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Showing posts with label WWE Classic. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

WWE: King Kong Bundy vs Jake Roberts- January, 1987



Source:WWE- King Kong Bundy. I would say the nickname goes with him like burgers go with fries.

"Live from the Philadelphia Spectrum 10th January 1987" 

On paper, this looks like a total matchup. Jake Roberts, maybe 260 and in great shape with a lot of that weight being muscle on his 6'5-6'6 frame, but King Kong Bundy at 475, maybe bigger than that and he does look like a big fat man, obese even, but a lot of that weight was actually bulk and muscle. Similar to Andre The Giant, but King King was a foot shorter. So this looks like a mismatch. But to sound corny: pro wrestling matches aren't won on paper. They're won in backrooms by the producers of these shows. 

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Monday, April 1, 2013

WWE Smackdown: King of The Ring 2002- Hulk Hogan vs Triple H: World Heavyweight Championship



Source:WWE- Smackdown showing the World Heavyweight Championship match between Hulk Hogan and HHH, at Backlash.

"Triple H Vs Hulk Hogan 720p HD Full Match" 

From WWE Shield 

A great World Championship match, I just wish Hulk Hogan was 10-15 years younger in it. 

According to WWE announcer Jim Ross who is at least arguably the voice of pro wrestling, similar to how Keith Jackson has that honor college football and and Pat Summerall has that honor for NFL football, HHH at this point in his career, didn't view himself as a power wrestler. Even though he's 6'4, 270 pounds or so, bigger than Sting and about the same size Lex Lugar, two of the best power wrestlers ever. 

Perhaps HHH wants to viewed as a great pure wrestler and the big strong heavyweights the guys who are 260 or bigger and mostly if not all muscle don't tend to be great pure wrestlers and they generally don't need to be, because they're so big and strong. 

But when you are as big and strong as HHH, especially back in the early 2000s when he was always 270 or bigger, with almost no body fat, on a 6'4 frame and you have the devastating power moves that he had like the pedigree and the reverse spine-buster, of course you are a power wrestler. And HHH is one of the best ever. 

Friday, December 21, 2012

WWE: WWE Classics- The Undertaker vs Dave Batista: World Heavyweight Championship (2007)



Source:WWE- The Undertaker vs Dave Batista for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

"Welcome to the Devil's Playground. Experience some of the most brutal matches ever with "Hell In A Cell". Batista vs. Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship. From Survivor Series, 11/18/07" 

From WWE

This is an interesting matchup because Dave Batista in real life is 6'5-6'6, 290-300 pounds, all muscle, sort of like a bigger Rock (also known as Dwayne Johnson) and very athletic. Which meant he was big and strong enough to go toe-to-toe, with a super heavyweight like The Undertaker. And yet what makes The Undertaker so special is that he's always just one power move, whether you're talking about close line, a boot, DDT, choke slam, or other moves, from completely devastating you and either beating right there or getting the upper hand and going to work on you. Regardless of who he was fighting or how big and strong the other wrestler was. As Dave Batista founded out against him. 

Saturday, December 15, 2012

WWE: Inter Continental Championship- Hercules vs Curt Hennig (1990)


"M.R.Perfect vs Hercules. 1990 intercontinental championship." 

From Wrestling Bood

A great matchup of incredible raw power with Hercules vs one of the most skillful pro wrestlers of all- time, who was also a great athlete and very strong himself in Curt Hennig.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

WWE: Sid Vicious- Survivor Series 1996


Source:WWE- Sid Vicious at Survivor Series 1996.

"Sid makes his way to the ring for his WWE Championship Match: Survivor Series 1996. Sid hears the roar of the MSG crowd at Survivor Series 1996." 

From WWE

Sid Vicious was an incredible dominant force that never quite lived up to his full potential as a pro wrestler. If you had to put a list of the top 10 underachievers in the history of pro wrestling (WWE,WCW, AWA, WCCW) I think Psycho Sid (as he was called) would be towards the top of the list, if not at the top of the list. 

Sid Vicious was a man who was 6'9, weighed 320 pounds, no belly, almost no body fat, huge upper body, biceps, shoulders, who moved very well in the ring. He was a taller Hulk Hogan and a bigger Lex Lugar. Just a freak of power, physical strength, size, and athletic ability. But he was never more than a championship contender in the WWE, and was part of WCW went it went out-of-business in the early 2000s.