The Taker and Mankind fight will forever be immortalized. Also, if Taker would have mistepped, he could have ended his career then. He fought with a broken ankle. He even dropped into the ring from the top of the cell.
This technically happened before the match, but the "electrified" cage catching fire and Muta putting it out with his mist as Halloween Havoc 1989 is an all-time great "lemons into lemonade" moment in wrestling history.
Two John Cena matches, both with Cena on the bad end: Cena vs Nakamura on Smackdown to see who will fight Styles at WM. Nakamura gives a reverse exploder but under-rotates, and Cena lands on his head. Scary but Cena was fine and it really elevate Nakamura. Then, Cena vs Rollins on Raw. Rollins hits a legit knee and shatters Cena’s nose. Cena won the match, but Rollins made him and put him out for a few weeks. It really cement Rollins as a top heel.
Naito vs Omega at the G1 27. Naito botches the piledriver through the table by MISSING THE TABLE. It makes Naito’s buildup to the Destino for the rest of the match all the more convincing.
For Titus World Slide it was awesome how the production team kept replaying it throughout the match making Corey Graves laugh each time, begging them to stop
Becky vs Bianca at Mania? Becky comes off the top rope and catches Bianca right above the eye. Bianca has to wrestle the rest of the match (and win) with her eye gradually swelling up.
I would like the Young Bucks so much better if their fans didn't act like they are infallible. They are fine, maybe even good, but that's about it. What they are very good at is marketing and social media. As for professional wrestling, they can do impressive gymnastics, but they can't tell a believable story or craft a convincing fight.
Awful. I can still hear the crowds reaction when they first see Eddie bleeding... everyone knew right away that it was bad. It's even further accented by the fact that there was no commentary at the moment, just Eddie POURING blood. Still makes me queasy.
I remember sitting there, watching in horror as time after time, Shane McMahon was thrown into that ACTUAL pane of glass that REFUSED TO BREAK, no matter how many times Angle suplexed him into it. It was definitely one of those “He’s already dead!” scenarios. When he FINALLY went through the glass, I just remember sitting there being like, “I’m REALLY glad Vince McMahon isn’t my dad.”
10 notable wrestlers who never wore any of their titles around their waist during their careers and instead went with the carrying it over their shoulder approach?
4:08 - Sargent Slaughter did an in air blade job and then put the blade in his shirt. Btw he "hit" the ring post, not the turnbuckle. The match is famous for the amount of blood that Sarge lost, rivaling the Muta vs Hase rematch, and was one of the only WWWF matches sought after by tape traders.
Disappointed Trish v Lita didn't make the list. The women getting to main event for the 1st time ever with Lita's journey back from a broken neck culminating in a title match against her nemesis........then she faceplants on a dive and her neck bends at at disgusting angle. I know it's similar to the UT/HBK one you actually included but in my opinion this one was more significant due to what the match meant and that she legitimately just returned from a broken neck. 🤷♂️
If you have a good wrestling eye you can see when sgt slaughter blades himself on the buckle. They were so quick back in the day… probably why it ended being a gusher
Just so ya know . Sasuke is pronounced sauce kay . There is a very very slight "U" sound between those words . Kinda like Asuka isnt pronounced like it looks . Aus ka . its just said so quick you dont hear the "U" . AUSuKA !
konosuke takeshita is similar, the 'u' in his (given or famil?, i dunno. japanese names still baffle me on that...) first name is truncated, and the 'i' in his second. i get tired of hearing 'take-a-shit-uh'.
For real... it blows me away how completely unintentionally they landed after the EXACT SAME TIME. If they had planned that they would have killed for that landing.
Should have removed taker vs Michael from WM 25 because it still looks scary to watch. Well should have added kawada vs misawa January 22, 1999. Where kawada who had broken his hand Midway in the match would botch his finishing move the powerbomb and that botched move was the "GANSO bomb", the reception of that move was positive and people at that time thought it's a smart move by kawada.
I still remember seeing the Titus world slide live on ppv it was absolutely hilarious even crazier when they showed how he could’ve really gotten hurt too
I didnt know you are that young ! But YES that Liger vs Sasuke match was a great example of a botch/recovery !! I feel old . I was 15 when that happened ! 16 or 17 when i first watched it .
Goldberg should never wrestle again. Idk why they keep pushing him when ever he comes back. He is way to old and should never touch gold again. Edit: I do like Goldberg btw I just think all his work now is bad. He should still be in the hall of fame
What channel did it air on then (1990)? I didn't know they aired Japanese wrestling internationally at that time. Unless you were in Japan at the time...
@@tomseville2345 also ever heard of vhs? There qas a lot of wrestling going on in my house as I grew up and as a lil un I never knew if it was live or taped, cause both were a possibility pretty much any time it was on the TV, but as a kid I assumed any sport like thing, unless I specifically knew otherwise, was live cause I mean who wouldn't it's sports lol
Goldberg concussed himself before the match even started. He banged his head against a locker as part of his pre-fight ritual. That's why you can see the blood on his forehead at the start of the match
How can you talk about the Lucha Bros vs Young Bucks match and not talk about the moment when Nick Jackson fell off a ladder and almost decapitated himself on a table ?? This was 1000 times more impactful than the piledriver on the laddre, this was the biggest moment of the match by far and this was a botch as well
13:10 God Gareth you just made me feel old by saying “I was born in 1994” as I was 13 years old in October 94 so now I’m feeling old because in all honestly you look the same age as me (I even shave my head bald too 👨🏻🦲) so I thought you’re roughly my age maybe a few years younger but not 13yrs (thanks to my parents who have good genes my dad is 73 and looks like he’s 53, so I do look younger than I am. I was still getting asked for ID when buying alcohol when the age is 18 to buy alcohol up until I was 34 when I stopped drinking)
All I know is DDP should have beat Goldberg, WCW was amazing back then all except for Goldeberg. I hated Goldberg, he ruined so much of wrestling from storyline all the way to people's careers. And the amount of times he's almost killed someone by barely managing to lift them for the jackhammer is surreal, anyone else would be told to change finisher.
Ive never heard Snuka jr / Deuce's side of the story as to why he didnt catch Taker properly . Was it because he "lost him in the lights ?" Or because the camera he was holding obstructed his view ? Either way i heard Vince was pissed and he got released after that . If he wasnt already . I cant remember !
