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What is the greatest hardcore wrestling match ever?

  • HBK vs Taker BB 97

    Votes: 4 8.9%
  • Taker vs Mankind KOR 98

    Votes: 9 20.0%
  • HHH vs Cactus Jack RR 2000

    Votes: 13 28.9%
  • HHH vs Cactus Jack NWO 2000

    Votes: 1 2.2%
  • TLC Wrestlemania 17

    Votes: 6 13.3%
  • Taker vs HHH WM 27

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Taker vs HHH WM 28

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Cena vs Brock ER 2012

    Votes: 1 2.2%
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What is the greatest hardcore wrestling match ever?

4K views 50 replies 41 participants last post by  Bl0ndie 
#1 ·
What is the greatest hardcore wrestling match ever? in other words a match where using weapons are legitimate (do not consider no dq matches).
Which is the greatest in terms of story telling and great moments, not just the most hardcore matches with blood and risky stunts.

I choose HHH vs Cactus Jack RR 2000. A very intense match with a great face vs heel story telling that made HHH.

If you think I missed any great match please mention.
 
#3 ·
Hardcore Holly vs Al Snow, early days of the Hardcore title where they were still having reasonably structured matches instead of weapon spot fests.

Valentines Day Massacre 1999, ending up in the Mississippi River for the pin, in February.
 
#5 ·
one probably no one else will mention:
2001 No Way Out, 3 Stages of hell
 
#9 ·
Greatest is such a broad term to use for this poll. If I'm looking at which match I felt was the best then it's easily Shawn vs Taker. If I'm looking at the match with the most hardcore spots then Taker vs Mankind will always win with me. Plus it had more impact on the hardcore style than any other match in history, IMO.
 
#10 ·
Greatest is such a broad term to use for this poll. If I'm looking at which match I felt was the best then it's easily Shawn vs Taker.
How do u differentiate best ever and greatest ever?
 
#11 ·
HHH Vs. Cactus Jack RR 2000 was the best imo.
 
#39 ·
thought of including it but I knew it is a level below Foley's matches with HHH and taker... so left it...
 
#19 ·
El Generico/Kevin Steen at Final Battle 2010. One of the greatest wrestling stories ever told feeding into one of my favourite matches of this decade. The story behind just elevated everything in this match to that next level and some of the spots were so well crafted and executed but also fed into the incredible story these guys had been telling for over a year. One of the best, definitely.

I also really like Foley/Orton from Backlash 04 (I think it's that one), also a really good hardcore match that used the brutality to tell a story.
 
#27 ·
Why do u think so? they were the best matches on the respective WM cards... those two were not that hardcore or bloody with dangerous spots but they were epic, emotional with good story telling and had some great moments...
 
#25 ·
Out of those choices, it's a toss up between HBK/Taker, Foley/Taker, and TLC. Personally, there's so many great absolute WARS from ECW that trump a lot of these matches to me. Those HHH/Taker matches even being on the list :lol

Brock/Cena at Extreme Rules holds a special place too. That match was incredible.
 
#28 ·
Cactus Jack vs Randy Orton and Edge vs Foley are two glaring omissions. Foley's just a God in these kinds of matches- even Edge/Foley/Lita vs Dreamer/Sandman/Beulah from One Night Stand was amazing.

In recent times, my favorites have been James Storm vs Bobby Roode and Pentagon Jr vs Vampiro.
 
#30 ·
ROH vs. CZW in Cage of Death.

To me, everything about that was perfect. The Bryan Danielson turn, Hero/Kingston on the same team and Homicide as the savior of ROH. Wasn't the overly violent Cage of Death is known for and had the proper mix of violence and drama. IMO, the best non-WCW/WWE version of War Games I've ever seen and overall, the best since Sting's Squadron vs. the Dangerous Alliance.


In WWE, I really loved Edge/Foley vs. Funk/Dreamer at One Night Stand. Edge was amazing in that match and you knew what to expect from the other three.
 
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