[The Lady Killer]

Enjoyed the HHH/HBK review. Great work. Don't know if I just passed over this or not, but Shawn's leg was legit hurt for the TT match. Pretty great effort on his behalf, and made H's offense all the more realistic. Excited to get started on my project. We need to chronicle these so they don't get lost in the deluge of posts this thread amasses daily.

[shawnmichaelsisgod]

Originally Posted by Stocking Filled w/HAYLEY JOY~!

Stellar match. One of my favorites of the year. Top 3 for Puro, easily. (btw, watch that entire event. It's the best show of the year. Bar none.)

I'll pimp it out more when you head over the the Puro thread.

No worries cheers mate, I actually have the whole show downloaded, however I only watched the main event because of the rave reviews. I better go and watch it then

[Obfuscation]

He can do a re-post for those who missed it. How about towards the end of the month/whenever, most are collectively finished, we can re-post or give a link leading to the reviews to let the open forum on them commence.

EDIT ~ King of Pro Wrestling = GOAT

[King Kenny]

I might have my next review up soon.

[Obfuscation]

I'll be reading.

[King Kenny]

Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels - WWF Raw 8/1/94

"No doubt about it you're looking at a ring full of a new generation". "RAZOR RAZOR RAZOR" . HES SO OVER. They square off, they tie up, reversal, and a big right hand from Ramon. Razor throws HBK to the outside. HBK up on the apron, knocked down twice by a big right hand from Razor. Quick paced in the early going. Irish whip into a reversal, shawn on the top rope, falls right into Razor's arms, into a FALLAWAY slam. 1..2....nearfall! Into an armbar ...Razor starts to slap HBK around...Michaels with the forearm to the head....Razor reverses ...HBK reverses ..Irish whip into a drop kick. 1..2...nearfall! This match is electric! Shawn right hooks Razor...interference from diesel outside...HBK with the sleeperhold...Razor fights out of it back to his feet ..Shawn clotheslins him. Back to the sleeperhold. Razor fights out of it and reverses, tosses him out to Diesel. Shawn makes his way to the top rope, but is hip tossed by Razor. Razor then applies the abdominal stretch, Michaels with a desperate maneouvor breaks free of it. Back and fourth, Razor has all the momentum, BACK BODY DROP. Irish whip into a BEARHUG. Michaels tries to break it with elbows to the head, and breaks the hold. Razor re-applies the hold. Razor really working the bearhug/HBK's back. Incredible back and fourth action. Diesel on the outside interferes and takes out Razor. Michaels working with Razor on the ring apron. Back inside the ring and Michaels going to work on Razor in the corner with punches. Irish whip into a elbow to the back of the head. Razor back on the offensive but it doesn't last long, HBK applies the sleeper hold on Razor, and HES GOING DOWN. RAZOR WONT GIVE UP. He breaks the hold and both men are down. Razor covers HBK ... 1...2...nearfall! What a match up. Irish whip, over michaels, both men collide in the middle of the ring. Razor with the combo punch. Then he whips HBK into the corner, and HBK falls upside down. CLOTHESLINE..1...2...nearfall! What does either man have to do to win this match. Michaels from the top rope, back body press, and Razor reverses the pin ..1.2..nearfall! Micahels trying for the Razors Edge, but Razor reverses into a back body drop. Diesel up on the apron...Razor punches him...then back to HBK then back to Diesel...Irish whip and Razor hits Diesel's big boot. 1...2...3. That's all she wrote.

Absolutely solid match apart from the ending (although I can see why they did it). I was thoroughly entertained throughout and this was my only my second time watching it.

*** 1/2 - *** 3/4.

Go out and watch it.

[Obfuscation]

BACK BODY DROPS & BEARHUGS

Sounds legit. Finish is totally logical considering the upcoming Razor vs Diesel match at Summerslam.

[Jack Evans 187]

That Shawn/Razor match on RAW: The Beginnings. One of the MANY reasons why people should own that set. True gem.

[Choke2Death]

Originally Posted by Best In The North Pole

Who are these guys's best opponents (in terms of match quality) ?

Hulk Hogan NO IDEA!
Randy Savage NO IDEA!
Ric Flair NO IDEA!
Steve Austin THE ROCK
The Rock STONE COLD
Chris Benoit Choose anyone you want! I guess KURT ANGLE
Eddie Guerrero REY MYSTERIO
Triple H Too many to choose. It's not HBK, though!
Randy Orton BENOIT
John Cena RANDY ORTON
CM Punk JOHN CENA
The Undertaker HBK
Chris Jericho BENOIT
Shawn Michaels UNDERTAKER
Kurt Angle BENOIT/BROCK/TAKER/MYSTERIO
Brock Lesnar ANGLE/TAKER
Big Show UNDERTAKER
Rey Mysterio EDDIE
Mick Foley Dunno, TRIPLE H?
Batista UNDERTAKER

For the rest of the stuff discussed while I was away.

- Batista/HHH series: *** (WM), ***1/4 (BL), ****3/4 (VEN)

- AWESOME HBK/HHH series reviews. The 3SOH one perfectly explained how I feel. A complete mess but very fun to watch. Overrating the fuck out of HIAC, though. All the "intensity" and "hatred" was so forced. And most importantly, it was boring.

- My Orton/Cena series has not gotten started yet because I'm too busy watching the remains of 2005. Will likely start after the Eddie tribute show where the two have their first match ever. (not counting OVW) I'll try a new review style where I go through the match and add notes actively.

[Big Z]

Best opponents:

Hulk Hogan - Hard to say based on what I've seen. Usually only seen 2 or 3 matches from him against guys. Enjoyed most of his stuff with Flair. The WWF matches were never anything special but still fun. WCW produced some really good matches early on but like everything they kept putting them together and it ended up becoming redundant and shitty as they both got older.

Randy Savage - I do enjoy those Steamboat matches, so I'll go with him.

Ric Flair - Windham.

Steve Austin - Bret Hart.

The Rock - Steve Austin.

Chris Benoit - Finlay.

Eddie Guerrero - Mysterio.

Triple H - Foley.

Randy Orton - Benoit.

John Cena - HBK.

CM Punk - Cena.

The Undertaker - HBK.

Chris Jericho - Benoit.

Shawn Michaels - Undertaker.

Kurt Angle - Undertaker.

Brock Lesnar - Angle.

Big Show - Undertaker.

Rey Mysterio - Eddie Guerrero.

Mick Foley - Undertaker.

Batista - Undertaker.