Crowley Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 What I'm looking for in this thread is matches featuring well known WWE wrestlers that have slipped through the cracks over the years. Maybe the matches took place outside of WWE in lesser known promotions or were never made available to view on home video or television. I'm looking for stars you never thought crossed paths from different eras and genres mixing it up. Everybody talks about how much they want to see Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold Steve Austin face-off, but how many people remember that they already competed against each other in a match (while it may not have been a one-on-one bout, it still happened and people seem to have forgotten)? How many people remember when Sting and Shawn Michaels were in the same ring together? While not all of these moments were as great as they could have been, they're fun to see and you'd be surprised by some of the hidden gems that have been lost to time.Here are a few of my own examples. I look forward to seeing what other people post and hope we can dig out some forgotten classics. Daniel Bryan defends his ROH World Championship against "The Ugandan Giant", Kamala. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFCe5G361Qk The Undertaker vs. Jinsei Shinzaki (Hakushi in WWF) in what might be the only example of Mark Calaway wrestling as The Undertaker character outside of WWE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2swfqkMm44Q Kurt Angle vs. ROH veteran, Roderick Strong on Smackdown. WWE US Champion, Daniel Bryan vs. Shelton Benjamin. Triple H and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat have a fantastic match. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFARZtw6dUg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V to I Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 The Harts (Bret & Owen) vs. The Steiners (Rick & Scott): I never knew of this match till I caught a review of it a year or two back, because it was a Coliseum Home Video (remember those?) exclusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyriqz ✪ Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crack. Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 - Daniel Bryan vs. Shelton Benjamin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Bret Hart vs The Rock Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit Bret Hart vs Sting (on free tv) Bret Hart vs Macho Man I obviously know about these now, but over the past couple of years I learned or remembered that they actually happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rosh Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Did Hogan/Hart ever happen? That's a pretty big ass match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E#37 Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Did Hogan/Hart ever happen? That's a pretty big ass match. Yeah, in WCW on free tv! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Did Hogan/Hart ever happen? That's a pretty big ass match. Yeah, in WCW on free tv! Yeah, I have that one downloaded from youtube. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't watched it, so all I'm gonna say is that WCW *censored*ed up by putting it on Nitro for free, and they *censored*ed up again with how it ended. Seriously, just watch the end; it's summarizes what WCW became during it's last few years and shows why it's not in business anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V to I Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 To be fair as far as Bret/Hogan goes, giving away major main events for free was common during the Monday Night Wars and the WWF was guilty of it too. I will knock them for overbooking the *Censored* out of that match though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 To be fair as far as Bret/Hogan goes, giving away major main events for free was common during the Monday Night Wars and the WWF was guilty of it too. I will knock them for overbooking the *Censored* out of that match though. But this was really not just a "major" main event, this was an all-time main event that should have been done at their own version of WM. For years in WWF fans had been talking about a Hart vs Hogan, past vs future showdown. And the ending man, seriously. It was like watching a suspense movie just to find out at the end that it was all a dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Legacy Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 I knew all of these already happened except for Taker vs Shinzaki. wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 WWE.com has a good top ten article on this, check it out: http://www.wwe.com/classics/classic-lists/10-dream-matches-that-actually-happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V to I Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 To be fair as far as Bret/Hogan goes, giving away major main events for free was common during the Monday Night Wars and the WWF was guilty of it too. I will knock them for overbooking the *Censored* out of that match though. But this was really not just a "major" main event, this was an all-time main event that should have been done at their own version of WM. For years in WWF fans had been talking about a Hart vs Hogan, past vs future showdown. And the ending man, seriously. It was like watching a suspense movie just to find out at the end that it was all a dream. ---- I agree, but that was just the state of the business at the time as far as doing those matches on TV. Ratings were the name of the game. That match was seriously disappointing though, which was par for the course for Bret's WCW run. Should've been so much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Brets match vs Hogan, and his backstage scuffle with Sting, if you want to call that a match, clearly outlined what a disappointment Brets stay in WCW was. Then to be literally booted out by Goldberg just left a bad taste in my mouth as a longtime fan of his. Feuds vs Hogan, Sting, Benoit, Curt Hennig, and even Rey Mysterio would have been awesome if done right and would have made for an epic tenure at WCW, but well...you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ǝpitome Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H vs. The Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Mulligan Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Chris Jericho vs Undertaker. I found this out a few months back but really should've been on PPV before SmackDown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicky Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 thank to newF'N show i just discovered Ted dibiase jr vs Kenta best match of ted jr so far , much better than any of his wwe matches . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E#37 Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 To be fair as far as Bret/Hogan goes, giving away major main events for free was common during the Monday Night Wars and the WWF was guilty of it too. I will knock them for overbooking the *Censored* out of that match though. I know what you mean, but this wasn't just some major event. This was the mainevents of mainevents. This was Hogan vs Hart. All the ingredients for a tremendous PPV match and they just blew it, by having it on free tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crack. Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 I'm half and half in saying: Batista vs. Brock Lesnar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vii Kay Oh Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Chris Jericho vs Undertaker. I found this out a few months back but really should've been on PPV before SmackDown.Uhh, you must've not been around during the Attitude Era.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E#37 Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 I'm half and half in saying: Batista vs. Brock Lesnar. Not on national television. They did face off in OVW though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rosh Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 To be fair as far as Bret/Hogan goes, giving away major main events for free was common during the Monday Night Wars and the WWF was guilty of it too. I will knock them for overbooking the *Censored* out of that match though. But this was really not just a "major" main event, this was an all-time main event that should have been done at their own version of WM. For years in WWF fans had been talking about a Hart vs Hogan, past vs future showdown. And the ending man, seriously. It was like watching a suspense movie just to find out at the end that it was all a dream. WTF did I just watch? What a complete clusterfudge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknownsold13r Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 This is an awesome thread and I hope it lives long and prospers. Taker vs Hakushi was new to me, and so was Steamboat vs Trips WWE.com has Steve Austin vs Great Muta up on their site. It's not that rare of a match as it happened on an old WCW PPV (Spring Stampede '94), but it was long before either of them developed gimmicks that caused one to become the greatest ANTI-HERO of American wrestling and the other to become the greatest ANTI-HERO of Japanese wrestling. Still, that Spring Stampede match is pretty well known to American fans at least, but this one from about a year later isn't. NJPW - Stunning Steve Austin vs Keji Mutoh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuRJ0bDBUnE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counting Lights Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Chris Jericho vs Undertaker. I found this out a few months back but really should've been on PPV before SmackDown.Uhh, you must've not been around during the Attitude Era.. Did they face off in the AE? I thought their matches in 2008 were their first ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Is that Bruce Pritchard in Taker's corner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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