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[JaseSF]

Recall these being popular dream matches in their time:

Hulk Hogan (1987) vs. Ric Flair (1987)
Steve Austin (1998) vs. Goldberg (1998)

Here's some others that would have been cool:

Nick Bockwinkel (1982) vs. Ric Flair (1986) - Flair vs. Bockwinkel did happen in 1986 for Flair's NWA title.
Shawn Michaels (1996) vs. Sting (1992)
CM Punk (2011) vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper (1985)
Randy Savage (1988) vs. Terry Funk (1989)
Andre the Giant (1985) vs. The Undertaker (1991)
Bruiser Brody (1986) vs. Cactus Jack (1993)

[JaseSF]

Raw was a pretty disappointing show last night. Everything's so predictable nowadays...yawn. John Cena as the Shield's surprise tag partner wasn't particularly surprising. The segments with Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Dean Ambrose were all pretty well done, the rest of the show's segments not so much so. They have stripped Daniel Bryan of the WWE World title to put it up for grab in the Money in the Bank match

The matches themselves were either pretty good or pointless. Just a rundown of the show:

Money in the Bank World Title match Qualifier: Bad News Barrett vs. Sheamus: This was actually a pretty solid match, a good brawl, arguably the show stealing match of the night. Weird though to get the US Champ vs. the Intercontinental Champ in such a match. Sheamus won so I guess the I-C title gets defended at Money in the Bank. 

Zack Ryder vs. Rusev. Ryder is the next glorified jobber to fall to Rusev. They're still building him up nicely as a monster heel. Kind of a lame match though. They could do more with Ryder. He should have got in something in the match but really didn't. 

Goldust/R-Truth vs. Rybaxel: They continued the whole pointless split between Cody and Goldust with Goldie partnering with different partners and predictably losing to Rybaxel. Yawn! Beside Rybaxel being terrible and boring, this whole split with the Rhodes is pointless. They should have just turned them heel which would make them a much more serious threat to the Usos. Actually I hope they still do a surprise turn with the Rhodes on the Usos. I think that could be done quite well. Instead they'll probably just split them up and put them in a pointless feud. 

The Shield (now of Reigns and Ambrose) attacking 3MB and the interview that followed was the best segment of the night. 

The Usos vs. Fandango and interpretative dance Damien Sandow was ridiculous. Sandow has obviously ticked off someone higher up as is routinely humiliated each and every week. What a waste of a great talent. Usos predictably win at the expense of paying his dues Sandow.

Xavier Woods vs. Bo Dallas. Now I like Bo Dallas and his gimmick. I think it's working pretty well. Woods on the other hand along with R-Truth and even Kofi Kingston these days has been relegated to the glorified jobber squad. Waste of a talent there who was actually a pretty solid hand in NXT. Bo needs to start facing someone a little more challenging soon. OK match in terms of building Bo but not much else. 

Money in the Bank World Title match Qualifier: Cesaro vs. Rob Van Dam. Yeah, RVD vs. Cesaro yet again. We've seen it a bit too much lately. Still it was a good match with both wrestlers looking good at different points. Heyman was great on the mic as usual. 

The Seth Rollins - Michael Cole segment was pretty well done but John Cena being the surprise partner of the Shield against the Wyatts was kind of disappointing.

Paige vs. Alicia Fox was actually one of the better matches of the night although there were a few blown spots. Aksana being at ringside made it a little more interesting and Fox had another entertaining meltdown post match after Paige won with her submission hold. 

Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger. Completely pointless match  we've seen much too often in the past although the right guy actually went over and Zeb Colter's signs were entertaining. Swagger needs a new tag partner as he is going nowhere as a singles guy. 

John Cena, Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose vs. The Wyatt Family. It was a solid main event, pretty good match overall. Just disappointing to see John Cena so mixed up with the Shield and honestly I hoped the feud with the Wyatts was over. Still a good match. Ambrose & Reigns though need a new partner if the split with Rollins is to continue IMO. I think Corey Graves from NXT would potentially make a great choice and he also has history with Rollins. Match  Cena's involvement 

[HappyGilmore]

Bubba Ray Dudley's brief porn career.
Bully Ray talks about his career in porn

[VenomX73]

Goldberg (1997) vs Ultimate Warrior (1990) 

Ivan Putski (1979) vs Mr. Perfect (1988)

[JaseSF]

Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Waylon Mercy
The Widowmaker Barry Windham vs. The Undertaker
Jack Swagger vs. Kurt Angle
Tony Atlas vs. Mark Henry

[VenomX73]

ZEUS vs Ken Shamrock

[HappyGilmore]

Swagger vs. Angle could've been great.

[JaseSF]

How about Shamrock vs. Angle vs. Swagger? Battle of the Ankle-Locks!

Watched NXT the other night. Great show:

Paige, Emma & Bayley vs. The BFFs (Charlotte, Sasha Banks & Summer Rae): Solid six diva opener although Paige wasn't in the match enough. Helped to build the soon to be split in the BFFs. 

Mr. NXT (Bo Dallas in a mask) vs. Sami Zayn: Fun if somewhat short match featuring the loser leaves NXT Bo returning under a white mask ala Mr. Wrestling. Bo was a hoot in this and it helped build the super talented Zayn. 

Adrian Nevile vs. Tyson Kidd (NXT title match): Just a fantastic match. Natalya being in Tyson's corner added an unexpected wrinkle to this match. Wonderful back and forth. Probably the best TV match all week. 

Also caught TNA Impact which wasn't so great although it did continue to build the MVP-Eric Young rivalry. This show featured Eric Young against MVP, Bobby Lashley, and Kenny King in individual matches. Young got hurt pretty early on in a loss to Lashley, then later defeated King, and managed to defeat MVP by DQ. MVP wasn't worried though as he used it as a means to put a beatdown on Young. Young won the right to make the match stipulation at the Slammiversary PPV (a steel cage match). TNA is obviously relying on Young an awful lot and while he's talented, I'm not sure having him beaten in the opener was the best strategy although it does make him even more the underdog for the PPV. The only other match on the show was a #1 triple threat contenders' match for the Knockouts title  between Madison Rayne, Brittney, and Gail Kim. They continued the love crush angle between Brittney and Rayne and had the Beautiful People come out to try and effect the outcome of the match. Pretty solid little match that continued to build storylines. The rest of the show was pretty much just bad segments that seemed to waste talent that would have been better served performing in the ring.

[VenomX73]

So - since WrestleMania... any word on Undertaker?

[JaseSF]

No, not a sign other than Paul Heyman repeating pretty much every chance he gets that Brock Lesnar ended his streak...maybe a Lesnar-Taker rematch? Honestly though I'm not sure how many more matches Taker has in him at this point...

[HappyGilmore]

What're your thoughts on Adam Rose? I went to a WWE Live Event and he stole the show.  The whole thing is FUN.  I love it.  And that bunny is superb.

WWE: "Break Away" â–º Adam Rose 5th Theme Song
Adam Rose uses the WWE Universe to find out if Vickie Guerrero is a lemon or a Rosebud

[bob]

I'm not quite sure what to make of him. I like his theme though.

[JaseSF]

He reminds me a little of Exotic Adrian Street. Think he should up the effeminism even more. Honestly though, I find wrestling kind of a boring drag to watch lately. Aside from Bo Dallas, the Wyatts and the former Shield (and sometimes Bad News Barrett & Cesaro), I just don't care that much about the rest of the roster...

[VenomX73]

Yeah... Eh... IMO - I'm so glad I got old dvds and VHS of the good old days...

[HappyGilmore]

I'm actually getting more into it recently than I have been since last year.

I'm digging Emma, too.
Emma vs Layla WWE RAW 4/21/14