GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results

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GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Oct 30, 2022 11:40:34 GMT -5

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Post by Cap on Oct 30, 2022 11:40:34 GMT -5

Well Folks,

Here are the results of our first ever off year project. As I said before, this off year project will be less formal and not calculated. Each voting member's list of the top 50 rivalries of all time can be found below. They are listed in the order of submission. Feel free to use this thread to provide any justifications, questions, comments, etc

Microstatistics

1. Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
2. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Volk Han
3. El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas
4. Daisuke Ikeda vs. Yuki Ishikawa
5. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu
6. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa
7. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama
8. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin
9. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano
10. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Nobuhiko Takada
11. El Hijo del Santo vs. Espanto Jr.
12. Vader vs. Sting
13. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda
14. Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
15. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena
16. Volk Han vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
17. Volk Han vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
18. Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon
19. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Nobuhiko Takada
20. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
21. Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle
22. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
23. Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
24. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit
25. Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori
26. Greg Valentine vs. Roddy Piper
27. Aja Kong vs. Yumiko Hotta
28. Edge vs. Matt Hardy
29. Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker
30. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio
31. Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
32. El Satanico vs. Ultimo Guerrero
33. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
34. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Super Tiger
35. Jushin Liger vs. Great Sasuke
36. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
37. Mick Foley vs. The Undertaker
38. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
39. Volk Han vs. Mitsuya Nagai
40. Lioness Asuka vs. Jaguar Yokota
41. Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith
42. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Go Ryuma
43. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Gary Albright
44. Buddy Rose vs. Rick Martel
45. The Revival vs. #DIY
46. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu
47. Shinobu Kandori vs. Yumiko Hotta
48. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto
49. Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose/Doug Somers
50. Mayumi Ozaki/Dynamite Kansai vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada

Outlawjamboree

1. Sting vs Big Van Vader
2. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin
3. Von Erichs vs The Dynamic Duo
4. Ric Flair vs Dusty Rhodes
5. Larry Zbyszko vs Steven Regal
6. Von Erichs vs Freebirds
7. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs Steiners
8. Funks vs Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen
9. Magnum TA vs Tully Blanchard
10. Steve Austin vs Ricky Steamboat
11. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
12. Ultimate Warrior vs Rick Rude
13. Roddy Piper vs Greg Valentine
14. Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat
15. Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig
16. Eddy Guerrero vs Rey Misterio Jr.
17. Rey Misterio Jr. vs Psychosis
18. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart
19. CM Punk vs John Cena
20. Dean Malenko vs Rey Misterio Jr.
21. Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen
22. Bret Hart vs Davey Boy Smith
23. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne vs Nasty Boys
24. Barry Windham vs Ric Flair
25. Big Van Vader vs The Boss
26. Midnight Express vs Rock & Roll Express
27. Midnight Rockers vs Doug Somers & Buddy Rose
28. Low Ki vs Bryan Danielson
29. Dustin Rhodes vs Bunkhouse Buck
30. Lex Luger vs Ric Flair
31. Dory Funk Jr. vs Bruiser Brody
32. ReDRagon vs The Briscoes
33. Ultimate Warrior vs Randy Savage
34. Jerry Lynn vs Rob Van Dam
35. Terry Funk vs Ric Flair
36. Bret Hart vs Curt Hennig
37. Ronnie Garvin vs Jake Roberts
38. Paul Orndorff vs Roddy Piper
39. Bob Backlund vs Bret Hart
40. Toshiaki Kawada vs Mitsuharu Misawa
41. Jerry Lawler vs Nick Bockwinkel
42. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood vs Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle
43. Steven Regal vs Fit Finlay
44. Paul Orndorff vs Hulk Hogan
45. Tully Blanchard vs Ronnie Garvin
46. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi
47. Ted DiBiase vs Jim Duggan
48. Cactus Jack vs Big Van Vader
49. Rick Rude vs Sting
50. Nikita Koloff vs Magnum TA

Darrenn

1. Bryan Danielson v. Takeshi Morishima
2. CM Punk v. MJF
3. Jerry Lawler v. Terry Funk
4. Bruno Sammartino v. Larry Zbyszko
5. Bret Hart v. Steve Austin
6. Ric Flair v. Terry Funk
7. Akira Hokuto v. Shinobu Kandori
8. Jerry Lawler v. Andy Kaufman
9. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr v. Abdullah the Butcher/The Sheik
10. Genichiro Tenryu v. Jumbo Tsuruta
11. Sting v. Vader
12. CM Punk v. John Cena
13. Rick Martel v. Buddy Rose
14. CM Punk v. Jimmy Rave
15. Roddy Piper v. Buddy Rose
16. Bobby Heenan v. Hulk Hogan
17. Roddy Piper v. Greg Valentine
18. Ric Flair v. Randy Savage
19. Buddy Rose/Doug Somers v. Midnight Rockers
20. Antonio Inoki v. Masa Saito
21. Mitsuharu Misawa v. Kenta Kobashi
22. Jerry Lawler v. Bill Dundee
23. Ric Flair v. Ricky Steamboat
24. Stan Hansen v. Kenta Kobashi
25. Daniel Bryan v. The Authority
26. Randy Savage v. Ricky Steamboat
27. Bret Hart v. Owen Hart
28.Randy Savage v. Tito Santana
29. Eddie Guerrero v. Rey Mysterio
30. Greg Valentine v. Tito Santana
31. Von Erich’s v. Freebirds
32. Mike Awesome v. Masato Tanaka
33. Tajiri v. Super Crazy
34. Roddy Piper v. Hulk Hogan
35. Stan Hansen v. Carlos Colon
36. El Dandy v. El Satanico
37. CM Punk v. Raven
38. Eddie Kingston v. Chris Hero
39. Sgt. Slaughter v. Bob Backlund
40. Orange Cassidy v. PAC
41. Bret Hart v. Diesel
42. Blue Panther v. Atlantis 4
43. William Regal v. Fit Finlay
44. Wardlow v. MJF
45. Fritz Von Erich v. Giant Baba
46. Rougeaus v. The Rockers
47. ROH v. CZW
48. Ric Flair v. Ricky Morton
49. Darby Allin v. Ethan Page
50. Austin v. McMahon

Concer8

1. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
2. Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee
3. Daisuke Ikeda vs Yuki Ishikawa
4. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin
5. Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto
6. Genichiro Tenryu vs Shinya Hashimoto
7. Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas
8. Ric Flair vs Terry Funk
9. The Von Erichs vs Freebirds
10. Rush vs. L.A. Park
11. Rock n Roll Express vs Midnight Express
12. Super Generation Army v. Tsuruta Gun
13. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada
14. Genichiro Tenryu vs Jumbo Tsuruta
15. Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat
16. Aja Kong vs Bull Nakano
17. El Dandy vs. Satanico
18. Shinya Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa
19. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama
20. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik
21. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage
22. Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol
23. Vader vs. Sting
24. Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
25. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psicosis
26. Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask
27. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger
28. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori
29. Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose/Doug Somers
30. Buddy Rose vs. Roddy Piper
31. Midnight Express vs The Fantastics
32. Undertaker vs Edge
33. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
34. Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota
35. Terry Funk vs Jerry Lawler
36. Akira Maeda vs Nobuhiko Takada
37. Bryan Danielson vs Low Ki
38. Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles
39. Tito Santana vs Greg Valentine
40. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano
41. Steve Austin vs The Rock
42. Hiromu Takahashi vs Dragon Lee
43. Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
44. Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio
45. Chris Jericho vs Rey Mysterio
46. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura
47. CM Punk v. MJF
48. Christian vs Randy Orton
49. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs. Kiyoshi Tamura
50. Blue Panther vs. Atlantis

Grimmas

1. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori
2. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin
3. Dump Matsumoto vs Chigusa Nagayo
4. Kairi Hojo vs Meiko Satomura
5. Aja Kong vs Bull Nakano
6. La Galactica vs Jaguar Yokota
7. Bayley vs Sasha Banks
8 Bret Hart vs Owen Hart
9. Stan Hansen vs Carlos Colon
10. Crush Gals vs Dump's Army
11. Greg Valentine vs Tito Santana
12. Aja Kong vs Eagle Sawai
13. Iron Sheik vs Sgt. Slaughter
14. Syuri vs Utami Hayashimta
15. CM Punk vs John Cena
16. Hart Foundation vs Americans
17. Yamada/Toyota vs Ozaki/Kansai
18. Psicosis vs Rey Mysterio Jr.
19. Bret Hart vs Diesel
20. Giulia vs Tam Nakano
21. Rush vs LA Park
22. The Rock vs Steve Austin
23. Atlantis vs Villano III
24. New Day vs Usos
25. Boss Man vs Earthquake
26. Don Muraco vs Pedro Morales
27. Demolition vs Brainbusters
28. Kana vs Meiko Satomura
29. Rockers vs Rose/Somers
30. CM Punk vs Samoa Joe
31. Io Shirai vs Mayu Iwatani
32. Arisa Hoshiki vs Tam Nakano
33. Larry Zbyszko vs Nick Bockwinkel
34. Arisa Nakajima vs Command Bolshoi
35. Dragon Lee vs Kamaitachi
36. Vader vs Big Boss Man
37. Vader vs Sting
38. Kainetian Deluxe vs Great Sasuke & co.
39. Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks
40. Strike Force vs Islanders
41. Allie vs Rosemary
42. El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas
43. Lacey vs Daizee Haze
44. Mascarita Dorada vs Pierritothito
45. Mercedes Martinez vs Sara Del Rey
46. Lita vs Trish Stratus
47. Greg Valentine vs Ron Garvin
48. #DIY vs FTR
49. Eddie Guerrero vs JBL
50. Don Muraco vs Ricky Steamboat

MVZ

1. Jerry Lawler vs Andy Kaufman
2. Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto
3. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin
4. Kenta Kobashi vs Stan Hansen
5. Yuki Ishikawa vs Daisuke Ikeda
6. Hulk Hogan vs Bobby Heenan
7. Von Erichs vs Freebirds
8. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori
9. Rock n Roll Express vs Midnight Express
10. Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zybysko
11. Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura
12. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
13. Carlos Colon vs Abdullah the Butcher
14. Sgt Slaughter vs Iron Sheik
15. Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen
16. Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol/Tommy Rich
17. El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas
18. Ric Flair vs Terry Funk
19. Carlos Colon vs Stan Hansen
20. Jim Breaks vs Steve Grey
21. Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee
22. Team Misawa vs Team Tsuruta
23. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger
24. Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton
25. Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero
26. El Dandy vs El Satanico
27. Jaguar Yokota vs La Galactica
28. Tito Santana vs Greg Valentine
29. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart
30. Sasha Banks vs Bayley
31. Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong
32. Giant Baba vs Fritz Von Erich
33. Buddy Rose vs Roddy Piper
34. Terry Funk vs Abdullah the Butcher
35. Dusty Rhodes vs Tully Blanchard
36. Chigusa Nagayo vs Devil Masami
37. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu
38. Riki Choshu vs Tatsumi Fujinami
39. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage
40. CM Punk vs John Cena
41. Sting vs Vader
42. Rey Mysterio vs Psicosis
43. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki vs Manami Toyota and Mima Shimoda
44. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada
45. Jerry Lawler vs Terry Funk
46. El Hijo del Santo vs Espanto Jr
47. Midnight Express vs Fantastics
48. Kairi Hojo vs Meiko Satomura
49. Jim Breaks vs Young David
50. Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage

Elliott

1. Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto
2. Terry Funk vs Abdullah the Butcher
3. Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol
4. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori
5. Jerry Lawler vs Jimmy Hart
6. Jerry Lawler vs Andy Kaufman
7. Jerry Lawler vs Terry Funk
8. Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong
9. Carlos Colon vs Abdullah the Butcher
10. El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas
11. Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu
12. Freebirds vs Von Erichs
13. El Satanico vs Ultimo Guerrero
14. Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen
15. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage
16. Jerry Lawler vs BIll Dundee
17. Hulk Hogan vs Bobby Heenan
18. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu
19. Chigusa Nagayo vs Devil Masami
20. Sgt Slaughter vs Iron Sheik
21. Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi
22. Carlos Colon vs Stan Hansen
23. Buddy Rose vs Rip Oliver
24. Buddy Rose vs Dynamite Kid
25. Ric Flair vs Dusty Rhodes
26. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin
27. Carlos Colon vs Hercules Ayala
28. Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda
29. Invader I vs Chicky Starr
30. Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu
31. El Hijo del Santo vs Blue Panther
32. Roddy Piper vs Greg Valentine
33. Fuerza Guerrera vs Octagon
34. Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton
35 Atsushi Onita vs Tarzan Goto
36. El Satanico vs El Dandy
37. Terry Funk vs Sabu
38. Fabulous Ones vs Moondogs
39. Ric Flair vs Terry Funk
40. Atsushi Onita vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
41. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger
42. Mad Dog Vachon vs Crusher Jerry Blackwell
43. Dustin Rhodes vs Bunkhouse Buck
44. Riki Choshu vs Shinya Hashimoto
45. Bruno Sammartino vs Ken Patera
46. Rock & Roll Express vs Midnight Express
47. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant
48. El Hijo del Santo vs Espanto Jr
49. Terry Funk vs Steve Corino
50. Bruno Sammartino vs Superstar Graham

Kadaveri

1. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto
2. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin
3. Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen
4. CM Punk vs. John Cena
5. Aja Kong vs. Bull Nakano
6. Carlos Colon vs. Stan Hansen
7. Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
8. Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori
9. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
10. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Devil Masami
11. Akira Taue/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa
12. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
13. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
14. Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima
15. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks
16. Iron Sheik vs. Sgt Slaughter
17. Steve Austin vs. The Rock
18. Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk
19. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio
20. CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe
21. Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks
22. AJ Styles vs. John Cena
23. Abdullah The Butcher/The Sheik vs. Dory Funk Jr/Terry Funk
24. Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin 25 Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
26. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ric Flair
27. Mick Foley vs. The Undertaker
28. Ilja Dragunov vs. Walter
29. Jaguar Yokota vs. La Galactica
30. Io Shirai vs. Mayu Iwatani
31. DIY vs. The Revival
32. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton
33. Bill Dundee vs. Jerry Lawler
34. Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai
35. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks
36. Sting vs. Vader
37. Arisa Nakajima vs. Kana
38. AJ Styles vs. Bryan Danielson
39. Edge vs. John Cena
40. Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker
41. Batista vs. The Undertaker
42. Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura
43. Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage
44. Aja Kong vs. Meiko Satomura
45. El Generico vs. Kevin Steen
46. Syuri vs. Utami Hayashishita
47. Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota
48. Mick Foley vs. Triple H
49. Mick Foley vs. Steve Austin
50. Sakie Hasegawa vs. Toshiyo Yamada

Kas

1. Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
2. CM Punk vs MJF
3. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori
4. Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega
5. Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa
6. Do Fixer vs Blood Generation
7. Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness
8. Steve Austin vs Bret Hart
9. Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue
10. LA Park vs Rush
11. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki vs Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada
12. Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto
13. Kenny Omega vs Kota Ibushi
14. Akira Hokuto vs Manami Toyota
15. Kenny Omega vs Tetsuya Naito
16. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue
17. Ric Flair vs Terry Funk
18. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
19. Arisa Nakajima vs Kana
20. Super Generation Army vs Tsuruta-Gun
21. Dragon Lee vs Kamaitachi
22. The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels
23. El Generico & Kevin Steen vs The Briscoes
24. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart
25. Bayley vs Sasha Banks
26. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tetsuya Naito
27. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito
28. Kana vs Meiko Satomura
29. El Generico vs Kevin Steen
30. Io Shirai vs Mayu Iwatani
31. CM Punk vs John Cena
32. Marvelous vs Sendai Girls
33. Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura
34. Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong
35. Io Shirai vs Kairi Hojo
36. CM Punk vs Samoa Joe
37. Brock Lesnar vs John Cena
38. Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton
39. Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Go Shiozaki
40. Momo Watanabe vs Mayu Iwatani
41. Mick Foley vs Triple H
42. Vader vs Sting
43. Mariko Yoshida vs Hiromi Yagi
44. Tatsumi Fujinami vs Riki Choshu
45. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto
46. Jaguar Yokota vs La Galactica
47. Kana vs Syuri
48. KENTA vs Katsuhiko Nakajima
49. Chris Jericho vs Shawn Michaels
50. AJ Styles vs Roman Reigns

Enviousstupid

1. CM Punk vs John Cena
2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jumbo Tsuruta
3. Ric Flair vs Terry Funk
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada
5. Stone Cold vs Bret Hart
6. Jumbo & Tenryu vs Choshu & Yatsu
7. Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee
8. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada
9. Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong
10. Midnight Express vs Rock n Roll Express
11. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori
12. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu
13. Homicide vs Steve Corino
14. El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas
15. Stan Hansen vs Terry Funk
16. El Generico vs Kevin Steen
17. Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness
18. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs Funk Brothers
19. CM Punk vs MJF
20. Ric Flair vs Barry Windham
21. Tatsumi Fujinami vs Riki Choshu
22. Io Shirai vs Mayu Iwatani
23. Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio
24. Shinya Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa
25. Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker
26. Chigusa Nagayo vs Devil Masami
27. Akira Taue vs Toshiaki Kawada
28. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
29. CM Punk vs Samoa Joe
30. Mick Foley vs Triple H
31. Bryan Danielson vs Takeshi Morishima
32. Jerry Lawler vs Terry Funk
33. Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto
34. Vader vs Sting
35. Chris Hero vs Eddie Kingston
36. Gargano/Ciampa vs Revival
37. Yuki Ishikawa vs Daisuke Ikeda
38. Carlos Colon vs Stan Hansen
39. Fenix vs Mil Muertes
40. Sasha Banks vs Bayley
41. Christian vs Randy Orton
42. Midnight Express vs The Fantastics
43. Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega
44. LA Park vs Rush
45. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura
46. El Satanico vs El Dandy
47. Aja Kong vs Manami Toyota
48. Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama
49. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart
50. Genichiro Tenryu vs Shinya Hashimoto

KB8

1. Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee
2. Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio
3. Yuki Ishikawa vs Daisuke Ikeda
4. Genichiro Tenryu vs Shinya Hashimoto
5. Stan Hansen vs Carlos Colon
6. Genichiro Tenryu vs Jumbo Tsuruta
7. Negro Casas vs El Hijo del Santo
8. Freebirds vs Von Erichs
9. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Riki Choshu
10. Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen
11. Jerry Lawler vs Terry Funk
12. Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol
13. Kiyoshi Tamura vs Volk Han
14. Ted DiBiase vs Jim Duggan
15. Ric Flair vs Terry Funk
16. Buddy Rose vs Roddy Piper
17. El Dandy vs Satanico
18. Negro Casas vs Blue Panther
19. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin
20. Nick Bockwinkel vs Rick Martel
21. Naoki Sano vs Jushin Liger
22. Shinya Hashimoto vs Riki Choshu
23. Rush vs Negro Casas
24. LA Park vs Rush
25. Fabulous Ones vs Moondogs
26. Rock & Roll Express vs Midnight Express
27. Fantastics vs Midnight Express
28. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori
29. Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton
30. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Akira Maeda
31. Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi
32. Tatsumi Fujinami vs Riki Choshu
33. El Hijo del Santo vs Espanto Jr.
34. Roddy Piper vs Greg Valentine
35. El Hijo del Santo vs Blue Panther
36. Midnight Rockers vs Buddy Rose & Doug Somers
37. Jerry Lawler vs Andy Kaufman
38. Sgt Slaughter vs Iron Sheik
39. Sangre Chicana vs Perro Aguayo
40. Jerry Lawler vs Dutch Mantell
41. Atsushi Onita vs Tarzan Goto
42. Jim Duggan vs Buzz Sawyer
43. Bryan Danielson vs Low Ki
44. Vader vs Sting
45. Yumiko Hotta vs Shinobu Kandori
46. Steve Austin vs The Rock
47. Strike Force vs The Islanders
48. Abdullah the Butcher vs Carlos Colon
49. Jose Lothario vs Chavo & Hector Guerrero
50. Steve Austin vs Vince McMahon

El_wreino

1. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori
2. Dump Matsumoto vs Chigusa Nagayo
3. Stone Cold vs Bret Hart
4. Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi
5. Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong
6. Sasha Banks vs Bayley
7. Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada
8. Kana vs Meiko Satomura
9. Stone Cold vs The Rock
10. Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio Jr
11. Stan Hansen vs Terry Funk
12. Mick Foley vs Triple H
13. Io Shirai vs Mayu Iwatani
14. LA Park vs Rush
15. Cm Punk vs John Cena
16. Becky Lynch vs Charlotte
17. Bret Hart vs Diesel
18. Akira Hokuto vs Bull Nakano
19. Stan Hansen vs Genichiro Tenryu
20. John Cena vs Brock Lesnar
21. Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker
22. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart
23. Akira Hokuto vs Manami Toyota
24. Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuhara Misawa
25. The Rock vs Triple H
26. Eddie Guerrero vs JBL
27. Sasha Banks vs Becky Lynch
28. Kana vs Syuri
29. El Hijo Del Santo vs Negro Casas
30. Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda
31. El Generico vs Kevin Steen
32. Kairi Hojo vs Meiko Satomura
33. Crush Gals vs Dump's Army
34. Arisa Nakajima vs Kana
35. Rey Mysterio vs Psicosis
36. Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong
37. LA Park vs El Hijo Del Santo
38. Bryan Danielson vs Takeshi Morishima
39. Daniel Bryan vs Triple H
40. Charlotte vs Sasha Banks
41. Giant Baba vs Fritz Von Erich
42. Syuri vs Utami Hayashishita
43. Iron Sheik vs Sgt. Slaughter
44. AR Fox vs Killshot
45. Stan Hansen vs Carlos Colon
46. Mitsuhara Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada
47. LA Park vs Doctor Wagner Jr
48. Cm Punk vs MJF
49. Triple H vs Batista
50. Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

Cap

1. Kenta Kobashi vs Stan Hansen
2. Bryan Danielson vs Low Ki
3. Yuki Ishikawa vs Daesuke Ikeada
4. El HIjo del Santo vs Negro Casas
5. Shinobu Kandroi vs Akira Hokuto
6. Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa
7. Sting vs Vader
8. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin
9. Mitsuarhu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada
10. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
11. Danielson vs Morishima
12. Kiyoshi Tamura vs Volk Han
13. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu
14. El Hijo del Santo vs. Espanto Jr.
15. Kenta Kobashi vs Hoshihiro Takayama
16. La Galactica vs Jaguar Yokota
17. Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee
18. Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness
19. Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero
20. Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
21. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Nobuhiko Takada
22. Funks vs Abby and Sheik
23. Aja Kong vs Bull Nakano
24. Shinobu Kandori vs. Yumiko Hotta
25. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger
26. Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada
27. El Generico vs Kevin Steen
28. Bob Backlund vs Antonio Inoki
29. Sangre Chicana vs MS 1
30. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano
31. Bryan Danielson vs Adam Page
32. Walter vs Ilja Dragunov
33. Eddie Kingston vs Chris Jericho
34. Mayumi Ozaki/Dynamite Kansai vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada
35. Stan Hansen vs Terry Funk
36. Nobohiko Takada vs Vader
37. Giant Baba vs Fritz Von Erich
38. Antonio Inoki vs Masa Saito
39. CM Punk vs Samoa Joe
40. Zack Sabre Jr vs Walter
41. Rock-n-Roll Express vs Andersons
42. Chris Hero vs Eddie Kingston
43. Ric Flair vs Terry Funk
44. CM Punk vs MJF
45. Rush vs LA Park
46. Sangre Chicana vs El Satanico
47. Shinobu Kandori vs Devil Masami
48. Zack Sabre Jr vs Chris Hero
49. Daniel Bryan vs Roman Reigns
50. Steve Austin vs The Rock

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[Darren] GME Posts: 947	GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Oct 30, 2022 13:32:16 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by [Darren] on Oct 30, 2022 13:32:16 GMT -5 Fascinating that Punk/MJF, a program from this year that we were still intended on being on at this time. I got two #2 votes.

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I made a combined Top 100 by scoring the ballots 1 point for #50 to 50 points for #1. If the ranking is duplicated it means they were tied on points.

1. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin
2. Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori
3. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto
4. El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas
5. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
6. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio
7. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
8. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee
9. Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk
9. Aja Kong vs. Bull Nakano
11. Sting vs. Vader
12. CM Punk vs. John Cena
13. Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk
13. Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen
15. Daisuke Ikeda vs. Yuki Ishikawa
16. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi
17. Freebirds vs. Von Erichs
18. Carlos Colon vs. Stan Hansen
19. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
20. LA Park vs. Rush

21. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Volk Han
22. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks
23. Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express
24. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada
25. Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk
26. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr vs. Abdullah the Butcher/The Sheik
27. Iron Sheik vs. Sgt. Slaughter
28. Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima
28. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shinya Hashimoto
30. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
31. Jerry Lawler vs. Andy Kaufman
32. Jerry Lawler vs. Austin Idol
33. CM Punk vs. MJF
34. Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine
35. Jaguar Yokota vs. La Galactica
36. Io Shirai vs. Mayu Iwatani
37. El Dandy vs. El Satanico
38. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega
39. Steve Austin vs. The Rock
40. Rey Mysterio vs. Psicosis
40. Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker

42. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
42. Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose/Doug Somers
44. Hulk Hogan vs. Bobby Heenan
45. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Devil Masami
46. Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness
47. Buddy Rose vs. Roddy Piper
48. Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat
48. El Generico vs. Kevin Steen
50. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Super Tiger
50. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa
52. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano
53. El Hijo del Santo vs. Espanto Jr.
54. CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe
55. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada
56. Greg Valentine vs. Tito Santana
57. Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki
58. Kana vs. Meiko Satomura
59. Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko
59. Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota
59. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton

62. Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah the Butcher
63. Akira Taue/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa
64. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena
65. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama
66. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage
66. Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura
68. Bret Hart vs. Diesel
69. Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes
69. Mick Foley vs. Triple H
71. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Nobuhiko Takada
72. Super Generation Army vs. Tsuruta Gun
73. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
74. Terry Funk vs. Abdullah the Butcher
75. Akira Hokuto vs. Manami Toyota
76. Arisa Nakajima vs. Kana
77. Crush Gals vs. Dump's Army
77. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda
79. Barry Windham vs. Ric Flair
80. El Satanico vs. Ultimo Guerrero

81. Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi
82. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks
83. Syuri vs. Utami Hayashishita
84. Giant Baba vs. Fritz Von Erich
85. Von Erichs vs. The Dynamic Duo
86. Larry Zbyszko vs. Steven Regal
86. Jerry Lawler vs. Jimmy Hart
88. Do Fixer vs. Blood Generation
88. Jumbo & Tenryu vs. Choshu & Yatsu
88. Buddy Rose vs. Rick Martel
88. Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
92. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Steiners
92. The Revival vs. #DIY
92. Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
92. Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda
96. Funks vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen
97. Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard
97. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu
99. Steve Austin vs. Ricky Steamboat
99. Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks
99. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan

elliott GME Posts: 4,677	GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Oct 30, 2022 19:17:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by elliott on Oct 30, 2022 19:17:58 GMT -5 Thanks to Kadaveri as always for doing this! It's a strong list. Good work everyone!

mvz Moderator Posts: 648	GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Oct 30, 2022 20:47:06 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mvz on Oct 30, 2022 20:47:06 GMT -5 I love this list! I’m happy to see some feuds I just plain forgot about like Flair-Windham, Regal-Larry, and other make it into the top 100.
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GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Oct 31, 2022 18:33:19 GMT -5

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I went through the entire list of matches that received votes for the 2021 GME, so like a stupid idiot with nothing better to do with his time I will now do the same here (over the next few days).

81. Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi

I don't think I've seen anything from these two together. No wait, that can't be right. But I don't REMEMBER seeing anything from this feud so who even knows. I bet they did some cool stuff.

82. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks

I prefer this as a matchup to Sasha/Bayley. They have one match in 2015 NXT that ruled, which I also preferred to the more highly-regarded Sasha/Bayley matches. Have they wrestled on the main roster? Surely they must've...right?

83. Syuri vs. Utami Hayashishita

I have no idea who these people are.

84. Giant Baba vs. Fritz Von Erich

Cool pick. I watched a Fritz/Baba match yeeeears ago and remember not a thing about it but I'd probably dig it if I watched it again. I should watch more Fritz in general.

85. Von Erichs vs. The Dynamic Duo

Rules, of course. The hair match is amazing but the lead-in stuff is bonkers heated and the moment where Kerry Von Erich grabs scissors from Gino while the latter tries to cut Kevin's hair is both spectacular and terrifying and I'm astounded nobody got literally stabbed.

86. Larry Zbyszko vs. Steven Regal

Another cool pick. I really should watch that Slamboree match again.

86. Jerry Lawler vs. Jimmy Hart

Pretty iconic. Honestly I left it off because Hart managed two million people in Memphis and I couldn't actually remember which ones were feuding with Lawler while they were under the tutelage of the Colonel. That promo where Hart cries real tears of contrition and Lawler calls him a skinny idiot is top banana.

88. Do Fixer vs. Blood Generation

If you're a fan of this sort of wrestling then sure.

88. Jumbo & Tenryu vs. Choshu & Yatsu

Obviously amazing. So many good matches over a two-year period and even more importantly it was the feud that allowed Tenryu to become Tenryu. I...didn't vote for this, apparently. That was silly of me.

88. Buddy Rose vs. Rick Martel

One of Buddy's best rivalries, so of course it's worthy of a spot. They had amazing chemistry and you get to see it in a few different settings.

88. Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker

I was shocked at how much I liked their Summerslam 2015 match. Flabbergasted, even. I don't really care for anything else they've done together, including the 2002 HIAC even if one of them had a 10/10 blade job in it.

92. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Steiners

The Clash match in '92 is one of the best WCW tags of the decade, but as a whole this sort of felt like a step down as the top feud in WCW at the time coming on the heels of Sting and pals v the Dangerous Alliance. Watts loved these guys for obvious reasons, but it might've been a mistake to make it the focal point of the promotion at that time. It felt sort of...dated, I guess.

92. The Revival vs. #DIY

Are #DIY Ciampa and Gargano? Because I've seen one Revival v Ciampa/Gargano match and at the time I thought it was a great modern approximation of the sort of southern style tag I love and I did not expect that from Gargano and Ciampa. If #DIY aren't those guys then I probably haven't seen anything from this particular rivalry. As you were.

92. Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito

Blockbuster Inoki is always fascinating and this feud brought out some of the most BLOCKBUSTER of blockbuster in Inoki. The no-ropes match is one of the greatest spectacles ever. This pick rules.

92. Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda

I think I've only ever seen one match from this and that was the exploding barbed wire match. And tbh, I wouldn't bat an eye at someone voting for this based on that match alone.

96. Funks vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen

There are going to be a number of Terry Funk rivalries on this countdown and I don't have an issue with any of them.

97. Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard

I was close to putting this on my list. Hell of a blow-off, if nothing else.

97. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu

I had this top 10. It's not as iconic as things like Fujiwara/Maeda or Fujiwara/Super Tiger, or Choshu/Fujinami or Choshu/Jumbo-Tenryu, and maybe I voted for it more as a matchup than a rivalry, but either way these two are magic together every time, whether it's in singles, tags, multi-mans, whatever. I would once again reiterate that their 6/9/87 match is the greatest match to ever happen on the date of June 9th of any year in history. Fujiwara trying to drag someone down to his level of depravity is one of my favourite things ever in wrestling, and he was never more determined to do that than against Choshu. Also once tried to stab him in the head with a chisel.

99. Steve Austin vs. Ricky Steamboat

This is a great pairing and they had some killer stuff together from '92-'94. Cool pick.

99. Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks

I'm sure I watched that HIAC match between them that elliot loves. I remember not a thing about it now other than Sasha perhaps taking a lunatic bump. Their NXT stuff together didn't do a ton for me, tbh.

99. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan

Pretty much a perfect US wrestling rivalry to me. They brawled and bled and sometimes did it in fancy suits and DiBiase tried to cave Duggan's windshield in with a baseball bat. How this finished at 99 is a nonsense and you should all be ashamed of yourselves. Fucking Do Fixer. How about fucking DO fix up and behave yourselves.

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GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Oct 31, 2022 21:05:02 GMT -5

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Like I have done for GME lists, I decided to do a countdown with a few little comments on each from my list. I - like most - wasn't able to put nearly as much time into this, so there are all kinds of things I already think I'd do different, especially since going back over and thinking about them. I feel very confident in my top 3, but after that, things could move around if I did this again tomorrow, especially once you get into the 30s an 40s. Regardless, all of these are rivalries I have a lot of time for and think folks should check out if they haven't or revisit if they haven't in a while.

50. Steve Austin vs The Rock – I never really found these two the best dance partners. Honestly, for my personal taste maybe either man vs Foley should be here, but their feud seems sort of undeniable to me. In turn, I feel like I have to include this. They were the ultimate clash of titans and the matches delivered.

49. Daniel Bryan vs Roman Reigns – Feels like I am sort of the high guy on this rivalry. I think they are absolutely magic together. Their first match jumped off the screen as a preview for what Roman could really be and their last match is an underrated triumph of storytelling that brings action and nuance together. It always feels like they over-delivered.

48. Zack Sabre Jr vs Chris Hero – From 2015 to early 2017 there were very few combos I wanted to see more than these two. Hero was maybe the best wrestler alive and Sabre was really coming into his own, sharpening who and what he was. I haven’t watched these in a while, but I’d be interested to see how they hold up.

47. Shinobu Kandori vs Devil Masami – Two of my absolute favorite wrestlers to ever lace up boots. Devil playing the vet who has to deal with this hot shot shooter in Kandori was a great dynamic. It led to an all timer in ’88 and a match in ’89 that should not be slept on. They were two mean women and it came through in everything they did.

46. Sangre Chicana vs El Satanico – Chicana and Satanico are two of the greatest brawlers of all time, two of the greatest luchadores of all time, and probably tow of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Their matches feel more like bar room brawls than anything else. There is a true sense that they want to hurt each other, but maybe can’t remember why.

45. Rush vs LA Park – This list is full of wrestlers who feel born for one another and this might be the first pairing to fit that criteria. Two hard men who don’t always give it their all, but when they do… boy fucking howdy. They have quite a few bangers and almost always hit very good levels in my experience… almost always

44. CM Punk vs MJF – Oh man… what could have been. Two good to great matches and hand full of sublime promos and segments still get them on the list, but lord knows what we could have had if Punk had not had his falling out with the Elite and the company on the whole. Even if we never find out we have enough to know these two worked some magic together.

43. Ric Flair vs Terry Funk – This feels too low. I’m definitely too low on this. These two feel like they should have crossed paths a lot more, but their 89 was more than enough. Absolute frantic violence. Wall-to-wall hoots from genre and generation defining talents.

42. Chris Hero vs Eddie Kingston – Apparently these two didn’t get along in real life. I don’t know if the hatred in these matches was rooted in something real, but it certainly came across that way. They had a few nifty little matches, but their LMS match elevates the rivalry to making my list. There was just a visceral hatred to many of their interactions that is so hard to capture.

41. Rock-n-Roll Express vs Andersons – I felt like I wanted a classic tag rivalry from this era and settled on this. I didn’t have the time or energy to come away confident that I made the right choice, but I do love their chemistry. They feel like they sort of embody 80s American tag wrestling. In hindsight this is a placement I am really unsure about, but the certainly deserve mention.

40. Zack Sabre Jr vs Walter – I feel like I like this rivalry a lot more than most do, but I see this as a can’t miss pairing. I saw them live in New Orleans and the performance stuck with me Their PWG match gets a ton of love, but I prefer their title match in Progress. Regardless, they had bangers in AT LEAST 4 promotions and never missed against one another for my money.

39. CM Punk vs Samoa Joe – Both men are unquestionably talented and both men would have had massive careers without each other, but you can’t help but think this rivalry propelled them both in a way. While the matches are still GREAT, I don’t love them as much today as I did even 5 years ago, but they are etched into wrestling history all the same.

38. Antonio Inoki vs Masa Saito – This might be because I sort of took to Inoki more recently. It might be because he passed recently. Regardless, the dude has 2 rivalries on my list and that shocked me a bit. This is the most Inoki rivalry ever, with over the top drama and silly shit that only he could pull off, bless him. The handcuff spot is genuine all-time wrestling magic though.

37. Giant Baba vs Fritz Von Erich – It doesn’t even feel right to call these two dance partners yall. Their fights can’t even tolerate that turn of phrase. Too gritty. Too gnarly. I’m going to be honest, I’m only basing this off their two highly touted singles matches. If their tags delivered or they had another hidden gem out there, this might be a top 10 rivalry ever.

36. Nobohiko Takada vs Vader – I have a soft spot in my heart for Takada because of how well he worked with more pro-wrestling-y guys and helped fold them into shoot style matches. In doing so, he pulls them into a world where they can thrive in different ways. I tend to like things that strike me as hybrid in wrestling, wonderful marriages between styles or eras. This is just that and I love it.

35. Stan Hansen vs Terry Funk – This rivalry should probably be higher on my list. I think I’m a little less interested in some of the tag matches because I’ve generally been low on the Hansen/Brody team, but maybe I should give them another go. Regardless, they had two epics in 83 (a singles and a tag), wherein Hansen pretty blatantly tried to murder Funk…. Awesome.

34. Mayumi Ozaki/Dynamite Kansai vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada – If you like fast paced action, these four women have a treat for you. Every time out these women produced something of quality, but at least twice they produced a breathtaking classic that punched you in the mouth from jump and never let up. This should be required viewing.

33. Eddie Kingston vs Chris Jericho – A lot is made of Jericho’s place in pro wrestling (today and historically), but I think he might have done his best work in 2022. That said, this was Kingston’s feud. He was off the charts good at every turn. This rivalry produced two of the best matches of the year and perhaps the greatest multi-person match of all time.

32. Walter vs Ilja Dragunov – On at least two different occasions this rivalry elevated both men in the eyes of virtually any wrestling fan who knew their names, and put them on the map of countless more. Walter and Ilja seem to love nothing more than beating each other half to death. There is nothing fancy here; it is always a classic final-boss story told over and over. It is just told perfectly.

31. Bryan Danielson vs Adam Page – This rivalry still blows me away. It was two matches and a few promos, but everything was a huge hit in my eyes. This helped Page kick off a little title run that I wound up being a big fan of and I still think their second match is full marks. Page and a 3 year arch against Omega for the belt and this did at least as much to elevate Page.

30. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano – There are liger matches I like more than anything from this feud. There are Sano matches I like more than anything from this feud. I still think they are probably each other’s best opponent. Sano brought such a toothiness to these matches and in turn he brought a toothiness out of Liger that I always loved.

29. Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 – This is mostly carried by one match, but it is a hell of a match. Their famous hair v hair match has been locked into the #2 spot on my GME list since we started this thing. The rematch was quite good and they have numerous trios matches against one another. MS-1 was an underrated rudo and Chicana might be the GOAT (if we had all his footage). It just worked.

28. Bob Backlund vs Antonio Inoki – Huge thanks to my guy, Nova, for putting some of their lesser known matches on my radar. They are a couple of satisfying finishes away from being in the top 5 on my list. They both ironically take themselves a bit too seriously and are over the top silly in the same way. It makes for some of the most wonderfully pro wrestling pro wrestling you will ever see.

27. El Generico vs Kevin Steen – Some wrestlers – many on this list – are just entwined. They are bound to one another forever and no two wrestlers may embody that to me more than these two. It has had a number of different looks and worked in a number of different places. More than once, they were the hottest thing in all of wrestling and that ain’t easy to do. Hell, their story isn’t done.

26. Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada – I’m a basic boy. I like pumpkin spice and their 2/3 falls match is my favorite of the lot. Kenny’s chase of Okada was one of the more pitch perfect 4 match stories I can think of. Each chapter just worked for what and where it was. I know it is long and excessive, but I still think it was fucking great. At least part of the peak of this NJPW style/era.

25. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger – It has been said before by more articulate people, but the sight of a man in an actual tiger mask competing in this quisi shoot style setting against a dude who always looked 50+ was truly stunning. They kick the shit out of each other and are absolutely unrelenting in their violence. Don’t sleep on their 1/85 handheld match, either. It’s awesome.

24. Shinobu Kandori vs. Yumiko Hotta – This one is a bit under the radar I think. Their 98 match is pretty well known, but I have come to think their 99 match is just as good. These are two top shelf wrestlers that bring a somewhat unique brand of violence to the joshi scene in the 90s when they were paired up. It always felt a bit unique and turned into something special more than once.

23. Aja Kong vs Bull Nakano – I am not as high on any one of their matches as most people, but as a whole rivalry they really are something to behold. Both women bring the violence and the ethos to make their clashes feel important and urgent every single time. There is such structure and direction to much of their violence. It is really quite impressive.

22. Funks vs Abdullah The Butcher and The Sheik – A can’t miss combo if there ever was one. The funks captured the chaos of Abby and the Sheik beautifully and regulated it just enough and in all the right ways. The stories in this feud were wonderfully told at almost every turn, really top shelf stuff.

21. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Nobuhiko Takada – I haven’t seen all their matches, but what I have seen is at worst quite good and at best sits among the all-time great matches in history. Fujiwara really brings out the best in Takada, forces him to be as tight and as brutal as he can be. These are often chess matches… highly violent chess matches.

20. Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi – I have always had a sort of detached appreciation for this rivalry. I really like the matches, but I don’t really have much emotional connection to them as some. Even still the rivalry is undeniable and these two continue to add to its legacy long after its peak.

19. Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero – A timeless rivalry built on other worldly chemistry and trust. These two made a ladder match for the custody of a child work. I don’t know if there is any other pairing on this list that could pull that off. Multiple promotions and decades, a slam dunk top 20 choice.

18. Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness – I was at their first singles match that kicked this rivalry off in ROH. The crowd in Cleveland was WHITE hot for it and the finish remains one of my most distinct live wrestling memories. In some ways this feud still defines an era of wrestling for me, and debates rightfully continue over which of their matches top the list.

17. Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee – I suspect 17 will look low for this feud to a lot of people. It would likely finish #1 on a number of folks ballots (even beyond our project). Even still, it’s placement here is no knock on the matches at all. They have an incredible hit rate and feel to me like the defining feud of 80s Memphis wrestling. You won’t find two better punchers exchanging blows anywhere in wrestling history.

16. La Galactica vs Jaguar Yokota – This is one of my favorite discoveries since joining this board/project. They have one absolute all time ripper, but every time they stepped into the ring it was pretty fucking awesome. Jaguar was such an immense talent, but I find myself drawn to the violence and selling of Galactica in each match. The coming together of lucha brawling and joshi pace is a real treat.

15. Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama – While I have two Kobashi feuds/rivalries ahead of this, there is only one opponent I prefer for him. Takayama, much like Hansen, made Kobashi fight for survival as much as anything and their matches were better for it. Both of their championship epics are among my most trusted comfort food matches.

14. El Hijo del Santo vs. Espanto Jr. – With a slew of matches under their belt and a couple of all timers to top it off, Santo and Espanto are wonderful rivals. Their mask vs mask match remains my favorite of the lot, but as many know here, the mask v hair match that followed is not to be slept on. In hindsight, I might have this a touch high, but it’s a great rivalry that deserves praise.

13. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu – A feud that felt ahead of its time in the ring that peaks with one of the most universally lauded matches I can think of, Tsuruta and Tenryu shaped Japanese wrestling in a profound way. It feels almost boring to praise these two and what they did together. I couldn’t leave them out of the top 15.

12. Kiyoshi Tamura vs Volk Han – This feels almost too low for them, honestly. The Han/Tamura trilogy is the stuff of legend. I had heard all about it before I ever got into shoot style and somehow some way the whole thing lives up to the hype. Three matches, each with a distinct ethos that tell a clear and compelling story, it was truly wrestling perfection.

11. Bryan Danielson vs Takeshi Morishima – This was, at the time, the coolest feud in the world to me. Mori was an unstoppable monster at the time and Danielson in some ways felt like ROH’s only hope. The results were stunning. They produced at least two all time contenders and hand full of other very worthwhile matches, all with a compelling narrative thread that holds them together.

10. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat – You know how I know Flair/Steamboat was great? It is taken for granted, almost unfashionable. It is a given that these two belonged in the ring together, that they were a great pairing. They were such natural rivals in and out of the ring, two pieces of a puzzle that fit effortlessly. Flair and steamboat will never be the flavor of the month again, but they will always be a tried and true standby to me.

9. Mitsuarhu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada – The story of their rivalry is really something. Misawa feels at times like Kawada’s bolder, a burdon he is cursed to carry forever. Even more so than Kobashi they felt destined to fight, like mortal enemies. I always wind up slightly lower on everything from them than their greatest champions, even when I think it is all timer stuff. Even still, their rivalry seems timeless.

8. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin – Much like Flair and Steamboat, but perhaps a little less obviously, Hart and Austin were natural rivals. From personality to chemistry, they just complimented one another so well. It is conventional wisdom that Hart elevated Austin in their rivalry, but just like any good rivalry, both men benefitted from every interaction.

7. Sting vs Vader – This is a pick for 10 year old Matt as much as anything. I loved this rivalry. It made so much sense to me. Aesthetically, physically… this shaped much of what I came to think pro wrestling should be. Old man Matt more or less agrees. These two brought the absolute best out of each other, the perfect compliments to each other’s styles and strengths. The result was near perfect big-time pro wrestling.

6. Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa – If I were to guess before the project what would be #1 I we tallied it up, I might have said this. Kawada and Misawa had more malice and anger to it, but Kobashi’s chase felt more urgent. It – to me – defines an era and puts each man in their definitive role. It feels almost as unfashionable as Steamboat/Flair, but all they did was produce classics on classics.

5. Shinobu Kandroi vs Akira Hokuto – With just two singles matches, a tag match against one another, and a tag match on the same side, this might be the most bang for your buck rivalry on my list. Three of those matches are legit all-time classics, including my pick for the greatest match ever. They seem destined to bring out the best in one another and they always delivered the goods

4. El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas – Another duo that just seems absolutely made for one another, destined to feud. These are two master lucha craftsmen that go out and produce magic just about every time are in the ring together. The crazy thing is, a hidden classic emerging on tape feels equally possible to them producing one in 2023 somehow, which is to say, neither is impossible.

3. Yuki Ishikawa vs Daesuke Ikeada – Ishikawa and Ikeada are men locked an endless battle, forever cursed to attempt murder on each other for the amusement of niche wrestling fans. God bless them for their charge and their willingness to carry it out over and over again. No rivalry in wrestling feels so inevitable and unwavering. They are the patron saints of wrestling rivals and we have been lucky enough to watch their glorious battles.

2. Bryan Danielson vs Low Ki – If Danielson and Ki had continued this rivalry with more constancy after 2002 they would probably run away with my #1 spot. Their 2001 and 2002 were absolutely unreal. They had instant chemistry and put out some of my – to this day – favorite matches of all time. I have always likened their rivalry to both men’s “first album”. It is rough around the edges, but it is raw, passionate, and brimming with youthful energy. You can see all the cool influences from a lifetime of wanting to do THIS.

1. Kenta Kobashi vs Stan Hansen – This was always going to be #1 or me. The best in-ring chemistry I have ever seen in wrestling. It is all hits and no misses with these two, at least in one on one matches. While both have more recognizable dance partners, Hansen brought the fighting spirit filled hero out of him like no one else and Kobashi made Hansen into the baddest final boss in all of wrestling. The matches are unmistakably 90s AJPW, but they are also distinct, the perfect blend of two of the greatest wrestlers of all time.

I said it here before, but this will be my last project - at least for a while - that sort of head up as moderator. I'll still be around chatting and do some moderator work here and thre, but I'm mostly going to be just a member for a while. It is always fun working on these and seeing what people dig. I always get turned onto new stuff or reminded of cool shit I haven't seen for a bit. As always, thanks for playing along, yall.

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GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Nov 2, 2022 11:22:39 GMT -5

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62. Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah the Butcher

Probably one of my favourite discoveries of the last decade (not that *I* discovered it, of course). Before the Puerto Rico set I had no real handle on Colon and Abby was someone I was neither here nor there on, and yet every time they matched up I thought they ruled and I became excited for every new instalment. Every match is different as well, while maintaining the central Colon-Abby dynamic of bloodthirsty savagery and face-stabbing and testicle-punting and whatnot.

63. Akira Taue/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa

I imagine this would've been higher in most corners of the internet wrestling world. Ten years ago I might've listed it. Many words have been written about these matches. They were good, or depending on who you are they were the very best ever, or depending on who you are they're kind of boring and you'd rather watch Carlos Colon attack Abdullah the Butcher with a screwdriver. Who is to say who's correct?

64. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena

I've only seen their Extreme Rules match, but what a match it is.

65. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama

I don't think I've seen a Kobashi v Akiyama match that I liked.

66. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage

The Mega Powers EXPLODING is one of my favourite angles/storylines ever and I really can't think of a single Hogan v Savage match that I didn't enjoy even a little.

66. Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura

I've seen nothing from this pairing. Satomura is the business but Hojo is kind of lame and I don't really care about watching her. Although I'm sure she's better than the pirate stuff in WWE. Prolly.

68. Bret Hart vs. Diesel

Yeah, I can see it. I don't like the Survivor Series match that much but the '94 King of the Ring match is the first really good singles match of Nash's career and the '95 Rumble is badass as fuck. They're a good pairing.

69. Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes

I've seen enough Flair/Dusty matches to last me a lifetime by now but I would happily sit and watch every second of Flair v Dusty outside the ring.

69. Mick Foley vs. Triple H

The '00 Rumble match is great and might be Foley's definitive performance. Some of the '97 stuff I remember being decent. And that segment from RAW where Foley morphs into Cactus Jack is perfect pro wrestling. "I think you know the guy!" has been seared into my mind since I watched it as a 11-year-old.

71. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Nobuhiko Takada

Grappler v striker. Old grizzled bastard v handsome young superstar. They had some good stuff together.

72. Super Generation Army vs. Tsuruta Gun

I like these 6-man tags way more than the later ones. My favourite stretch of Jumbo's career.

73. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu

It's been a long time I've watched any of their singles matches, but I always loved how everything they did together felt like a struggle. Every hold, every momentum shift, everything. In singles, in tags, in multi-mans, you couldn't go wrong.

74. Terry Funk vs. Abdullah the Butcher

Pretty much a match made in heaven. I don't know why I haven't watched any of those Funks/Sheik-Abby matches in like twelve years.

75. Akira Hokuto vs. Manami Toyota

What's their best match together? The '95 bout?

76. Arisa Nakajima vs. Kana

For those of you in need of a pro wrestling lesson, Kana is Asuka, who was NXT Women's Champion for a while until Charlotte Flair ended her 7-year undefeated streak and then Asuka cried and so would I if I were her. Arisa Nakajima is also a professional wrestler.

77. Crush Gals vs. Dump's Army

I'll rectify the 80s joshi thing by 2026, I swear.

77. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda

Also a match made in heaven.

79. Barry Windham vs. Ric Flair

I'll say this about Windham - if I'm going to watch anyone wrestle Flair for about 50 minutes or some craziness then he's near the top of that list.

80. El Satanico vs. Ultimo Guerrero

I haven't seen enough of this feud. That's a level of silliness I must own. I will seek to do better, brothers and sisters.

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Oct 31, 2022 18:33:19 GMT -5 KB8 said:

I went through the entire list of matches that received votes for the 2021 GME, so like a stupid idiot with nothing better to do with his time I will now do the same here (over the next few days).

81. Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi

I don't think I've seen anything from these two together. No wait, that can't be right. But I don't REMEMBER seeing anything from this feud so who even knows. I bet they did some cool stuff.

These are names I have seen before.

82. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks

I prefer this as a matchup to Sasha/Bayley. They have one match in 2015 NXT that ruled, which I also preferred to the more highly-regarded Sasha/Bayley matches. Have they wrestled on the main roster? Surely they must've...right?

Yessir. They had a great Hell in a Cell match

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQW9BZ3ezUg

83. Syuri vs. Utami Hayashishita

I have no idea who these people are.

They're in Stardom. Had a pair of really great matches last year. You should check them out. Syuri is a former shoot fighter so she's got a real badass aura. Great stuff.

84. Giant Baba vs. Fritz Von Erich

Cool pick. I watched a Fritz/Baba match yeeeears ago and remember not a thing about it but I'd probably dig it if I watched it again. I should watch more Fritz in general.

We have got 5, count 'em 5 big time singles matches between Baba and Fritz from 1966-75. They're all awesome. I didn't vote for it, but its a worthy pick.

85. Von Erichs vs. The Dynamic Duo

Rules, of course. The hair match is amazing but the lead-in stuff is bonkers heated and the moment where Kerry Von Erich grabs scissors from Gino while the latter tries to cut Kevin's hair is both spectacular and terrifying and I'm astounded nobody got literally stabbed.

They promoted the hair match as "The Mane Event" which is just the best. I plan on rewatching this stuff soon. It's been 5 or 6 years at least.

86. Larry Zbyszko vs. Steven Regal

Another cool pick. I really should watch that Slamboree match again.

Awesome. Larry is really great.

86. Jerry Lawler vs. Jimmy Hart

Pretty iconic. Honestly I left it off because Hart managed two million people in Memphis and I couldn't actually remember which ones were feuding with Lawler while they were under the tutelage of the Colonel. That promo where Hart cries real tears of contrition and Lawler calls him a skinny idiot is top banana.

Obviously one of the great matchups ever. Promos, angles, even the few times Jimmy gets in the ring its awesome. Jimmy basically managed everybody.

88. Do Fixer vs. Blood Generation

If you're a fan of this sort of wrestling then sure.

I couldn't tell you a single person involved in these matches. CIMA? I dunno. The one famous ROH match was cool but not the sort of thing I can watch regularly.

88. Jumbo & Tenryu vs. Choshu & Yatsu

Obviously amazing. So many good matches over a two-year period and even more importantly it was the feud that allowed Tenryu to become Tenryu. I...didn't vote for this, apparently. That was silly of me.

This is a case of us not hashing out real criteria or nominees ended up hurting some things. I didn't vote for this match-up which is amazing and well deserving of being on the list. But I voted for just Choshu vs Tenryu and voted it 11th overall. I was including these matches under that umbrella. Anyway, all time great shit and its not just the January and February 1986 matches. THey've got tons of great stuff before and after that. Agree on Tenryu becoming Tenryu.

88. Buddy Rose vs. Rick Martel

One of Buddy's best rivalries, so of course it's worthy of a spot. They had amazing chemistry and you get to see it in a few different settings.

Awesome. I voted for some other Rose stuff but this is definitely worthy of a vote.

88. Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker

I was shocked at how much I liked their Summerslam 2015 match. Flabbergasted, even. I don't really care for anything else they've done together, including the 2002 HIAC even if one of them had a 10/10 blade job in it.

No thank you.

92. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Steiners

The Clash match in '92 is one of the best WCW tags of the decade, but as a whole this sort of felt like a step down as the top feud in WCW at the time coming on the heels of Sting and pals v the Dangerous Alliance. Watts loved these guys for obvious reasons, but it might've been a mistake to make it the focal point of the promotion at that time. It felt sort of...dated, I guess.

No thank you.

92. The Revival vs. #DIY

Are #DIY Ciampa and Gargano? Because I've seen one Revival v Ciampa/Gargano match and at the time I thought it was a great modern approximation of the sort of southern style tag I love and I did not expect that from Gargano and Ciampa. If #DIY aren't those guys then I probably haven't seen anything from this particular rivalry. As you were.

No thank you.

92. Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito

Blockbuster Inoki is always fascinating and this feud brought out some of the most BLOCKBUSTER of blockbuster in Inoki. The no-ropes match is one of the greatest spectacles ever. This pick rules.

Fucking awesome pic. I didn't think of it but I should have. I've still never seen that Island Death match either.

92. Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda

I think I've only ever seen one match from this and that was the exploding barbed wire match. And tbh, I wouldn't bat an eye at someone voting for this based on that match alone.

Hell Yeah

96. Funks vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen

There are going to be a number of Terry Funk rivalries on this countdown and I don't have an issue with any of them.

I thought these had sort of fallen out of favor. These are awesome matches.

97. Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard

I was close to putting this on my list. Hell of a blow-off, if nothing else.

Johnnysorrow's got the best writing on Magnum vs Tully. Seek that out. Of course this is a great pick.

97. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu

I had this top 10. It's not as iconic as things like Fujiwara/Maeda or Fujiwara/Super Tiger, or Choshu/Fujinami or Choshu/Jumbo-Tenryu, and maybe I voted for it more as a matchup than a rivalry, but either way these two are magic together every time, whether it's in singles, tags, multi-mans, whatever. I would once again reiterate that their 6/9/87 match is the greatest match to ever happen on the date of June 9th of any year in history. Fujiwara trying to drag someone down to his level of depravity is one of my favourite things ever in wrestling, and he was never more determined to do that than against Choshu. Also once tried to stab him in the head with a chisel.

I didn't think about this one. I love the big singles match.

99. Steve Austin vs. Ricky Steamboat

This is a great pairing and they had some killer stuff together from '92-'94. Cool pick.

Steamboat's last great rival and one of Austin's first. These are good matches for sure. More of a top 50 90s US Rivalries than an all timer but its always good to remember that Austin and Steamboat were great together.

99. Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks

I'm sure I watched that HIAC match between them that elliot loves. I remember not a thing about it now other than Sasha perhaps taking a lunatic bump. Their NXT stuff together didn't do a ton for me, tbh.

Ooooh watch the Falls Count Anywhere match. The struggle over the kendo stick is one of the best WWE moments of the decade and Sasha's finish is fucking insane. Classic match. I also really like the SummerSlam match. They have good chemistry.

99. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan

Pretty much a perfect US wrestling rivalry to me. They brawled and bled and sometimes did it in fancy suits and DiBiase tried to cave Duggan's windshield in with a baseball bat. How this finished at 99 is a nonsense and you should all be ashamed of yourselves. Fucking Do Fixer. How about fucking DO fix up and behave yourselves.

Awesome feud. Dibiase's best stuff by far and this is elite tier Duggan as well.

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GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Nov 2, 2022 16:24:36 GMT -5

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Nov 2, 2022 11:22:39 GMT -5 KB8 said:

62. Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah the Butcher

Probably one of my favourite discoveries of the last decade (not that *I* discovered it, of course). Before the Puerto Rico set I had no real handle on Colon and Abby was someone I was neither here nor there on, and yet every time they matched up I thought they ruled and I became excited for every new instalment. Every match is different as well, while maintaining the central Colon-Abby dynamic of bloodthirsty savagery and face-stabbing and testicle-punting and whatnot.

Fuck yeah. I had this ranked 9th right between Aja vs Bull and Santo vs Casas. These two have amazing chemistry and while you would get crazy blood in every match of course, they all feel really different from each other. These two had magical chemistry.

63. Akira Taue/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa

I imagine this would've been higher in most corners of the internet wrestling world. Ten years ago I might've listed it. Many words have been written about these matches. They were good, or depending on who you are they were the very best ever, or depending on who you are they're kind of boring and you'd rather watch Carlos Colon attack Abdullah the Butcher with a screwdriver. Who is to say who's correct?

These aren't for me.

64. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena

I've only seen their Extreme Rules match, but what a match it is.

That's such an awesome match. After that I don't much care for Brock

65. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama

I don't think I've seen a Kobashi v Akiyama match that I liked.

These matches aren't for me.

66. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage

The Mega Powers EXPLODING is one of my favourite angles/storylines ever and I really can't think of a single Hogan v Savage match that I didn't enjoy even a little.

I had this ranked 15th and thought about it as a top 10 candidate. I absolutely love their 85/86 matches and they have great stuff after that too, even as late as Halloween Havoc 1996. These two have tremendous chemistry. Its a perfect BIG 80s match-up.

66. Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura

I've seen nothing from this pairing. Satomura is the business but Hojo is kind of lame and I don't really care about watching her. Although I'm sure she's better than the pirate stuff in WWE. Prolly.

These matches are great. You'd like them.

68. Bret Hart vs. Diesel

Yeah, I can see it. I don't like the Survivor Series match that much but the '94 King of the Ring match is the first really good singles match of Nash's career and the '95 Rumble is badass as fuck. They're a good pairing.

WOW 68th? Damn. I love the Survivor Series match, its been a while since I've watched the others.

69. Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes

I've seen enough Flair/Dusty matches to last me a lifetime by now but I would happily sit and watch every second of Flair v Dusty outside the ring.

I voted this 25th. I used this project as a way to right the wrongs of GWE. Well they aren't really "Wrongs" just differences but in this project, I did consider mic work, angles, outside of the ring stuff. I don't think Flair vs Dusty singles matches are particularly great, but WarGames is one of the 2 or 3 best US matches ever and that match is part of this feud. Hard Times is on the short list of greatest interviews of all time and that's part of this. I thought about doing Four Horsemen vs Dusty, but I tried to just do singles & tags.

69. Mick Foley vs. Triple H

The '00 Rumble match is great and might be Foley's definitive performance. Some of the '97 stuff I remember being decent. And that segment from RAW where Foley morphs into Cactus Jack is perfect pro wrestling. "I think you know the guy!" has been seared into my mind since I watched it as a 11-year-old.

That Rumble match is really great. The Canadian Stampede brawl was great. I don't think the Hell in the Cell match is a classic but its good. THese guys were always really good together. Worthy pick for sure. Hunter's best stuff by far. Not far behind for Foley.

71. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Nobuhiko Takada

Grappler v striker. Old grizzled bastard v handsome young superstar. They had some good stuff together.

These guys are great together.

72. Super Generation Army vs. Tsuruta Gun

I like these 6-man tags way more than the later ones. My favourite stretch of Jumbo's career.

Yeah this is an awesome 2 years.

73. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu

It's been a long time I've watched any of their singles matches, but I always loved how everything they did together felt like a struggle. Every hold, every momentum shift, everything. In singles, in tags, in multi-mans, you couldn't go wrong.

Yeah I have these on my list of stuff to revisit. Awesome rivalry and absolutely belongs, I just haven't revisited their main 83-84 matches anytime recently.

74. Terry Funk vs. Abdullah the Butcher

Pretty much a match made in heaven. I don't know why I haven't watched any of those Funks/Sheik-Abby matches in like twelve years.

Don't skip the singles matches either. This was my #2 overall. The closest men's wrestling ever got to Dump vs Chigusa.

75. Akira Hokuto vs. Manami Toyota

What's their best match together? The '95 bout?

Yeah, it rules. They've got lots of great stuff before that too. Lots of great tags. These two are awesome together.

76. Arisa Nakajima vs. Kana

For those of you in need of a pro wrestling lesson, Kana is Asuka, who was NXT Women's Champion for a while until Charlotte Flair ended her 7-year undefeated streak and then Asuka cried and so would I if I were her. Arisa Nakajima is also a professional wrestler.

Oh dude...Arisa Nakajma is one of the best wrestlers of the best 20 years. YOu'd dig her. These matches area amazing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QMizxVMvCI

77. Crush Gals vs. Dump's Army

I'll rectify the 80s joshi thing by 2026, I swear.

So I didn't vote for this, I voted for Dump vs Chigusa #1 though. I tried not to have repeats. Obviously this is the greatest feud of all time though.

77. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Akira Maeda

Also a match made in heaven.

Yeah these guys are awesome together.

79. Barry Windham vs. Ric Flair

I'll say this about Windham - if I'm going to watch anyone wrestle Flair for about 50 minutes or some craziness then he's near the top of that list.

The matches are very long.

80. El Satanico vs. Ultimo Guerrero

I haven't seen enough of this feud. That's a level of silliness I must own. I will seek to do better, brothers and sisters.

This was my #13 and is just amazing. The young punk makes a huge mistake betraying the rudo master. Satanico recruits some young henchmen and seeks his revenge using every rudo trick in the book to the delight of the fans. The big cage match is one of the greatest matches ever.

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Nov 2, 2022 11:22:39 GMT -5 KB8 said:

75. Akira Hokuto vs. Manami Toyota

What's their best match together? The '95 bout?

8/21/93

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8T41tZLu1g

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GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Nov 3, 2022 14:57:25 GMT -5

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42. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta

I'd have voted for this back in the day. "The day" being fifteen years ago or whatever. The tags and multi-mans are better than the singles matches but Jumbo was pretty wonderful as the ageing king trying to keep hold of his throne.

42. Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose/Doug Somers

A real favourite of mine. Buddy Rose was one of the best wrestlers on earth in '86.

44. Hulk Hogan vs. Bobby Heenan

I wasn't really sure what to do with this but I could absolutely see it being a #1 and I wouldn't think it the least bit silly. Heenan was something else.

45. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Devil Masami

It's been many moons since I've watched these two together. Once again, I will get to the 80s joshi by 2026.

46. Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness

That 6th Anniversary match is spectacular if for no reason other than the fact they had an uber-smark ROH crowd in 2008 so riled up they were actually hurling "USA" chants like McGuinness was the ghost of Iron Sheik (I do not think Iron Sheik is deceased, please forgive me). Other than that this is my least favourite prominent Danielson series.

47. Buddy Rose vs. Roddy Piper

Love this so much. Singles, tags, multi-mans, everything on THE STICK~, it ruled. It shows how over Buddy was as a heel that Piper could come out one week and act like the same raving paranoid lunatic as always but would instantly be turned heel by virtue of the fact he was opposite Rose. A pair of amazing pro wrestlers.

48. Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat

One of the most famous WWF rivalries ever, centred around one of the best midcard feuds in the company's history. Wrestlemania is of course the big one, but they had about half a dozen awesome matches leading up to it and if Steamboat never needed to retire in '94 I imagine they'd have had another go-around in WCW.

48. El Generico vs. Kevin Steen

I do not like these two. They did very many shouty promos. Many words were said. Abdullah would've stabbed the both of them.

50. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Super Tiger

Pretty much grappler v striker perfection. This was as much proto Battlarts as anything else and still stands out as being insanely violent all these years later.

50. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa

There are still at least a couple singles matches from these two that I haven't seen, which is very exciting because it's an awesome rivalry. That January '00 Dome tag is perfection.

52. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano

I watched the Arm Work Match last month and sure enough it's still absolutely incredible. There's at least one tag during the feud that's amazing and then there's the blow off which, you might be shocked to hear, is awesome. Yeah, this rules.

53. El Hijo del Santo vs. Espanto Jr.

On any given day I could be convinced that this is Santo's best pairing.

54. CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe

I would humbly pass.

55. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada

I watched the '92 match a couple years ago and enjoyed it way more than ever before. It's not really my thing overall, but if nothing else it's iconic and I see the appeal.

56. Greg Valentine vs. Tito Santana

I haven't watched any of this series in a minute but I did go through it about a decade ago and it was tremendous. Honestly I don't think it's far off Savage/Steamboat, if it even is at all.

57. Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki

Probably as close to Battlarts AND RINGS as we've ever gotten in American wrestling. I love this pairing so much.

58. Kana vs. Meiko Satomura

This is the sort of 2010s joshi rivalry I would dive into. Give me some recs, if you would be so kind.

59. Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko

I honestly don't know if I've seen any matches from this. The Larry turn is fucking sensational, though.

59. Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota

They have a '97 match that I'm pretty hyped about watching at some point. The '94 Big Egg match is superb. They're kind of perfect for each other.

59. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton

I think this is my favourite Flair feud. It's been aaaaages since I've watched either of the cage matches, but a few weeks ago I watched that match from Pro that we only have half of because they run out of TV time and it was spectacular. Flair being a nasty vicious prick is my favourite Flair and this might've been the best nasty vicious prick he's ever been, at least as a heel. Plus there are very few wrestlers in history that could make a feud that's built on who can score the best looking ring rats this compelling. Or compelling at all, maybe.

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GME 2022: Greatest Rivalries Ever - Results Nov 3, 2022 20:09:44 GMT -5

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Nov 3, 2022 14:57:25 GMT -5 KB8 said:

42. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta

I'd have voted for this back in the day. "The day" being fifteen years ago or whatever. The tags and multi-mans are better than the singles matches but Jumbo was pretty wonderful as the ageing king trying to keep hold of his throne.

No complaints with this one. I agree the tags & multi mans are better than the singles matches. I'm fairly down on 6/8/90 but I'd be a high voter on their Champions Carnival match from 91 so it evens out. The 9/90 match I've always been a big fan of. Great rivalry. I figured it'd be higher.

42. Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose/Doug Somers

A real favourite of mine. Buddy Rose was one of the best wrestlers on earth in '86.

No complaints here. At worst they have really fun matches at best they have best tags of the decade level matches. I voted for different Buddy Rose but this is definitely worthy. Glad it finished so high!

44. Hulk Hogan vs. Bobby Heenan

I wasn't really sure what to do with this but I could absolutely see it being a #1 and I wouldn't think it the least bit silly. Heenan was something else.

I voted this 17th all time. They are amazing together. Any time they are on opposite sides of the ring in a tag match or multi man, you are in for a fantastic time. Perfect pro-wrestling.

45. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Devil Masami

It's been many moons since I've watched these two together. Once again, I will get to the 80s joshi by 2026.

I had this 19th. Their 1985 classic everyone knows about is a GME candidate but there's plenty of other tags and singles matches. I dunno how anyone could watch Chigusa vs Devil next to FLair vs Steamboat without seeing Chigusa & Devil are working on a whole other level.

46. Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness

That 6th Anniversary match is spectacular if for no reason other than the fact they had an uber-smark ROH crowd in 2008 so riled up they were actually hurling "USA" chants like McGuinness was the ghost of Iron Sheik (I do not think Iron Sheik is deceased, please forgive me). Other than that this is my least favourite prominent Danielson series.

These are like my least favorite matches ever. I'd rather watch Kane vs Undertaker.

47. Buddy Rose vs. Roddy Piper

Love this so much. Singles, tags, multi-mans, everything on THE STICK~, it ruled. It shows how over Buddy was as a heel that Piper could come out one week and act like the same raving paranoid lunatic as always but would instantly be turned heel by virtue of the fact he was opposite Rose. A pair of amazing pro wrestlers.

Obviously this rules. Voted for other Rose but feel silly. I should've made a spot for this.

48. Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat

One of the most famous WWF rivalries ever, centred around one of the best midcard feuds in the company's history. Wrestlemania is of course the big one, but they had about half a dozen awesome matches leading up to it and if Steamboat never needed to retire in '94 I imagine they'd have had another go-around in WCW.

Yeah this rules. Classic angle & storytelling, some terrific matches and a satisfying blow off in the context of the feud. Great stuff.

48. El Generico vs. Kevin Steen

I do not like these two. They did very many shouty promos. Many words were said. Abdullah would've stabbed the both of them.

Yeah I've never been a fan of these two.

50. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Super Tiger

Pretty much grappler v striker perfection. This was as much proto Battlarts as anything else and still stands out as being insanely violent all these years later.

I voted this 41st. Awesome rivalry. I dunno if the best Ishikawa vs Ikeda match is as good as like the 4th or 5th best Fujiwara vs Super Tiger match.

50. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa

There are still at least a couple singles matches from these two that I haven't seen, which is very exciting because it's an awesome rivalry. That January '00 Dome tag is perfection.

AWESOME! I voted for other Hashimoto stuff but I thought about this. Cool to see it at 50th. All of these matches are awesome. I could give a shit if it hurt NJPW's business. The matches are great.

52. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano

I watched the Arm Work Match last month and sure enough it's still absolutely incredible. There's at least one tag during the feud that's amazing and then there's the blow off which, you might be shocked to hear, is awesome. Yeah, this rules.

Liger's peak I would say.

53. El Hijo del Santo vs. Espanto Jr.

On any given day I could be convinced that this is Santo's best pairing.

I voted this 48th. Of course this rules.

54. CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe

I would humbly pass.

Not in a million years.

55. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada

I watched the '92 match a couple years ago and enjoyed it way more than ever before. It's not really my thing overall, but if nothing else it's iconic and I see the appeal.

At one time or another I've thought each one of their matches was the best. They're all amazing, but its only 3 matches so didn't have space for it but its a worthy addition for a list.

56. Greg Valentine vs. Tito Santana

I haven't watched any of this series in a minute but I did go through it about a decade ago and it was tremendous. Honestly I don't think it's far off Savage/Steamboat, if it even is at all.

I watched this all somewhat recently and it fucking rules. Its a better & deeper feud than Savage/Steamboat for sure.

57. Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki

Probably as close to Battlarts AND RINGS as we've ever gotten in American wrestling. I love this pairing so much.

I have always liked this pairing but I recently tried to watch the submission match everyone (including younger me) loves and I fucking hated it. The shoot style mat work that I used to love from them looked really sloppy and bad & I ended up turning the match off & finding something else. To be fair I had just watched Tamura vs Kohsaka but yeah...this ain't Tamura vs Kohsaka. I prefer Low Ki vs Homicide and Danielson vs Roman Reigns at this point.

58. Kana vs. Meiko Satomura

This is the sort of 2010s joshi rivalry I would dive into. Give me some recs, if you would be so kind.

Just like any of it? These two have terrific chemistry.

59. Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko

I honestly don't know if I've seen any matches from this. The Larry turn is fucking sensational, though.

This is awesome and you should absolutely watch all of it but I actually voted for different Bruno.

59. Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota

They have a '97 match that I'm pretty hyped about watching at some point. The '94 Big Egg match is superb. They're kind of perfect for each other.

No complaints with Aja vs Toyota. THey have a ton of awesome matches together. Great dynamic. Definitely watch the 1997 match.

59. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton

I think this is my favourite Flair feud. It's been aaaaages since I've watched either of the cage matches, but a few weeks ago I watched that match from Pro that we only have half of because they run out of TV time and it was spectacular. Flair being a nasty vicious prick is my favourite Flair and this might've been the best nasty vicious prick he's ever been, at least as a heel. Plus there are very few wrestlers in history that could make a feud that's built on who can score the best looking ring rats this compelling. Or compelling at all, maybe.

Its my favorite Flair feud in the ring for sure. The best dynamic of nasty vicious FLair vs the best Underdog of the generation. The famous cage match is a GME candidate.

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