Your favourite year in wrestling?

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[ Please be specific, rather than sketchily pointing towards certain eras cos we'll just end up with 30 or 40 people saying "Attitude rocks". :yaaaaawn: ]


Which...

Fed(s)
Fueds
PPVs
Matches
Wrestlers

....made you enjoy said favourite year the most?




Edit: So, ummm, yeah, my pick(s)....

Dispite watching other bits n' bobs here and there, for whatever reasons, I've only ever really been a regular WWF/WWE viewer and I think WWF really recaptured some former glories during '92.

Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania and Summerslam all kicked serious ass and Survivor Series was pretty good to thanks to the Bret/HBK match and the Flair v Savage angle. In terms of other angles/storylines, you had the split of the Rockers, Hitman's big push, Piper FINALLY winning some gold, Jake The Snake double-crossing Warrior and eventually betraying Undertaker, Money Inc./Nat.Disasters/L.O.D. title fued and the on-screen Hogan retirement speculation (although for me at the time I couldn't wait for him to retirem, but that's another story clearly as the old bastard is still goin' now!). Oh and I nearly forgot, some of the best colour commentary work EVER from Bobby Heenan.

Match-wise there were some bonafide classics.... Rick Flair wins the Rumble AND WWF title from entering @ #3, Savage V Flair @ WM8, Bret V Piper @ WM8, Bret V Bulldog @ SSlam, Savage V Warrior II (which dispite opinion to the contrary, I thought was damn good - Didn't know who would win, both guys were hot as hell AND you had Perfect & Flair playing mind games with the pair of them with the whole 'who sold out angle'.), Bret V Flair (maybe would have been a better on PPV, but they still had a great match), Bret V HBK... Oh, and the on air debut of something that became a big favourite over the following years, the first 'ever' ladder match.

WWF had SUCH a packed and diverse roster at the time and for the first time since the very early 80's (Save for Savage @ WM5) we saw some great WRESTLING finding it's way into the main event.

MVPs over the year: Bret, HBK, Savage, Flair, Perfect (no ring action though unfortunately) & Heenan, Jake (he was SO fucking hated during that 91/92 heel run!)...


Special mention for my runner up....

2002 - The twilight year of the single brand era with a stacked as hell roster, some GREAT PPVs (WM18, SSLam & SSeries in particular), HBK & Hogan return to a WWF ring and the birth of the Elimination Chamber.

 

[Evil Austin]

Great thread by the way I would also have to say 2002. As to why-

Pay Per Views. Royal Rumble was off the hook with Jericho / Rock, Vince / Flair. Wrestlemania off the hook a great Pay Per View. 2002 Also showed the Return of Shawn Michaels the split up of the Undisputed Championship and the Eric Bischoff come to Raw GM. This also showed the first ever Elimination Chamber which was absolutely amazing and much much more.
Draft Extension. Great build up with that Raw in May of 2002 what is there left to say Vince and Ric Flair put on a great draft show.
Wrestlers. Rock, Austin, Hogan, Flair, Triple H, Michaels, Vince and Biker Undertaker and Masked Kane all on the same roster what else is their to say also great mentions to Chris Jericho Booker T and Rob Van Dam.

2002 had the whole package.

 

[jwdhulk]

I Think 1996 Was An Awesome Year Hogan Goes Bad And Becomes A Heel And Nwo Was Formed. Nwo Destroys Wcw Set. Nwo Made A Big Bang In Wrestling There Was So Many Heels But Know One Cared Because It Was So Intertaining You Never New Who Was Gonna Join Nwo Next Unlike Today Where The Story Line Suck. Shawn Micheals Was The Wwf Champion He Had Alot Of Great Matches With Bulldog And Vador. There Was Wm12 With Bret Hart V Shawn Micheals Where He Became Champion There Was Alot Of Great Music Videos That Came About Like Bret Hart And Shawn Micheals. Ecw Did Things That No Other Company Would Do Like Flaming Tables And Wrestlers Going Through The Floor, Flying Frying Pans.