Hogan vs Savage was supposed to happen at Wrestlemania 20?
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Good job. List a bunch of overrated matches, that'll show me.
Puh-lease. Uh, Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit?
Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle?
Christian vs. Chris Jericho?
It probably wouldn't have even topped Rock N' Sock vs. Evolution.
Seriously, the Triple Threat is the most overrated Wrestlemania match ever. Eddie vs. Angle was completely forgettable, and Hogan vs. Savage would easily be the best match on the card, when you factor in the nostalgia and build-up.
I know putting guys like Hogan and Savage over guys like Benoit, Angle and Jericho goes against everything smarks believe in, but it doesn't change the fact it's true.
Wrestlemania 20 was in front of a smark heavy crowd though, Sly. It's just as possible of them shitting on everything Hogan and Savage did as it's possible of them going nuts over every move ala Hogan/Rock from a couple of years earlier. 50/50 chance, which means it's a little silly to guarantee that would have been the best match on that card. It's possible it would have been, but it's definitely not a forgone conclusion in front of a crowd like WM20 had.
Smarks loved Savage, and New York was Hogan's town for over a decade. Besides, was there anyone hated more by smarks than Triple H back in 2004?
Fair points, but I still say it's possible that those fans could have shitted on the match regardless of Savage's popularity and Hogan being a huge star there 20 years earlier.
Don't get me wrong, I know it's a guarantee that the match would have at least started off red hot, but I'm not going to give those fans the credit of having patience or tolerance to a little build-up.
No there wasn't, which is why nobody cheered for him that night. That crowd was very much in favor of Benoit.
How is that Triple Threat at all overrated? It's easily one of the best triple threats ever. I had no idea who was going to win from beginning to end, and Benoit making Triple H tap was a huge shocker.
Also, I'm not going to say Eddie vs. Angle would have been bigger than Hogan vs. Savage (it wouldn't), but I wouldn't say it's completely forgettable. If nothing else, the ending when Angle pulls of Eddie's boot is pretty memorable.
Also, I'm not going to say Eddie vs. Angle would have been bigger than Hogan vs. Savage (it wouldn't), but I wouldn't say it's completely forgettable. If nothing else, the ending when Angle pulls of Eddie's boot is pretty memorable.
You can say what you want about the Triple Threat being overrated, but next to Joe/Daniels/Styles at Unbreakable, it was one of the best in terms of in-ring action, and the build-up to it was great. Eddie/Angle wasn't as forgetable as you say.
And yeah, of course you have to factor in nostalgia and build-up, but that means nothing if the in-ring action can't deliver, I mean, look at Goldberg and Lesnar at the same event.
And yeah, of course you have to factor in nostalgia and build-up, but that means nothing if the in-ring action can't deliver, I mean, look at Goldberg and Lesnar at the same event.
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the pitbull style roll through with a blood splattered Triple H, and the reaction to it, is one of the most epic fucking things ever in WM
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Because it's nothing more than a revolving 1 on 1 match, with more silly excuses to roll out of the ring than you see opponents of Mysterio landing on the bottom rope. Hell, it wasn't even a Triple Threat match.
And Forrest Gump was one of the smartest mentally challenged men in history. Not really saying much, though now is it?
And yet, your statement indicates a level of "forgettableness", which basically proves my point.
Yeah...and look at Rock vs. Hogan at Wrestlemania 18. Oh wait...
Hogan vs. Savage would have been hot, and they were both fantastic workers. Best match on the card.
I'm scratching my head here. What Triple Threat?
Triple H and HBK wanted to be put into the same class as their icon Flair, but instead of a broom, they used a Bowflex. The plan backfired when the Bowflex choked one of them out.
I'm guessing Triple H got tangled up on it and had to tap out.
He was not in top shape, neither was. The fact is Hogan can no longer drop the leg, Savage could no longer have dropped the elbow. For the match to end with anything besides one of those 2 moves would have been awful, and that is why it should not have happened
Fuckin' A. Certainly in the top two or three with the Styles/Daniels/Joe three-ways. Incredible match.
Not at all. HBK and Triple H had been wrestling each other non-fucking-stop for the previous two years, it had been done to death and gotten to the point where they were having awful 20 minute wankfests for matches. No one wanted to see Triple H/HBK #9001, they wanted to see Benoit and Eddie go over.
Doubtful. I mean, Benoit had incredible matches with both of those guys but that doesn't take away from the awesomeness that was their WM 20 match.
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If I remember correctly, HBK and HHH fought once in 2003 so I wouldn't say nonstop. I would have just had them fight at WM 19.
