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Fighter Daron · 09-22-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cactus

Just rewatched Austin/HHH vs Benoit/Jericho from '01. Best straight-up tag match WWE has ever done.

Was that a legit five stars?, I gotta watch it. Can you send me a link?

**Cactus** · 09-22-2011, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Fighter Daron

Was that a legit five stars?, I gotta watch it. Can you send me a link?

Me and a few others have it at 5 stars. Meltzer gave it ****3/4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-SomfgOE0E

Henry Hill · 09-22-2011, 08:41 PM

Amazing match with four awesome workers. If Trips hadn't got injured I wonder if these clashes would have been a frequent occurrence throughout the year.

SuperDuperSonic · 09-22-2011, 08:55 PM

No, because Benoit was fucking up his already-broken neck and did the singles matches with Austin on only one good arm.

What a lack of HHH injury would have led to? An even shittier InVasion angle.

Henry Hill · 09-22-2011, 09:33 PM

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No, because Benoit was fucking up his already-broken neck and did the singles matches with Austin on only one good arm.

What a lack of HHH injury would have led to? An even shittier InVasion angle.

Is that even possible?

**TelkEvolon** · 09-22-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Cactus

Yeah. I dissaprove with this topic dying. It's very helpful to new fans of puro, lucha and old school stuff. So yeah. 'nother bump.

Just rewatched Austin/HHH vs Benoit/Jericho from '01. Best straight-up tag match WWE has ever done.

Better than Edge/Mysterio vs Benoit/Angle?

SuperDuperSonic · 09-22-2011, 10:42 PM

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Is that even possible?

Think about HHH in that piece of shit excuse of an inter-promotional feud, which was used to focus on already-established WWF stars (wrestlers and non-wrestlers) with some of the newer guys (RVD, Booker) getting crumbs in comparison.

Now a somewhat-healthy Benoit as part of the InVasion? Too sad to even think about what he would have been able to do to try solidifying it, although I'm sure he would have gotten one of the main titles, and that would have taken away the WM20 moment.

**Cactus** · 09-23-2011, 02:14 AM

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Better than Edge/Mysterio vs Benoit/Angle?

I can't answer that fairly. I saw the tag title match in 2001 for the first time and was blown away, so it's a nostalgic gem for me. I saw the No Mercy match in 2011 after hearing it's the greatest match ever and came out a little underwhelmed. A great match which I can see all the hype about but I found it hard to get into it at some points. It gets ****3/4 for me.

**Hohenheim of Light** · 09-23-2011, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cactus

I can't answer that fairly. I saw the tag title match in 2001 for the first time and was blown away, so it's a nostalgic gem for me. I saw the No Mercy match in 2011 after hearing it's the greatest match ever and came out a little underwhelmed. A great match which I can see all the hype about but I found it hard to get into it at some points. It gets ****3/4 for me.

***1/4 max for that No Mercy tag. Might go 4 for the Powertrip match. Probably won't.

**TelkEvolon** · 09-23-2011, 03:50 AM

Man, we need a good match thread, one for stuff that wasn't just in 2011 or Japan.