I hope every young guy watched HBK-Taker

**HTrain90** · 04-06-2009, 02:39 PM

And I don't just mean the Orton's and CM Punk's of the world - every single person that needs to learn how to script a perfect story needs to watch that match. Those two men told an incredible story and put me on a roller coaster I have no been on in years. Easily the best match of the past 5 years, and possibly the best match I've seen since Wrestlemania 13 (Bret-Austin) in terms of storytelling. I've watched it three times now, and while the suspense isn't there in the re-runs, some of the spots they put together were simply amazing. The match flowed extremely well.

BUT

It was all the little things that made the match. The match itself was pretty basic - start slow, big spot flying out of the ring to hurt them both, then alternate finishers until one stays down. But the little things - the "one... two... barely up" and the way both men reacted to the late kickouts were perfect. And the fact that Shawn and Taker - both well over 40, can put on a match better than any of the guys in their twenties tells me that all of those guys need to go to school on telling a story in the ring.

And my final point - Shawn and Taker did not use a single weapon. Not even a chair. You don't need a "holy shit" ladder spot or a table spot or a sledgehammer to get the crowd to buy the fact that you're beaten. You just have to tell a great story. Shawn and Taker proved that last night. I hope the Hardys were watching - those two are very good and have immense talent, but are lacking in knowing how to put together a story, and last night that was very obvious.

Anyways, I'm still drooling over HBK-Taker and I would think everyone here is, too. As someone said in one of the threads last night (sorry for not crediting you) "If you don't think that match was 5* then stop watching wrestling because you will never ever be satisfied with a match ever again." (or thereabouts) That's exactly how I feel.

The greatest. Period.

04-06-2009, 02:39 PM	#1
HTrain90 HBK mark since 1995 Posts: 488	I hope every young guy watched HBK-Taker And I don't just mean the Orton's and CM Punk's of the world - every single person that needs to learn how to script a perfect story needs to watch that match. Those two men told an incredible story and put me on a roller coaster I have no been on in years. Easily the best match of the past 5 years, and possibly the best match I've seen since Wrestlemania 13 (Bret-Austin) in terms of storytelling. I've watched it three times now, and while the suspense isn't there in the re-runs, some of the spots they put together were simply amazing. The match flowed extremely well. BUT It was all the little things that made the match. The match itself was pretty basic - start slow, big spot flying out of the ring to hurt them both, then alternate finishers until one stays down. But the little things - the "one... two... barely up" and the way both men reacted to the late kickouts were perfect. And the fact that Shawn and Taker - both well over 40, can put on a match better than any of the guys in their twenties tells me that all of those guys need to go to school on telling a story in the ring. And my final point - Shawn and Taker did not use a single weapon. Not even a chair. You don't need a "holy shit" ladder spot or a table spot or a sledgehammer to get the crowd to buy the fact that you're beaten. You just have to tell a great story. Shawn and Taker proved that last night. I hope the Hardys were watching - those two are very good and have immense talent, but are lacking in knowing how to put together a story, and last night that was very obvious. Anyways, I'm still drooling over HBK-Taker and I would think everyone here is, too. As someone said in one of the threads last night (sorry for not crediting you) "If you don't think that match was 5* then stop watching wrestling because you will never ever be satisfied with a match ever again." (or thereabouts) That's exactly how I feel. The greatest. Period.