10 Greatest Mania Matches

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List 'em!

1.Hart-Austin WM 13
2.Rock-Austin WM 17
3.Savage-Steamboat WM3
4.Taker-HBK WM25
5.Benoit-HHH-HBK WM20
6.HBK-Razor WM10
7. Owen-Bret WM 10
8.Flair-Savage WM 8
9.Hardyz-E+C-Duddleys WM17
10.HBK-Angle WM 21
 

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1. Hart/Austin Wrestlemania 13
2. Hart/Michaels Wrestlemania 12
3. Austin/Rock Wrestlemania 17
4. Hardy Boys/Dudley Boys/E&C Wrestlemania 17
5. Shawn Michaels/Chris Jericho Wrestlemania 19
6. Michaels/Razor Ramon Wrestlemania 10
7. Randy Savage/ Ric Flair Wrestlemania 8
8. Kurt Angle/ Shawn Michaels Wrestlemania 21
9. Bret Hart/Owen Hart Wrestlemania 10
10. Benoit/HBK/HHH Wrestlemania 20
 

xtremebadass

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List 'em!

1.Hart-Austin WM 13
2.Rock-Austin WM 17
3.Savage-Steamboat WM3
4.Taker-HBK WM25
5.Benoit-HHH-HBK WM20
6.HBK-Razor WM10
7. Owen-Bret WM 10
8.Flair-Savage WM 8
9.Hardyz-E+C-Duddleys WM17
10.HBK-Angle WM 21

I am surprised you ranked HBK vs. Angle and not HBK vs. Jericho.

Out of the Mania's that I have seen (X-8 - 25)

1. Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
2. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
3. Rock vs. Hogan
4. Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar
5. Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle
6. Money in the Bank 2005
7. Edge vs. Mick Foley
8. Shawn Michaels vs. Vince McMahon
9. Rock vs. Austin (WrestleMania XIX)
10. Batista vs. Undertaker
 

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rofl. So overrated.

Definitely. I still do not see why every drools over this match. Sure it was two of the biggest stars of all time, but compared to other Mania matches, I don't believe it cracks the top 10 of all time.
 
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Yah right. It's not over rated. There's alot more to a good match than just good moves, emotion. In the 80s emotion was the thing that made so many average matches fucking great. Story telling should be of the most importance in a wrestling match and unfortunately it isn't these days.

To a blind mark Tully and Mag's I quit match, the greatest I quit match, was nothing but a bunch of kicks and punches, but it's got so much emotion, from the facials to the screaming on the mic to watching the struggle between Tully and Mag's as Mags is trying to stab Tully's head with that broken chair leg. That's just an example.

But Flair-HBK, fuck, that was ultra emotional, easily the most emotional match in WM history. Flair kicking out of two SCMs, fighting up with the tears in his eyes, fists clinched, asking for some more, not afraid to go out fighting. Then, the man many consider to be the Flair of his generation, saddened that he has to put one of his heros down apologizes for what he's about to do, tells him he loves him and does the deed. And like that, the book closes on the career of the definitive worker of an era. Everything beautiful in wrestling was on display in that match. It was a great match to boot. Definitely better than Hogan-Rock, Edge-Foley (hardcore matches are just ultra violent spot fests) and certainly better than Taker-Batista. Not calling you out XBA, those matches are top 20, well except Tist-Taker, it might be top 25. To amend my list I'd take out Angle-HBK and replace it with Flair-HBK.

For shits and giggles I'll do 11-20:

11. HBK-Angle
12. Hogan-Rock WM18
13. Hogan-Savage WM 5
14. HBK-Jericho WM19
15. HHH-Batista WM 21
16. Hogan-Warrior WM6
17. Foley-Edge WM 21
18. Hart-HBK WM 12
19. Vince-Hogan- WM 19
20. HBK-Vince WM21
 

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Benoit always had great matches at Wrestlemania. I liked Flair/Undertaker at WM18.
 

xtremebadass

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I understand, my list was just of WrestleMania's I saw. I know for a fact my list of matches aren't the best in the 25 YEARS of WrestleMania, those are the top 10 in the past 8 years or so, as long as I have been watching it.

The storyline was good for HBK and Flair, it was very emotional, but the match just didn't do anything for me. I was sort of confused where HBK and Flair said they had so much history together. Most of the time they were in different companies. I understand from the standpoint of HBK idolizing him since he was a kid, I just didn't quite get the whole "history" between the two.
 

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10 faves:

Savage/Steamboat WM3
Austin/Hart WM13
Piper/Hart WM8
Hogan/Savage WM5
HBK/Angle WM21
Orton/Taker WM21
HBK/Jericho WM19
HBK/Taker WM25
HBK/Flair WM24
Savage/Flair WM8


Edit: ...And HHH/Undertaker WM17 makes 11. ;o]
 

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1. The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin [Wrestlemania 17]

2. Shawn Michaels vs Ric Flair [Wrestlemania 24]

3. The Rock vs Hulk Hogan [Wrestlemania 18]

4. Triple H vs Chris Benoit vs Shawn Michaels [Wrestlemania 20]

5. Bret Hart vs Stone Cold Steve Austin [Wrestlemania 13]

6. Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat [Wrestlemania 3]

7. Hulk Hogan vs The Ultimate Warrior [Wrestlemania 6]

8. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage [Wrestlemania 5]

9. Edge and Christian vs The Dudley Boyz vs The Hardyz [Wrestlemania 17]

10. Ric Flair vs Randy Savage [Wrestlemania 8]

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I'm not going to do 11 - 20, because I'd have too difficult of a time doing the order, but thinking about it off the top of my head, I'd say that between 5 and 7 of them would include Shawn Michaels and/or the Undertaker.

Also, fuck the Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels hate when lists included a goddamn Money in the Bank match and fucking Batista vs the Undertaker. No offense, I guess.