Between this and his comment of “you know when I have a great dinner and I don’t fancy a sweet dessert, I go into Bri Mode” Sully just has unmatched comedic timing
I love every time Sullivan is on something Wrestletalk related, because I always end up laughing harder at him than I have to anything else that week. :) Fantastic vid guys, and yea - the reaction to the Monster's Ball match was incredible.
It's not going to be here, but one of my favourite stipulations atm is the Iron Survivor Challenge; only 4 matches with that stipulation and they're all bangers! Up the NXT! Edit: never mind, Luke had it and that's why he's the best
Coming from someone who was at the first one live... it SUCKED. You had no clue what to follow in the ring. A good portion of the audience, myself included, didn't even see Hogan get pulled UNDER the ropes so we thought we had missed the elimination and he was just a sore loser like in 92. That entire PPV was a tragedy to watch live. If people don't remember, this was during Hogan's tease of a darker character wearing all black and there was a promo segment where he was supposed to remove the black and go back to yellow and red.... problem was no one could hear a word he said because the audio wasn't going out to the crowd so we didn't cheer and it was just crickets.
9:43 I can name every monster's ball match that had took place in tna in reverse chronological order. They are that good. I remember each and every one of them.
9:43 monster's ball matches are great. They should see trey miguel vs crazzy steve, bram vs abyss, matt hardy vs abyss or the most recent one pco vs kon to see how good monster's ball matches are. It's one of my favourite stipulation too.
now i just want a video where luke describes a seemingly random/weird stipulation, and the other guys need to guess whether this actually was a tna match or not (bonus points if they can come up with the correct name)
One of my favorite things about TLC is how it's invention felt so organic. Having the three teams, each with their specialty object, going head to head in a match meant to show off all of their strengths was such a good and cool idea (even if it is just essentially a ladder match with more weapons) and then it translated so well into a match others could do and put their own spins on it.
My list, for those who might care. 10. Hell in a Cell 9. No DQ (and any other way to call it) 8. Barbed wire (of any kind) 7. Submission 6. Last Man Standing 5. Royal Rumble 4. Monsters Ball (I too am a 2000s TNA nerd) 3. Lethal Lockdown (see previous entry) 2. War Games (thanks to my talk with Paul Ellering) 1. TLC (TLC 2 got me into wrestling) Also, I think instead of I Quit it should be submit or surrender
Texas Death has quickly rocketed up my list of things that make me excited for a feud. Casino gauntlet match has the potential to be a top 5 for me because we're 2 for 2 of being so much fun to watch.
Triple H winning the 3 stages of hell made sense in the storyline especially 2-0 as it brought up Austin's self doubt that would lead him to siding with the Devil himself at Mania and the "I need to beat you Rock" interview.
Hardcore match is just a falls count anywhere match which is different than no DQ/ Extreme Rules/ Street Fight/ No Holds Barred etc matches where the win has to happen in the ring.
I suggested this back on the best finishers video, so I'm taking credit whether you saw my comment or not! Great video as always and fingers crossed for a worst match stipulations video to come!
these TLC videos are legit the best. You guys look like youre having so much fun! These always get me laughing right along with you. Cant wait for the worst stips video
I feel like Cody be Seth was the last Hell in a Cell? And the one before that I remember was Seth vs Edge at Crown Jewell which was also great. Then Roman vs Jey wasn’t long before that which was also great.
I expect the worst stipulations soon, although certain match stipulation need some fine tuning. Take Hair vs Hair for example, they have a match then a chase to cut the losers hair who almost cuts the winners hair. What they should do is treat it like an ambulance match where they have to lock the person in the chair similar to the chair in the WM Holly v Victoria match.
Royal Rumbles are great, but I think early on they ran the risk of getting stale. Adding the world title to 1992 and then title shots every year after turned an okay gimmick into a must-watch, must-win event.
I love a Survival Series Match a multi-man tag-team eliminator match love the walk of shame, the raising stakes, the "can they coexist" is never higher. Royal Rumble #1 Survival Series is in my Top 5ish probably.
Forget Worst Match Ever season 2… Give us a series with Luke and Sullivan where Luke shows him the “best” of TNA and Sully loses his mind with what he sees.
Yeah, for #5 I see where he is coming from that MitB is a subsection of ladder. I would say there is a split between standard ladder match and multi-man ladder matches.
I don't know if y'all have ever done this, but a TLC of "Best Title Changes on TV" could be a fun list to do. Because it is one thing to have the title change hands on a PPV, but having the title change hands on weekly programming just feels different. I was thinking it could just be main titles, but I guess y'all could open it up to any title. Oh, but I will say, excluding MITB cash ins. I think y'all should rank the best matches in which the title changes hands.
Finally caught up with this one. Yeah, this list was gonna be all over the place on the low end, I just knew it. Only 8 matches with repeat votes. And even I was wondering whether Royal Rumble counted or not, but yeah, it does. The official Top 14: 1) Royal Rumble (30) 2) TLC (23) 3) Money In The Bank (15) 3) Elimination Chamber (15) 5) Dog Collar (13) 5) Ladder (13) 7) Hell In A Cell (9) 8) Anarchy In The Arena (8) 9) Ultimate X (5) 9) Wargames (5) 11) Extreme Rules (4) 11) Iron Survivor (4) 11) Steel Cage (4) 11) Iron Man (4)
I grew up watching TNA more often than WWE in the 2000s, so it’s always amusing to me when Luke picks some weird TNA stipulation and my reaction is like “oh yeah, sure” and I remember not everyone is acclimated to the TNA-ness of some of their stuff lol
Don't judge me, but my number 1 is actually Money in the Bank... 2020. Specifically the 2020 version. I actually loved the match, and appreciate the effort.
Talking about stipulations no one remembers are stipulations, I think everyone has forgotten probably the best and most important one, tag team matches. (Which were originally introduced and treated the same way as modern stipulations, e.g. ladder matches).
With Triple H v Austin three stages of hell; I absolutely support Triple H winning and winning the way he did. Austin won the Rumble and was going on to win the title so that loss didn’t hurt him at all. Triple H had lost the title and was going on to lose to Taker so that big win gave him a bit of needed momentum.
