Last Wrestling Match Watched 2.0

[Crippler]

WWE Royal Rumble 2000 - Street Fight for the World Wrestling Federation Championship: Cactus Jack vs. Triple H

Staredown to start. Cactus is talking some junk and Trips looks bewildered. Finally, they just slug it out and Cactus gets the advantage. They trade turnbuckle smashes. Trips tries to cut him off but Cactus comes back with more rights and hits the bang, bang taunt. He wants the testicular charge in the corner but Trips rolls to the floor. Cactus follows with a baseball slide to the floor and hits a swinging neckbreaker. Triple H tries to crawl back in but Cactus nails a leg drop across his back and H goes back to the floor. On the floor, Cactus introduces Triple H to the stairs and the ringside table. Triple H finds the ring bell and nails Cactus with it. Back in, Triple H has got a chair and he's challenging Cactus to come in. Cactus tells him to go to hell and charges in and eats a brutal fucking chairshot right to the head. Trips celebrates and starts to untie the turnbuckle but Cactus gets back to his feet and takes Triple H down with a clothesline. Cactus places the chair on Triple H's face and then hits a leg drop on it for 2. H staggers to get to his feet but Cactus boots him to the floor. Triple H comes back with a hard forearm and some right hands of his own. He charges at Cactus who counters and backdrops him into the crowd. They aimlessly brawl through the crowd and down into the entranceway. Cactus gets a couple of wooden pallets and snap suplexes Triple H on to them. Cactus squeals like a pig for intimidation and then waffles Triple H with a trash can. Cactus whips Triple H into the a mock garage door about 10 times. I could swear I hear a "boring" chant and King tries to cover by saying it's a "Foley" chant. Eh, I doubt it. The problem is that they are brawling in a narrow tunnel and the majority of the crowd can't see it, although I'm sure they had to have some video screen. Cactus drags Triple H forward but he slips behind and nails a back suplex on a trash can. Cactus gets the advantage with some hands and hits the testicular charge right into the fucking stairs. That had to have murdered his knees. Cactus goes under the ring and goes the barb wire wrapped 2x4. The ref tries to reason and in the distraction Triple H goes low. He steals the 2x4 and hits Cactus with it four times: two to the gut and two to the back and it's not rubber tipped. He tries another but Cactus counters with a right to the gut and then low blows Triple H with the 2x4. Hebner takes the 2x4 away to large boos. Meanwhile. Cactus hits the double arm DDT to almost no reaction and both sell exhaustion. Hebner tells the SAT to put it under their table and provides the awesome visual of Hugo not knowing what to do with it. Cactus drapes the arm and that gets only 2. Cactus wants the 2x4 and threatens to take out Hebner. Hebner tells him where it is to save himself. Cactus goes after Hugo who pleads ignorance and he lays him out. Finally, someone gives him the 2x4 and he's back in the ring with it. Hebner tries to reason with Cactus and Triple H charges in but Cactus moves and Triple H takes out Hebner. Cactus then levels him to the head with the barb wire and the camera focuses on Cactus, so Trips probably blades (but it's tough to tell). Cactus hits the elbow drop with the 2x4 on Trip's face and the crowd ooos and ahhs. Cactus covers but only gets 2. As H staggers to his feet, we can see the blood already on his left leg that they focus on the next night on RAW but I have no idea where the gash came from. Cactus hits Triple H again in the head with the 2x4. Trips tries to escape and Cactus grinds the barbwire into his open wound and Trips wails in agony. Awesome. On the floor, Cactus continues working over the wound and tosses Triple H onto the announce table. Cactus preps a piledriver but Triple H counters with a backdrop through the EAT. Back in, Triple H hits some right hands. He preps the pedigree but Cactus counters with a slingshot into the turnbuckle and then a bulldog onto the barbwire. Perfect placement. Cover but only 2. Cactus clothesline and both on the floor. Cactus gets a head of steam but Trips hiptosses him into the stairs and holy fuck that had to hurt. Triple H then whips him into the stairs and Cactus eats it knees first and flips over. That bump always kills me. Back in, Trips clips the knee and now goes after the bad knee with the 2x4 a few times in a row. Psychology in a street fight. Triple H rolls to the floor and gets something from Fink and they are handcuffs in a nice callback to the match last year. Cactus struggles to fight back but Trips goes back to the knee and handcuffs Cactus. Triple H hammers Cactus with some rights. Trips gets the stairs and puts them in the ring. He tries to ram Cactus but he counters with a drop toe hold and Trips eats it facefirst. He tries to charge Cactus but he gets the boot up. Cactus then lands a headdrop as a low blow. Perfect placement again and then bites Triple H. That's close to the exact same sequence as the previous year but it worked both times. Cactus targets Trip's ear with another bite. Hebner pulls him off and Triple H clotheslines him down. Trips gets the chair and rams Cactus with a gutshot. He levels him on the back too and the back piece breaks but no one notices. When Triple H swings again, the piece comes loose and flies into the entranceway and the crowd gasps because they think it was shrapnel from Cactus's punishment, which I guess it is but not how they thought. Cactus rolls to the floor. Cactus is trying to escape to the locker room. Trips levels him with the seat of the chair right to his head. Cactus eggs him on for more and Trips preps another but Rock comes out and nails Triple H in the ring with a chairshot and leaves back to the locker room. That didn't make a lot of sense in terms of field of vision but in terms of the match's emotion it's gratifying. A cop comes and gets Cactus out of the handcuffs. Cactus is on a rampage and sends Trips into the announce table. This time, Cactus nails the brutal piledriver on the announce table but the fucker doesn't give. Triple H is a corpse and Cactus carries him into the ring. Cactus goes under the ring and pulls out a bag of something. Lawler starts calling it a sandbag which is funny. Cactus empties the bag and it's thumbtacks. Stephanie comes out to try to stop the match. Cactus isn't having it. He hits Trips with some rights hands but gets a head of steam and is backdropped on them. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh shit. Cactus then rolls INTO them to get to his feet. Ahhhhhhhhh. Triple H hits the Pedigree and immediately covers but the bastard kicks out at 2 and no one can believe it. Big "Foley" chant. Triple H then boots him to the gut and hits the Pedigree into the tacks and the crowd gasps again. Hebner has the clear away the tacks before he can make a count but that's enough to get the 3 and retain. Post-match, Triple H is stretchered out. Cactus recovers and is having none of that shit. He wheels the gurney back into the arena and tosses Triple H into the apron and back into the ring. He gets the barbwire 2x4 and hits Triple H one more time for good measure. This was an epic street fight that really put Triple H on the map as a bonafide big time star. The push was there before the match, but the way he busted his ass and went toe to toe with Cactus in a brutal environment really solidified his standing with the fans as a legit player. Cactus stepped up as well and really put Hunter over as he was nearing the end of his career (at the time anyway). The match itself was brutal and also had a nice homage to the year before with the handcuff spot halfway through. Cactus kicking out of the first Pedigree was great drama as well. Great match here that served its purpose on many levels. ****3/4 - *****

 

[AZUCAR!]

Brock Lesnar vs Jeff Hardy - WWF Backlash 2002

 

[Crippler]

WWF Raw Is War 02/07/2000 - Triple H, X-Pac, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn (w/Stephanie, Tori & Eddie Guerrero) vs. The Rock, Cactus Jack & ?


After the DX’ers come out first, the Radicals get some generic rock music for their entrance and do their posing in the ring while Stephanie again joins the announcers for commentary. Rock and Cactus rush the ring by themselves when Rikishi and Too Cool come out to join their team. The two sides spill out and fight all over the arena with Rock suplexing Triple H on the ramp and the crowd noise is deafening! Cactus clotheslines Benoit over the barricade while Rikishi hits a belly-to-belly suplex on X-Pac. Eventually it’s Grandmaster Sexay and X-Pac going at it in the ring with everyone else heading out to the apron. Sexay goes for a whip, X-Pac reverses but Sexay slides under him and hits a neckbreaker. Sexay hops to the middle rope but misses a kneedrop and Saturn tags in but runs into a powerslam. Sexay tags in Scotty 2 Hotty and both men whip Saturn into a double elbow followed by a double elbowdrop. Scotty whips Saturn into a corner then comes off the ropes with the bulldog and hits the Worm. Scotty goes for a whip but Saturn reverses and Malenko nails him from the apron so Scotty decks him. Scotty turns into a belly-to-belly suplex from Saturn then Malenko tags in and whips Scotty into a heel kick. Malenko whips Scotty into a corner and hits a clothesline then goes for a suplex but Scotty floats over and hits an reverse suplex. Rikishi tags in when Malenko whips him into a corner and hits a clothesline but it has no effect and Rikishi comes out with his own clothesline. Rikishi whips Malenko but lowers the head and Malenko attempts a Sunset Flip but can’t get Rikishi over. Rikishi signals for the splash but Malenko backs away and Benoit tags in but runs into a Samoan Drop. Rikishi whips Benoit who ducks a clothesline and attempts a German suplex but can’t get Rikishi up. Benoit clubs Rikish in the back of the head and this time does manage to hit the German Suplex! Benoit goes for a whip but Rikishi reverses him into a corner and hits a belly-to-belly suplex followed by the running butt splash in the corner. Cactus tags in and beats Benoit down then pops Triple H off the apron and goes out after him. Cactus thows Triple H on the announce table and Saturn and X-Pac pull Cactus off and roll him back in the ring when Triple H tags in and stomps Cactus down in a corner. Cactus comes back with a right hand so X-Pac tags in and goes for a whip but Cactus reverses and hits a neckbreaker before tagging in The Rock.

Rock lays the Smackdown on X-Pac when Malenko and Benoit come in but they each eat spinebusters. Rock hits the Rock Bottom on X-Pac but Triple H breaks up the pin and sets Rock up for a Pedigree when Rikishi comes in and superkicks Triple H. Saturn also comes in with his own superkick on Rock. X-Pac sets Rock up for a Bronco Buster but Rock cuts him off with a clothesline. Sexay tags in and climbs to the top rope then connects with the Tennessee Jam on X-Pac and busts a move. However Benoit trips Sexay from the floor and X-Pac follows up with a spinkick. Triple H tags in and whips Sexay into a high knee then tags in Saturn who hits a clothesline. Saturn tags in Benoit and whips Sexay into a double elbow then both men mock Too Cool. Benoit hits a suplex for a two count then tags in Triple H who draws in Rock to distract Earl Hebner as Sexay suffers a 5-on-1 beatdown. Triple H hits a suplex before Saturn tags in and hits a legdrop then chops Sexay in a corner. Saturn tags Malenko in and whips Sexay into a double dropkick. Benoit tags in and he and Malenko whip Sexay into a backdrop but Sexay counters with a double DDT. Sexay crawls over and makes the hot tag to Cactus and Cactus beats Benoit down in a corner. Cactus readies for the running knee but Hebner stops him saying he didn’t see the tag. That doesn’t stop all 10 men from pouring in and fighting around the arena again. During the fracas Triple H nails Sexay witht he Pedigree while Benoit climbs to the top rope and connects with the diving headbutt on Sexay and a three count later it’s over. Awesome main event with wall-to-wall action and the crowd was into it all the way. I just wish it was a bit longer. ****1/2

 

[Crippler]

WWF No Way Out 2000 - #1 Contender's Match: The Hardy Boyz (w/Terri Runnels) vs. Edge & Christian

Earlier on Heat, Terri hired the Acolytes to protect her because the Dudleyz had been putting women through tables. Well, that was the ostensible reason. Both of these teams were babyfaces, which is odd because both the Dudleyz and Outlaws were heels. Edge attacks Jeff Hardy from behind to start and whips him into a corner but Jeff slings himself over the ropes onto the apron. Jeff pulls himself up to the top rope and goes for a corkscrew moonsault but misses it. Christian tags in and whips Jeff into a backdrop but Jeff flips out of it and hits a dropkick. Matt Hardy tags in and Jeff takes Christian down so Matt can hit the legdrop from the middle rope. Matt Hot Shots Christian on the top rope and follows up with a suplex for a two count. Matt and Christian exchange chops and Christian chops Jeff on the apron then turns and dropkicks Matt. Jeff comes in but Christian dropkicks him back out through the ropes. Matt whips Christian and throws him under the ropes to the floor where Jeff tosses him into the barricade. Jeff tosses Christian back in the ring and Matt lays the boots and trash talk to him. Jeff tags in and the Hardys whip Christian into a corner, Matt drops to the mat while Jeff hits the Poetry in Motion. Jeff clotheslines Christian and unloads on him for a two count. Jeff slams Christian to the mat then springboards off the top rope into a moonsault for another two count. Matt tags back in and the Hardys hit a double forward faceplant for another near fall. Matt sets up for a Razor’s Edge but Christian slips out and hits a neckbreaker. Jeff tags in and climbs to the top then leaps off but Christian gets his foot up to block him. Edge finally tags in and takes it to both Hardys with clotheslines. Edge backdrops Jeff then connects with a spinning heel kick on Matt that knocks him through the ropes. Christian follows up with the springboard plancha on Matt on the floor. Edge tosses Jeff into a corner and Christian snaps his neck on the ropes for a rollup and a two count. Edge rams Jeff into a turnbuckle then goes up and hits the count-along punches. Christian tags in and lays the boots to Jeff when Jeff starts fighting back. Jeff comes off the ropes but Christian goes into an pancake bomb then tees off on Jeff. Edge tags in and E&C beat Jeff down in their corner then Christian trips Edge causing him to headbutt Jeff below the belt! Edge covers Jeff for a two count then hits a backbreaker and applies a Dragon sleeper. Jeff fights out of it and comes off the ropes, Edge looks for a dropkick but Jeff fakes him out and rolls him up. Edge bridges out of it into a backslide attempt but Jeff blocks it and flips over Edge but ends up in front and Edge piledrives him for a two count. Edge applies a chinlock but Jeff fights out of it and comes off the ropes with a huricanrana. Jeff comes off the ropes for another huricanrana but this time Edge counters into a SICK powerbomb!! Christian tags in and rams Jeff into a turnbuckle then snapmares him to the mat and kicks him in the back. Christian whips Jeff and hits a powerslam for a two count. Edge tags back in and applies another chinlock and Jeff tries to fight out of it but Edge holds onto his hair. Edge comes off the ropes but both men drive each other into the mat. Christian comes in and stomps Jeff but that allows Matt to come off the top rope with an elbowdrop on Edge. Matt knocks Christian through the ropes while Jeff covers Edge but only gets a two count. Jeff lunges for his corner to tag out but Edge catches him into a powerbomb. Edge climbs to the top rope and leaps off but Jeff catches him in mid-air with a dropkick. Both men crawl to their corners and Edge tags Christian while Jeff makes the hot tag in Matt. Matt takes it to both men and slams Christian then hits a neckbreaker on Edge. Matt hits a sleeper slam on Christian but only gets a two count. Matt puts Edge on his shoulders while Jeff climbs to the top and goes for a crossbody but Edge ducks it into a victory roll on Matt. However Jeff hits the crossbody on Christian for another cover and the referee counts both pin attempts but only gets two. Jeff throws Edge under the ropes while Matt slams Christian. The Hardys climb up on opposite corners and hit the Event Omega and Matt covers Christian but Edge barely makes the save. The Hardys whip Edge into a corner and Matt drops down while Jeff goes for another Poetry in Motion but Edge cuts him off with a Spear! Matt turns around as Edge goes for another Spear but sidesteps him then hits the Twist of Fate. Matt scoops Christian up, Christian floats over into a Slop Drop but Matt counters that into a Atomic Drop. Matt suplexes Christian while Jeff climbs to the top looking for the Swanton Bomb when Terri hops on the apron and shoves Jeff off to the floor. Matt asks Terri what’s going on then goes for a Twist of Fate on Christian but Christian shoves Matt off into a slap from Terri, confirming her turn against the Hardys. Christian hits the Tomikaze and gets the three for the win. ***3/4 Fucking awesome tag match After the match, Terri tries to celebrate with Edge & Christian, but they're as surprised as the Hardyz and just walk out. The Hardyz go after Terri to get an explanation, but Faarooq and Bradshaw are still on the clock so they destroy the pretty boys. Faarooq nearly ends Jeff's career with a botched Dominator. DAMN!

 

[Crippler]

WWF No Way Out 2000 - Six-Man Tag: Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn (w/Eddy Guerrero) vs. Rikishi Phatu & Too Cool

All six-men go at it to start and Too Cool, Saturn and Benoit spill out to the floor while Rikishi slams Malenko in the ring and hits a legdrop. Eddie comes in with his pipe but Rikishi catches him and takes the pipe then nails his shoulder and Eddie rolls back out to the floor as the referee ejects him from ringside. The match “officially” begins with Saturn nailing Grandmaster Sexay from behind and whipping him into an elbow. Saturn rips off Sexay’s shirt and chops him repeatedly in a corner then sets Sexay on the top rope. Saturn goes up for a superplex but Sexay throws him down to the mat then busts a move before hitting a missile dropkick. Sexay goes for a whip, Saturn reverses but Sexay ducks a clothesline and hits a enzuigiri. Benoit tags in as Sexay dances but runs into a hiptoss and Sexay hits a running bulldog for a two count. Scotty 2 Hotty tags in and Too Cool whips Benoit into a double elbow followed by a double elbowdrop. Scotty goes for a whip but Benoit counters and suplexes Scotty on the top rope. Benoit hammers Scotty on the apron but Scotty rolls over him back in the ring then comes off the ropes and slides under Benoit before hitting a snap suplex. Scotty kips up and moonwalks to his corner where he tags in Rikishi and Rikishi takes it Benoit and Saturn while Malenko backs away out of the ring. Rikishi whips Benoit into a corner and hits a clothesline and Benoit slumps to the mat while Rikishi does the Stinkface! Rikishi sets Benoit up for the sitdown piledriver but Malenko dropkicks Rikishi in his injured ankle and Rikishi collapses to the mat with Benoit falling on top for a two count. Malenko tags in and stomps away at Rikishi’s bad ankle before tagging Saturn in to take over. Saturn whips Rikishi but Rikishi comes back with a superkick. Scotty tags in and hammers Saturn then whips him and comes off the ropes with the bulldog. Scotty starts to go for the Worm but Malenko comes in and levels Scotty with a forearm! Benoit comes in without a tag and whips Scotty into an elbow then hits a suplex for a two count followed by a snap suplex for another two count. Benoit tags Malenko in and whips Scotty into a drop toehold while Malenko dropkicks Scotty in the head. Malenko whips Scotty into a corner and clotheslines him then hits a butterfly suplex for a two count. Malenko tags in Saturn and holds Scotty over his knee while Saturn climbs to the top and connects with a flying kneedrop but Sexay breaks up the pin. Saturn snapmares Scotty and applies a chinlock, Scotty fights out of it and comes off the ropes but runs into a Frankensteiner from Saturn. Saturn draws Rikishi in and Malenko comes in with a baseball slide on Rikishi’s ankle. Benoit tags in and lands a series of chops then goes for a suplex but Scotty floats over and gets an O’Connor roll for a near fall. Benoit goes for another suplex but Scotty counters in mid-air and falls on top with Malenko making the save. Saturn tags in and slings himself into a senton for another two count then applies a head vice before tagging Malenko back in. Malenko whips Scotty into a spinning heel kick and follows up with a kneedrop then tags in Benoit who hits a short-arm clothesline. Benoit goes for a whip, Scotty reverses and goes for the bulldog but Benoit cuts that off with an elbow. Benoit scoops Scotty up, Scotty slips out and shoves Benoit into a corner but their heads collide. Both men crawl to their corners and Benoit tags in Maleno but Scotty makes the hot tag to Rikishi and Malenko backs away again. Rikishi takes it to all three Radicals and clotheslines both Benoit and Saturn. Rikishi whips Benoit into a corner and hits the butt splash then does the same to Saturn on the other side. Rikishi drills Saturn with the sitdown piledriver but Sexay convines him to let Scotty do the Worm. Scotty comes in and indeed hits the Worm on Saturn and Rikishi starts to move him into position for a Banzai Drop when Malenko chopblocks the bad ankle. Benoit suplexes Scotty over the ropes and Rikishi responds with a belly-to-belly suplex but Malenko hits another chopblock. Rikishi and Malenko go at it on the floor while Sexay climbs to the top rope and hits the Hip Hop Drop on Saturn. Sexay covers Saturn but Benoit comes off the top with the diving headbutt on Sexay to make the save. Scotty comes in and he and Benoit exchange punches. Saturn clotheslines Scotty out of the ring while Sexay does the same to Benoit. Malenko rolls Rikishi in the ring and tries to move him but can’t budge him so he works over the leg. Malenko tries to sit down on the leg but Rikishi gets it up to block him then kicks Malenko shoulder-first into the ringpost. Rikishi hits the sitdown piledriver then climbs the ropes and hits the Banzai Drop, hurting his ankle but getting the three! And after the bell Too Cool and Rikishi celebrate with the post-match dance. ***1/2 - ***3/4 Man, that ending seemed like it was attached at the last minute with a rivet gun, but the rest of the match was awesome. The ending SHOULD have seen Rikishi’s ankle collapse on the ropes and Malenko get the pin, but I can’t fault the work of anyone involved.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

PWG World's Finest: Kevin Steen v.s Peter Avalon.

This was essentially a squash match where Steen tried to put Avalon over after he beat him. It wasn't too bad but it just felt like Steen was toying with him. Not much more to say actually other than I don't mind Avalon as a worker.

**

 

[PHX]

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Fell into watching this cause I watched HBK's 05 Canada promo. Match is of course mostly remembered for HBK's hilarious overselling but for a Hogan match at that stage of his career was actually an entertaining of enough match.

 

[AZUCAR!]

Mercedes Martinez vs Davina Rose - Shimmer Vol. 41

 

[The New F'n Show]

Evolution vs Dudley Boyz Tag Titles Table Match Royal Rumble 2004

Not very good and very short **.

 

[Chris]

"WarGames" match from 1998 Fall Brawl. I put the parenthesis around it because they bastardized it so bad, should not have ruined the WarGames name with that shit. Bullshit match, but DDP winning at the end was nice.

 

[Got_Swag]

Triple H versus Undertaker inside Hell In a Cell with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee from WrestleMania 28. It was one hell of a match and I remember thinking when I saw this on pay per view that night, the streak was over after the combo of sweet chin music followed up by the pedigree. One of the better Hell In a Cell matches!

 

[Chris]

Triple H versus Undertaker inside Hell In a Cell with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee from WrestleMania 28. It was one hell of a match and I remember thinking when I saw this on pay per view that night, the streak was over after the combo of sweet chin music followed up by the pedigree. One of the better Hell In a Cell matches!

That Superkick/Pedigree combo goes down as the best false finish in history in my book. Watching that live, I remember going absolutely nuts when that happened, pretty sure I threw my phone across the room by accident. (Never have things in your hand while marking)

Anyway, just watched Sheamus vs Ziggler from Smackdown tonight again. Great stuff from both guys.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Steiner Brothers vs Road Warriors March 11th 1996 Nitro

Steiners surprise return to WCW. Typical match from both teams, Scott is dangerous as ever and Hawk no sells as always. Call the whole thing average, ** 1/2.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Dudley Boyz vs Edge and Christian 12/2/99 Smackdown

Pretty good early meeting between these two ***

 

[The New F'n Show]

The Original Sheik vs Dusty Rhodes. Clip from the I Like to Hurt People VHS.

This was legit nothing. *