JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 Which year was your favorite and why? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Staravenger Report post Posted August 31, 2004 Other: I tend to really enjoy 1988 and 1989 WWF more. Match quality wasn't always something to brag about, but most of the stuff WWF/E produced back then wasn't bad. If I had to pick one on the list...hmm...1994 was a pretty good year thanks to Bret Hart being on top and having good matches with most of the people he worked with, and Vince was actually pushing new people like Diesel, Owen Hart, and even the 1-2-3 Kid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Australian Pride 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 I went for 2000, mainly because it had some incredible matches involving Rock/HHH and Benoit/Jericho. It was also the only time that the light-heavyweight title was even close to being a prominent part of the show, in particular at Backlash when Scotty/Malenko tore the house down. Too much McMahon's maybe, but i can forgive that. Close second to 1994, which was a great time to be a Bret Hart fan. He shone in big matches at the Royal Rumble, WM10, KOTR and Summerslam. The debut of the ladder match (with Razor/HBK) is also a 94 highlight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen Report post Posted August 31, 2004 1989 in the NWA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 1998 for the WWF 2000 for ECW 2000 Overall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 1998 1994 1997 2000 2002 in that order. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papacita 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 97, primarily due to the Hart Foundation storyline. 98 is right behind that. 96 was a pretty fun year between the Monday Night Wars and ECW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamoaRowe 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2004 2000 was an awesome year to be a wrestling fan. The WWF peaked that year, leading into WM X7 in early 2001. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fook Report post Posted August 31, 2004 In order of preference: 1) 2000 Just great storylines and wrestling by everyone all year round (especially when compared to the Russo era of 98-99). 2) 1997 Hart Foundation, DX, Austin. Need I say more? 3) 1994 Amazing feuds between Bret and Owen and HBK and Razor. Backlund's return was better than anyone could have imagined. Even Diesel's title win wasn't that bad at first (although it did destroy Backlund's credibility). It wasn't until after WM11 that business really started tanking with Nash as champ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 being that I watched so little WCW, I'd say 99. 1999 was a strong year for the WWF and set them up nicely for 2000, and everything went great till Invasion. Also with ECW on tv Fridays and me going to their live shows, I had a lot more fun with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Addy 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 A cross between '97 and '98. This when I was at the peak of my mark stage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 1997: Hart Foundation, Bret/Austin, DX, nWo, Sting, DDP, cruisers...etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rrrsh Report post Posted September 1, 2004 97, Greatest Angle and my favorite match. Perfect. For the record, 98 is second last on my list, next onl;y to 99. I hated Russo and all that Sportz Entertanemnt crap. Russo = Evil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HitmanHart Report post Posted September 6, 2004 For the WWF, it's 1997, then followed closely by 1994 (both of which were, conveniently, big Bret Hart years ). WCW was probably 1997 as well. The nWo gained it's prominence, and the Sting angle was awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted September 8, 2004 WCW: 1997 - NWO was at its peak and the midcard was solid workrate. WWF: 2000 - Good angles, good wrestling, and the funniest tag team ever (E/C) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bigm350 Report post Posted September 8, 2004 1997- Hart Foundation vs Austin; nuff said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest krazykat72 Report post Posted September 8, 2004 97, Greatest Angle and my favorite match. Perfect. For the record, 98 is second last on my list, next onl;y to 99. I hated Russo and all that Sportz Entertanemnt crap. Russo = Evil. That's funny considering he was a prominent member of the writing team in 1997. -Paul Jacobi- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCMaximo 0 Report post Posted September 8, 2004 1994 was the year I first started properly watching wrestling, and there were so many great matches that year I have to go for that- Bret/Owen at WM, Bret/Owen at Summerslam, HBK/Razor at WM, Nastys/Foley and Payne at Spring Stampede...great year for wrestling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rrrsh Report post Posted September 9, 2004 97, Greatest Angle and my favorite match. Perfect. For the record, 98 is second last on my list, next onl;y to 99. I hated Russo and all that Sportz Entertanemnt crap. Russo = Evil. That's funny considering he was a prominent member of the writing team in 1997. -Paul Jacobi- He was a member. He wasnt the booker HUGE diffrence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest krazykat72 Report post Posted September 9, 2004 97, Greatest Angle and my favorite match. Perfect. For the record, 98 is second last on my list, next onl;y to 99. I hated Russo and all that Sportz Entertanemnt crap. Russo = Evil. That's funny considering he was a prominent member of the writing team in 1997. -Paul Jacobi- He was a member. He wasnt the booker HUGE diffrence. He's never been the booker in WWF, ever. No matter who's on the team, it's been the same guy for the last 20 years. Vince McMahon. It starts and ends with him. Russo was a prominent member of the writing team from sometime in '96 (I believe that's when he started) until late '99. He was never the booker of anything until he went to WCW. -Paul Jacobi- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest krazykat72 Report post Posted September 9, 2004 I should add I waspointing this out because the person so grossly blamed '98 and '99 (two *much* more successful financial years ) on Russo while ignoring he was the same guy who was there in '97, his favorite year. Personally I though 2000 smoked almost all the other years. (which is Russo Free ) -Paul Jacobi- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted September 9, 2004 1997 WWF- Hart Foundation/Austin Feud, Origins of DX, Taker having the best matches of his career, the end of the cartoon gimmicks, 3 faces of Foley, Cornette's rants, the formation of the Rock character Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geniusMoment 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2004 My favorite year in wrestling ever was 1992. Ric Flair and Savage, Bret and Piper, Bret and Davey, the rise of HBK, the turn and comeback of Perfect, Flairs fantastic promos, Bobby Heenan having his best year ever as an announcer, the spectacle of 1992 Summerslam in England, Flair winning the best Rumble ever and finally Bret finally winning the world title. Simply put I do not think there will ever be a year like 1992 again. My second favorite year is 1997. The rise of stone cold steve austin, bret hart turning heel on the US after Mania, the formation of the new hart foundation, the ambulance angle with bret and austin, bret quitting the wwf after the rumble and austin cutting an awesome promo on him, the hot summer feud where one week the Harts were cheered in Canada and next week they would be jeered in the US, the awesome Canadian Stampede ppv, the realistic and never been done before shoot style promos pitting Bret against HBK, HBK leaving behind the passe pretty boy persona and developing the cutting edge DX attitude, WWE finally getting sexy with Sable, Sunny and Marlena, cursing and blood become part of the show, Mick Foley shows his real personality in a Jim Ross interview and developes into a strong character and of course the Montreal screwjob. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rrrsh Report post Posted September 16, 2004 97, Greatest Angle and my favorite match. Perfect. For the record, 98 is second last on my list, next onl;y to 99. I hated Russo and all that Sportz Entertanemnt crap. Russo = Evil. That's funny considering he was a prominent member of the writing team in 1997. -Paul Jacobi- He was a member. He wasnt the booker HUGE diffrence. He's never been the booker in WWF, ever. No matter who's on the team, it's been the same guy for the last 20 years. Vince McMahon. It starts and ends with him. Russo was a prominent member of the writing team from sometime in '96 (I believe that's when he started) until late '99. He was never the booker of anything until he went to WCW. -Paul Jacobi- Russo had a lot more creative control in 99 than any other year. By your argument, Stephanie and Paul Heyman right now have the same amount of power. Cmon now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Si82 0 Report post Posted September 16, 2004 WWF, 1997. Mainly for The Hart Foundation vs. Steve Austin. Just awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest krazykat72 Report post Posted September 16, 2004 -Paul Jacobi- Russo had a lot more creative control in 99 than any other year. By your argument, Stephanie and Paul Heyman right now have the same amount of power. Cmon now. I don't think you understand the argument. Stephanie is #2 (or #3 if you count HHH )in charge of creative. Dave Lagana is head of Smackdown's writing crew. Brian Gewirtz is head of Raw's. They report to Stephanie and she reports to Vince. Paul Heyman is a creative consultant, not a head writer. Obviously Stephanie has much more power and that's always been well known. Vince Russo was one of the head writers on RAW from (possibly late 1996) 1997-1999 (He left in September). Vince McMahon was still the top creative person then as he is now. There is no real evidence that Russo had more or less power in 1999 than he did in 1997. Therefore, if one is to blame him for 1998 and 1999 (and god knows he deserves some of it), than praise him for '97. But don;t forget the most blame/credit always goes to Vince. End of story. -Paul Jacobi- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geniusMoment 0 Report post Posted September 16, 2004 Vince Russo was a prominent member of the team starting in August of 1996. He was responsible for the more realistic approach, booking characters off of real life occurences. His favorite approach, the worked-shoot, or in other words, tell the truth about the little things so people will believe the big lie, was evident in the Hart-Austin feud. Where the WWF used Harts real life frustration with the WWF and made an angle out of it, Hart quitting after the Rumble. At the time this was called the judo approach. Russo was the main writer be Mania 13, and was responsible for the changes in the characters of Goldust and Mankind, with a sit down interview in which they would reveal themselves, only in character, once again an example of the worked-shoot, or telling the truth about little things so people will believe the big lie. Russo was also a big fan of the Hart-HBK promos where they would take real life problems and air them in a fake environment. Foleys first book mentions Russo as the lead writer during the summer of 97 if you do not believe me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BHK 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2004 1997. Anyone who doesn't think so is either delusional or lying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTID 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2004 Krazykat72 and geniusMoment are correct. Rrrsh, you clearly have no clue what you're talking about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest curry_man2002 Report post Posted September 22, 2004 2001 because thats the year i started to become a smark but i still had a bit of mark left in me so i didnt care about match quality then i just enjoyed the product it also is has the match i have watched more times than any in the rock vs austin @ mania it also had the best blend of action you had technical masterpieces in benoit vs angle but you also had hardcore beatings see crash ,raven,rvd,rhyno nowadays all you get are so called psycology matches witch in my book are boring as f@%k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
