Montana's Top 20 Mania Matchups

[Montana]

OK, im taking kaedon's idea here, although im sure he took a few of mine. I guess im taking all aspects into play. Most memorable being one of the main factors.

1) Hogan vs Andre the Giant.
WM 3
93,000 at the silverdome, argueably the biggest match in wrestling history.

2) Hogan vs Rock
WM 18
You could feel the electricity for this one. Past vs Present

3) Austin vs Rock
WM 17
Again, the two biggest stars, at the companies peak

4) Bret Hart vs HBK
WM 12
Iron man match, this classic will never be forgotten in one of the wwf's greatest fueds.

5) Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior
WM 6
Two equals battling and fans didnt know who to cheer for.

6) Hogan vs Macho Man
WM 6
Mega powers explode!!

7) Bret Hart vs Steve Austin
WM 13
Again, one of the best fueds the wwe has put on.

8) HBK vs Razor Ramon
WM 10
First ladder match in the wwf, and they tear the house down.

9) Ricky Steamboat vs Macho Man
WM 3
Wrestling defined in this match.

10) Kurt Angle vs HBK
WM 21
Again, two of the best wrestlers putting on a classic match

11) Ultimate Warrior vs Macho Man
WM 7
Career ending match, they told a great story in this match.

12) Undertaker vs Batista
Wm 23
Streak vs Title in a epic matchup.

13) Macho Man vs Ric Flair
WM 8
Storyline + Huge match, should have main evented.

14) TLC II
WM 17
Took tag team wrestling to another level, for a few years.

15) John Cena vs HHH
WM 22
The Torch was officially passed.

16) Bret Hart vs Owen Hart
WM 10
Another epic matchup. Brother vs Brother in a wrestling clinic.

17) Bret Hart vs Roddy Piper
WM 8
The torch was slowly being passed to bret hart.

18) HHH vs Undertaker
WM 17
Just a big time matchup.

19) HBK vs Chris Jericho
WM 19
Again, great fued and story to the match

20) HBK vs Steve Austin
WM 14
Austin took the ball and ran with it​

 

[Nation]

Pretty damn good list but the triple threat at Wrestlemania 20 should be up there. As well as Lesnar vs. Angle. But again good list.

 

[PeepShow]

Pretty damn good list but the triple threat at Wrestlemania 20 should be up there.

No it shouldn't.


But yeah, good list there Montana. I would have to agree with this one a bit more than Kaedon's. It may just be my opinion, but for my money, those matches would exceed his top 5 any day of the week. I still do feel the Angle/HBK match should be a bit higher, but given the fact it was just a great wrestling match, that's not bad.

But still, good list nonetheless

 

[Montana]

Pretty damn good list but the triple threat at Wrestlemania 20 should be up there. As well as Lesnar vs. Angle. But again good list.

I actually did NOT like either of those matchups, and did not add them on purpose. ILL explain...

Lesnar vs Angle. Lesnar is the most over rated guy perhaps in the wwe's history. He botched the ending of the match. Their was little buildup to this match and the fued just did not do it for me.

Beniot vs HHH vs HBK. I don't like Triple Threats at mania, ESPECIALLY if they dont make sense (see this year) To me, a triple threat is a cop out for bad booking. If this match was HHH vs HBK it would have def. been on my list but since they threw Beniot in, it really threw off the epic aspect to it. Now i do like Triple threat if it were to be like Batista vs Orton vs HHH, in the since they were all in evolution.

Both good matches, just didnt really stand out in my mind. Thanks for feedback. I would probably have added these matches 21-25 range.

 

[Soulpower]

They didn't "throw Benoit in there". Benoit won the Rumble and he was going for the RAW title. If anything, it was HBK that was thrown into the match.

But still, bad booking seems like a cop-out to me. Those three men went and busted their asses and gave us one of the best wrestling matches this decade. To no add this match to the list due to "bad booking" is just preposterous.

And I hate that people use the botch as an excuse to diss Angle vs Lesnar. Up until that point it was a great match, and if he lands the move, everyone would still be talking about this match as an all-time great.

There's a couple of other things I don't agree with, but I talk abou that later.

 

[Montana]

I dont see any matches i would take off my list to add those. To me, those matchups didnt mean much. Good matches, but not great. Lesnar beats Angle, so what. He was gone a year later. Beniot beat HHH and HBK, and then what? he was mid card for 3-4 years then passed away. I dont think either of those were better than Jericho vs HBK who is at 19 on my list. MITB 1 didnt make the list either. There is only 20 spots.

 

[rosewt01]

Im confused i liked the lesnar/angle and the triple threat much more than the HBK vs Y2J and hhh vs Cena.

 

[Montana]

no reason to be confused.

look where Brock Lesnar is now, look where John Cena is now.

Look where Beniot is now, look where HBK or Jericho is.

i can only explain why i didnt feel they are worthy, if you think they are, maybe you are right.

Cena vs HHH, i think that match will be looked back 5-10 years from now to realize its importance.

HBK vs Jericho was just a great matchup with two HOF legends.

 

[rosewt01]

I respect your reasons but i think that those matches were better overall than those others.

 

[Conc3pt]

7) Bret Hart vs Steve Austin
WM 13
Again, one of the best fueds the wwe has put on.


It was also the match that made Austin a true superstar.

 

[Montana]

*** Bumping Classic Threads to get more Interest in Classic Wrestling again***

 

[The Rated R CMStar]

IMO, Hogan vs Andre is way overrated. I understand that it is the most important match maybe in history, but in a list discussing the best match, best as for their in ring level, Hogan vs Andre just shouldn't be there.

 

[Montana]

The matches were ranked by most memorable.

Everyone feel free to create you own list. I have to change the title

 

[Moonlight Drive]

Glad to see this getting bumped, Classic is an awesome section. I'll put my list in later, but number 1...

HBK vs Hart.