Championship Titles/Calibur of Matches

**Mr. JL** · 01-24-2004, 11:45 AM

Last year, the Royal Rumble certainly was a sign of things to come in the year 2003, when it comes to the two seperate title pictures on the two different brands. While the WWE title on Smack Down! had a flurry of great matches all year, the World Heavyweight Championship title had some pretty poor to average matches at times throughout the year.

It all started at the Rumble, Angle vs Benoit for the WWE title was math of the year calibur. And well, HHH vs Steiner was worst match of the year calibur. This brings me to my question, is the first Championship match at the Rumble, going to set the pace for this years calibur and intensity of the two respective titles?

So far, Lesnar vs Holly looks to be in some bad shape. Lesnar is just coming off of an injury and Holly has only been a few months back, coming back from a serious neck surgery. Plus, Holly has never been in a championship match such as this, ever before in his career, and I'm not too sure the fans have accepted him as a main event guy. Basically, will this be the HHH/Steiner match from last years Rumble?

While the HHH vs HBk match looks to be a great encounter, with a logical stipulation to it. Both these stars gel very well together in the ring, and after seeing their match on Raw a few weeks back, the only question is, can they surpass the calibur of that match? I know this one will be great, but can it top their previous work?

Looks to me, as if the titles will change positions. Where the WWE title was surrounded in great matches, and the World title was surrounded in some pretty bad matches. And too me, it looks like the Rumble will set the pace.

Which title do you see having the better year, as far as the match calibur is?

01-24-2004, 11:45 AM	#1
Mr. JL Posts: 4,834	Championship Titles/Calibur of Matches Last year, the Royal Rumble certainly was a sign of things to come in the year 2003, when it comes to the two seperate title pictures on the two different brands. While the WWE title on Smack Down! had a flurry of great matches all year, the World Heavyweight Championship title had some pretty poor to average matches at times throughout the year. It all started at the Rumble, Angle vs Benoit for the WWE title was math of the year calibur. And well, HHH vs Steiner was worst match of the year calibur. This brings me to my question, is the first Championship match at the Rumble, going to set the pace for this years calibur and intensity of the two respective titles? So far, Lesnar vs Holly looks to be in some bad shape. Lesnar is just coming off of an injury and Holly has only been a few months back, coming back from a serious neck surgery. Plus, Holly has never been in a championship match such as this, ever before in his career, and I'm not too sure the fans have accepted him as a main event guy. Basically, will this be the HHH/Steiner match from last years Rumble? While the HHH vs HBk match looks to be a great encounter, with a logical stipulation to it. Both these stars gel very well together in the ring, and after seeing their match on Raw a few weeks back, the only question is, can they surpass the calibur of that match? I know this one will be great, but can it top their previous work? Looks to me, as if the titles will change positions. Where the WWE title was surrounded in great matches, and the World title was surrounded in some pretty bad matches. And too me, it looks like the Rumble will set the pace. Which title do you see having the better year, as far as the match calibur is?