ecwrulz
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Ian Rotten bounty hunter angle / mystery benefactor
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HHH vs Steiner - Royla Rumble 2003
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CM Punk vs Chris Hero - IWA MS When Hero Met Punk
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Alex Shelley
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^^^^^^^i didn't remember that, but that was f'n hilariousColt Cabana freaking out over Nigel McGuiness's British accent at IWA KOTDM Night 2
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Nathan Jones
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CM Punk
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Chris Hero
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The atmosphere in the Punk vs Hero match from the 80 minute mark until the finish
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should be interesting and i can't think of anything else on TV tonight
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better ???Gee's, That long ago? It just goes to show how much time flys. I wasn't even 10 years old at that time. I still remember coming home from school on the day after and watching it after my dad taped it. If Im honest I think I watched the Hell In a cell twice because it was so much of a different kind of match than others at that time.And ECWRulz, Your sig is over the limit. Thank you.
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not to burst your bubble or anything it was 6 years ago last weekendhttp://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:vrliqoVd_uEC:www.tuttowrestling.com/blood.jpg
My god, I remember sitting up watching this classic, it doesnt seem like 6 years ago. When wrestling was good........ I LOVE 1997!Six years ago this week, on Oct. 5, 1997 in St. Louis, Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker battled in the first-ever Hell in a Cell.âIt was our first time doing a match that nobody had seen, which is always exciting,â Michaels told WWE.com. âI knew as we were doing it that it was a really good match. And obviously when it was over, I knew it was really good. Weâd done something that was groundbreaking and special. I like being part of a really good product, and we definitely created one.âUndertaker said, âI donât think anyone really understood what a weapon it was going to be. And no one foresaw people getting out of it and going on top of it. I think even to this day, it sets the standard for when youâve got a situation where thereâs got to be a final close or a must-winner. I think it calls for a Hell in a Cell.âIndeed, Hell in a Cell has become just that for WWE. The ultimate, brutal culmination of a rivalry that otherwise cannot be settled. For Undertaker and the Heartbreak Kid, for example, the match was ordered after weeks of âTaker trying to get his hands on HBK, but Michaels somehow escaping. But there was no escaping the Hell in a Cell, or so it was thought.Their epic encounter, which lastly nearly one hour, featured Shawn Michaels falling off the side of the cage, one of the most memorable falls in WWE history at the time. (It also featured the debut of Kane.)But the match was more than just âbumps.â Although subsequent Hell in a Cells may have featured more memorable specific instances, Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels was the best Hell in a Cell overall, the participants said. It also ranks near the top of both Superstarsâ lists of their all-time best matches.âThatâs definitely one of my favorites,â HBK said. âThe two of us in the ring, his presence and mine, the size difference, that huge structure -- itâs a match that, creatively, is set when you get in the ring. You donât have to search for anything (and) you donât have to struggle to get anybody to (get the crowd into it).âSubsequent Hell in a Cell competitors knew there was no way they could outdo HBK-âTaker in terms of match quality. Mick Foley has discussed that fact many times, saying that itâs the main reason he opted to climb to the top of the structure right off the bat for his Hell in a Cell with Undertaker, the second one ever, at King of the Ring â98.âWhen I saw Mick after that, he paid me a wonderful compliment,â Michaels said.âHe said, âShawn, I knew I couldnât go out there and follow the match that you and âTaker had. So the only thing I could think of was to go to the top.ââUndertaker said that the first Hell in a Cell was the best âby far, although the one with Mankind in Pittsburgh was off the charts as far as the violence, the falls, throwing Mankind off the cage and chokeslamming him through it. Those were instances. But I think for overall match quality, the first one is by far the best. Itâs going to be tough to top that one.âHe added, âI would put that up there, probably, with my top five best matches of all, even though I lost the match due to Kane and all that. It was probably one of the finest hours for the Undertaker because of the sheer dominance that came across during the match.âIn all, there have been nine Hell in a Cells in WWE, including the infamous Kennel in a Cell between Al Snow and Big Boss Man at Unforgiven â99. Most recently, Triple H defeated Kevin Nash at Bad Blood in Houston.Undertaker has been in five of the matches, which he says is logical because the Hell in a Cell suits his style. âIâm the kind of guy thatâs going to beat you until you canât get up anymore,â he said.Itâs been said that matches like the Hell in a Cell, as well as the Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match and the Elimination Chamber, are career-shorteners. âYouâre trained and youâre conditioned to a lot of what happens in a normal wrestling ring,â Undertaker said. âBut itâs virtually impossible to train or prepare yourself for the trauma that your bodyâs going to take inside the Cell. Youâre going to run into things, and people are going to run you into things in that Cell that just donât give. And now that the match itself is so famous, you lay a lot more of yourself on the line for that match because you know what people expect.âMore than one Superstar, the day after a Cell match, once the adrenaline has worn off and the muscles have tightened, has compared the feeling to being âhit by a bus.âYou might say Michaels paved the way six years ago during the first-ever Hell in a Cell. He was beat pillar to post and bled profusely.âIdeally, you donât ever want to bleed that much,â he said with a chuckle. âThe cut wouldnât shut. It slowed down a little bit, but then when I went in the shower and the heat hit it, it just started (bleeding) all over the place.So I had to go to the emergency room that night and get 15 stitches on the inside and 15 stitches on the outside.âUndertaker says he probably lost more blood than at any time in his career when Triple H hit him with a sledgehammer leading up to their match at WrestleMania X-Seven, âbut as far as a match itself, (the Hell in a Cell against Brock Lesnar at No Mercy â02) was probably the most Iâve ever bled.âBoth Michaels and Undertaker said that a competitor simply canât think about how badly heâs going to be beat up after battling in a Cell.âItâs kind of a given that youâre going to step into the Cell and youâre going to lose blood and break bones,â âTaker said. âThatâs just how it goes. You know the ramifications before you step into the Cell. You donât really worry about whatâs going to happen afterwards.âMichaels said, âExcept for my (match at WrestleMania XIV against Stone Cold Steve Austin), I never once thought about coming out of a match and wondering how I was going to feel. You know getting into this line of work that itâs going to be hard, so that was never really an issue.âUnfortunately, Michaels was forced to retire (not for good, it would turn out) beginning less than six months after the first Hell in a Cell, although he says thatâs just a coincidence and that his four-year-plus hiatus had more to do with overall wear and tear.âI never thought about the end of my career or getting hurt,â he said. âAnd thatâs probably one of the reasons that, when it did happen, it was a little difficult for me to deal with.âBy the time Michaels wrestled in what he thought would be his last match â in March 29, 1998 at WrestleMania XIV â he had already solidified his legacy as one of the best. One reason for that was his performance on Oct. 5, 1997 in the first-ever Hell in a Cell â a match that started a trend, a match for which the Undertaker has become somewhat synonymous, and a match that fans still tell Michaels six years later is one of their favorites.âWrestling fans express that,â HBK said. âWhen people bring it up as being something they really enjoy ⌠getting accolades and recognition from fans, I think anybody would be a liar if they said thatâs not one of the reasons they do this job. Thatâs great to have. Nobody gets tired of hearing somebody say, âHey, that was really great.ââAdded the Undertaker, âYou never know whatâs going to transpire, whatâs going to happen.It was definitely not my motivation to start a trend, but I think for now and the near future, when you think of Hell in a Cell, you have to think of the Undertaker. Hell in a Cell is something that sparks a fire in people. When youâre name is synonymous with something like that, itâs a cool feeling.â
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tough one but Brock Lesnar
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3 minute warning
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John Cena
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Heartbreak Gauntlet Match (ROH3)
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Spanky (i know people won't agree but whatever)
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Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle
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HHH vs Undertaker (kotr ring)
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billy and chuck wedding angle
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from what i've seen King of the Ring
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as much as it pains me to say this i haven't seen enough indy or japanese stuff to say anyone else Chris Jericho sorry
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Shawn Michaels
Worst Angle of 2003
in UKFF Awards 2023
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