dopper Posted September 22, 2021 Posted September 22, 2021 The match between Cody & Dustin Rhodes at AEW Double or Nothing 2019 happened a month after Dustin turned 50. I was wondering today what other really good singles matches have taken place with one (or both) of the participants being over 50. The ones that immediately sprung to my mind were Flair's matches with Undertaker at WM18, with Triple H on Raw in 2003, and his retirement match with Shawn Michaels. Terry Funk's run as ECW Champion beginning at the Barely Legal PPV was when he was 53 years old, but I found the match quality to be a bit iffy that year. The barbed wire match with Sabu was memorable, but I probably wouldn't put it on a list of great matches. Ricky Steamboat was 56 when he had that mini-comeback in 2009 starting at WrestleMania 25 and ending with a very enjoyable match with Chris Jericho at Backlash the next month. I know a lot of other guys continued wrestling in their fifties, so what other great matches can people think of?
Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 22, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 22, 2021 My two favourite matches of 2019 were Blue Demon Jr (53) vs. Dr Wagner Jr (54) at Triplemania, and Minoru Suzuki (51) vs. Josh Barnett (42) at Josh Barnett's Bloodsport.
Magnum Milano Posted September 22, 2021 Posted September 22, 2021 The Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig one hour draw from the AWA in November 1986. Bockwinkel is a couple weeks shy of his 52nd birthday here.
SaitoRyo Posted September 22, 2021 Posted September 22, 2021 Genichiro Tenryu was 51 and Keiji Mutoh was approaching 40 (and physically wrecked) when they had a classic in the summer of 2001. It won the Wrestling Observer Match of the Year. They were taking apron and floor bumps and doing dives and Tenryu even hit a second-rope Frankensteiner. Well worth a watch.
Paid Members WeeAl Posted September 22, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 22, 2021 They didn't half enjoy a good head drop or two, did they.
Shane O' Mac Version 2 Posted September 22, 2021 Posted September 22, 2021 I know it's trendy to hate on Chris Jericho and his dad bod these days, but I thought his match with MJF at All Out was really pretty great. Lost in amongst the Punk/Cole/Danielson craziness obviously, but that was a high quality, dramatic match. Best straight up singles match Jericho's had in a good while- before that was probably Jericho vs. Mox, which happened when Jericho was 49.
sivy Posted September 22, 2021 Posted September 22, 2021 I'd add brock lesnar vs Goldberg at wm33. Just 5 minutes of non stop action
DavidB6937 Posted September 22, 2021 Posted September 22, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXqCDIkyp2Y The Edge/Flair ladder match - I haven't watched it in a while but I remember loving it at the time.
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted September 22, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 22, 2021 Vince McMahon vs Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon vs Hulk Hogan...actually most Vince matches are usually very good.
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted September 22, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 22, 2021 Earlier this year the Bucks vs SCU where they had to split if they lost, was really good I thought.
Joe Blog Posted September 22, 2021 Posted September 22, 2021 Lawler vs Miz from a few years ago on Raw was a cracking match.
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted September 22, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, LaGoosh said: Vince McMahon vs Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon vs Hulk Hogan...actually most Vince matches are usually very good. Yeah, say what you like about Vince but he can work. His match with the old sex pest at Rumble 2002 was brilliant fun. Almost everything with Austin, even the original Raw match that didn't really happen was just an incredible event.
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted September 22, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 22, 2021 Vince's match he had on Raw against CM Punk (I think this might have been Vince's final match?) was absolutely great fun.
Paid Members CleetusVanDamme Posted September 22, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 22, 2021 Triple H vs The Nature Boydy in a cage from Taboo Tuesday 2005. "I taught you everything you know, but not everything I know": the match. A great bloody war and always undervalued when the best IC title matches threads are brought up, too. 4 hours ago, BomberPat said: Blue Demon Jr (53) vs. Dr Wagner Jr (54) at Triplemania I loved this match so much. I had no context whatsoever, had skimmed through the rest of the show completely disinterested, then saw this mad visual and couldn't turn away: When you see two men having a forklift staredown, you start paying attention. I got rewarded with an amazing and disgusting spectacle.
Pier Six Brawler Posted September 22, 2021 Posted September 22, 2021 Best one I can think of with two 50+ year olds, 57 year old Nick Bockwinkel vs 53 year old Billy Robinson in UWFI in 1992. Bockwinkel had another great match with Dory Funk Jr. at WCW Slamboree '93. He'd have been 58 then and Funk 52.
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