I'm trying to watch some fire ass matches on the Network tonight.
 

Who's got some lesser known sleeper hits for me?

I watched Bryan vs. Ziggler from Bragging Rights 2010 earlier. Haven't seen it since the night it aired. Forgot how good that one was. Very early in Bryan's WWE run and back when Ziggler looked like he had the potential to be a huge deal.

Haha, dude, I was literally watching that like a month ago. Great match.

You know any NXT sleepers from like before the Cesaro/Zayn feud? That's when I started watching NXT "full time".

Any matches will do, though.

I watched all of Survivor Series 2002 today because they talked about it on Prichard's podcast, and that Jamie Noble/Billy Kidman match was super good.

Eddie Guerrero vs RVD, Ladder Match for the IC Title on Raw 5/27/2002

siiiiiiiick feud with both guys on top of their game, this is also the match where the fan tips over the ladder & Eddie goes apeshit. Post-match has a big pull-apart brawl with Benoit sneakattacking & Eddie hitting a frogsplash on Stone Cold just before he walked out of the company - I may have to check this out on the network to see how much they hacked it up for obv reasons

Oh my god, stop. I was thinking EXACTLY about that match earlier and was about to look up the date. I remember watching live and some idiot ran in the ring. Definitely starting there. :y:

They show Benoit like it's no issue from everything I've seen.

Just turned on Raw. Skimming it to see what else was going on, then gonna watch that match.

Raw #470, for anyone playing along at home.

I think I went to a house show around this time and saw RVD v. Eddie in a cage match too.

Also, try to avoid spoilers in these suggestions if you can. Thanks all. :y:

Something to look up more as an oddity than for work rate -

Crush Girls vs Leilani Kai & Black Venus, Superstars of Wrestling - 4/12/86

Crush Girls were getting a tryout from Japan, & it was odd as Fuck seeing them try to fit into the WWF Women's mold of pearshaped Moolah trainees hitting 10 minutes worth of slowmotion hairpull takeovers.

Check out the Hidden Gem section.

They don't have to be THAT hidden. I've watched a lot of that. I asking you guys. My internet friends. More like matches that maybe I had forgotten about.

I'd rather watch some lesser talked about good matches than some completely obscure no rope match with William Regal and Samoa Joe.

Seeing Benoit's name in here.....Benoit/Raven from Souled Out 1998 was really good.

For a bonus, watch the 8 man cruiserweight tag right before it. Crazy WCW luchadore stuff in its prime.

Oddly enough the Jericho/Rey match on that same show isn't very good mostly cause Rey's knee was balky. They obviously had far better matches down the line.

Was that Halloween Havoc 98 when Raven and Jericho had that TV title match that opened the show and was really good?

Goldust trying to join the nWo :lol:

Speaking of WCW in that era, Randy Savage vs DDP @ Spring Stampede 97

Really fun, well worked No DQ match with both guys hitting big spots all over the ringside area. I'm trying to think if good examples of "Gimmick" matches to showcase

I never actually saw the Judy Bagwell on a Pole match. Should I just count my blessings?

RVD is bumping like a madman in this ladder match.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B6yO8GW03a...%2BBagwell.jpg

Moar leik Judy Bagwell on a Forklift

I was wondering about how they would have kept her up there.

If you're talking gimmick matches, not sure if you watch NXT, but that DIY v. Authors of Pain ladder match is fucking FIRE hot. Not super long ago, but really, really, really good.

Might have been the Takevoer before Royal Rumble? I don't remember.

There's dumb enjoyment in watching that just because it's Kanyon in the middle of his Positively Kanyon phase, he was a hoot in that kind of stuff
"Kanyon Cutters in the Parking Lot!" :lol:
https://pa1.narvii.com/5889/1e3d697c...a667e0c_hq.gif

Man, what a fucking moron that jumped in the ring during that ladder match. He could've fucked Eddie up bad knocking over that ladder.

I guess he's immortalized on the Network now, though. Idiot.

There's a lot of WCW stuff I haven't seen because I would only watch the first hour of Nitro. Once Raw came on, I stayed there the whole time.

Might just go back and start watching Nitro from the beginning.

God damn, great call on this ladder match. Insane stuff here.

It's one of those matches where if a non-wrestling fan were like "how do you watch that shit?", I could put on and be like "how could you NOT watch this shit?".

Eddie beats the shit out of him, he was pissed - I thought it looked less like the security was trying to apprehend him than just trying to get him away from Eddie's latino heeeeaaaat

Austin v. Eddie would have been a great feud if Austin had stayed and managed to keep his heart in it.

Regal Vs. Cesaro NXT.

Good call, but that's like EXACTLY where I started watching NXT. Might go back to that one again. :y:

Was watching Cesaro and Zayn from the first Takeover a little while ago.

Yeah that one was really good. Totally an impromptu match too really. Wasn't announced ahead of time and both dudes were heels.

Just came across Daniel Bryan v. Jamie Noble on Velocity. Let's see what it's like.

I'm sorry, Bryan Danielson. Ernest Miller and Josh Matthews on commentary.

Supposedly not long before Eddie passed, Vince was planning on following up the excellent HBK/Angle match from WM21 with HBK/Eddie at WM22. Basically Mania was going to be viewed as a way to get HBK dream matches from guys on the SmackDown brand.

God damn Eddie/HBK would've been so fucking good.

What a shame.

Also, Nidia had pretty cool boobs in 2003.

They're letting Bryan work here, this is not bad.

That match just took me to the beginning of NXT.

WE ARE WILD AND YOUNG

Did Darren Young used to be MORE black?

Eddie vs Malenko 2/3 falls ECW TV title

http://network.wwe.com/video/v111826...o_viva_la_raza

Then Kassius Onoo Vs. Regal.

That might be fun. Didn't really see much of Ohno's first run.

What happened to Richie Steamboat?

Oh nice, so Ohno didn't always wear those stupid jerseys.

Back injury.

Career ender?

No, he used to just let his pudge hang out.

Yeah. Shame.

That's unfortunate. He seemed pretty alright in 2012.

Check out Johnny B. Badd vs Brian Pillman Fall Brawl 95.

People forget how good Mero was before he became Sable's bitch

I remember he had a confetti cannon. There's something to be said for that.

Not really obscure but one I go back to now and again; Scotty 2 Hotty vs Dean Malenko from Backlash 2000.

That one does get brought up a lot, but I would say that this is about the appropriate level of obscurity I'm seeking.

Kofi Kingston V Dolph Ziggler all of them


DB vs CM Punk Money in the Bank

There was a Triple H v Al Snow match I heard was good

The Badd Blaster

Dean Ambrose (then Moxley)vs William Regal

*Reads Title*

Fire ass matches?

Kane vs. MVP Inferno match.

:shifty:

Chris Jericho vs Daniel Bryan from the seasonal era of NXT.

I like the ass fire.

Check out some Japanese girls instead...try Io Shirai vs Meiko Satomura, Io Shirai vs Kairi Hojo, or Kairi Sane vs Meiko Satomura...those are maybe the three best girls matches I've ever seen.

Daniel Bryan vs CM Punk at MITB was the shit.

Londrick vs. Hardys vs. MNM vs. Regal and Taylor - Armageddon 2006

Ohhhhh, about to do that right now

What show had the Hardyz v. Cade and Murdoch?

Backlash 07. LOVED Cade/Murdoch vs Hardyz feud

Thank you. That match was tight. Murdoch busted out a Canadian Destroyer.

Those teams had great chemistry together. They also had a great match on Raw

I miss Trevor Murdoch. I forget he exists, but then I remember him and think "God damn, I'd like to see him get another go."

Trevor Murdoch is only 37 years old but he's been off of national television since 29. Weird. Would be all for him getting a chance to do something.

Hopefully this thread will dig up some old "Murdochs" for us, if you will.

Also, that was the first time I watched Mercury bust his face, and good lord, that was unfortunate as fuck.

MVP was pretty good.

I liked MVP at the time, but something about him annoys me in retrospect.

I even liked the attire and his Benoit matches. I just don't "feel him." Maybe it's because he ended up fizzling out and that kind of taints things going backwards?

Always liked Joey Mercury. Thought he was "smooth" in the ring. Surprisingly good as a talker too. Like, not a great promo by any stretch, but you could trust him to go out there and do stuff alright. Never going to be a main event guy, but worked really well in MNM as the veteran holding things together, and didn't look out of place working with guys like Batista and Rey Mysterio. I was genuinely really happy for him and Jamie Noble to get some focus in 2014/2015.

I thought J&J Security was great. Knoble is criminally underrated.

Dunno why I put that K in there.

TJ Perkins v. Rich Swann in the CWC quarterfinals was really good.

Austin-Triple H Three Stages of Hell Match from No Way Out 2001 is pretty fire

Hart Foundation vs Demolition World Tag Team Championship 2-out-of-3 Falls Match @ SummerSlam 1990

Be like the Taker & go a little Old School

Dropped my subscription yesterday. Felt good.

A couple months later, on 7/22/02 RAW (#478?), Eddie fought Rock in what may have been their only 1-on-1 match with each other.

Any match between Jericho and HBK around 2008 was dope. Re-watch those.

I'm watching WeeLC for the first time right now, and I gotta say, I don't hate it.

Lol its so good

Bret Hart vs 123 kid, RAW

If you're in the mood for another RVD match,
RVD vs Benoit @ Summerslam 2002

That whole show was definitely one of the best Summerslams ever, + Van Dam always had his working shoes on when he was competing for the IC belt

https://image.ibb.co/e4PGLR/il_340x2...31764_kg8k.jpg

Actual picture of RVD's "working shoes". For reals.

Most dope. Would rock.

Speaking of RVD: I love his match against Balls Mahoney at Anarchy Rulz 1999. I point to this match anytime people say Balls couldn't work.

That Triple H/HBK Unsanctioned Street Fight though. Holy shit. That match absolutely blew my mind watching it that night.

I somehow got sidetracked in my efforts to watch RAW #478 the other night and instead watched RAW #566, which I believe was the start of Shelton Benjamin's 3-match winning streak v. Triple H on RAW. This was the first ep. after the 2004 WWE Draft, and I think the second or third of those matches was when v1 of "Ain't No Stoppin' Me" became Shelton's theme.

was this before or after Mercury's freak injury?

CM Punk vs. John Cena in 2011, and RVD vs John Cena at ECW ONS if you're looking for a decent wrestling match + very fired up crowd.

That first match was in Cincinnati. One of the few Raws that have been here that I didn't go to.

It was the night it happened

Yeah the next week he won by count out, and the third was an 8-man with him, Benoit, HBK and Foley v. all of Evolution.