Feuds

[Papacita 0]

One thing that's really annoyed me about the WWE over the last few years is their handling of feuds. Lots of times, they'll focus on the wrong issues, and there rarely seems to be a clear and decisive winner of the feud. In fact, with the exception of the Angle/Edge feud (which was based on hair and A DAMN T-SHIRT), I can't think of one other feud since 99 that actually had a clear winner.

 

Can you?

 

Also, which do you think was the last well-executed feud that the WWE/F has done in the last 5 years?

[Shanghai Kid 0]

It's been a while since I've seen a good feud from the WWE.

 

Rock/Mankind from 98-early 99 stands out as maybe the best feud during the attitude era, that along with Cactus Jack/HHH from early 2000.

 

Feuds now a day are pointless. Two guys will do all this crap to each other, and then when one of them turns face they magically forget all of it and end up teaming together to take down a greater force. Take for example the Rock and Hulk Hogan. We were supposed to buy them as friends right after they got done fighting. Sure I can imagine them standing around at Smackdown having a conversation right now.

 

Rock- "Man, I'm glad we're teaming together, hey remember that time you ran me over with that truck"?

 

Hogan-" Good times man".

[Guest Real F'n Show]

Benoit vs. Jericho was a great feud IMO. And the clear winner was Jericho when he defeated Benoit in the ladder match at Royal Rumble. Great series of matches from those two as can be expected.

[Guest Goodear]

See I wouldn't even say the Angle-Edge feud had a real winner since Angle went on to bigger things than Edge ever did even after losing. The days of guys losing a feud and the result changing their card position is darn near over unfortunately, so you can lose constantly and still be in the exact same position where you left off. You don't have people climbing up the card, losing in a feud and moving back down again like they would during the Hogan era where new monsters were always coming in, losing to Hoagn, and then moving back down.

 

PS: Last feud where a guy CLEARLY lost would have to be the A-Train/Benoit feud which was led in by the Rhyno/Benoit feud that also went one very clear direction of who the winner and loser was.

[OldSchoolWrestling 0]

I think the Eddie/Chavo feud had a clear winner. The only problem with that is is that they both went into a program with a champion. Eddie to the world title, Chavo to the Cruiserweight title.

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The genius behind every HHH fued is that while the face gets constantly downgraded and abused, he never really gets revenge. A prime example of this is Austin vs. HHH. After months of feuding Austin finally gets... to team up with his enemy all because he wants "insurance"?!

 

Good example of a fued an how it helped both guys: Angle vs. Brock. Angle was in a rut as a main event talent who never got the main event seat. Brock needed an opponent who not only worked the same syle as him, but also was willing to give a little. It had a beginning (Angle wins the title, then refuses to give Brock a shot), middle (Brock wins the title, becomes friend with Angle, then betrays him) and end (Angle's team defeats Lesnar's team at Survivor Series.

[Mole 0]

I think the Eddie/Chavo feud had a clear winner. The only problem with that is is that they both went into a program with a champion. Eddie to the world title, Chavo to the Cruiserweight title.

Yes, that feud finished perfectly IMO.

 

Eddie was mugged in the bathroom, so Rey decided to beat on Chavo.

[Austin3164life 0]

The last decisive feud with a clear winner was Angle/Cena. Cena came out and showed him complete lack of respect, followed by a series of horrible parody scenes with the mini-Angle and "thugged out" Angle. However, it should be noted that Angle beat Cena by submission clean, and they haven't rekindled the feud since.

[Papacita 0]

I dunno if I'd call Angle/Cena a real feud. You got the sense that they didn't like one another (which is pretty much universal in all WWE programs), but really, it only came down to one match, and after No Mercy (although they continued to play up animosity between the two into Survivor Series) it was pretty much the end of the issue. It seemed like more of a side thing between the Brock/Angle feud rather than an actual feud in itself.

[razazteca 0]

Test vs Steiner with the winner being Stacy since she likes gurlz.

 

HHH vs HBK with the winner being Ric Flair marks.

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Good example of a fued an how it helped both guys: Angle vs. Brock. Angle was in a rut as a main event talent who never got the main event seat. Brock needed an opponent who not only worked the same syle as him, but also was willing to give a little. It had a beginning (Angle wins the title, then refuses to give Brock a shot), middle (Brock wins the title, becomes friend with Angle, then betrays him) and end (Angle's team defeats Lesnar's team at Survivor Series.

NEVER try to claim that Angle/Brock feud was even decent again.

 

Worst feud of 2003 in the WWE, just because it never, ever got good and it just KEPT GOING.

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Rocky-Jericho from the forgotten era of the WWE, Invasion.

 

The fued was built on a Jericho mistake. Then it was about Jericho's choking tendencies. Finally it became about Jericho needing to prove his first win wasn't a fluke. It was all about Jericho proving himself against the very best, Rocky himself.

Obviously when Jerihco got chumped by HHH & Austin after Royal Rumble 2002, most of Jericho-Rocky was forgotten, but I remember.

[JoeDirt 0]

There are few very good feuds anymore. It seems like it's just "programs" these days. Work with this guy for a month, then forget it and move on, etc, etc. I mean, this build for Wrestlemania will be the longest build for several matches in a while - and what is it, 6 weeks?

[Papacita 0]

Rocky-Jericho from the forgotten era of the WWE, Invasion.

 

The fued was built on a Jericho mistake. Then it was about Jericho's choking tendencies. Finally it became about Jericho needing to prove his first win wasn't a fluke. It was all about Jericho proving himself against the very best, Rocky himself.

Obviously when Jerihco got chumped by HHH & Austin after Royal Rumble 2002, most of Jericho-Rocky was forgotten, but I remember.

Only thing about Rock/Jericho was that the Rumble finish didn't really settle anything. Rock never got his revenge on Jericho, and Chris was never able to prove that he wasn't a joke, because his last win was an even bigger fluke than the first. And neither of them really made an issue of it afterwards...they pretty much just forgot about one another. Again, there was no clear winner or loser.