The 50 greatest WWE Championship Matches ever!

Dubliner28

WWE.com have released the the 50 greatest WWE Championship Matches ever!

http://www.wwe.com/classics/classic-lists/the-50-greatest-wwe-championship-matches-ever

The Iron Man Match between Bret and HBK came out at number 1.

Personally mine is Rock v Austin at WM.

Do you agree with their choice ?

Political Wall Map

Surely it has to be taker mankind at king of the ring.......

Political Wall Map

Political Wall Map wrote: »

Surely it has to be taker mankind at king of the ring.......

Wasn't for the title.

Ruu

I liked Flair V Savage at Wrestlemania 8 (or maybe because my tape is worn out for the numerous times watching it when I was a lad).

Omackeral

Found HBK vs Bret at Mania to be a bit of a drag tbh, the middle of it especially so. A fall each during the hour would've been better than a scoreless stalemate.

I didn't look at the list as I'm on my phone but a favourite of mine was HHH vs Cactus Jack at the Royal Rumble in MSG in a Street Fight. Epic wild brawl followed up by their under rated Title vs Career Hell in a Cell match at No Way Out 2000. Th story lines, the sympathetic yet nuts Foley, the newly dominant Game ascending to power, that programme had it all.

Ando's Saggy Bottom

I wouldn't have that Bret/HBK match anywhere in my Top 50 tbh, nevermind number 1. Bland uninteresting matwork for 50 mins does nothing for me tbh. So many better one hour or iron man matches have happened before it and since.

SlickRic

HHH/Rock @ Backlash 2000.

Austin/Rock @ WMX7.

HHH/Cena @ WM 22.

Punk/Cena @ MITB 2011.

RVD/Cena @ One Night Stand.

they were the 5 off the top of my head, and the ones I have probably watched most.

whatever about what you think of Cena, the atmospheres his matches generate create moments that memory bank hasn't let go of.

the groutch

I would have put the '92 Royal Rumble at #1
surprised to see the Lesnar Vs Angle Ironman match way down in the 30s
and Hogan Vs Taker from This Tuesday In Texas not even in the list?

krudler

Pete Campbell wrote: »

I wouldn't have that Bret/HBK match anywhere in my Top 50 tbh, nevermind number 1. Bland uninteresting matwork for 50 mins does nothing for me tbh. So many better one hour or iron man matches have happened before it and since.

The Rock and HHH's for one, I dunno why that WM12 match is so lauded it's boring as hell for the majority of it.

That list has the matches from 10-20 in the places 1-10 should be :pac:

GTR63

Could someone post the list I hate when sites that ask you to click a page at a time for 50 pages

krudler

GTR63 wrote: »

Could someone post the list I hate when sites that ask you to click a page at a time for 50 pages

Wrecks my head too :pac: pretty cool that a few of the matches are there to be watched though but yeah a complete list would be handy

so since I'm nice that way:

1.Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels: WrestleMania XII (March 31, 1996)
2.The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin: WrestleMania X-Seven (April 1, 2001)
3.Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant: WrestleMania III (March 29, 1987)
4.John Cena vs. CM Punk: Money in the Bank (July 17, 2011)
5.1992 Royal Rumble Match (Jan. 19, 1992)
6.Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior: WrestleMania VI (April 1, 1990)
7.Bret Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid: Raw (July 11, 1994)
8.The Undertaker vs. Jeff Hardy: Raw (July 1, 2002)
9.John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels: WrestleMania 23 (April 1, 2007)
10.The Rock vs. Mankind: Raw (Jan. 4, 1999)


11.Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan: WrestleMania V (April 2, 1989)
12. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart: SummerSlam 1994 (Aug. 29, 1994)
13.Triple H vs. Cactus Jack: Royal Rumble 2000 (Jan. 23, 2000)
14.Edge vs. John Cena: Unforgiven (Sept. 17, 2006)
15.Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage: WrestleMania VIII (April 5, 1993)
16.Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind: In Your House (Sept. 22, 1996)
17. John Cena vs. Rob Van Dam: One Night Stand (June 11, 2006)
18.Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan (Jan. 23, 1984)
19.Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker: No Mercy (Oct. 20, 2002)
20.Rey Mysterio vs. John Cena: Raw (July 25, 2011)


21.The Undertaker vs. The Rock vs. Kurt Angle: Vengeance (July 21, 2002)
22.Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski (April 29, 1974)
23.Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar: WrestleMania 19 (March 30, 2003)
24.Triple H vs. Chris Jericho: Raw (April 17, 2000)
25."Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. The Rock: Backlash (April 25, 1999)
26. Randy Orton vs. John Cena: Bragging Rights (Oct. 25, 2009)
27.Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase: WrestleMania IV (March 27, 1988)
28.CM Punk vs. John Cena: SummerSlam 2011 (Aug. 14, 2011)
29."Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle: Unforgiven (Sept. 23, 2001)
30.The Rock vs. Triple H: Judgment Day (May 21, 2000)


31.Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff: Saturday Night's Main Event (Jan. 3, 1987)
32.Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero: No Way Out (Feb. 15, 2004)
33.The Rock vs. Kurt Angle vs. Triple H: SummerSlam 2000 (Aug. 27, 2000)
34.John Cena vs. JBL: Judgment Day (May 22, 2005)
35. Superstar Billy Graham vs. Dusty Rhodes (Oct. 24, 1977)
36.The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar: SummerSlam 2002 (Aug. 25, 2002)
37."Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho: Vengeance (Dec. 9, 2001)
38.Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar: SmackDown (Sept. 16, 2003)
39.CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho: Extreme Rules (April 29, 2012)
40.Mankind vs. The Rock: Royal Rumble 1999 (Jan. 24, 1999)


41.Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker: Royal Rumble 1998 (Jan. 18, 1998)
42.John Cena vs. Triple H: WrestleMania 22 (April 2, 2006)
43.Bruno Sammartino vs. Ivan Koloff (Jan. 18, 1971)
44.CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan: Over the Limit (May 20, 2012)
45.Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL: Great American Bash (June 27, 2004)
46.John Cena vs. Batista: Over the Limit (May 23, 2010)
47.Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bob Backlund (Feb. 20, 1978)
48."Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Dude Love: Over the Edge (May 31, 1998)
49.The Miz vs. John Morrison: Raw (Jan. 4, 2011)
50.Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels: Survivor Series 1997 (Nov. 9, 1997)

krudler

Hmm, Cena has 10 matches in there, Hogan has 5, Rock has 8, HHH and HBK have 5, Jericho has 3, Brock has 5, Punk has 4, Bret has 4, Austin has 5, Taker has 4 to name but a few of the top stars.

so Cena is the best wrestler ever according to wwe.com :pac: He has been in some top notch main events all joking aside.

starviewadams

Angle/Benoit from the 03 Rumble would be up there,if it wasn't for all the nasty murdering stuff.

krudler

starviewadams wrote: »

Angle/Benoit from the 03 Rumble would be up there,if it wasn't for all the nasty murdering stuff.

one of my favourite matches ever.

the groutch

I'm sure Crispin would be in there several times.

Was the 6 man HIAC in 2000 for the title?

Thought that was a good match at the time but haven't seen it since.

Omackeral

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Was the 6 man HIAC in 2000 for the title?

Thought that was a good match at the time but haven't seen it since.

It was iirc. Seem to remember Kurt Angle going in against the odds, open to correction on that though.

GTR63

That Hbk vs Mankind match at IYH: Mind Games is a real corker for anyone who hasn`t seen it i`d highly recommend it. Would of had Eddie vs Lesnar much higher too, a title match where the outcome really felt like it mattered.
Was the hour long Hbk vs Cena match on Raw for the title? It was vastly superior to their Mania effort.

A Primal Nut

krudler wrote: »

Hmm, Cena has 10 matches in there, Hogan has 5, Rock has 8, HHH and HBK have 5, Jericho has 3, Brock has 5, Punk has 4, Bret has 4, Austin has 5, Taker has 4 to name but a few of the top stars.

so Cena is the best wrestler ever according to wwe.com :pac: He has been in some top notch main events all joking aside.

In fairness the only ones who were around the WWE main event scene as much as Cena are HHH and Hogan. Taker for example spent most of his time outside the WWE title scene; for example his most famous matches (first two Hell-In-A-Cell and all his WM Streak matches against HBK and HHH) were all non-title - only one of his streak matches was a title match (against Sid). So I don't think its a case that most greatest WWE title matches = best ever in WWE's mind.

If it was just best matches ever I'm sure Taker would win.

Mental that Lesnar, in a short two-year stint, has 5 matches in the list (in a 16-month period). More than Bret Hart and Undertaker and as many as Austin, HHH and HBK.

I don't remember him from back then as well as others here - were his matches that good?

cian68

A Primal Nut wrote: »

I don't remember him from back then as well as others here - were his matches that good?

Yep. Which is why his matches with HHH are so disappointing. I'm a big MMA fan but I did not want to see him play that up in the WWE when he has already been an awesome pro wrestler.

krudler

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Mental that Lesnar, in a short two-year stint, has 5 matches in the list (in a 16-month period). More than Bret Hart and Undertaker and as many as Austin, HHH and HBK.

I don't remember him from back then as well as others here - were his matches that good?

Brock was an absolute monster from his debut, have a watch of this, he manages to get a good match (albeit a short one) out of Big Show, its unreal how Brock was just chucking him around the ring, not man guys can say they German suplexed the Big Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUj7lrhtcJo

and 1hr 8 mins or so into this, Jeff gives him probably the hardest chair shot ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKGoSltQuUs

Glico Man

Deleted User wrote: »

Was the 6 man HIAC in 2000 for the title?

Thought that was a good match at the time but haven't seen it since.

Here you go sir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV291TD2nzc

gimmick

Pete Campbell wrote: »

I wouldn't have that Bret/HBK match anywhere in my Top 50 tbh, nevermind number 1. Bland uninteresting matwork for 50 mins does nothing for me tbh. So many better one hour or iron man matches have happened before it and since.

I agree. I didn't enjoy in then, and it did not improve with time. Very boring match tbh.

On favourites, the Angle Benoit match is one of my all time favourites.

The triple threat at WM20 is a barnstormer of a match with serius rewatch value.

Eddie winning the title from Brock is a great one.

The first EC match at Survivir Series 2002.

Brock Vs Angle at WM19 is a very under rated match.

gimmick

gimmick wrote: »

I agree. I didn't enjoy in then, and it did not improve with time. Very boring match tbh.

On favourites, the Angle Benoit match is one of my all time favourites.

The triple threat at WM20 is a barnstormer of a match with serius rewatch value.

Eddie winning the title from Brock is a great one.

The first EC match at Survivir Series 2002.

Brock Vs Angle at WM19 is a very under rated match.

I agree - All great matches.

But just in case you were wondering why they are not in the top 50 - The 2 matches highlighted were WHC matches.

KingJamsie

49. on that list?

Clemantis

Here's number 24 (Jericho versus Triple H). Definitely one of my favourites, mainly because of how I reacted at the time - running around the room screaming with my hands in the air! Can't believe this was 13 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Su_XnbpDM

takamichinoku

I can't help but feel that list is missing someone.


Anyways, here's a few I'd include:
Angle/Benoit at RR03
Angle/Benoit at X7
Edge&Rey/Angle&Benoit
Austin/Benoit on Smackdown that one time
HHH/HBK/Benoit at WM20
Jericho/Benoit at RR01

GTR63

takamichinoku wrote: »

I can't help but feel that list is missing someone.


Anyways, here's a few I'd include:
Angle/Benoit at RR03
Angle/Benoit at X7
Edge&Rey/Angle&Benoit
Austin/Benoit on Smackdown that one time
HHH/HBK/Benoit at WM20
Jericho/Benoit at RR01

Its WWE title matches not any title matches

the groutch

KingJamsie wrote: »

49. on that list?

must be a Miz-take :rolleyes:

Liam McPoyle

Thats a boxset Id love to see get released.

Dracula88

My favourite WWE Championship match is CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania XXVIII