Top Ten Matches in WWE in 2003...

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

For Worst or biggest disapointments.....hmm....

 

 

1.) Triple H vs. Scott Steiner (RR 03)

 

2.) Triple H vs. Scott Steiner (NWO 03)

 

3.) The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan II (NWO 03)

 

4.) Triple H vs. Kevin Nash (Judgment Day)

 

5.) Mr. America vs. Roddy Piper (Judgment Day)

 

6.) Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair

 

7.) Brock vs. Angle (Iron Man)

 

8.) Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho (WM Rematch)

 

9.) Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton (Unforgiven?)

 

10.) Elimination Chamber 2 (HHH WINS WOOO!)

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4. Ric Flair/HHH (5.19)

9. Triple H/RVD (Raw)

 

DAMN THOSE 2 MATCHES SUCKED.IT SEEMS LIKE IM THE ONLY ONE THAT THOUGHT THEY SUCKED.

I agree, and I'm a RVD whore...

 

1.Team Angle vs Beniot/Brock(NWO 2003)

 

2.HBK/Y2J(WM XIX)

 

3.TWGTT vs Los Guerreros(August,SD)

 

4.Team Angle vs Beniot/Edge(Jan,SD)

 

5.Beniot/Matt Hardy(June,Semi-Final)

 

6.Rey/Matt Hardy(WM Rematch)

 

7.Eddie/Tajiri vs TWGTT(JD Re-Match)

 

8.Kidman/Hardy(NWO 2003)

 

9.Taker/Angle(SD)

 

10.Eddie/Hardy(May)

 

What, no Orton?

[Ed Wood Caulfield 0]

Top 10 Favorite Matches of 2003:

 

1. Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XIX-March 30, 2003)

 

2. Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle (Royal Rumble 2003-January 19, 2003)

 

3. Team Austin (Booker T., Rob Van Damn, The Dudley Boyz & Shawn Michaels) vs. Team Bischoff (Christian, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Mark Henry & Scott Steiner) (Survivor Series 2003-November 16, 2003)

 

4. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock (WrestleMania XIX-March 30, 2003)

 

5. Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania XIX-March 30, 2003)

 

6. John Cena vs. Eddie Guerrero: Latino Street Fight (SmackDown! ???)

 

7. Matt Hardy vs. Rey Mysterio (SmackDown! June 4, 2003)

 

8. Ric Flair vs. Triple H (RAW!-May 19, 2003)

 

9. Vince McMahon vs. Hulk Hogan (WrestleMania XIX-March 30, 2003)

 

10. The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan (No Way Out 2003. I'm a Hogan mark. Besides, these are my FAVORITE matches of 2003.)

[The Mandarin 0]

What, no Orton?

OH NO! THE UNIVERSE IS GOING TO COLLAPSE ON ITSELF!

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

What, no Orton?

OH NO! THE UNIVERSE IS GOING TO COLLAPSE ON ITSELF!

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Someone praise ORton quick!

 

I totally forgot Team Austin v. Team Bischoff. DOH!

[Guest Besus]

What the hell was so good about HHH/Flair? It gets praised at every wwe forum I go to.

 

Man I think I need to download that match somewhere because I remembered the night I saw it and It wasn't good.Maybe if I watch it again I'll see why you like like HHH/Flair so much.

[Guest Ray]

What the hell was so good about HHH/Flair? It gets praised at every wwe forum I go to.

 

Man I think I need to download that match somewhere because I remembered the night I saw it and It wasn't good.Maybe if I watch it again I'll see why you like like HHH/Flair so much.

It has more to do with the emotional build to the match thoughout the show.

 

Flair refusing to lay down for HHH, Flair trying to go out and prove he still has it, Flair telling HHH to be at his best, etc...

[Styles 0]

Because Im bored... (haven't seen No Mercy btw)

1. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit (Royal Rumble)

2. Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit (Vengeance)

3. Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle (Summerslam)

4. Michaels vs. Jericho(Wrestlemania)

5. Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (Smackdown 9/18)

6. Lesnar vs. Show vs. Angle (Vengeance)

7. Team Austin vs. Team Bischoff (Survivor Series)

8. WGTT vs. Kidman/Mysterio (Vengeance)

9. Eddy/Tajiri vs. WGTT (Smackdown 5/29)

10. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle (Smackdown 9/4

 

8 from Smackdown, 2 from RAW...

 

Honorable mentions to:

-Rock vs. Austin (Wrestlemania)

-Angle vs. Lesnar (Wrestlemania)

-Mysterio vs. Hardy (Smackdown 6/5)

-RVD vs. Christian (RAW 9/29)

-Undertaker vs. John Cena (Vengeance)

Edited November 30, 2003 by Jeff Jarrett, God

[Tawren 0]

1. Angle vs Benoit, Royal Rumble (****3/4)

2. Rey and Kidman vs Haas and Benjamin, Vengeance (****1/2)

3. Benoit vs Guerrero, Vengeance (****1/4)

4. Angle vs Lesnar vs Big Show, Vengeance (****)

5. Angle and Haas and Benjamin vs Brock and Benoit, No Way Out (****)

6. Benoit vs Matt Hardy, Smackdown (***3/4)

7. Eddy and Tajiri vs Benjamin and Haas, Smackdown (***1/2)

8. Matt Hardy vs Rey Misterio, Smackdown [main event one] (***1/2)

9. Eddy and Tajiri vs Benjamin and Haas, Judgment Day (***1/4)

10. Eddy and Chavo vs Benjamin and Haas, Smackdown [iron man show] (***1/4)

 

Smackdown > Raw

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

What the hell was so good about HHH/Flair? It gets praised at every wwe forum I go to.

 

Man I think I need to download that match somewhere because I remembered the night I saw it and It wasn't good.Maybe if I watch it again I'll see why you like like HHH/Flair so much.

Like others say, it was more emotion than anything.

 

 

Who didn't mark out for Flair rakig the eyes, giving HHH a low blow AND hitting him with the title all in one string of attack.

 

For one brief moment (or the last part of the match) i believed Flair had a shot at winning the title.

[Guest BionicRedneck]

1. Angle vs Benoit, Royal Rumble (****3/4)

2. Rey and Kidman vs Haas and Benjamin, Vengeance (****1/2)

3. Benoit vs Guerrero, Vengeance (****1/4)

4. Angle vs Lesnar vs Big Show, Vengeance (****)

5. Angle and Haas and Benjamin vs Brock and Benoit, No Way Out (****)

6. Benoit vs Matt Hardy, Smackdown (***3/4)

7. Eddy and Tajiri vs Benjamin and Haas, Smackdown (***1/2)

8. Matt Hardy vs Rey Misterio, Smackdown [main event one] (***1/2)

9. Eddy and Tajiri vs Benjamin and Haas, Judgment Day (***1/4)

10. Eddy and Chavo vs Benjamin and Haas, Smackdown [iron man show] (***1/4)

 

Smackdown > Raw

WHAAA???

[Tawren 0]

1. Angle vs Benoit, Royal Rumble (****3/4)

2. Rey and Kidman vs Haas and Benjamin, Vengeance (****1/2)

3. Benoit vs Guerrero, Vengeance (****1/4)

4. Angle vs Lesnar vs Big Show, Vengeance (****)

5. Angle and Haas and Benjamin vs Brock and Benoit, No Way Out (****)

6. Benoit vs Matt Hardy, Smackdown (***3/4)

7. Eddy and Tajiri vs Benjamin and Haas, Smackdown (***1/2)

8. Matt Hardy vs Rey Misterio, Smackdown [main event one] (***1/2)

9. Eddy and Tajiri vs Benjamin and Haas, Judgment Day (***1/4)

10. Eddy and Chavo vs Benjamin and Haas, Smackdown [iron man show] (***1/4)

 

Smackdown > Raw

WHAAA???

What? Excellent match, I felt.

[Guest BionicRedneck]

I guess we just have different ideas on what makes something excellent.

[Tawren 0]

Guess so. I thought it was a great 20 minutes that told a solid story and had lots of nice spots. And in as weak a year as 2003, it snuck up to near the top.

[Styles 0]

I thought it was excellent too and had it at ****, 6th on my list.

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

1. Shawn Michaels/Chris Jericho - WrestleMania

2. Kurt Angle/Chris Benoit - Royal Rumble

3. Brock Lesnar/Kurt Angle - WrestleMania

4. WGTT/Filthy Animals - Vengeance

5. Undertaker/Kurt Angle - SmackDown

6. Team Austin/Team Bischoff - Survivor Series

7. Eddie Guerrero/Chris Benoit - Vengeance

8. Triple H/Ric Flair - RAW

9. The Rock/Steve Austin - WrestleMania

10. Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle - SmackDown

[Downhome 0]

I'd just like to add that I loved that match also, it really shocked me. I wasn't expecting myself to love it as much as I did.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

2. Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker- Smackdown

 

I really wanted to put this on, but I really can't say that I enjoyed it more than Matt/Benoit. It is certainly a very good match, and #11 on my list.

 

Smackdown > Raw

 

It certainly is in terms of talent. Of the top ten wrestlers in WWE, only one (Jericho) is on RAW.

[TheBostonStrangler 0]

1) Angle/Benoit @ Royal Rumble

2) WGTT vs. Rey/Kidman @ Vengeance

3) Benoit vs. Guerrero @ Vengeance

4) HBK vs. Jericho @ WM XIX

5) Angle vs. Lesnar @ WM XIX

6) Angle vs. Lesnar vs. Show @ Vengeance

7) Team Austin vs. Team Bischoff @ SurSer

8) Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker @ Smackdown

9) HHH vs. Ric Flair @ RAW

10) John Cena vs. Kurt Angle @ No Mercy

[Aero 0]

1. Angle vs. Benoit (Royal Rumble)

2. HBK vs. Jericho (WM XIX)

3. Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero (Vengeance)

4. TWGTT vs. Mysterio & Kidman (Vengeance)

5. Team Austin vs. Team Bischoff (Survivor Series)

6. Steve Austin vs. The Rock (WM XIX)

7. Brock vs. Angle (WM XIX)

8. Brock vs. Big Show vs. Angle (Vengeance)

9. Undertaker vs. Angle (Smackdown)

10. Angle vs. Cena (No Mercy)

[Guest Max Peter David]

9 & 10.) Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri vs. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin (Two consecutive SD! episodes after Judgment Day.)

8.) Team Austin vs. Team Bischoff (Survivor Series)

7.) Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show (Vengeance)

6.) Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero (Vengeance)

5.) Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho (Wrestlemania)

4.) Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (Iron Man Match)

3.) Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle (Wrestlemania)

2.) Rey Mysterio and Kidman vs. Charllie Haas and Shelton Banjamin (Vengeance)

1.) Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle (Royal Rumble)

[Guest Choken One]

I like to point out that only 3 matches hit **** this year for me...

 

As for the high ranking of the flair/hhh match...it's primarily for the emotional connection...that gave it the edge over the other matches below it.

 

 

Also Like to make a change...

 

Matt/Benoit to replace Eddy/Cena.

[Guest unleashedfury]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Lesnar/Big Show streatcher match @Judgment Day.That match although not technical or anything was the most entertaining match in 2003.Watching Brock throw around the 500 pounder is ALWAYS a treat.

[Guest Choken One]

It was a good match since everyone pretty much went ahead and said it would suck before it happened.

 

I gave it ** on a "wrestling" scale but the match aura and funness brought to ***.

[Tawren 0]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Lesnar/Big Show streatcher match @Judgment Day.That match although not technical or anything was the most entertaining match in 2003.Watching Brock throw around the 500 pounder is ALWAYS a treat.

You liked it, OK, I can deal with that, but "the most entertaining match in 2003"?

[Guest unleashedfury]

When you watch a match between two monsters,and expect absolutely nothing.and then watch some crazy shit like the flying of the forklift,running like a madman,and then giving the GREATEST vertical suplex I've ever seen.The fact that Brock brought the best match in Big Show's career because of his speed,power,bumping and selling to show's moves.Hell he brought phsychology in a big show match in the first 13 minutes before the creative finish has succeeded in keeping the fans into a 16 minute Big Show match! now compare that to Show/Angle streetfight that was only 8 minutes and all angle did is punching,using chair shots and NOT selling for a 500 pounder monster which just shows you how stupid Angle is in the ring.

 

It's a shame how people miss the little things and they overlook those matches because it doesn't envolve "Benoit or Angle" as none of them managed to have a match that good with Show.but that's OK,no one has the physical charisma that Lesnar has.

Edited November 30, 2003 by unleashedfury

[Tawren 0]

It's a shame how people miss the little things and they overlook those matches because it doesn't envolve "Benoit or Angle" as none of them managed to have a match that good with Show.but that's OK,no one has the physical charisma that Lesnar has.

I "overlooked" it because I hated it. It was just a real slow, plodding brawl with a couple highspots tossed in. Benoit and Angle had nothing to do with this.

[Damaramu 0]

You liked it, OK, I can deal with that, but "the most entertaining match in 2003"?

 

When you watch a match between two monsters,and expect absolutely nothing.and then watch some crazy shit like the flying of the forklift,running like a madman,and then giving the GREATEST vertical suplex I've ever seen.The fact that Brock brought the best match in Big Show's career because of his speed,power,bumping and selling to show's moves.Hell he brought phsychology in a big show match in the first 13 minutes before the creative finish has succeeded in keeping the fans into a 16 minute Big Show match!

 

It's a shame how people miss the little things and they overlook those matches because it doesn't envolve "Benoit or Angle" as none of them managed to have a match that good with Show.but that's OK,no one has the physical charisma that Lesnar has.

I'm pretty sure people don't overlook a match because it doesn't involve Benoit/Angle. Did you notice how the Number 1 and 2 spots on most lists were a toss up between Angle/Benoit and HBK/Jericho? Wow...HBK/Jericho didn't involve Angle or Benoit!

 

With that being said I will say that Angle/Benoit from RR03 is miles ahead of everything. Although I will vote HBK/Jericho as 2.

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Top 5 cause-this-year-wasn't-good-enough-for-10

 

1. Benoit vs. Angle RR03 - the pinnacle of its form (that being the WWE workrate intensive style). It was mainly style over substance, and I usually hate that (at least, in the "ratings" sense), but it was such a high calibre of work that it fucking ruled. Every move was crisp and clean and the flow was superb. The work was SMART and they manipulated the crowd to perfection (sleeper spot to put heat on benoit, double knockdown to get the crowd chanting along with the ref, reversals into the BIG German Flip spot, all being capped off with Benoit's HUGE swandive). In terms of technique, I haven't seen anything better this year. A 10 for sure on that scale with a medium degree of difficulty. I'm sure you could pull something out of it in terms of story and substance to help prop it up, but in this case of extreme technical excellence, it doesn't bother me.

 

2. Taker vs. Angle SMACKdown - I wish I had taped this. This wasn't even _that_ great, maybe **** if I were feeling generous, but I still dug the shit out of it. Taker was definitely feelin it and Angle was willing to go along for the ride. The screwy finish and horrible (but still appreciated) triangle choke take this down a notch, but they did some really fun stuff in it that made it stand out and above the normal crap they do. It didn't seem like the typical WWE-style match and the pacing was slow(er) than usual. Each move had a purpose (Angle going down from a single punch I liked a lot), Taker was definitely fearing the ankle lock, and there was a noticable difference in styles - rather than 2 guys doin the same thing (in contrast to #1 on the list )

 

3. Guerrero/Tajiri vs. Team Angle - they had 2 really good matches, so either one can go here. Eddie was definitely kickin it up a notch as he started to bust out his funky lucha moves and the crowd responded very well to it. The cheating at the end and the crowd going NUTS really puts this above most of the class. Tajiri is always good and Benny and Charlie make good straight-men to Eddies cheatin ways. Wish I taped these as well. I'd slap these with ***3/4, maybe 4 if I took a few hits from the "Lesnar/Angle" bong.

 

4. Team Angle vs. Rey/Billy - it's a half-hearted pick, I wasn't feelin it as I had hoped. Still, some crazy stuff that makes me shed a tear knowing that the bashams are the tag champs. Great crowd heat, nifty finish, cool spots... Probably in the upper ***-**** range.

 

5. Um... err... um.... uh... Taker vs. Albert/Big Show WM 17... I dunno. Best match at WM 19, and so many people put HBK/Jericho and Lesnar/Angle from that event in their top 10 that this should at least be mentioned . Smart, smart work. **1/2

[Damaramu 0]

Taker usually does work smart. He's a good worker....except when he feels like no selling and squashing.....then we get trouble.