# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/701 "2025-10-23T14:38:48Z")
**Your biggest mark-out moments** 1. Lex Luger making Hollywood Hogan tap out to win the WCW World Championship; Monday Nitro 2. Shawn Michaels beats the British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Championship on Saturday Night’s Main Event 3. CM Punk defeating John Cena for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2011 4. Cody Rhodes finishing the story by beating Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XL 5. The Ultimate Warrior beating The Honky Tonk Man for The Intercontinental championship in 31 seconds at SummerSlam 1988 ending Honky’s then record 15 month reign. 6. John Cena going off script when the audience refused to stop cheering for Daniel Bryan during a promo segment between him and Randy Orton, and interviewing Bryan on the spot about how his father was a lumberjack 7. The first time I saw pro wrestling. I was a kid, we were on vacation and there were some unusual TV stations to watch. I saw a promo by a Shiek (maybe The Shiek) and I was enthralled by the goofiness mixed with the 1 on 1 grappling. ---
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**Your biggest mark-out moments** 1. Lex Luger making Hollywood Hogan tap out to win the WCW World Championship; Monday Nitro 2. Shawn Michaels beats the British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Championship on Saturday Night’s Main Event 3. CM Punk defeating John Cena for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2011 4. Cody Rhodes finishing the story by beating Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XL 5. The Ultimate Warrior beating The Honky Tonk Man for The Intercontinental championship in 31 seconds at SummerSlam 1988 ending Honky’s then record 15 month reign. 6. John Cena going off script when the audience refused to stop cheering for Daniel Bryan during a promo segment between him and Randy Orton, and interviewing Bryan on the spot about how his father was a lumberjack 7. The first time I saw pro wrestling. I was a kid, we were on vacation and there were some unusual TV stations to watch. I saw a promo by a Shiek (maybe The Shiek) and I was enthralled by the goofiness mixed with the 1 on 1 grappling. 8. Eddie Guerrero defeating Brock Lesnar, of all people, to win the WWE Title at No Way Out 2004. Fuck, Lesnar would later go on to break The Streak, but he lost to Eddie. ---
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**Your biggest mark-out moments** 1. Lex Luger making Hollywood Hogan tap out to win the WCW World Championship; Monday Nitro 2. Shawn Michaels beats the British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Championship on Saturday Night’s Main Event 3. CM Punk defeating John Cena for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2011 4. Cody Rhodes finishing the story by beating Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XL 5. The Ultimate Warrior beating The Honky Tonk Man for The Intercontinental championship in 31 seconds at SummerSlam 1988 ending Honky’s then record 15 month reign. 6. John Cena going off script when the audience refused to stop cheering for Daniel Bryan during a promo segment between him and Randy Orton, and interviewing Bryan on the spot about how his father was a lumberjack 7. The first time I saw pro wrestling. I was a kid, we were on vacation and there were some unusual TV stations to watch. I saw a promo by a Shiek (maybe The Shiek) and I was enthralled by the goofiness mixed with the 1 on 1 grappling. 8. Eddie Guerrero defeating Brock Lesnar, of all people, to win the WWE Title at No Way Out 2004. Fuck, Lesnar would later go on to break The Streak, but he lost to Eddie. 9. Sami Zayn standing up to Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble and hitting him with a chair to prevent him from beating the hell out of Kevin Owens, if only for a little while ---
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**Your biggest mark-out moments** 1. Lex Luger making Hollywood Hogan tap out to win the WCW World Championship; Monday Nitro 2. Shawn Michaels beats the British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Championship on Saturday Night’s Main Event 3. CM Punk defeating John Cena for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2011 4. Cody Rhodes finishing the story by beating Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XL 5. The Ultimate Warrior beating The Honky Tonk Man for The Intercontinental championship in 31 seconds at SummerSlam 1988 ending Honky’s then record 15 month reign. 6. John Cena going off script when the audience refused to stop cheering for Daniel Bryan during a promo segment between him and Randy Orton, and interviewing Bryan on the spot about how his father was a lumberjack 7. The first time I saw pro wrestling. I was a kid, we were on vacation and there were some unusual TV stations to watch. I saw a promo by a Shiek (maybe The Shiek) and I was enthralled by the goofiness mixed with the 1 on 1 grappling. 8. Eddie Guerrero defeating Brock Lesnar, of all people, to win the WWE Title at No Way Out 2004. Fuck, Lesnar would later go on to break The Streak, but he lost to Eddie. 9. Sami Zayn standing up to Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble and hitting him with a chair to prevent him from beating the hell out of Kevin Owens, if only for a little while 10. Chris Jericho (temporarily) defeating Triple H to win the WWF Championship on RAW with a little backup from the Acolyte Protection Agency Okay, new category: **Best Matches at WrestleMania** 1. Randy Savage (C) vs. Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental Title; WrestleMania III ---
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**Best Matches at WrestleMania** 1. Randy Savage (C) vs. Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental Title; WrestleMania III 2. Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, submission match ---
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**Best Matches at WrestleMania** 1. Randy Savage (C) vs. Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental Title; WrestleMania III 2. Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, submission match; WrestleMania 13 3. Daniel Bryan (C) vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship; WrestleMania 35 KofiMania. ---
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**Best Matches at WrestleMania** 1. Randy Savage (C) vs. Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental Title; WrestleMania III 2. Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, submission match; WrestleMania 13 3. Daniel Bryan (C) vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship; WrestleMania 35 4. Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, WrestleMania 40 One of the best “happy ending” conclusions to a long and gruesome story arc that WWE has ever done, and it wouldn’t have happened if not for the fans utterly refusing to accept Dwayne trying to force himself into the main event. ---
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**Best Matches at WrestleMania** 1. Randy Savage (C) vs. Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental Title; WrestleMania III 2. Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, submission match; WrestleMania 13 3. Daniel Bryan (C) vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship; WrestleMania 35 4. Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, WrestleMania 40 5. Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship, WrestleMania XX I was down on the floor _screaming_ for Triple H to tap out to the Crossface. And then he DID. Unfortunately, I find Benoit matches very hard to watch these days. ---
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**Best Matches at WrestleMania** 1. Randy Savage (C) vs. Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental Title; WrestleMania III 2. Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, submission match; WrestleMania 13 3. Daniel Bryan (C) vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship; WrestleMania 35 4. Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, WrestleMania 40 5. Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship, WrestleMania XX 6. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, WrestleMania X ---
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**Best Matches at WrestleMania** 1. Randy Savage (C) vs. Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental Title; WrestleMania III 2. Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, submission match; WrestleMania 13 3. Daniel Bryan (C) vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship; WrestleMania 35 4. Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, WrestleMania 40 5. Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship, WrestleMania XX 6. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, WrestleMania X 7. Razor Ramon (c) vs. Shawn Michaels, Intercontinental Championship ladder match, WrestleMania X ---
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I have barely watched WWE since 2003 but at least I can add one to this list. **Best Matches at WrestleMania** 1. Randy Savage (C) vs. Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental Title; WrestleMania III 2. Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, submission match; WrestleMania 13 3. Daniel Bryan (C) vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship; WrestleMania 35 4. Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, WrestleMania 40 5. Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship, WrestleMania XX 6. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, WrestleMania X 7. Razor Ramon (c) vs. Shawn Michaels, Intercontinental Championship ladder match, WrestleMania X 8. WWF World Tag Team Title Tables, Ladders & Chairs Three Way Match - Christian & Edge vs The Dudley Boyz (c) and The Hardy Boyz, Wrestlemania X-Seven [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674.md?page=35)