What matches do you rate *****?

[Guest Metallica]

Owen Vs Bulldog - European Championship finals, Germany 97

 

Bret Vs Bulldog, Summerslam 92, December 95 IYH.

 

Shawn Vs Double J, July 95 IYH

 

Owen Vs Bret, WMX, SummerSlam 94.

 

Chris Jericho Vs Benoit, RR2001.

 

Taker Vs Michaels, Badd Blood 97

 

Canadian Stampede main event

 

Bret Vs Austin, WM13.

 

Austin Vs Rock, WM17.

 

HBK Vs Foley, September 96

[Guest]

rvd/lynn matches were all spotty garbage.  Your all just rvd marks looking for another way to suck his dick

[Guest Coffin Surfer]

"rvd/lynn matches were all spotty garbage.  Your all just rvd marks looking for another way to suck his dick "

 

While I wouldn't say it that harshly you are right and wrong.  RVD/Lynn should have been fast and spotty.  Instead it was just garbage.

 

These two guys should have spotted like luchadores.  Instead they operated at a sluggish pace, doing some bad mat wrestling, weak brawling(RVD stiff, my ass), some laying around, a cool spot or two, and way to much countering(esp. RVD, I don't think Lynn got a move in, during the HH match).

 

RVD does crack me up in the Hardcore Heaven match.  When Lynn knocks himself out after taking a bump wrong, RVD just walks around and has no clue what to do.  He could have at least put Lynn in a resthold or anything. Instead he breaks character, knells beside the ailing Lynn, and obviously asks him what he should do next. His answer, confuses RVD who sets up a chair, folds up a chair, then gently lifts Lynn in the ring like a concerned mother, then takes him out, and throws him in the audience.  Than RVD gets in the ring and lays around.  Funny Stuff.  But not a ***** match.  This is just my opinion and you can think what you want.

[Guest]

not to many Register a five star but here they are

 

RVD/Lynn Hardcore Heaven 99'

RVD/Lynn Living Dangerously 99'

HBK/Razor Summerslam 1995

HBK/Foley Mind Games 1996

 

Thats aboot it heres some 4 and 4 and a half matches

RVD/Jericho (Unforgiven) i think

Jeff Hardy/RVD (Summmerslam 2001)

HBK/Razor (Summerslam 95)

Flair/Steamboat 2 out of 3 falls

[Guest DebilitatorX]

I rate quite a few matches *****. I rate based on workrate, the story told, the heat, and whether or not the psychology is sound. I don't think a ***** match necessarily has to have perfect psychology, just sound psychology.

[Guest Zero_Cool]

I have a few

 

WWF

-Michaels/Mankind from Mind Games

-Benoit/Austin from Smackdown

 

WCW

-Ultimo Dragon/Dean Malenko from Starcade 96.

[Guest KOR420]

RVD/Bigelow

Austin/Hart WMXIII

RVD/Sabu stretcher match

[Guest muzanisa]

Bret Henning summerslam 91

Bret Owen WM 10

Fleisch Williams Revival 2002

 

Others that deserve it I haven't always seen live so have some idea of the outcome before the match which kills some of the heat. Flair Steamboat and Dynamite Kid Tiger Mask come to mind. Also Steiners against Sting/Luger. I think for it to be a five star you must watch it live and have no idea you are about to watch a classic. Expectation can kill a match.

RVD Lynn matches are great but everyone I've seen has been after hearing how great they are same with Sabu/Cactus Jack so that when you see the match you're sitting down expecting to see the best match ever and it's always a let down.

When you're sitting there live thinking this should be good and two guys come out and blow you away that makes it a *****.

[Guest]

Most Flair/Steamboat matches are bomb as fuck. The Flair/Funk I quit match is incredibly bomb too.

 

the WWF has a pretty scarce amount of 5* match's maybe Owen/Bret WM X or Mankind/HBK. I think the HBK/Scott Hall ladder match's are overated.

 

RVD/Lynn at Hardcore Heavan was shite, not nearly as good as Living Dangerousely. Cause at Living Dangerousely no one had any hopes for the match to be anything more than passable to solid, or atleast I didnt. Hm... whatever.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

The closest match, in my eyes, to 5 stars in the Wwf would be hart/piper wm 8.  But that isnt 5 stars.  

 

I have yet to see a ***** matches.  The way I see it, a ***** match has to be above and beyond anything I have ever seen, nothing can equal it.  I havent seen that yet.

 

Rey vs Eddie HH97 blew me out of the water.  For wcw, that would be closest.

[Guest caboose]

the only matches that i consider ***** are

steamboat vs. savage-ic title WM3

bret vs. austin-submission match WM13

austin vs. rock-world title WM17

 

these for me are true five star matches simply because of the epic feel they had

[Guest]

Austin / Rock WMX7

I don't know how more people don't have this match on their list.  It was breathtaking live and it gets even better every time I watch the DVD.  

 

Warrior / Savage WM7

Royal Rumble Match 92

RVD / Jeff Hardy Ladder Match SummerSlam 01

Bret VS Owen WM10

TLC 1, SummerSlam 00

Angle VS Rock, No Mercy 00

HHH VS Benoit No Mercy 00

Flair VS Savage WM8

Hogan VS Savage WM5

[Guest AM The Kid]

Bret/Owen SummerSlam 1994

Bret/Owen Wrestlemania 10

Bret/Austin Wrestlemania 13

Bret/Micheals Wrestlemania 12

Benoit/Austin Smackdown

[Guest godthedog]

gee...i wonder who AM's favorite wrestler might be.

 

i personally think of a ***** match as a match that i can watch over & over again and never get sick of.  as it stands, the only match i love so much that i can STILL feel all the drama of it if i watch it tonight is the bret/owen cage match.  it just seems like it has this timeless quality & intensity to it, i don't know why.  other matches that previous posts have mentioned (bret/austin, the ladder match, flair/steamboat, etc.) come close & will always hold some special place in my heart, but i've watched them all too much & just don't seem so fresh anymore.  bret/owen at summerslam still has that freshness.

[Guest DebilitatorX]

Here is my list of matches that are in my **** 3/4 - ***** range:

 

Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect - SummerSlam 1991

Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - WrestleMania 13

Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - Survivor Series 1996

Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - WrestleMania X

Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - SummerSlam 1994

Bret Hart vs. The British Bulldog - SummerSlam 1992

Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania XII

Bret Hart vs. Undertaker - SummerSlam 1997

 

Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock - WrestleMania X-8

 

Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair - WrestleMania VIII

Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat - WrestleMania III

 

Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon - SummerSlam 1995

Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon - WrestleMania X

Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker - Badd Blood

Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel - Good Friends, Better Enemies

Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind - Mind Games

 

Steve Austin vs. The Rock - WrestleMania X-7

Steve Austin vs. HHH - No Way Out 2001

Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels - KOTR 1997

 

HHH vs. Chris Jericho - Fully Loaded 2000

HHH vs. Cactus Jack - Royal Rumble 2000

HHH vs. Cactus Jack - No Way Out 2000

HHH vs. The Rock - SummerSlam 1998

 

Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit - Royal Rumble 2001

 

Hardyz vs. Dudleyz vs. E&C - WrestleMania 2000

Hardyz vs. Dudleyz vs. E&C - TLC I

Hardyz vs. Dudleyz vs. E&C - TLC II

Hardyz vs. Dudleyz - Royal Rumble 2000

 

I can't really rate Royal Rumbles on the DUD-***** scale, but 1992, 2002, and 2001 stand out as being very well-executed in my book.