMOIL (1999)
90. Rob Van Dam v. Kane - No Holds Barred (2003)
89. HHH v. Eugene (2004)
88. Ric Flair v. Chris Jericho (2002)
87. Kurt Angle v. Eugene (2005)
86. JBL v. Batista - No Holds Barred (2005)
85. Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix v. Kofi Kingston & Mickie James - WINNER TAKE ALL MATCH (2008)
84. APA & Spike Dudley v. Test & Other Dudleys (2001)
83. Shawn Michaels v. Rick Martel - Can't Punch Each Other In The Face Match (1992)
82. Earthquake v. Hulk Hogan (1990)
81. Undertaker v. JBL - WWE Title (2004)
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3* (29)

80. HHH & Shawn Michaels v. Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes (2009)
79. Tatanka & Smoking Gunns v. Bam Bam Bigelow & Headshrinkers (1993)
78. Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio & John Morrison v. Alberto Del Rio, Miz & R-Truth (2011)
77. D-Lo Brown v. Jeff Jarrett - EUROCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH (1999)
76. Chavo Guerrero v. Rey Mysterio (2007)
75. Alundra Blayze v. Bull Nakano - Women's Title (1994)
74. Chris Jericho & Big Show v. Cryme Time - UNIFIED Tag team Titles (2009)
73. Miz v. Rey Mysterio (2012)
72. Val Venis v. D-Lo Brown - European Title (1998)
71. Dolph Ziggler v. Chris Jericho (2012)
70. HHH v. Booker T (2007)
69. Randy Orton v. Sheamus - WWE Title (2010)
68. Umaga v. Carlito v. Kennedy - IC Title (2007)
67. CM Punk v. John Cena v. Big Show - WWE Title (2012)
66. Big Bossman v. Mountie - Jailhouse Match (1991)
65. Edge v. Lance Storm - IC Title (2001)
64. Test v. Shane McMahon - Love Her Or Leave Her Match (1999)
63. Rock v. HHH v. Kurt Angle - WWF Title (2000)
62. Demolition v. Hart Foundation - 2/3 Falls - Tag Team Titles (1990)
61. Rockers & Tito Santana v. Fabulous Rougeaus & Rick Martel (1989)
60. Steve Blackman v. Shane McMahon - Hardcore Title (2000)
59. ELIMINATION CHAMBER~! (2003)
58. Rockers v. Power & Glory (1990) ***
57. Diesel v. Razor Ramon - IC Title (1994)
56. Virgil v. Ted DiBiase - Million Dollar Title (1991)
55. Tajiri v. X-Pac - Cruiser Title v Lightweight Title (2001)
54. Jeff Hardy v. MVP (2008)
53. HHH & Shawn Michaels v. Vince & Shane McMahon (2006)
52. Matt Hardy v. Edge (2005)
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3.5* (21)

51. Undertaker v. Randy Orton (2005)
50. Demolition v. Hart Foundation - Tag Team Titles (1988) ***
49. Undertaker v. Steve Austin - WWF Title (1998)
48. The Rock v. Booker T - WCW Title (2001)
47. 1-2-3 Kid v. Hakushi (1995)
46. Bret Hart v. Isaac Yankem (1995)
45. Daniel Bryan v. Wade Barrett (2011)
44. Hart Foundation v. Brain Busters (1989)
43. Bret Hart v. Undertaker - Special Ref: Shawn Michaels - WWF Title (1997)
42. John Cena v. Edge - WWE Title (2006)
41. Eddy Guerrero v. Tajiri v. Rhyno v. Chris Benoit - Us Title (2003)
40. X-Pac & Kane v. Undertaker & Big Show - Tag Team Titles (1999) ***
39. Sheamus v. Alberto Del Rio - World Heavyweight Title (2012)
38. Nexus v. Team WWE- Elimination Match (2010)
37. Undertaker v. Mankind - Boiler Room Brawl (1996)
36. Eddy Guerrero v. Kurt Angle - WWE Title (2004)
35. Kane v. Matt Hardy - Til Death Do Us Part Match (2004)
34. Eddy Guerrero v. Edge (2002)
33. Shawn Michaels v. Vader - WWF Title (1996)
32. Heavenly Bodies v. Steiner Brothers - Tag Team Titles (1993)
31. Brock Lesnar v. The Rock - Undisputed Title (2002)
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4* (21)

30. Brock Lesnar v. HHH (2012) ****
29. Rob Van Dam v. Jeff Hardy - Ladder Match - Hardcore Title (2001)
28. Hulk Hogan v. Shawn Michaels (2005)
27. Chris Jericho v. John Cena - WWE Title (2005)
26. Randy Savage v. Ultimate Warrior - WWF Title (1992)
25. Randy Orton v. Chris Benoit - World Heavyweight Title (2004) ***
24. Ultimate Warrior v. Rick Rude - IC Title (1989) ***
23. John Cena v. Batista (2008)
22. Chris Benoit v. Chris Jericho - 2/3 Falls (2000)
21. Chris Benoit v. Rob Van Dam - IC Title (2002)
20. CM Punk v. John Cena/CM Punk v. Alberto Del Rio - WWE Title - (2011)
19. Dolph Ziggler v. Rey Mysterio - IC Title (2009)
18. Rock v. HHH - Ladder Match - IC Title (1998) ***
17. HHH v. Mankind - Steel Cage (1997) ***
16. Randy Orton v. John Cena - WWE Title (2007) ***
15. CM Punk v. Jeff Hardy - Ladder Match - World Heavyweight Title (2009) ***
14. Edge v. Undertaker - Hell in a Cell (2008) ***
13. Mick Foley v. Ric Flair - I Quit (2006) ***
12. Brock Lesnar v. Kurt Angle - WWE Title (2003) ***
11. Bret Hart v. Doink/Bret Hart v.Jerry Lawler (1993) ***
10. Bret Hart v. Mr. Perfect - IC Title (1991) ***
9. Rey Mysterio v. Eddy Guerrero - Ladder Match for Custody of a Human Being (2005)***
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4.5* (7)

8. Christian v. Randy Orton - No Holds Barred - World Heavyweight Title (2011)***
7. TLC 1 (2000)***
6. Bret Hart v. Owen Hart - Steel Cage Match - WWF Title (1994)***
5. Kurt Angle v. Rey Mysterio (2002)
4. Shawn Michaels v. Razor Ramon - Ladder Match - IC Title (1995)***
3. Bret Hart v. British Bulldog - IC Title (1992)***
2. Steve Austin v. Kurt Angle - WWF Title (2001)***
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5* (1)

1. Shawn Michaels v. HHH - Unsanctioned Match (2002)***

Wednesday, August 17, 1988

EVERY SUMMERSLAM MATCH EVER

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