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**Callamus** · 02-06-2013, 09:46 AM

I'll attempt TV matches:

2000 - The Big Show, X-Pac & Triple H Vs The Rock, Kane & Cactus Jack - WWF Raw 21/02 (I might be the only person to prefer this to the big 8 man tag)

2001 - The Dudley Boys Vs The Hardy Boys Vs Edge & Christian Vs Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit (TLC III) - WWF Smackdown 24/05

2002 - Eddie Guerrero Vs Rob Van Dam (Ladder) - WWE Raw 27/05

2003 - Brock Lesnar Vs Kurt Angle (Iron Man) - WWE Smackdown 18/09

2004 - Chris Benoit, Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley & Shelton Benjamin Vs Triple H, Randy Orton, Batista & Ric Flair - WWE Raw 12/04

2005 - Eddie Guerrero Vs Rey Mysterio - WWE Smackdown 23/06

2006 - Chris Benoit Vs Randy Orton - WWE Smackdown 13/01

2007 - Finlay Vs Rey Mysterio - WWE Smackdown 09/11

2008 - ???

2009 - Christian Vs Jack Swagger - ECW 24/02

2010 - Christian & Kane Vs William Regal & Ezekiel Jackson - ECW 26/01

2011 - William Vs Dean Ambrose - FCW 06/11

2012 - Sheamus Vs Daniel Bryan - Raw 30/07

ATF · 02-06-2013, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by sharkboy22

I see a few pages back we were taling about 2002

Is there a better year for the WWE than 2002? Good God the talent pool back then was just awesome. That and they actually gave shit and put a lot of effort into the product. When I think best matches of 2002 I don't even think PPV matches! I think Smackdown!

The only year that can rival Smackdown's awesomeness of 2002 is the awesomeness of Smackdown that 2009. It seems as if every month I just have to talk about SD 2002 and SD 2009 here but I can't freaking help it! I'm a sucker for those years.

But, man, 2002 was just epic. Those Edge/Mysterio, Angle/Benoit and Los Guerrero matches were just amazing. I believe the 2/3 falls took place on SD? That match kicked so much ass. When last has WWE ever done a 2/3 falls tag match? And with teams/division that you cared about? What's even more interesting is that those were complete makeshift tag teams. What the hell did Edge and Mysterio have in common to be a tag team? They were just thrown together. But because of booking, they felt like a real tag team. Oh and Edge and Hogan

Edge is one lucky son of a bitch for getting to team with Hulk freaking Hogan.

The Smackdown Six were just the little piece in a sea of heavy gold. HBK's return, Elimination Chamber debut, BORKLASER debut, SummerSlam '02, the World Heavyweight Title's best run, Rock vs Hogan, one of the best RR Matches ever, consistent great TV matches in both Raw and SD, insane starpower, the 1st Draft Lottery, the 1st signs of Evolution... HOTDAMN.

Some peeps talk about 08 not having that much TV greatness - HBK/Jeff, Jericho/Jeff, HBK/Jericho LMS, and Taker/Kane Champion vs Champion were all pretty great. Oh, and JoMo/Bourne from ECW.

**WOOLCOCK** · 02-06-2013, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by HayleySabin

It's almost too good to believe so I'll fight my natural urges and go with it. Do you wear a scarf while watching football and looking like you came from a game of Quidditch?

Ah yes. The sanctity of this thread. Intelligent discussions on a daily basis and it hardly ever gets tampered with. I think it's safe. How? Not sure. I'll leave it be and let it continue to grow as one of the best kept secrets of WF.

From time to time I used to don a scarf but no more. Jacket, Polo, Jeans and Trainers is my name of the game.

Yup I can't explain how the thread manages to never attract the morons and window lickers who occupy a lot of the wrestling sections. Its the saving grace of this section anyhow, any place where I can freely discuss Memphis, Mid South, NWA and anything without so much as a warning is fine by me.

**Callamus** · 02-06-2013, 09:53 AM

Based on what I remember, Undertaker/Kane is likely the only thing close to a TV MOTY imo, and that's only about ***1/4

. I can only really remember PPV matches frmo that year.

ATF · 02-06-2013, 10:03 AM

Yeah, the best TV matches (the ones I mentioned) had quality, but not exactly the memorable factor. The 'E was kind of reverse of what they were 4 years earlier in 2004 - they had very little amount of good in-ring stuff on the TV shows, and produced most of all great things on PPV.

In 04, that was the opposite: most of the consistently great in-ring stuff happened mostly on TV - well, not that they were doing MOTYC's every week, but you get what I mean. So much great TV matches that year: HBK/Benoit, HHH/Benoit Iron Man, HHH/Shelton, Evolution vs Benoit/HBK/Shelton/Foley, SD Rumble, Rey/Noble, Eddie/Show, Eddie/Rey, etc. The PPV's were far from great (except for WM20 and Backlash), but the TV quality was superb that year.