Which two WWE 'superstars' do you think would have atrocious chemistry?

[Uncle Sam]

Posting threads while drunk. It's how we do it here, baby!

So, the likes of Undertaker and Edge, Undertaker and Stone Cold and, uh, others have had pretty poor chemistry throughout history. So, who do think - out of the current roster - would have bad chemistry.

I reckon Undertaker and Jericho. The Edge/Undertaker chemistry (which sucked) gives me a clue towards this. However, I think it's the cocky heel vs. Undertaker thing which would make this angle truly tired. I also don't think their styles would meld well together at all. Jericho has been ever so sloppy as of late.

Who do you think?

 

[klunderbunker]

I'm going to go with HHH and Orton. Now many of you will say they've never had a truly awful match outside of maybe Mania 25. That's very true, and that's why I think they have bad chemistry. These two have feuded for years now (literally) and they still can't have a great match. Eventually, guys are going to get used to each others' styles and the matches will get better. That's why you have matches practiced on house shows before putting them on TV. The guys can work out the spots and sequences until they find something that's working very well. With HHH and Orton, they've fought probably a dozen times on PPV or live TV, and yet they still have just ok matches. It's just not working for them, and I think they just don't mix.

 

[Uncle Sam]

C'mon KB. Let's have some imagination! Some hypothetical situations and such! I'm drunk and I did better than that.

Another one would be Orton and Swagger. The people may call for it, the people may now. Either way, it'd be pretty bad. Two heels going mano y mano? Not a great idea. These two specifically? Worse idea. Swagger's style relies on him looking strong, which would make Orton look ridiculous. Shame. He's no Triple H.

 

[SavageTaker]

Batista and Jack Swagger. I wouldn’t be surprised if this match happened in the future and it would be one that I wouldn’t look forward to. It just seems like their styles of wrestling wouldn’t meld. Like you said Sam: Swagger’s style relies on him looking strong, he wouldn’t be able to look strong if he was in a match with Batista. I just don’t think they would be able to make magic in the ring, they would probably just have an ok match. Like I said a match between Jack Swagger and Batista would be a match I wouldn’t look forward to because I don’t think they could have a good match together because of their styles and their characters.

 

[Deexter Jorgan]

IMO the worst chemistry so far would have to be zack ryder and Tyler Reks, terrible chemistry but i think it has more to do with Reks character more then ryder himself, secondly Chavo and Hornswoggle, this is mostly due to the fact that chavo is jobbing to the likes of a midget with no purpose and no future without finlay, either way there are the two most horrid chemistry in opposing characters that i can think of.

 

[Black Snow]

Well, first I definitely don't agree with 'Taker/Jericho. Chris has NOT been sloppy as of late. If anything he's been having some of the best matches of his career. He's been pulling out a lot of moves we don't typically see from him. He and Rey have been using some amazing counters on one another. Jericho always steps it up and he's even said in recent interviews that he'd love to finally have a proper one-on-one feud with 'Taker who has been improving as of late. I think a lot of fans are salivating at the potential of that feud and both guys will absolutely deliver.

Let's see... bad chemistry from two guys who haven't really faced each other but are on the same brand so there's a good chance we'll see the feud sooner rather than later...

I'll go with MVP and Evan Bourne who are both wrestlers I love. MVP tends to wrestle close to his opponent. He's very solid and technically sound but the majority of his offense involves his holding onto his opponent or charging at them. Bourne sticks and moves. Bourne would need to wrestle like he did against Matt Hardy at Cyber Sunday and MVP would have to vary up his offense more. They could potentially work well but right now I don't see it.

Honestly? I wanted to say Batista/Swagger because that is a good one but I decided to think of something that hasn't already been said.

 

[wbuqed]

In a hypothetical situation I can never see good match between Kofi and Cena. Kofi, even though he isn't a typical luchador, has luchador like speed in his matches. And the one thing that makes me bring up Cena is the match he had with RVD at one night stand few years back. Now RVD was a lil slower then Kofi is, but RVD has the same type of offense as Kofi, very innovative and tends to work with only one track of wrestlers (fast). Cena tends to work best with the mat technicians (sp?) like Orton and Big Show where there are only brief glimpses of speed. Just my opinion and as always up for debate. Great Topic btw.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

I'm going to say John Cena and CM Punk. Punk uses his feet and legs a lot and Cena is more of a brawler. Punk's matches with JBL weren't that great and Cena is more or less a JBL-type so I don't think they will mesh well.

 

[Dr. Stinger A. Zoidberg]

Hmmmm Im going to go with Taker/Festus. They would not be able to do shit together. Neither of these men talk very often. Also, I dont think a deadman/fucking mental ****** feud would be good. Taker is more of a showman whereas Festus is more of a brawler. Plus, if this were to become a feud, you would have 15 minutes on each show devoted to these two trying to start a rivalry. Which other than fighting would be impossible. As far as a match goes, Taker and Festus have already fought each other in a main event on SD!, and let me just say, it was one of the worst matches of 2008. They had little chemistry in the ring, and TBH, it was a total squash.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Hmmmm Im going to go with Taker/Festus. They would not be able to do shit together. Neither of these men talk very often. Also, I dont think a deadman/fucking mental ****** feud would be good. Taker is more of a showman whereas Festus is more of a brawler. Plus, if this were to become a feud, you would have 15 minutes on each show devoted to these two trying to start a rivalry. Which other than fighting would be impossible. As far as a match goes, Taker and Festus have already fought each other in a main event on SD!, and let me just say, it was one of the worst matches of 2008. They had little chemistry in the ring, and TBH, it was a total squash.

I have to say that match wasn't really a bad match. I was surprised at how Festus took it to Taker. I loved the ending and thought it was Festus's best match. I wouldn't like to see them feud but that one match was pretty decent.

 

[I own a set of balls]

John Cena and big show.

They just couldn't lock in together.

Another is Undertaker and the big show. When both of them have matches or segments, it looks as if neither of them could give a shit about putting their best to make each other look good.

 

[jonfostersucks]

I believe the Great Khali with just about anyone on the roster is asking for trouble. He is too big and too slow. Not to mention, he really can't wrestle. The same goes with Hornswoggle, who is just too small. It really throws out any bit of believability with both of those guys.
Now to the guy who started this thread and said Jericho has been sloppy of late, HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING JERICHO AT ALL????? He is what he says, "The best in the world at what he does". Now there are many who wouldn't agree, but you got to put him up there with the top wrestlers in the world. I wouldn't put him at number one, but he belongs with the current best; with Angle, HBK, Bryan Danielson, KENTA, AJ Styles, Joe, Daniels, Mysterio, Takeshi Morishima, etc...(I'm talking great technicians and performers) This guy has been nothing but stellar since his return to the business and is only getting better and better. He is slowing showing why he once called himself "The Man of 1,004 Holds". Each match with Mysterio has been entertaining as hell and probably the best thing about the entire WWE. Their most recent televised match on Smackdown a week ago was the best yet, in my opinion and that was on free television. In fact for the past year, Jericho has been involved with the best of the best fueds in the WWE. HBK and Jericho was really the only thing keeping Raw afloat in that abysmal cesspool. Now that the too aren't currently on the show, it is sinking. Now, the whole Jericho and Rourke thing was stupid, but it set up some fun stuff with the Legends. Not that all of that was great, but the part and with Steamboat and the matches that ensued made for a great Wrestlemania moment, as well as, post-Mania moment. I just can't see the "sloppy"....

 

[Slyfox's Bitch]

I'd say Undertaker and any giant/person taller than him, other than Kane. It's overdone, the storyline's always recycled to death, there's no charisma, no passion, and the matches are horrific. It's a stain on the Undertaker's illustrious and phenomenonal career. He was meant to work with people smaller than him, and we can see that from some of the iconic matches he's had. The guy's already a giant and nobody likes to see a Titan VS Titan match up. What I especially hate is when you get a horrid commentator like Michael Cole, etc, talking about never seeing the Undertaker being 'man handled like this before!' for the uptienth time... We're bound to hear it again.

 

[Dizzysosinister]

welll for whoever started this thread i disagree about edge/taker i thought they fued was and good and had really good chemistry which resulted in great matches

far as who i think big show vs almost everybody doesnt hav good chemistry when the last time big show had a good match when he was feuding with brock Lesnar tsk tsk tsk

 

[jrumpi]

2 men who should never wrestle each other again should be the hardys . as much as people want to see it I am sorry they suck against each other there last feud was forgettable they just do not mash together and I seriously do not want to see them wrestle each other again . Here is a feud that will happen soon that I do not want to see batista vs hhh seriously they do not have good matches together at 2005 I seriously didn't enjoy any of there matches .

 

[blair4107]

Let's be honest - Undertaker hasn't had chemistry or really been any good since 2001. I'm sure people will disagree but c'mon don't you think it's time he hung up his boots? I'm not trying to take anything in the past away from him but he's really past his prime, slow, and really not intimidating anymore. DOOONG Oh, great. Here comes the old man. At this point Kane is in much better condition and should be pulling the high profile matches Undertaker gets. These two are BOTH legends, have BOTH been with the company for a REALLY long time but only Undertaker really seems to get anywhere. Now yes, I realize Kane has said before he'd not worried about ever holding a title again and to just help out younger wrestlers get over - but c'mon! He's faster, more agile, and he doesn't make you think "Oh shit, he's gonna break his hip!" every 2 minutes.

Also the Jericho stuff - no, I don't agree - Jericho is peaking right now, he's doing better and getting some of the best matches his had since he won the Undisputed WWE Championship.
I'm not sure but I believe he called himself "the man of 1004 holds" to outdo Dean Malenko ("the Man of 1000 Holds") in some feud didn't he?

I'd say Tyler Rekks and Ricky Ortiz... from what I've seen - they're pretty much the same guy...oh wait, one of them surfs and the other looks like a poodle.

I also wouldn't expect much from a John Cena vs Dolph Ziggler match. They've build Cena up to be too much, he's this unstoppable man because he has respect and you'd go in just knowing that they they wouldn't put Ziggler over on Cena unless he HAD to cheat (like they show that he just can't stop Cena straight so he has no choice but to go to cheating). I might be the only one but I have always felt that clean wins, even for heels, make you more over, at least if you're not that well established. Sidenote - personally, I won't ever be able to take Cena seriously as a performer again until they turn him heel. He has been a face for way too long and at this point its always just more of the same.

Most of the cruiserweights wouldn't have good chemistry with Rey Mysterio either. I don't care if he won the heavyweight title or not (makes you wonder if there wasn't a weight difference between the cruiserweight and heavyweight title then why were there both titles?...but I digress) I am no longer impressed with Rey Mysterio. Actually, I haven't really liked him since before his Eddie or Chavo feuds. When Mysterio debuted it was huge, bringing back THE cruiserweight from old WCW days? Amazing, people went nuts (would have for Ultimo Dragon as well...had he not fallen down in his Rumble entrance, so sad). He debuted with a really impressive arsenal of moves and maneuvers but since then he hasn't updated his repertoire since besides actually dumbing down the West Coast pop and completely ruining it. He used to land on their shoulders then do a hurracanrana-roll up.... now he just f'n sits on them! He's 5 foot tall! WHO on the roster, besides Hornswaggle, ISN'T going to be able to stop this move? And the 619... all I have to say is it was cool...in WCW when he was just taunting a dive out of the ring.

 

[Nate DaMac]

Little Jerry Lawler took mine. I disagree on the hypothetical Jericho-Taker situation. Jericho is a Carrier by every definition of the word, and he could carry Taker to some great matches. I'd say Taker/Punk. It's likely gonna happen, and I have a feeling it will suck ass. Punk can have great matches with guys his own size, but his big man opponent matches just never seem to do it for me.

 

[Blade]

Like LJL said, Cena vs Punk would just be awkward.

Firstly, their styles would conflict like hell. That's not always a bad thing, looking at HBK vs Taker. But Punk uses a mixture of striking, mat wrestling and a bit of high flying. Cena is all about the striking and the 'big moves'. It would just be weird to watch and I think they'd have a hard time selling each other's moves.
Another problem would be their roles in the match. Both guys usually get beaten up for most of the match, before landing a sting of moves and finally pulling the win out of nowhere. Who would dominate the match in Cena vs Punk? Cena dominating the match would get boring after a while, and Punk dominating the match wouldn't be believable. Unless they could put on a 50/50 match, which I don't think they'd be able to do well, the match would just be a clusterfuck. A neat clusterfuck, but a clusterfuck all the same.

 

[InstantPhenomenal]

Evan Bourne and The Big Show. Evan Bourne is a high flyer with fast moves and Show is a powerhouse.

 

[Razor]

I'll join ma man Nate and go Taker/Punk. Taker would try to sell the kicks and stuff, and he'd do marginally well at it. But really? A offense of kicks and a bulldog to take down the Undertaker? And we're supposed to believe Punk putting Taker on his shoulders for the GTS? Taker doesn't even stay down for people until 15 minutes of brutal fighting. Unless it's a Smackdown, of course.

Another I'd go with is the aforementioned Swagger/Batista. It'd be a battle of "Who's stronger," and I doubt I'd like what I see after the dust clears. The crowd will most likely eat it up, but still. Cena pulled servicable matches from JBL....but Batista is no Cena when it comes to carrying people through matches.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

I also think John Morrison and HHH will have atrocious chemistry as well. HHH hasn't been in the ring much with a style that Morrison works and vice versa. I reference the matches HHH had with Hardy. They were good but they just seemed awkward in the ring together and I believe the same would be the case with Morrison.