WWE Council of War

[Uncle Sam]

That DVD looks quite appealing. Despite owning several ROH DVDs, there aren't enough CM Punk matches in my collection. I've been meaning to pick up SummerSlam 2009 for the longest time. The Undertaker can still go fuck himself. The classic steel cage is certainly better than its bastard brothers, the cell and the elimination chamber.

 

[X]

Anyone pick up the Cage Match DVD WWE's putting out? It's got some interesting matches on it:

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Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship
Bob Backlund vs. Pat Patterson
Madison Square Garden 24th September, 1979

Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship
Bob Backlund vs. Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka
Madison Square Garden 19th May, 1980

Steel Cage Match
Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko
Shea Stadium 9th August, 1980

Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich
Christmas Star Wars 25th December, 1982

Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship
Ivan & Nikita Koloff vs. Rock ‘N’ Roll Express
Starrcade 28th November, 1985

Steel Cage Match
Road Warriors vs. Michael P.S. Hayes & ‘Gorgeous’ Jimmy Garvin
WrestleRock 20th April, 1986

Steel Cage Match
Abdullah the Butcher vs. Bruiser Brody
Cotton Bowl Extravaganza 12th October, 1986

Steel Cage Match
Midnight Rockers vs. ‘Playboy’ Buddy Rose & ‘Pretty Boy’ Doug Somers
Brawl in St. Paul 25th December, 1986

Steel Cage Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
WrestleFest 31st July, 1988

Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger
Capital Combat 19th May, 1990

Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship
Ultimate Warrior vs. ‘Ravishing’ Rick Rude
SummerSlam 27th August, 1990

Steel Cage Match
Ultimate Warrior vs. ‘Macho King’ Randy Savage
Madison Square Garden 21st January, 1991


Steel Cage Match for the Intercontinental Championship
Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty
White Plains, NY 17th August, 1993

Steel Cage Match
Mankind vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
SummerSlam 3rd August, 1997

Steel Cage Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Mr. McMahon
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre 14th February, 1999

Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Triple H
Rebellion 2nd October, 1999

Steel Cage Match to Unify the Tag Team Championships
Dudley Boyz vs. Hardy Boyz
Survivor Series 18th November, 2001

Steel Cage Match
Edge vs. Chris Jericho
SmackDown 25th July, 2002

Steel Cage Match
Chris Jericho vs. Christian
Raw 10th May, 2004

Steel Cage Match
Randy Orton vs. ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair
Taboo Tuesday 19th October, 2004

Steel Cage Match
Matt Hardy vs. Edge
Unforgiven 18th September, 2005

Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship
John Cena vs. Edge
Raw 2nd October, 2006

Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Batista vs. Chris Jericho
Raw 3rd November, 2008

Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy
SmackDown 28th August, 2009

Awesome, awesome looking set. Worth getting just for the Sammartino/Zbysko match at Shea stadium alone. Is that the first time that match has ever been released on a WWE DVD? I think it is. Awesome.

I really, really wish they'd have put the AWESOME Sammartino/Tito Santana vs. Randy Savage/Adrian Adonis cage match from MSG in the summer of '86 though on there though. That was like, his last big match for the company and it ruled.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Harlem Heat fucking rocked.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Watching that segment were the NWO took the piss out of the horsemen/

Actually fucking hilarious, and even moreso when thinking of how much it pissed off Flair and the rest of those fools

 

[Mighty NorCal]

DDP. Such a fucking beast, man. Fun watching his rise, X, given what you have been watching lately, I know you are with me

 

[klunderbunker]

I did a COTC from around that time recently. Amazing indeed.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

did the Cutter, threw the shirt in the faces of the NWO, heads out thru the crowd, and the rest is history.

The crowd fucking BLOWS UP for the entrance, the cutter, fuck, practically everything he does.

 

[X]

Watching that segment were the NWO took the piss out of the horsemen/

Actually fucking hilarious, and even moreso when thinking of how much it pissed off Flair and the rest of those fools

I fucking hate that promo. It's funny, yes, but the whole thing was pretty much a shoot by them intended solely to talk shit about and embarrass a guy who dedicated his entire life to that company. One of the most disgusting things Nash ever did in his life.

DDP. Such a fucking beast, man. Fun watching his rise, X, given what you have been watching lately, I know you are with me

Fuck yes. But of course they waited about 2 years too long to put the title on him so when they finally did, no one really cared anymore.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

A fantastic drinking game for this would be "everytime someone botches the hell out of the set up for the scorpion death drop, take a shot"


Shitty, is what you would get

 

[Mighty NorCal]

So did anyone else hate Sting's WCW music? Not a "Man Called Sting", but his Crow music. It was so...anti-climactic and low key. The fans never knew to pop for his entrance because his music wasn't recognizable at all until like a minute in. So weird.

Orrrr maybe the fact that it uh....Stops? lol. After like 2 minutes its just a baseline. Literally. What the fuck, WCW


Gah, so dumb. So fucking dumb.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

I loved heel Taker in 2002. His promos not his matches.

 

[Steamboat Ricky]

I loved The Crow music. Seek and Destroy music was not as good, IMO.

 

[Shocky]

They'll never release everything on DVD. I don't think there's a market for someone wanting to buy seasons of Monday Night Raw. I'm as much of a nut for the old shit as the next guy, but even I would have next to zero want for such a thing.

Give me a damn WWE channel and I'll be happy, minus the movies.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

They'll never release everything on DVD. I don't think there's a market for someone wanting to buy seasons of Monday Night Raw.

Which is why you do all the weekly shows, along with the PPV. Its the entirety of the stories, you know

 

[Steamboat Ricky]

You don't need DVDs to watch all the shows, Norcal.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

On DVD? Yes, you do

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

I loved heel Taker in 2002. His promos not his matches.

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One of the funniest moments I think I've ever seen in wrestling, mainly due to Taker's expression.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I have a confession to make. I missed most of WWE between 2002 and 2004, owing to how I no longer had the channel that carried the shows. So when people talk about how awesome Benoit or Undertaker or Guerrero were during that time... it just hurts a little bit, you know?

Edit: I did see that Royal Rumble though.

Edit2: And if you guys could recommend, like, some pay-per-views for those years, I'd be forever in your debt. Need someone dead? I'll fetch the piano wire.

 

[Nate DaMac]

If you ever decide that life isn't worth living anymore, check out Bad Blood 03.

 

[Shocky]

Summerslam 2002 is about the only one you need to watch.

2003 was dreadful, especially Monday Night Raw. Stick to Smackdown and the Smackdown pay per views.

 

[Nate DaMac]

Yeah, Raw was basically Triple H and friends for 2 years.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I'm ashamed to say that Bad Blood 2003's one of the pay-per-views that my brother videotaped and brought back from Leeds for me. I had no idea what the fuck Kevin Nash was doing in the main event.

 

[Nate DaMac]

Neither did anyone else, man. Mick Foley couldn't even save that match.

 

[Coco]

Vengeance 2003. I suppose.

 

[Coco]

Also, I enjoyed the cell with Nash. I won't even say it's a guilty pleasure. I'll shout my love for it from the rooftops so long as nobody recognizes me.