# Pro Wrestling 10 List Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 17, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674 "2024-05-17T04:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
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It’s been more than two weeks. Let’s choose a new category. **Finishing the Story: A New Champion Arises at a Major Event** 1. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship; WrestleMania XL ---
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**Finishing the Story: A New Champion Arises at a Major Event** 1. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship; WrestleMania XL 2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions. ---
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**Finishing the Story: A New World Champion Arises at a Major Event** 1. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship; WrestleMania XL 2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions. 3. Sting defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Great American Bash 1990. ---
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**Finishing the Story: A New World Champion Arises at a Major Event** 1. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship; WrestleMania XL 2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions. 3. Sting defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Great American Bash 1990. 4. Randy “The Macho Man” Savage (with a steel-chair assist from Hulk Hogan) defeats Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase (plus Andre the Giant) at Wrestlemania IV for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Chanpionship. ---
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**Finishing the Story: A New World Champion Arises at a Major Event** 1. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship; WrestleMania XL 2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions. 3. Sting defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Great American Bash 1990. 4. Randy “The Macho Man” Savage (with a steel-chair assist from Hulk Hogan) defeats Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase (plus Andre the Giant) at Wrestlemania IV for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship. 5. Shawn Michaels defeats Bret Hart in a 60-minute Iron Man match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania XII. “The boyhood dream has come true for Shawn Michaels!” ---
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**Finishing the Story: A New World Champion Arises at a Major Event** 1. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship; WrestleMania XL 2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions. 3. Sting defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Great American Bash 1990. 4. Randy “The Macho Man” Savage (with a steel-chair assist from Hulk Hogan) defeats Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase (plus Andre the Giant) at Wrestlemania IV for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship. 5. Shawn Michaels defeats Bret Hart in a 60-minute Iron Man match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania XII. “The boyhood dream has come true for Shawn Michaels!” 6. Shane Douglas wins the NWA World Title Tournament supercard in Philadelphia on Augst, 1994. He immediately dumps the belt and proclaims the ECW Heavyweight Championship to be a real world title. ---
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**Finishing the Story: A New World Champion Arises at a Major Event** 1. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship; WrestleMania XL 2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions. 3. Sting defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Great American Bash 1990. 4. Randy “The Macho Man” Savage (with a steel-chair assist from Hulk Hogan) defeats Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase (plus Andre the Giant) at Wrestlemania IV for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship. 5. Shawn Michaels defeats Bret Hart in a 60-minute Iron Man match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania XII. “The boyhood dream has come true for Shawn Michaels!” 6. Shane Douglas wins the NWA World Title Tournament supercard in Philadelphia on Augst, 1994. He immediately dumps the belt and proclaims the ECW Heavyweight Championship to be a real world title. 7. Daniel Bryan pins Triple H in the opening match of Wrestlemania 30 to earn a spot in the main event, then taps out Batista to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship 8. Cody Rhodes pins Nick Aldis to win the NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship at the original All In ---
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**Finishing the Story: A New World Champion Arises at a Major Event** 1. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship; WrestleMania XL 2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions. 3. Sting defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Great American Bash 1990. 4. Randy “The Macho Man” Savage (with a steel-chair assist from Hulk Hogan) defeats Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase (plus Andre the Giant) at Wrestlemania IV for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship. 5. Shawn Michaels defeats Bret Hart in a 60-minute Iron Man match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania XII. “The boyhood dream has come true for Shawn Michaels!” 6. Shane Douglas wins the NWA World Title Tournament supercard in Philadelphia on Augst, 1994. He immediately dumps the belt and proclaims the ECW Heavyweight Championship to be a real world title. 7. Daniel Bryan pins Triple H in the opening match of Wrestlemania 30 to earn a spot in the main event, then taps out Batista to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship 8. Cody Rhodes pins Nick Aldis to win the NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship at the original All In 9. Kevin Nash ends Goldberg’s undefeated streak at WCW Starrcade '98 and beats him for the World Heavyweight Championship ---
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**Finishing the Story: A New World Champion Arises at a Major Event** 1. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship; WrestleMania XL 2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions. 3. Sting defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Great American Bash 1990. 4. Randy “The Macho Man” Savage (with a steel-chair assist from Hulk Hogan) defeats Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase (plus Andre the Giant) at Wrestlemania IV for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship. 5. Shawn Michaels defeats Bret Hart in a 60-minute Iron Man match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania XII. “The boyhood dream has come true for Shawn Michaels!” 6. Shane Douglas wins the NWA World Title Tournament supercard in Philadelphia on Augst, 1994. He immediately dumps the belt and proclaims the ECW Heavyweight Championship to be a real world title. 7. Daniel Bryan pins Triple H in the opening match of Wrestlemania 30 to earn a spot in the main event, then taps out Batista to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship 8. Cody Rhodes pins Nick Aldis to win the NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship at the original All In 9. Kevin Nash ends Goldberg’s undefeated streak at WCW Starrcade '98 and beats him for the World Heavyweight Championship 10. At the highest-attended event in WCW history, Bill Goldberg pins Hollywood Hogan to become WCW World Heavyweight Champion New category: **Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo A Wargames match in all but name, New Japan’s first-ever attempt at putting on one, and easily the best one I’ve ever seen. By the time the hour-plus match was over, the ring itself had been destroyed to the point of there being holes in it and jagged wooden planks jutting out of the bare surface. A more than fitting sendoff for Will Ospreay before he left for AEW. ---
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**Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Hell in a Cell match, WWE Bad Blood The epic conclusion of the greatest feud of the year. ---
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**Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Hell in a Cell match, WWE Bad Blood 3. Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, Saturday Night’s Main Event With Cody defending the Winged Eagle belt and Jesse Ventura on commentary, you could really believe this match was straight out of 1988. ---
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**Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Hell in a Cell match, WWE Bad Blood 3. Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, Saturday Night’s Main Event 4. Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley, WWE Women’s World Championship match, Bad Blood The most memorable moments included Dominic hanging by his ankle from a shark cage, and the return of Raquel Rodriguez. ---
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**Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Hell in a Cell match, WWE Bad Blood 3. Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, Saturday Night’s Main Event 4. Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley, WWE Women’s World Championship match, Bad Blood 5. Roman Reigns and The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins, WrestleMania XL ---
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**Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Hell in a Cell match, WWE Bad Blood 3. Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, Saturday Night’s Main Event 4. Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley, WWE Women’s World Championship match, Bad Blood 5. Roman Reigns and The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins, WrestleMania XL 6. Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW Dynasty ---
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**Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Hell in a Cell match, WWE Bad Blood 3. Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, Saturday Night’s Main Event 4. Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley, WWE Women’s World Championship match, Bad Blood 5. Roman Reigns and The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins, WrestleMania XL 6. Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW Dynasty 7. Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes, WWE Championship Bloodline Rules match, WrestleMania XL Cody finishes the story. ---
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**Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Hell in a Cell match, WWE Bad Blood 3. Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, Saturday Night’s Main Event 4. Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley, WWE Women’s World Championship match, Bad Blood 5. Roman Reigns and The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins, WrestleMania XL 6. Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW Dynasty 7. Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes, WWE Championship Bloodline Rules match, WrestleMania XL 8. Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu, Bad Blood After the year-long rivalry between Cody and Roman, having them team up against a common foe had a very Mega Powers feel to it. ---
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**Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Hell in a Cell match, WWE Bad Blood 3. Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, Saturday Night’s Main Event 4. Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley, WWE Women’s World Championship match, Bad Blood 5. Roman Reigns and The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins, WrestleMania XL 6. Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW Dynasty 7. Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes, WWE Championship Bloodline Rules match, WrestleMania XL 8. Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu, Bad Blood 9. Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley, Wrestledream If this indeed winds up being Bryan’s final match, then it was a good sendoff, and I can say that I was live in the arena for both of his retirements. ---
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**Our favorite matches of 2024, in no particular order** 1. United Empire vs. Bullet Club, 5-on-5 timed-entry cage match, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Hell in a Cell match, WWE Bad Blood 3. Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, Saturday Night’s Main Event 4. Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley, WWE Women’s World Championship match, Bad Blood 5. Roman Reigns and The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins, WrestleMania XL 6. Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW Dynasty 7. Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes, WWE Championship Bloodline Rules match, WrestleMania XL 8. Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu, Bad Blood 9. Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley, Wrestledream 10. Sami Zayn vs. Chad Gable, Intercontinental Championship, Clash at the Castle The beginning of Gable’s Sanity Slippage. New category: **Best feuds of the Monday Night Wars era** 1. Randy Savage vs. Diamond Dallas Page, WCW ---
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**Best feuds of the Monday Night Wars era** 1. Randy Savage vs. Diamond Dallas Page, WCW 2. Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon, WWE ---
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**Best feuds of the Monday Night Wars era** 1. Randy Savage vs. Diamond Dallas Page, WCW 2. Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon, WWE 3. Tommy Dreamer vs. The Sandman, ECW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674.md?page=34)