I fucking adore the Taker/Hardy, probably in my top three Jeff singles matches ever, also. The Undertaker was such a boss from 01-03 it was unreal. Might watch it again and post my thoughts in a bit
Probably a top 5 Jeff Hardy match for me. Undertaker's heel run from late 01-mid 02 is my favourite run of any guy ever. Then he continued to be awesome as a face .
Taker/Flair from WM18 is my MOTN as well, though I understand people giving Rock/Hogan the nudge of MOTN for the fact it's one of the biggest of all time, and it actually was a pretty damn good match in itself.
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Fuck it, since everybody's going Taker crazy here, I might as well throw my name into the hat and do a top 10 Taker PPV list
1. vs HBK BB 97 (GOAT Match)
2. vs HBK WM XXVI (GOAT WM ME)
3. vs HBK WM XXV (MOTY 2009)
4. vs Kurt Angle NWO 06 (MOTY 2006)
5. vs HHH WM XXVII
6. vs Brock Lesnar NM 02
7. vs HHH WM XXVIII
8. vs Edge WM XXIV
9. vs Bret Hart ONO 97
10. vs Edge SS 08
I do . Matches with Yoko, while not classics or anything, are really fun. WM match against Diesel is great at the MOTN imo. Stuff with Flair was good (House shows obviously). Hogan matches were alright too. Liked the WM match with Jake Roberts, good for the time it got. His matches with Foley in 96 are awesome, and that's technically all pre-attitude era stuff . Ooo, match with Bret at RR 96 (some people hate it because its slow, which is understandable), as is the one from... 92 or something. Probably forgetting some shit .
Edit: His match with Luger in WCW is really good too.
I just really felt the need to quote this, as I fucking love watching their matches together. Everyone shits on their first Casket match because of the finish but I could probably watch that match and the entire post match happenings every day and never get tired of it. Gotta love a good slugfest from two big guys and an awesome Taker resurrection moment.
I fucking love Taker/Hardy but Hardy/Trips from NM '08 is my favorite Hardy singles match of all time. Just for the hell of it, my top five Jeff Hardy singles matches:
1. vs Triple H - No Mercy '08
2. vs Undertaker - Raw '02 Ladder Match
3. vs CM Punk - Smackdown '09 Cage Match
4. vs CM Punk - Summerslam TLC Match
5. vs Triple H - Armageddon '07
I need to rewatch Hardy/HBK from Raw '08, Hardy/Umaga from GAB '07 (love it, but I think I'd put the Armageddon match higher), Hardy/Orton from Rumble '08 and Hardy/Cena from Raw '08. Plus he had a couple really good Morrison matches if I recall. And the RVD Invasion match.
Only Hardy/RVD match I remember liking was Invasion. Thought their SS ladder match was a monstrous pile of utter bollack shite. Like, seriously one of the very worst ladder matches in existence.
Don't think I've seen any rvd/hardy matches tbh, but I did mean Taker/Hardy Raw ladder match, which I still love.
That makes it a straight 4 for Bret. I don't think the IM is the GOAT match, but I'm not high on Mind Games and Bret/Austin from SS '96 (not even four stars high), and 1996 doesn't have anything in classic territory for me apart from KOTR '96 between Michaels and Davey Boy.