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Post by maddog1981 on Jan 5, 2018 11:49:51 GMT -5
This match is probably top 5 for my favorite TV moments ever. I think this is arguably the best tag in WWE history. Electric crowd throughout. This felt like an absolutely huge match at the time.
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Post by Kadaveri on Jan 6, 2018 7:33:08 GMT -5
The crowd being absolutely on fire for everything makes this such a joy. Overness really enhances matches. I love match not just because of the rivalry between the two teams but the relationships between both tag partners. They're both two long-time rivals who've united to become the tag champions, Benoit and Jericho because of a shared dream to become champs from similar backgrounds (babyface) and Triple/Austin because they think they're the two top wrestlers in the company and would be unstoppable together (heel). Naturally the babyface team end up working better as a unit whereas the heels still get under each others skin too much.
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Post by thepumalives on Jan 7, 2018 3:02:22 GMT -5
A fired up heel Austin in tandem with HHH worked as a great old school heel team; and both Benoit and Jericho brought fire and selling to the match. Jericho countering the Thesz press into the walls of Jericho was even better than his making HHH tap while on the announce table. Props to all four guys too for working through HHH's quad injury and finishing the match in a hot fashion.
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Post by superstarsleeze on Oct 5, 2018 23:56:44 GMT -5
This is definitely a contender for best WWF tag team match of all time. Austin was just on fire as an out of control lunatic during this time.
WWF World Tag Champs Stone Cold & HHH vs Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho - WWF RAW 5/21/01
Austin in 2001 was so awesome. I don't know why everybody including Austin is down on that run. I loved the heel paranoid lunatic character. In the ring, I thought he was great all year portraying that wild out of control character. I felt like Austin was the one who set the tone for the entire match. His urgency got everybody working at a high level. He would try so hard to kick some ass that when Jericho and Benoit started to ROARING back it meant so much. That Austin/Benoit chop exchange was badass. I thought HHH was great at his sneaky, weasel heel that was using a thumb to eye or saving Austin from a pin after the superplex and then ultimately blasting Benoit with the steel chair in the Crossface. I think Benoit was an interesting choice for Face In Peril. I think he is a better seller than Jericho, but he would undoubtedly be a better hot tag also. I thought Austin was terrific as violent maniac in this heat segment. HHH was his usual methodical self, which did bring the energy down a bit. Benoit was great at varying his selling and hope spots. Benoit gets the German out of the Sleeper and then Enziguiri, but the ref does not see the tag! Austin is out of control wailing on Benoit! He throws back Benoit back in! PEDIGREE~! NO REF! JERICHO MISSILE DROPKICK! Austin is wild-eyed while Jericho exhorts on his fellow Canadian. Jericho gets the hot tag and he levels the Two Man Power Trip. The Thesz Press into the Walls of Jericho was BITCHIN! HHH blows out his quad saving Austin and then in an incredible act of manliness continues the match. He looks for the Pedigree on table, but it is reversed into the Walls of Jericho. OW! Benoit drills Austin with a diving headbutt. This is a damn great finish stretch, Benoit hollers at the ref. KICK! WHAM! STUNNER! Jericho yanks out the ref. Lionsault! No Knees! Stunner? OH HELL NO! LIONSAULT! HHH hobbles in with the sledgehammer, but Jericho moves and he hits Austin. Benoit tackles HHH! JERICHO COVERS AUSTIN! 1-2-3!
I have not seen this since the original airing! WOW! One of the most exciting tag team finish stretches of all time and I thought one helluva an Austin performance and Benoit was not far behind. Loved the pacing and urgency of the match. The babyfaces came out firing overwhelming the heels. Nice mid match climax with superplex/crossface. HHH steel chair shot was a great transition. Austin was just out of control in the heat segment. HHH was all man by continuing the match. Really great match! ****1/2
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Post by elliott on Sept 19, 2023 23:18:58 GMT -5
I'm sure it's fine.
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