[TJChurch]

Accidental multi-post; Leave only the last one.

[TJChurch]

Accidental multi-post; Leave only the last one.

[TJChurch]

I recently watched an interview Foley did with a local reporter while on his current comedy tour. They asked him about his work with Santino at Mania, as well as some of the matches. He gives good reviews to the Punk match & HIAC. I agree with the former, but not the latter. I believe now (& likely always will) this year's WWE Title match was better than last. I didn't care much for this year's Taker match, & can't recall last year's.

[blazegod99]

My top 5 Matches of the Year

1. Undertaker vs Triple H- Wrestlemania 28 (*****)
2. Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan- Extreme Rules (**** 1/2)
3. The Rock vs John Cena- Wrestlemania 28 (**** 1/4)
4. CM Punk vs Chris Jericho- Extreme Rules (****)
5. Brock Lesnar vs John Cena- Extreme Rules( *** 1/2)

[StraightEdgeJesus]

Sheamus (c) vs. Daniel Bryan Extreme Rules 2012- World Heavyweight Championship 2 out of 3 Falls ****1/2

Just watched this match today and holy crap, WHAT A MATCH. This is what should have happened at Wrestlemania but nonetheless, this match was great. The crowd was gold with the "Yes!" chants, it had awesome psychology and it had good back and forth action. I liked Daniel Bryan working on Sheamus's arm and how that played a factor in the first two falls. I also liked how Daniel Bryan was the surprising aggressor in the beginning. I liked how the "18 seconds" played a role and made the match mean that much more. Easily Daniel Bryan and Sheamus's best match, well to me at least.

Side note: Marked for "I have til 5!"

[Gamblor]

So after using my new RATINGZ! system for some of the top matches of the year, here's what I got for them:

Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk ER 2012:
W/R: *1/4
P/S: *
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/2*
LOM: 1/4*
Personal Enjoyment: 1/2*
Overall: **** (down from ****1/4 I slapped it at before)

CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho WM28:
W/R: *1/2
P/S: *1/2
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/4*
LOM: 1/4*
Personal Enjoyment: 1/2*
Overall: ****1/2 (up from **** I slapped it at before)

Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus ER 2012:
W/R: *1/2
P/S: *1/4
Storytelling: 1/4*
Crowd: 1/2*
LOM: 0
Personal Enjoyment: 1/2*
Total: ****

Brock vs. Cena ER 2012:
W/R: *
P/S: 3/4*
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/2*
LOM: 1/2*
Personal Enjoyment: 1/2*
Total: ***3/4 (down from **** I slapped it at before)

Taker vs. HHH WM28

W/R: *
P/S: *1/4
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/2*
LOM: 1/2*
Personal Enjoyment: 1/4*

Total: ****

1) Punk vs. Jericho WM28
2) Bryan vs. Sheamus ER
3) Punk vs. Jericho ER
4) Taker vs. HHH WM28
5) Brock vs. Cena ER

Interestingly enough, despite initially feeling that Jericho/Punk ER was better than it's WM counterpart, when I dissected it and graded each category, Punk/Jericho WM comes out on top and as the MOTY. I still do enjoy personally Punk/Jericho ER more, but looking at it as objectively as possible it's interesting for me how it turned out that the WM match was better. Brock/Cena went down a bit but I still do love the match and how brutal it was. I honestly think it's one of those matches where a rating doesn't do it justice, and it's just on a different level because of how unique and brutal it was.

But yeah, may as well do some more Punk matches while I'm at it:

Punk/Del Rio SVS2011:

W/R: *1/2
P/S: *
Storytelling: 1/4*
Crowd: 1/2*
LOM: 1/4*
Personal Enjoyment: 1/4*

Total: ***3/4

Punk/Ziggler November Raw:

W/R: *1/2
P/S: *1/4
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/2* (Can't remember the crowd from the match that well as it's been awhile and Punk/Ziggler have had several matches since, but I think they were great)
LOM: 0
Personal Enjoyment: 1/2*

Total: ****1/4

Punk/Ziggler RR:

W/R: *1/4
P/S: *
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/2*
LOM: 0
Personal Enjoyment: 1/2*

Total: ***3/4

Punk/Henry Raw after WM:

W/R: *
P/S: *3/4
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/4*
LOM: 1/4*
Personal Enjoyment: 1/4*

Total: ****

Punk/Henry Raw Street Fight:

W/R: *
P/S: *
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/4*
LOM: 1/4*
Personal Enjoyment: 1/4*

Total: ***1/4

Also... just remembered I wanted to do the Taker/Show matches from 08:

Taker vs. Big Show NM08:

W/R: *1/4
P/S: *
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/4*
LOM: 1/4*
Personal Enjoyment: 1/2*

Total: ***3/4

Taker vs. Show CS08 (put it at ****1/4 on last watch... let's see if this changes that ):

W/R: *1/2
P/S: *1/4
Storytelling: 1/2*
Crowd: 1/4*
LOM: 1/4*
Personal Enjoyment: 1/2*

Total: ****1/4

I'm gonna skip rating SVS because I haven't watched the match since it aired... and I don't want the series spoiled for me.

But I think this post has been long enough. I'll probably go through HHH's 2000 PPV matches... well the ones I remember well enough/have seen recently enough.

[The Beast Incarnate]

So I almost finished reviews of NWO 05 and ARM 05 the past two nights, but fell asleep and lost all of my notes on the two. Since this has me ridiculously frustrated, I decided to set back my 05 series of reviews and review a series of matches between two individuals.

Any suggestions on which series I should review ?

EX: Taker-HHH, Rock-Austin, HHH-HBK, Lesnar-Taker, etc. It can really be ANY series, as the only DVDs I have left to watch in my collection are discs 2 and 3 of the EDGE DVD, and EC 2012. I'ma cop WM XXVIII Whenever it's at my local Wal-Mart

[Cookie Monster]

Just finished watching "WWE's Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart", absolutely amazing, what a DVD.

I want to watch Stone Cold next, what is his best DVD? is it his new one that is called "The Legacy of Stone Cold"? or is the "Bottom Line" one better?

[Big Z]

His new one has a documentary which is fantastic, as far as matches go both have some really good matches and some really "meh" matches that should have never made a DVD set .

[BGLWrestlingGod]

Originally Posted by K1ngOfK1ngs

Any suggestions on which series I should review ?

EX: Taker-HHH, Rock-Austin, HHH-HBK, Lesnar-Taker, etc. It can really be ANY series, as the only DVDs I have left to watch in my collection are discs 2 and 3 of the EDGE DVD, and EC 2012. I'ma cop WM XXVIII Whenever it's at my local Wal-Mart

I say go for HHH/HBK. It's really the only series that spans all that far (as Taker/HHH is only two matches unless you count WM X7 or KOTR '02, Rock/Austin is mostly WM matches, Lesnar/UT is just three).

-SummerSlam 2002 - Unsanctioned Street Fight
-Survivor Series 2002 - Elimination Chamber - (obviously part of the series, as the last 10 minutes is the continuation of their rivalry)
-Armageddon 2002 - Three Stages of Hell
-RAW - December 2003
-Royal Rumble 2004 - Last Man Standing
-WrestleMania XX
-Backlash 2004
-Bad Blood 2004 - Hell in a Cell

I excluded Backlash '03 since it was just a tag match and HBK was more feuding with Jericho, SummerSlam 2003 since HBK was feuding with Orton and HHH with Goldberg, and I left in WM XX and Backlash '04 since they clear continuations of their rivalry which led to HIAC.

Enjoy.