BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) UNDERTAKER vs. MANKIND
It was this or Hogan and Sting. The Hogan and Sting match was built up so long and so well that it couldn’t live up to the expectations. It didn’t. The storyline was interesting… at start. It went on forever, but it was still important to most fans. They finally fight and it’s lackluster as hell. You never had this problem with the Undertaker and Mankind feud. Their matches have always been entertaining and mostly always sick and memorable. I love me some “Boiler Room Brawl”, “Hell in The Cell”, and all the deranged scenarios and spots. It went on for a good chunk of time and it really put Foley over. I’m not the biggest Undertaker fan of all time, but I have enjoyed his past work. Is it wrong for me to say that Taker’s best feud of all time was Mankind? Nah, I didn’t think so.
(THREE) AUSTIN vs. MCMAHON
The biggest war of rebellion in the history of wrestling. Austin represented every blue collar, white collar, and anyone who has ever wanted to beat down the asshole authority figures in your life. The entire Attitude Era was based around this feud. Austin came in as the beer drinking, good ol’ boy redneck type who the entire world came to love. The main reason is the great heel work of Vince McMahon. The man is NOT a wrestler, but it’s hard to say he wasn’t the top heel of the 90’s. Hogan was heel with the nWo, but he was still cheered. No one liked Vince and everyone loved Austin.
(TWO) HART vs. MICHAELS
There are so many things about this feud that are embedded into wrestling forever. The first big Iron Man match, the “screw job”, “Bret Screwed Bret”, Vince being recognized as the owner and becoming a character, the Attitude era, and about a million words and film frames dedicated to it. I love their Iron Man match, the “Montreal” match, and even their IC Title stuff. If you’re a fan of professional wrestling on any level then you MUST see this.
(ONE) WWF vs. WCW
There is no wrestling war like this one. It embodied the biggest era in modern wrestling. We had “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, nWo, DX, Hollywood Hogan, The “Mister Mac-man” character, and soooo much. WCW used their money to buy certain people from WWF and used them awesomely with the whole “We’re Taking Over” nWo thing. It was 80 something weeks where WCW was getting better ratings. The back and forth between the two companies gave us the best characters, best storylines, and best of wrestling in any era. It was a pleasure to be around for it.
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