top 50 wcw matches of all time

[Guest slabinskia]

since the wwf matches got so much feedback i thought id try a wcw top 50.if i get feedback i will post what i think is a good wcw top 50.

[Guest I Fear Hogans Air Guitair]

Booker T VS Chris Beniot Best out of 7.

Jeff Jarret VS Beniot Ladder Match

 

That is all.

[Guest wolverine]

Best WCW match ever is Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Eddy Guerrero from Havoc '97. I think this is better than any WWF match as well.

[Guest MideonMark]

Brian Pillman vs Jushin Lyger-forget when its from, but I think it was aroung 1991

 

Chrsi Benoit vs Bret Hart-Owen Hart Memorial Show, is an easy top 50 candidate

 

Raven/Perry Saturn vs Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko-from I think Spring Stampede 98, is an excellent match. The ending is perfect as it shows the Horsemen willing to do anything to pull out a victory

 

Really any combination of Raven/Benoit/DDP-but specifically I thought the match where Raven passes out from the Crossface with a smile on his face was excellent

 

Cactus Jack/Kevin Sullivan vs Nasty Boys-Awesome brawl, hardcore before hardcore was cool

 

Thre are lots more that I forget, even WCW had its fair share of awesome matches

[Guest thebigjig]

Does the NWA count (WCW's mother?) If so, I think it's HANDS down Flair/Steamboat '89... either the 2/3 falls match or the blow off at WrestleWar. Doesn't get ANY better than that

 

Sting/Luger vs. Steiners from SuperBrawl

 

Any of the Wargames matches

 

I'm also a huge fan of the Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard cage match where they bludgeon each other with a steel microphone, and then Magnum stabs Tully in the head with a wooden spike... Now that was hardcore before it was hardcore!

[Guest wolverine]

Does the NWA count (WCW's mother?) If so, I think it's HANDS down Flair/Steamboat '89... either the 2/3 falls match or the blow off at WrestleWar. Doesn't get ANY better than that

 

I've seen several matches better than that.

 

But if we're talking NWA title matches, hands down it's Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta 6/11/76.

[Guest BigTim2002]

OK...dude, bringing up a Jumbo Tsuruta match...you just rule so much...

[Guest RickyChosyu]

Well, here's DVDR's top 20, and it's as good a list as any, as far as I'm concerned:

 

1) Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Eddy Guerrero - Halloween Havoc ’97 (10/26/97 - Cruiserweight Title)

2) Chris Beniot vs. Bret Hart – Nitro (10/4/99)

3) Psychosis vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr. – Bash at the Beach ’96 (7/7/96)

4) Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman - Superbrawl '92 (2/29/92 - Light Heavyweight Title)

5) Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - Spring Stampede '94 (4/17/94 - World Title)

6) Sting/Koloff/Rhodes/Steamboat/Windham vs. Anderson/Eaton/Austin/Zbysko/Rude - Wrestlewar '92 (5/17/92 - Wargames)

7) Ric Flair vs. Vader - Starrcade '93 (12/27/93 - World Title)

8) Ricky Steamboat vs. Rick Rude – Beach Blast ’92 (6/20/92 – Ironman Match)

9) Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko vs. Raven/Perry Saturn – Spring Stampede '99 (4/11/99)

10) Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack/Kevin Sullivan - Slamboree ’94 (5/23/94 - Falls Count Anywhere, Tag Titles)

11) Flair/Windham/Vicious/Zbysko vs. Sting/Pillman/Steiners - Wrestlewar '91 (2/24/91- Wargames)

12) Midnight Express vs. Southern Boys – Great American Bash ’90 (7/7/90 - US Tag Titles)

13) Chris Benoit vs. Kevin Sullivan – GAB ’96 (6/16/96 - Falls Count Anywhere)

14) Vader vs. Cactus Jack – Halloween Havoc ’93 (10/24/93 – Texas Death Match)

15) Chris Benoit vs. Dean Malenko - Hog Wild ’96 (8/10/96)

16) Big Van Vader vs. Sting - Superbrawl '93(2/21/93 - Strap Match)

17) Steiner Brothers vs. Sting/Lex Luger - Superbrawl '91 (5/19/91 - Tag Titles)

18) Sting vs. Vader – Great American Bash ’92 (7/12/92 – World Title)

19) Juventud Guerrera vs. Blitzkreig – Spring Stampede ’99 (4/11/99)

20) Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack/Maxx Payne - Spring Stampede '94 (4/17/94 - Falls Count Anywhere, Tag Titles)

 

They left off a few; Guerrero/Ohtani from Starrcade '95, Guerrero/Malenko from Uncensored '97 and Finlay/Regal from a year later, but other than that I can't really complain.

[Guest thebigjig]

I've seen several matches better than that.

 

But if we're talking NWA title matches, hands down it's Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta 6/11/76.

Well I'm just saying that I'm in the majority that believes Flair/Steamboat was the greatest match of all time

 

And yes, Tsuruta vs. Funk was great also

 

 

I forgot another classic series of matches that's often forgotten

 

Brisco vs. Dory Funk. Their American matches and Japan matches were off he page

[Guest dreamer420]

i'm going to include nwa

 

1. ric flair vs. ricky steamboat (clash of the champions 6)

 

 

a forgotten really good match was a nitro match rey vs. psicosis vs. blitzkrieg vs. juvi for the cruiserweight title. it is the match where psicosis wins the title.

[Guest hhh6294]

Really any combination of Raven/Benoit/DDP-but specifically I thought the match where Raven passes out from the Crossface with a smile on his face was excellent

I simply LOVED anything that DDP/Raven/Benoit did with the US title.

 

 

One thing that Ricky did leave out though that was really sweet was the Best of 7 Series between Benoit and Booker T... that was one of the biggest highlights of Booker's career.

[Guest Coffin Surfer]

Sting vs. Vader Bash 92

 

I think this is one of the greatest and most underrated American matches of the 90s. They would work better matches, but this one just had such a shock factor to it. Sting is the Hogan like inviciable All American baby kisser. Vader is the big bully monster heel, who is suppose to be fed to him at the big PPV. So what happens, Sting gets his ass handed to him and Vader gets the clean win. Plus it was a damn good match.

 

BTW, I'am not counting the NWA stuff.

[Guest slabinskia]

ok sice i started this topic here is my top 50.im only going to go from the 80s to the present since i havent really seen any 70s wrestling.also,i never saw rey-eddie so thats why its not in here.i wont put in the benoit-booker series cause how can you rank those.i think flair-vader and liger-pilman is overrated so beware of that.if i forgot any i prabably havent seen them.this will be ruled by flair and steamboat.here they are.

1.flair-steamboat clash 6 2/3 falls

2.flair-steamboat chi-town rumble

3.steamboat-rude beach blast 92

4.flair-kerry voneric 12/82 cage match

5.fantastics-midnight express clash 1

6.wargames 92

7.flair-steamboat wrestlewar 89

8.flair-race starcade 83

9.wargames 87

10.benoit-sullivan gab96

11.benoit-malenko hog wild 96

12.flair-windahm 1/87 worldwide tv

13.rey mysterio-psychosis batb 96

14.bret-benoit 10/99 nitro

15.cactus jack/kevin sullivan-nasty boys slamboree 94

16.flair-steamboat spring stampede 94

17.sting-vader gab 92

18.cactus/max payne-nasty boys spring stampede 94

19.southern boys-midnight express gab 90

20.sting/luger-steiners superbrawl 1

21.benoit/malenko-raven/saturn spring stampede 99

22.piper-valentine starcade 83

23.benoit/malenko-raven/saturn-rey mysterio/kidman slamboree 99

24.vader-cactus wcw sn 4/93

25.flair-funk i quit clash9

26.sting-cactus beach blast 92

27.pilman-liger superbrawl 2

28.blitzkreig-juvi spring stampede 99

29.steamboat/dustin-arn/zbysko clash 11/91

30.flair-vader starcade 93

31.pilman-johnny b badd fall brawl 95

32.wargames 91

33.flair-arn fall brawl 95

34.regal-finnley uncensored 96

35.flair/arn-hollywood blondes clash of champions 6/93

36.rey mysterio-juvi-psychosis-blitzkreig nitro 4/99

37.flair-sting clash 1

38.cactus-vader havoc 93

39.benoit-scorpio superbrawl 3

40.benoit-ddp superbrawl 8

41.benoit-booker gab 98

42.flair-kerry voneric 10/85 1hr draw

43.flair-sting clash of champions 6/94

44.steiners-fujinami/? wrestlewar 92

45.malenko-ultimate dragon clash of champions 1/97

46.flair-luger starcade 88

47.steiners-nastys havoc 90

48.austin-johnny b badd slamboree 94

49.malenko-rey mysterio havoc 96

50.malenko-guerrero uncensored 97

[Guest Zack Malibu]

Hollywood Blondes vs. Steamboat/Douglas produced a ton of great matches.

 

The Blondes vs. Arn/Flair, Clash 21 I believe.

 

Steamboat vs. Austin (both BATB 94 and the Clash from August 94 were great matches.)

[Guest The Son of Sting]

Every Flair/Steamboat match

 

1) Sting/Koloff/Rhodes/Steamboat/Windham vs. Anderson/Eaton/Austin/Zbysko/Rude - Wrestlewar '92 (5/17/92 - Wargames)

 

2) Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Eddy Guerrero - Halloween Havoc ’97 (10/26/97 - Cruiserweight Title)

 

3) Sting vs. Vader – Great American Bash ’92 (7/12/92 – World Title)

 

4) Steiner Brothers vs. Sting/Lex Luger - Superbrawl '91 (5/19/91 - Tag Titles)

 

5) Vader vs. Cactus Jack – Halloween Havoc ’93 (10/24/93 – Texas Death Match)

 

6) Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko vs. Raven/Perry Saturn – Spring Stampede '99 (4/11/99)

 

7) Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack/Kevin Sullivan - Slamboree ’94 (5/23/94 - Falls Count Anywhere, Tag Titles)

 

8) Flair/Windham/Vicious/Zbysko vs. Sting/Pillman/Steiners - Wrestlewar '91 (2/24/91- Wargames)

 

9) Midnight Express vs. Southern Boys – Great American Bash ’90 (7/7/90 - US Tag Titles)

 

10) Sting vs Cactus Jack - Beach Blast 92

[Guest Gamengiri2002]

slabinskia,

 

I agree with all the matches you listed (not precisely in that order) for the most part.

 

My only complaints lie in the exclusion of Ohtani/Guerrero from Starrcade 95, Ultimo/Rey from World War 3 96, Ultimo/Malenko from Starrcade 96, and Tully/Magnum from Starrcade 85

[Guest gwf0704]

Rick Rude v Sting where Rude was dressed as the Phantom, I think, and won the US title.

 

Sting v Muta where Muta beat Sting for US title using 2 wrestling rings, dont remember the ppv.

[Guest dreamer420]

i'd say damn near every one of the wargames matches was a classic. until the later years of course.

[Guest MideonMark]

The Chric Benoit vs Kevin Sullivan Falls Count Anywhere match-is that that spawned the now legendary line 'There is a woman in the mens bathroom' and if so why is this match so highly rate? Because from what I remember its all punch, punch, punch, until a Superplex(which I believe is the only wrestling move used in the match) finished it

 

Maybe you're talking about a different match cause I thought that one sucked

[Guest MideonMark]

''is that that spawned''

 

That was obviously supposed to read 'is that the match that spawned'

[Guest Singular]

92 Wargames was my all time favorite for WCW.

 

Flair vs. Vader where Flair gets his ass handed too him for 20 minutes then rolls Vader up after clipping his knee.

 

Rey jr. vs. Eddy Guerrero 97 was the best cruiser match I have seen in WCW. Rey vs. Malenko from HH 95 was really good as well.

 

Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko vs. Raven/Perry Saturn. I wish WWE could do tag matches like this.

 

DDP vs. Benoit vs. Raven, was one of the best three way's I've seen.

[Guest Mark4steamboat]

Steiners vs sting/luger

blitzkrieg vs juventud SS99

Steamboat/Dustin vs The Enforcers

Steamboat vs Flair 2/3 falls. Ive seen alot of dory and brisco matches but you still cant change my opinion that this is the greatest match ever.

Bret vs Benoit from Nitro.

Flair vs Luger Wrestlewar 90

Flair/windham vs Midnight Express COTC Season's Beatings

Fantastics vs Midnight Express from COTC1

there are a TON of great wcw matches and so many are overlooked.