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Favorite rivalry?

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Benoit/Booker T best of 7 for the US title was great too

one of my personal favorites is the Booker T/Benoit rivalry during their Best of 7 series. The rivalry wasn't so much based off a heel vs face, but rather competition. It was pretty refreshing and the in ring work was top shelf

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Agreed. This rivalry is seriously underrated. It carried over from WCW to WWE.

 
Smigg/Bubba.

Totally beat me to it


Also

A bit of the old ultra violence vs viva la gonzaga (I think). It culminated in a loser drinks their own piss match over machida-shogun
 
but for wrestling

SCSA/Rock
Jericho/HBK
Raven/Dreamer
 
but for wrestling

SCSA/Rock
Jericho/HBK
Raven/Dreamer

Yes in particular the 08 Jericho/HBK fued which was perhaps the most layered, multidimensional rivalry/storyline in a long time. To think it all started at WM when HBK 'retired' Flair which upset Batista which create the HBK/Jericho/Batista triangle from Backlash to One Night Stand.

The eventual Jericho heel turn and calling out HBK hypocrisy for faking an injury in the Batista match to Jericho hitting HBK's wife at Summerslam to the unsanctioned match at Unforgiven to the blowoff ladder match at No mercy for the World Title.

So many layers, so much emotion, a true blood-feud which is missing in today's product. The 03 HBK/Jericho storyline was great with Jericho taking on a idol of his and wanting to surpass him.
 
Chris Adams/Kevin Von Erich
Freebirds/Von Erichs
Sting/Flair
Fantastics/Midnight Express
 
Austin vs Rock

Rock vs HHH

So much intensity in both of those feuds.

And with Rock vs HHH it just seemed like their characters were ALWAYS competing for the same spot and they had true disdain for each other.

Mankind vs Undertaker feud was always so crazy for me as a youngster, and I'm talking about the brown attire Mankind..

Chris Jericho worked great with HHH aswell.. mix in all of the Stephanie insults over the years and it was hard not to recognize how perfectly those three worked with eachother.
 
Smigg/Bubba.

Well, in the grand scheme of things, that's like Foghorn Leghorn and the Chickenhawk (not the legendary poster in these threads, the cartoon one).

Not a fued, merely a nuisance.
 
Not necessarily my favorite as thats hard to pick but one of the funniest for me was Mr. Ass vs the Rock.

Having his ass rubbed with the people's poison ivy and the kiss my ass match was hilarious.
 
Millionaire's Club vs The New Blood(jk jk but it did have potential until WCW WCW'd)

My favorites would have to be Kane vs Taker and Sting vs the NWO in 1997.
 
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