PWD 406*: Meltzer Makes Many "Manly" Marks Mad

[Sanshou Kid]

Miz

Hardly surprising, that was a very forgettable 'Mania overall.

bret vs yoko at WM X is too low imo.

Oh yeah? Where would you put that one? I don't care for that match at all, really, was a very slow and uninteresting match, I feel.

More ass!

 

[SocraticMethod]

Reigns will not headline another Mania. That would be 3 in a row. IIRC only Cena, Rock and Hogan have done that.

And he got booed out of the building while dastardly heels got cheered both times. At the risk of sounding repetitive, he doesn't deserve to be hung out to dry like that again.

 

[SocraticMethod]

You're right, I forgot about 4. And yeah, 9 is a touchy one.

Rock also headlined 28 and 29, no?

Edit: HHH has a fair few Mania main events, too.

16, 18, 20, 22, 25 and 32.

If Hogan headlined 9, then Rollins headlines 31.

 

[Sanshou Kid]

If Hogan headlined 9, then Rollins headlines 31.

How many PPVs had unannounced headline matches, I wonder.

Bash At The Beach 2000 is one off the top of my head, with the Booker/Jarrett match in the wake of the whole Jarrett/Hogan/Russo debacle.

 

[Count Zero]

Let the debating begin:

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[moonwolf]

Hardly surprising, that was a very forgettable 'Mania overall.



Oh yeah? Where would you put that one? I don't care for that match at all, really, was a very slow and uninteresting match, I feel.

More ass!

I liked the match but the story is what made it. Bret had already wrestled a solid match against his own brother earlier that night, underdog/ david vs goliath, revenge for the previous loss at WM 9, and the locker room coming out to celebrate.

 

[SocraticMethod]

https://www.sporcle.com/games/RKOLEGACY0/wrestlers-with-the-most-wrestlemania-main-events

Might be a laugh.

Edit, got 100% with 2:47 left on the clock.

Edit 2: http://screenertv.com/television/wwe-wrestlemania-ranking-all-30-main-events-from-worst-to-best/ agree, disagree?

Why wasn't Andre an acceptable answer? He headlined WM 3 with Hogan. I call shenanigans on this entire endeavor.

 

[SocraticMethod]

Miz

I missed Edge and Bam Bam, which was weird because I got LT (was thinking he wrestled Bundy for some reason - had I looked and seen Bundy listed with 1, maybe I would have realized).

 

[Sanshou Kid]

Why wasn't Andre an acceptable answer? He headlined WM 3 with Hogan. I call shenanigans on this entire endeavor.

Yeah, that puzzled me, too.

 

[BotchMan]

Who did you miss?



I was surprised to see Bret/Shawn so high up, honestly.

That list has Shawn at six but he only main vented five.
12, 14, 20, 23, 26
Bret had 9, 10, 12

 

[Sanshou Kid]

I liked the match but the story is what made it. Bret had already wrestled a solid match against his own brother earlier that night, underdog/ david vs goliath, revenge for the previous loss at WM 9, and the locker room coming out to celebrate.

I think it would have been better if Yokozuna hadn't already wrestled Luger. I still don't get that booking, lol. Just have Bret and Luger wrestle then have the winner face Yokozuna, surely!?

I know we wouldn't have gotten Bret/Owen, but still.

Also, state of your locker room in 1994! Tatanka, 1-2-3 Kid and fucking Sparky Plugg.

 

[SocraticMethod]

Yeah, that puzzled me, too.

I kept putting it in thinking I had spelled it wrong or some nonsense.

That list did give Rollins 1, btw.

 

[SocraticMethod]

I think it would have been better if Yokozuna hadn't already wrestled Luger. I still don't get that booking, lol. Just have Bret and Luger wrestle then have the winner face Yokozuna, surely!?

I know we wouldn't have gotten Bret/Owen, but still.

Also, state of your locker room in 1994! Tatanka, 1-2-3 Kid and fucking Sparky Plugg.

I think it makes sense because by co-winning the Rumble each guy earned a title shot, not an extra match to earn a title shot. Not saying it was good booking, but I do see the thought process behind it.

I was taking my first break from wrestling at this point so I didn't see this until years later. That Bret/Owen match is so good. Owen carrying his clunky brother once again

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

I think it would have been better if Yokozuna hadn't already wrestled Luger. I still don't get that booking, lol. Just have Bret and Luger wrestle then have the winner face Yokozuna, surely!?

I know we wouldn't have gotten Bret/Owen, but still.

Also, state of your locker room in 1994! Tatanka, 1-2-3 Kid and fucking Sparky Plugg.

Hard times dadeh

 

[Sanshou Kid]

I kept putting it in thinking I had spelled it wrong or some nonsense.

That list did give Rollins 1, btw.

Yeah, that threw me.

I do like Sporcle, though, some good wrestling quizzes on there.

 

[SocraticMethod]

I know it's up for debate, but I consider each WM to have only one true main event, and it's the match that goes on last (on the broadcast, at least, if there was some dark match after the main event in the early days, I wouldn't count that). So WM 18, as awesome as Hogan/Rock was, I don't consider it the main event (Trips/Jericho was). WM 8, I don't consider Savage/Flair as the main event, Hogan/Sid was. That's just my opinion, I'm sure others disagree.

Unrelated: I make fucking great scrambled eggs.

 

[moonwolf]

I think it would have been better if Yokozuna hadn't already wrestled Luger. I still don't get that booking, lol. Just have Bret and Luger wrestle then have the winner face Yokozuna, surely!?

I know we wouldn't have gotten Bret/Owen, but still.

Also, state of your locker room in 1994! Tatanka, 1-2-3 Kid and fucking Sparky Plugg.

the drama of bret reluctantly wrestling (and losing to) owen is a better story than bret vs luger. owen's promos leading up to WMX had you legit thinking that he hated Bret. WM X would have been fine with Luger off the card. Mr. Fuji could easily have made the stipulation 'in orduh to face myyyyyyyyyy Yokozuna, you must first face your bluthuh!'

 

[SocraticMethod]

That WM list was surprising. Usually on those lists Hogan/Bundy is considered one of the worst, and they have it as 6th best. Interesting.

 

[Max Power]

Gawd... how did you guys get talking about this again?

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

Gawd... how did you guys get talking about this again?

Frank asked how long KO would hold the title and it budded from there