Snitsky's back acne Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Inspired by the HHH thread - who are the wrestlers who you truly feel 'made' their opponents, put them over strongly or took them to the next level, be it through interviews, matches, angles etc. Obviously, the opponent has to take credit too in some instances as it takes two to tango but maybe there's a few one sided examples you can think of.A few examples - HHH ''made' Batista in early 2005 with his work and the 3 PPV matches they had. Of course, Batista held his end up and went on to great success in his own right but I think it's a great example of one wrestler really going out of their way to put the other over strong, or 'make' them.  Ric Flair is widely attributed with 'making' Sting a main eventer in their Clash championship match. Again, Sting worked his backside off but his status went from decent mid-carder to credible main eventer thanks to Flairs efforts.  I personally feel Foley helped 'make' HHH in early 2000 with their matches at the Rumble and No Way Out too.  Any other examples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Dem Wanz Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 The first one that comes to mind is the way Roddy Piper helped Bret Hart immeasurably at Wrestlemania 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 6, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 6, 2015 The first one that comes to mind is the way Roddy Piper helped Bret Hart immeasurably at Wrestlemania 8 Â That's a great shout actually. Piper (you could say Flair I suppose) was the only main event guy Bret got to beat on his way to becoming world champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Savage dropping a fall to DDP at Spring Stampede 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShowOff Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Bret helped Austin.  Flair helped Steamboat.  Eddie Gilbert helped Foley.  These are the ones that come to mind for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted August 6, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 6, 2015 Funk and foley comes to mind. Â The other one ash has already said savage and ddp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 The first one that comes to mind is the way Roddy Piper helped Bret Hart immeasurably at Wrestlemania 8 Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Linus Posted August 6, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 6, 2015 Foley made The Rock and HHH in the late 90s. Â Pretty much every old timey star "made" people (there are exceptions, like Mil Mascaras) because there was no money in beating schlubs. To make money out of beating someone you had to "make" them first. Obviously the degree varied but it was still a production line. Mind you, that was back when there were enough places for all these "made men" to work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexy Dad Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I think Edge and Cena elevated each other in 2006. There work together left them looking better than before they started feuding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Cena made Punk at MITB 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinc Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Cena made Punk at MITB 2011. Na. Cena wasn't a very big part of that. It's more correct to say Vince made Punk that night. When have we seen Vince show arse for a babyface like that before or since? He never got his heat back either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Cena made Punk at MITB 2011. Â Yup. Although, who made Cena? Someone mentioned Edge and Cena helping each other, and that's true, but I don't know that there was ever a point where a big star laid down for Cena to make him. Triple H at WrestleMania 22 is probably the closest, but Cena was already huge by then. Â And did Punk ever pay it forward with anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinc Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Ryback was the chance for Punk to pay it on, but we all know how that went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShowOff Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015  Cena made Punk at MITB 2011. Na. Cena wasn't a very big part of that. It's more correct to say Vince made Punk that night. When have we seen Vince show arse for a babyface like that before or since? He never got his heat back either.   He fired him on his wedding day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Undertaker went a long way to making Foley too in his formative WWF years. Without Undi giving Mankind an awful lot in their 1996 feud, our favourite stand up comic's career could have taken an altogether different direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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