Greatest WWF Matches of the 80's

[AboveAverage484 0]

Forgive me if this has already been posted, but I found this on DVDR and thought it to be quite possibly the coolest thing ever.

 

Basically, the fellas at DVDR decided that since they already had the top matches of the 90's, they would put together a top matches of the 80's list too. How they do it, however, is way better than the last method used for the 90's (users sending in their top 20 lists).

 

This time they are having posters nominate matches, 100 matches are chosen by the DVDR braintrust. Those matches are then recorded to DVD and sent out to voluntary posters who then proceed to watch ALL 100 MATCHES, before deciding on their own top 20. The votes are then tabulated and the list made. I was quite impressed. So far, here are the 100 matches nominated (with link to source):

 

http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.php?showtopic=40899

Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage (3/29/87 Wrestlemania 3)

Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage (4/2/89 Wrestlemania 5)

Brainbusters vs. Hart Foundation (8/28/89 SummerSlam 89)

Sgt. Slaughter vs The Iron Sheik (Boot Camp Match 6/16/84 MSG)

Dynamite Kid vs Bret Hart (9/14/85 Capital Center)

Adrian Adonis/Dick Murdoch vs The Brisco Brothers (12/28/84 MSG)

Strike Force/British Bulldogs/Rougeau Brothers/Young Stallions/Killer Bees vs Hart Foundation/Islanders/Bolsheviks/Demolition/New Dream Team (11/26/87 Survivor Series)

Powers of Pain/Hart Foundation/British Bulldogs/Young Stallions/Rockers vs Demolition/Conquistadors/Brainbusters/Rougeau Brothers/Bolsheviks (11/24/88 Survivor Series)

Dream Team vs Ricky Steamboat/Tito Santana (4/21/85 Maple Leaf Gardens)

Ricky Steamboat vs Bob Orton Jr. (7/20/85 Capital Center)

Ricky Steamboat vs. Jake Roberts Snake Pit Match (Big Event 8/28/86)

Ultimate Warrior vs Rick Rude (8/28/89 Summerslam)

Bob Backlund vs. Hulk Hogan (4/8/80 Philadelphia)

Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko (4/8/80 Philadelphia)

Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko (4/21/80 MSG)

Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter (10/20/80 MSG)

Ken Patera vs. Pat Patterson (12/29/80 MSG)

Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter (1/10/81 Philadelphia)

Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter (3/21/81 Philadelphia)

Sgt. Slaughter vs. Rick McGraw (6/20/81 Philadelphia)

Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen Cage Match (06/06/81 MSG)

Rockers vs. Rougeau Brothers (10/13/89 Paris)

Bret Hart vs. Randy Savage (SNME 11/11/1987)

Ted DiBiase vs. Randy Savage Cage Match (07/22/88 MSG)

Rockers vs. Brainbusters (3/89 SNME)

Magnificent Muraco vs. Pedro Morales (11/23/81 MSG)

Hulk Hogan vs. "Dr. D" David Shultz (6/17/84 Minneapolis)

Tito Santana © vs. Paul Orndorff (9/1/84 St. Louis - Best of WWF Vol. 2)

Bret Hart vs. Ted DiBiase (3/89 Odessa, Texas - Prime Time & Best of WWF Vol. 19)

Rick Rude vs. Roddy Piper Cage Match (12/28/89 MSG)

Tim Horner vs Barry Horowitz (12/30/88 MSG)

Blue Angel (Owen Hart) vs Barry Horowitz (8/13/88 LA Sports Arena)

Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan (11/14/81 Philadelphia)

Hulk Hogan vs. Iron Sheik (5/5/84 Philadelphia)

Hulk Hogan vs. Magnificent Muraco (5/20/85 MSG)

Hulk Hogan vs. Magnificent Muraco (6/21/85 MSG)

Hulk Hogan vs. Nikolai Volkoff (10/3/85 SNME)

Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage (1/27/86 MSG)

Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage Lumberjack Match (2/17/86 MSG)

Ricky Steamboat vs. Bret Hart (3/8/86 Boston)

Randy Savage vs. Tito Santana (3/16/86 MSG)

Randy Savage vs. Tito Santana (4/22/86 MSG)

Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat (7/27/86 Toronto)

Jacques & Raymond Rougeau vs. Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) (9/22/86 MSG)

British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith) © vs. Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) (11/86 Boston)

Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff (1/3/87 SNME)

Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) vs. Killer Bees (Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell) (2/23/87 MSG)

Hulk Hogan vs. Ted DiBiase (3/12/88 Philadelphia)

Brainbusters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard) vs. Young Stallions (Jim Powers & Paul Roma) (11/6/88 Toronto)

Rick Rude vs. Tito Santana (2/11/89 Boston)

Hulk Hogan vs. Bad News Brown (3/89 SNME)

Hulk Hogan vs. Big Bossman (3/18/89 MSG)

Jake Roberts vs. Ted DiBiase (4/24/89 MSG)

Mr. Perfect vs. Ronnie Garvin (12/12/89 Nashville - Supertape)

Ken Patera vs. Pat Patterson (4/21/80 MSG)

Randy Savage vs Bad News Brown (Street Fight) (1/16/89 Hamilton)

Barry Windham vs Dick Murdoch (2/16/85 Philadelphia)

Bob Backlund vs Adrian Adonis (1/18/82 MSG)

Bob Backlund vs Adrian Adonis (3/28/82 Landover)

Sgt. Slaughter vs Paul Orndorff (6/2/84 Philadelphia)

Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff (7/7/84 Philadelphia)

Sgt. Slaughter vs Iron Sheik (5/21/84 MSG)

Hulk Hogan vs Bob Orton Jr. (5/12/87 Anaheim, Superstars aired 5/23/87)

Sgt. Slaughter vs Iron Sheik (5/19/84 Landover)

Greg Valentine vs Ricky Steamboat (6/21/85 MSG)

Tito Santana vs Ron Bass (8/22/87 MSG)

Honky Tonk Man vs Ricky Steamboat (8/22/87 MSG)

Glamour Girls vs Jumping Bomb Angels (11/24/87 MSG)

Jake Roberts vs Ted DiBiase (4/24/89 MSG)

Greg Valentine vs Ron Garvin (9/30/89 MSG)

Fabulous Rougeau Bros. vs Rockers (10/10/89 London Arena)

Bob Orton Jr. vs Mike Rotundo (12/1/84 Philadelphia)

Bret Hart vs Mr. Perfect (10/2/89 Wheeling, WV)

Bob Backlund vs Adrian Adonis (3/20/82 Philadelphia)

Johnny Rodz vs Kuniaki "Chin" Kobayashi (11/25/82 Philadelphia)

Iron Sheik vs Tito Santana (1/21/84 Philadelphia)

Bret Hart vs Bad News Brown (4/25/88 MSG)

Bruno Sammartino/Paul Orndorff vs Roddy Piper/Bob Orton Jr. (10/26/85 Philadelphia)

Ricky Steamboat vs Jake Roberts (8/9/86 Boston)

Tito Santana vs Bob Orton Jr. (8/9/86 Boston)

British Bulldogs vs Hart Foundation (9/23/85 MSG)

Tito Santana vs Butch Reed (5/12/87 Anaheim, aired Prime Time 5/12/87)

Ted DiBiase vs Jacques Rougeau (Rockford, IL 9/16/87, Aired Fall '87)

Johnny Rodz/Jose Estrada vs Tony Garea/Steve Travis (9/18/82 Philadelphia)

Les Thornton vs Mr. Wrestling II (3/2/85 Atlanta)

Don Muraco vs Jimmy Snuka (8/16/83 Philadelphia)

Bob Backlund vs Buddy Rose (11/25/82 Philadelphia)

Strike Force vs Islanders (10/3/87 Boston)

Mr. Perfect vs Ron Garvin (3/18/89 Boston)

Adrian Adonis/Dick Murdoch vs Sgt. Slaughter/Terry Daniels (7/23/84 MSG)

Ricky Steamboat/Junkyard Dog vs Don Muraco/Mr. Fuji (8/17/85 Landover)

Adrian Adonis/Dick Murdoch vs Mil Mascaras/S.D. Jones (Spring '84 St. Louis)

Adrian Adonis/Dick Murdoch vs Bob Backlund/Brian Blair (7/7/84 Philadelphia)

Bob Backlund vs Ivan Koloff (Philadelphia 6/4/83)

Roddy Piper/Bob Orton Jr. vs. Jimmy Snuka/Tony Atlas (1/12/85 Philadelphia)

Randy Savage vs Jake Roberts (11/15/86 Los Angeles, aired 11/29/86 SNME)

Dream Team vs. British Bulldogs (4/7/86 Wrestlemania 2)

Pat Patterson vs Sgt. Slaughter (5/4/81 MSG)

Randy Savage/Adrian Adonis vs Tito Santana/Bruno Sammartino (7/12/86 MSG)

Jimmy Snuka vs Roddy Piper (7/20/84 St. Louis, MO)

Hart Foundation vs Twin Towers (5/17/89 Duluth, MN)

 

This has resparked my interest in wrestling (well, "old-school" anyway), I'm almost tempted to track down all these matches just to say I've seen them all.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

The good doctor does not approve of copyrighted footage being distributed in such a manner, but it is not my place to hold judgment over others.

[AboveAverage484 0]

The good doctor does not approve of copyrighted footage being distributed in such a manner, but it is not my place to hold judgment over others.

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Ahhhh, but they're not being sold, my friend. The price the voters pay is finding the time to watch 100 matches and then proceeding to rank the top twenty.

[Guest Brian]

I almost got in on the gorund of this but decided I wouldn't have the time to go through with it. It's an awesome undertaking and being run really well.

 

As for the 90's list, if they had done this, I think the Bret/Flair ironman match would have finished number one. If you look at the votes AND realize how well it did despite a lack of support (not because it wasn't excellent, mind you), you could tell that it could have done really well with the proper exposure.

[Fökai 0]

Anyone else thinking of getting in on this?

 

I'd have to devote about two weeks solely to these matches, but it should be pretty interesting throughout.

[Guest wildpegasus]

Anyone else thinking of getting in on this?

 

I'd have to devote about two weeks solely to these matches, but it should be pretty interesting throughout.

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I'm thinking of doing it.

[AboveAverage484 0]

I don't know if they are still sending out DVD's for WWF or not, but there is still plenty of time to get in on all the American regional goodness in the coming weeks.

[chaosrage 0]

How many DVDs is it?

[Guest *KNK*]

So whats to keep me from getting these dvds and then just slapping together a top 20 list randomly?

 

Do you have to qualify to be a volunteer poster? is there a price?

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

I. Need. This.

[IWD 0]

15 Hogan matches there...

[Guest wildpegasus]

So whats to keep me from getting these dvds and then just slapping together a top 20 list randomly?

 

Do you have to qualify to be a volunteer poster? is there a price?

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Actually, I think you have to rate all 100 matches.