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Wrestling View’s Hall of Fame 2015
Last year I started the Wrestling View Hall of Fame, and inducted 3 people, which you can see here. I said back then that I would continue the HOF with just ONE inductee every year to keep it as special and elite as possible, and that is exactly what I’m doing!
Ric Flair
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! With Vince, Hogan and Piper already in the HOF, it made perfect sense that The Nature Boy Ric Flair would be the next inductee! His career has spanned over 40 years, where he has wrestled in almost every territory available to him in the US, as well as various promotions around the world including Europe and Japan! He was one of the major players in the NWA throughout the 1980’s, helping Jim Crockett Promotions in particular become one of the largest wrestling promotions in the world as he toured the country as NWA Champion on numerous occasions. Flair also spent time in the WWF in the early 90’s, winning the WWF Championship on 2 occasions before returning to WCW (formally JCP) and going on to increase his world title wins to a record 16 (though this is often disputed, sometimes being referred to as high as 20 times). Following the demise of WCW, Flair made his way back to the WWF (soon to be renamed to WWE) in a non wrestling role, but it wouldn’t be long before he got back into the ring and squared off against the likes of Vince McMahon, Undertaker, Steve Austin, Triple H, The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Brock Lesnar and many more!!! Over the years he has been apart of some of the biggest factions in wrestling, the first being The Four Horsemen who dominated JCP and WCW for many years, and then WWE’s version (in a way) known as Evolution. His WWE in ring career ended at the hands of Shawn Michaels in an emotional WrestleMania match in 2008, however Flair still wanted to compete inside the ring, and joined with TNA to do just that! Since then he has again returned to WWE, but strictly in a non wrestling role, making the odd appearance when asked. The 16 time World Heavyweight Champion has left a legacy that few people in the business can even come close to. Often considered to be the greatest wrestler of all time, his catalogue of great matches is perhaps unmatched, featuring unforgettable bouts against Ricky Steamboat, Terry Funk, Barry Windham, Dusty Rhodes, Wahoo McDaniel, Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Vince McMahon, Sting, Vader, and a long list of “whose who” in the wrestling business over the last 4 decades. But his in ring talent was only part of what made him great, as his incredible charisma and promos made him a larger than life superstar. His trademark robes, entrance music, and the fact he truly lived the life of a rock star when the cameras were off made him one of the most likeable heels in the business. He could still get booed out of the building, but at the same time always had his fans, and people would always pay to see the Nature Boy in action. Ric’s ability to go 60 minutes every night and give the performance of a lifetime in every match earned him the respect of so many people, and helped him maintain a main event status for almost his entire career. He truly is one of the all time greats. A legend. An Icon. He is The Nature Boy Ric Flair, and he is now apart of the Wrestling View Hall of Fame!!!
WrestleMania 31 – Thoughts & Predictions
Day 1 of Wrestling View’s WrestleMania Week!!! Ok, more of a weekEND, but that doesn’t sound as catchy! With WM 31 just days away, I’ll be taking a look at the final card and going over my thoughts on the build up and how I feel about the match, as well as giving my predictions on the winner(s)!
Cesaro & Tyson Kidd Vs A New Day Vs Los Matadors Vs The Usos – WWE Tag Team Championship Match
So this is happening. And honestly it’s news to me! I rarely watch any show other than Raw… and I skipped through most of Raw in about 10 minutes. So matches like this tend to… pass me by. The only person involved in this match I remotely like is Cesaro, so watching any matches between any combination of these guys during the build up to WM hasn’t exactly been something I wanted to do. Hence me not even knowing this match was going to happen. While I haven’t personally seen any of the build up for this match, I HAVE still been on wrestling forums and twitter, and still haven’t heard about this match until today, which tells me that they haven’t done anything worth mentioning to hype this match up lol. I’m not hyped, apparently nobody else is, and that’s that.
Winners – Cesaro & Tyson Kidd – Main reason being that I dislike every other team in the match. Los Matadors are just horrible and shouldn’t be anywhere near the belts. A New Day are horrible and shouldn’t be anywhere near the belts. And finally The Usos are horrible and shouldn’t be anywhere near the belts… ESPECIALLY given the fact they’ve been near the damn belts for the better part of 2 years.
Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Due to apparent timing issues with the show, this match has now been bumped down to the WM pre-show. And it’s probably for the best because it’ll likely suck and does anyone REALLY care about it? Last year, for the first one, we got a big moment with Cesaro winning, joining Paul Heyman and… becoming a complete and total loser. Winning this match KILLED his momentum. And where is he a year later? In a tag match on the pre-show. So why should I care about the match THIS YEAR? Doesn’t matter who wins, WWE has already shown us that the winner is most likely gonna be buried. This isn’t like winning the Royal Rumble where we all know the guy is going to main event WM, or MITB where he’s likely to win the title… no, based on previous experience (all one of them lol), the winner is going nowhere. Making this match utterly pointless and honestly, a disgrace to Andre’s name. Doesn’t help that 90% of the people involved in the match are jobbers to begin win.
Winner – Sheamus – Yup, I’m picking a guy that isn’t even announced for the match. I’m predicting he returns FOR the match and wins. Also I looked at the list of participants and couldn’t for the life of me pick any of them!
Wade Barrett Vs Daniel Bryan Vs Stardust Vs Luke Harper Vs Dean Ambrose Vs R-Truth Vs Dolph Ziggler – WWE Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match
Can’t think of an interesting way to book an IC title match at WM? THROW EVERYONE IN A LADDER MATCH YEY!!! I hate ladder matches. I really, really fucking HATE ladder matches. I used to like them, years ago. There have been some awesome ones in the past. But now? Get them the fuck out. Aside from being overused to the point where every spot has been done a billion times, we now seem to be at a point where the guys want to INTENTIONALLY hurt themselves in order to make the match “good”. Harper/Ziggler last year was just fucking disgusting. They (mainly Dolph) took a bunch of unnecessary bumps that were genuinely painful and stiff. I don’t want guys to REALLY hurt themselves. This is fucking PRO-WRESTLING. Jim Cornette has said many times over the years that back in “the day” (80’s and before, let’s say), nobody was hurting each other but everyone thought it was real. Now? Everyone is hurting each other and nobody thinks its real. And it’s fucking stupid.
Ok, enough of that rant. The build up. The build up has revolved around everyone stealing the belt. And… that’s it. A WM match is happening because R-Truth has been sneaking around in the most unconvincing fashion ever and stealing the belt, while everyone else wants it too. This really doesn’t scream “WRESTLEMANIA” to me. At least the whole ladder match deal makes sense given the build up… but fuck me, the build up still shouldn’t have been about people stealing the fucking title. Also, why is R-Truth anywhere near this? Did they think they HAD to have a black man involved in a match to do with stealing? This is WWE we’re talking about. I wouldn’t doubt that line of thinking for a second. And why is Bryan here? I’m a huge Bryan fan, but shouldn’t he at least be in some high profile singles match? He SHOULD be in the main event, but that’s another rant in itself lol. Instead, a guy who is just back from NECK SURGERY is heading into a LADDER MATCH. Do they honestly hate him that much?
Winner – Daniel Bryan – Picking Bryan because he really needs to at least win this match. He’s probably the most over guy in the company right now and SHOULD be main eventing the show, but he isn’t, so the least they could do is give him the win here. Plus, with Lesnar resigning, there is a good chance he’ll retain the belt and WWE will try and elevate the IC and US titles as major belts while Brock isn’t around due to his contract. Let’s face it, Bryan is the only guy in this match that can carry the IC title for THAT reason. Ambrose as a second, but he still needs to get some momentum behind him before he can do that. Please give me a Bryan Vs Ambrose feud out of this.
Randy Orton Vs Seth Rollins
How. How? HOW?!?!?! How on earth did WWE screw this one up? Orton and Rollins were part of the Authority together. Orton becomes increasingly frustrated with them and ends up getting taken out at the hands of Rollins. He’s gone for 4 months. He returns and… rejoins the Authority. Pretending, of course. But come on. Everyone knew he was pretending. EVERYONE. Except for the Authority, who apparently are completely retarded. And what we ended up with was a couple of weeks of Orton pretending to be friends with them before turning on Rollins. It was horrible. I know WWE creative and Vince McMahon are incredibly stupid when it comes to booking, but come on. A 3 year old could have booked this.
Winner – Seth Rollins – Orton doesn’t need the win. Rollins does. He’s Mr MITB, and I’m SICK of them treating MITB winners like jobbers up until the point they cash in and become champion. It makes them look like a shitty champion if they’ve just been losing for months straight. Have some interference or whatever, it doesn’t need to be a clean win, but please let Rollins win. I hope Orton shows up motivated, because this COULD end up being a good match. But Orton and Motivated aren’t two things that go together often these days…
Rusev Vs John Cena – WWE United States Championship Match
WWE meets Rocky IV. Except Cena won’t win over the hostile crowd at the end. Or do that “everyone can change” speech because we know he hasn’t changed in 10 years! Anyway. Back at Fastlane, Cena lost. And his reaction? To brutally attack Rusev and force Lana to accept a rematch on Rusev’s behalf or Cena would murder him or something. Because Cena is a NICE GUY. Their match at Fastlane sucked. I expect nothing more for their WM match.
Winner – John Cena – Of course Cena is winning. He’s going to be the American Hero, overcoming the evil undefeated Russian and bringing the US title back home. Because WWE, at their biggest event of the year, where fans from AROUND THE WORLD pay a lot of money to go see, just love for an American to overcome the odds against those nasty non-Americans!!!
AJ Lee & Paige Vs The Bellas
Divas title on the line at WM? NAH! TAG MATCH~! #givedivasachancelol
Winners – AJ Lee & Paige – I guess they should win so they can both have a claim over a divas title shot or something.
Sting Vs Triple H
The match nobody wanted, but dammit they’re giving it to us anyway! Sting has come to the WWE… because stuff. He’s targeted HHH because… stuff. There isn’t anything about this I like. The build has been shit. The reasoning has been shit. And the match is likely to be shit as well. Why? Well HHH isn’t THAT DAMN GOOD like he claims to be, and Sting hasn’t been good since 1996. Almost 20 years ago. STING HASN’T BEEN GOOD IN 20 YEARS. Think about that for a second. Out of all the so called “dream matches” between Sting and someone in WWE, would anyone beyond a massive HHH mark honestly have this match on their list? At the very least it would be outside the top 10, surly? I’m not one of those people who thinks we should have gotten Sting Vs Undertaker, because I don’t want to see that match either… but HHH? Talk about random as shit. WWE probably want this to be the next Rock/Hogan from WM 18. Instead it’ll be the next Rock/Cena from WM 28 and 29.
Winner – Sting – It’s his first match in WWE. He is probably going to win.
The Undertaker Vs Bray Wyatt
Hello the one match at WM this year I’m even remotely interested in! And only because Undertaker is involved. Honestly not that excited for the match, but it has the Dead Man so it still at the very least interests me. You know, as I actually sit here and think back on the build up, it’s probably been one of the best built matches on the show, tied with the main event (which I’ll get to next obviously, so I’ll explain then lol). Sure, Undertaker hasn’t appeared, but this sure as hell isn’t his first feud where he hasn’t made a single appearance until the match, and it’s not even his first WRESTLEMANIA feud where that’s happened. Bray has done (mostly) a good job of carrying the feud with his promos, explaining how he’s the new face of fear and is going to make Undertaker Rest in Peace for good, something that he believes should have happened last year after the Streak was ended. The rocking chair appearing in the ring and getting set on fire was a cool segment too. And not having Undertaker show up until WM just builds intrigue as to what he’ll look like, something that seems to be a major selling point for WM these days lol. Every single year, fans speculate on how good or bad he’s going to look, and this year has been no different. So for me, between it simply being an Undertaker match, and having a decent build, I too am very interested in seeing just how Undertaker looks. His entrance is probably going to be better than most of the show. Kinda sad in a way.
Winner – The Undertaker – Sorry, but Bray just isn’t the right guy to end The Undertaker, or be the second guy to beat him at WM. Undertaker needs to redeem himself after the loss last year.
Brock Lesnar Vs Roman Reigns – WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
I just said that this is probably tied for best built match at WM this year. People are thinking I’m crazy right about now, I’m sure of it. But let me explain. In two words. PAUL HEYMAN. The guy is a fucking GOD on the microphone. He is amazing. His promos have been stellar every single time, and even his recent video for Heyman Hustle was fantastic. He is the last of a dying breed who can TALK people into the arena. I’ve said for many, many years that Mick Foley is the best promo guy in wrestling. Today I change that opinion. Today I declare PAUL HEYMAN as the single greatest promo man to ever grace the wrestling business. BELIEVE THAT! Oh, Reigns and Lesnar have been involved in this build up too I think. Lesnar has stood around once or twice, and Reigns has attempted a couple of promos. Whatever. PAUL HEYMAN. I just can’t believe that on the go home Raw show, they ended with Lesnar and Reigns doing this:
Winner – Brock Lesnar – Kinda wish I hadn’t heard about Lesnar resigning with WWE until AFTER WrestleMania, because it probably would have been an awesome moment when Lesnar retained despite me thinking he was leaving the company. Ah well. I guess now I have something to look forward to :). Lesnar is absolutely going to retain now imo, giving Reigns more time to finally be in a position where he is ready to become champion and lead the company.
Final Thoughts
WM 31 on paper doesn’t really interest me much at all. The build has been mostly awful. It saddens me when WWE can’t even get WM right. It’s the one time of the year they normally TRY to care, yet for some reason in the last couple of years they’ve even given up on that. Oh well. Here on Wrestling View, the #WVWMWeek continues with the Hall of Fame tomorrow, so don’t miss that!
2005 PPV Rambles – End of Year Thoughts
So with Vengeance 2005 finished, that’s the 2005 PPV year done! And boy, what a HUGE step up from the previous 2 years. Nearly THIRTY points ahead of 2003 on the CAL SCALE, and over FORTY from 2004. Still lacking compared to 2000, 2001 and 2002, but hey, those were some golden years for PPV’s.
Wrestler of the Year
Came down to two people, both of whom had a terrific series against each other than lasted the entire year; Undertaker and Randy Orton. Their WM, SS, Casket and HIAC matches were among the best of the best matches for the year, with 3 of them making the top 10! (WM match is just outside at #11). So who wins overall? Randy Orton! Not only does he have the Undertaker series, but he was also part of the epic Elimination Chamber match too, the sole survivor in the SVS Elimination Match, and had a GREAT match against HHH at the RR, one of the few good matches they had together. Really makes me miss the Orton of old, who actually went all out pretty much every time he stepped into the ring. These days we’re lucky to see that Randy twice a year.
PPV Match of the Year
The high end matches from this year on PPV is pretty darn awesome, but there was one match that stood above everything else for me personally, and that was Eddie Vs Rey from GAB. I ended up just giving in and throwing the full ***** at it on this watch because of how much I love it. Excellent wrestling between two world class wrestlers with some of the best chemistry ever, combined with the most magnificent heel performance perhaps EVER by Eddie, who managed to turn what was a crappy storyline on paper (with the involvement of Rey’s kid) into PURE GOLD for this match. I’m honestly not sure there is any other wrestler, past or present, that could have done what Eddie did here. Amazing.
PPV of the Year
Best PPV of 2005? Going in to this year, I was expecting Vengeance to take gold place with ease. It’s ALWAYS brought up as one of, if not the, best single brand PPV’s when that discussion gets going. And I would agree with that. However I didn’t enjoy anything on the show as much as I used to, and while it’s still a good PPV, it’s just not that great any more. The winner? WrestleMania with 19 points! One of the strongest first halves of a show ever, with the incredible MITB ladder match, Taker/Orton, and yes, even HBK/Angle! The rest of the show is hit and miss, but those 3 CLASSIC matches along with one or two other solid contests put that show just ahead of SummerSlam, the next in line.
2005 PPV’s on the CAL SCALE:
WrestleMania – 19
SummerSlam – 17.5
Royal Rumble – 17
The Great American Bash – 13.5
Vengeance – 12
Backlash – 11
No Mercy – 11
Unforgiven – 10.5
Armageddon – 10.5
Taboo Tuesday – 9.5
New Years Revolution – 9
Judgment Day – 6.5
Survivor Series – 3.5
No Way Out – 3
One Night Stand – 2
Total – 155.5
2005 PPV compared to 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004:
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2005 PPV Matches Ranked:
Trish Stratus Vs Christy Hemme – NO – -1 (WrestleMania)
The Big Show Vs Akebono – NO – -1 (WrestleMania)
Victoria Vs Christy Hemme NO – -1 (Vengeance)
Kurt Angle Vs Booker T – NO – -1 (Judgment Day)
Orlando Jordan Vs Heidenreich – -1 (Judgment Day)
Chris Benoit Vs Booker T – NO – -1 (Armageddon)
Booker T Vs Chris Benoit – NO – -1 (Survivor Series)
Eric Bischoff Vs Teddy Long – NO – -1 (Survivor Series)
Booker T Vs Heidenreich – NO – -1 (No Way Out)
Torrie Wilson & Victoria Vs Trish Stratus & Ashley – NO – -1 (Unforgiven)
Shelton Benjamin Vs Kerwin White – NO – -1 (Unforgiven)
Rob Conway & Tyson Tomko Vs Eugene & Jimmy Snuka – NO – -1 (Taboo Tuesday)
Mr Kennedy Vs Hardcore Holly – DUD – 0 (No Mercy)
John Bradshaw Layfield Vs John Cena – DUD – 0 (WrestleMania)
Paul London Vs Funaki Vs Shannon Moore Vs Akio Vs Spike Dudley Vs Chavo Guerrero – DUD – 0 (No Way Out)
Jerry Lawler Vs Muhammad Hassan – DUD – 0 (New years Revolution)
Juventud Guerrera Vs Kid Kash – DID – 0 (Armageddon)
Batista Vs JBL – 1/4* – 0 (The Great American Bash)
Simon Dean Vs Bobby Lashley – 1/4* – 0 (No Mercy)
Orlando Jordan Vs Chris Benoit – 1/4* – 0 (SummerSlam)
Mike Awesome Vs Masato Tanaka – 1/4* – 0 (One Night Stand)
John Cena Vs Kurt Angle – 1/4* – 0 (Survivor Series)
Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero Vs The Basham Brothers – 1/4* – 0 (No Way Out)
The Big Show Vs Carlito – 1/2* – 0 (Judgment Day)
Paul London Vs Chavo Guerrero – 1/2* – 0 (Judgment Day)
Kane Vs Snitsky – 1/2* – 0 (New Years Revolution)
Juventud Guerrera Vs Nunzio – 1/2* – 0 (No Mercy)
Shelton Benjamin Vs Maven – * – 0 (New Years Revolution)
Trish Stratus Vs Mickie James Vs Victoria Vs Maria Vs Ashley Vs Candice Michelle – * – 0 (Taboo Tuesday)
Rhino Vs Sabu – * – 0 (One Night Stand)
Eddie Guerrero Vs Rey Mysterio – * – 0 (WrestleMania)
Chris Benoit Vs Eddie Guerrero – * – 0 (WrestleMania)
Psicosis Vs Rey Mysterio – * – 0 (One Night Stand)
Trish Stratus Vs Lita – * – 0 (New Years Revolution)
Carlito Vs Mankind – * – 0 (Taboo Tuesday)
Batista Vs The Coach – * – 0 (Taboo Tuesday)
Ric Flair Vs Carlito – * – 0 (Unforgiven)
John Cena Vs Kurt Angle – * – 0 (Unforgiven)
Shawn Michaels & Hulk Hogan Vs Muhammad Hassan & Daivari – * – 0 (Backlash)
bWo Vs Mexicools – * – 0 (The Great American Bash)
Torrie Wilson Vs Melina – * – 0 (The Great American Bash)
The Undertaker Vs Muhammad Hassan – * – 0 (The Great American Bash)
Bobby Lashley Vs William Regal & Paul Burchill – *3/4 – 0.5 (Armageddon)
MNM Vs Hardcore Holly & Charlie Hass – ** – 0.5 (Judgment Day)
MNM Vs LOD & Christy Hemme – ** – 0.5 (No Mercy)
Chris Masters & Snitsky Vs Matt Hardy & Rey Mysterio – ** – 0.5 (Taboo Tuesday)
John Cena Vs Kurt Angle – ** – 0.5 – No Way Out)
The Dudley Boys Vs Tommy Dreamer & Sandman – ** – 0.5 (One Night Stand)
Lance Storm Vs Chris Jericho – ** – 0.5 (One Night Stand)
Trish Stratus Vs Melina – ** – 0.5 (Survivor Series)
Christian Vs Booker T – ** – 0.5 (The Great American Bash)
Chris Benoit Vs Christian Vs Booker T Vs Orlando Jordan – ** – 0.5 (No Mercy)
The Undertaker Vs Luther Reigns – ** – 0.5 (No Way Out)
The Big Show Vs Snitsky – ** – 0.5 (Unforgiven)
Batista Vs JBL – ** – 0.5 (SummerSlam)
MNM Vs Road Warrior Animal & Heidenreich – **1/2 – 1 (The Great American Bash)
Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch Vs The Big Show & Kane – **1/2 – 1 (Taboo Tuesday)
Eugene Vs Kurt Angle – **1/2 – 1 (SummerSlam)
Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch Vs The Hurricane & Rosey – **1/2 – 1 (Unforgiven)
JBL Vs Rey Mysterio – **1/2 – 1 (No Mercy)
Triple H Vs Batista – **1/2 – 1 (WrestleMania)
John Cena Vs Shawn Michaels Vs Kurt Angle – **1/2 – 1 (Taboo Tuesday)
The Heart Throbs Vs William Regal & Tajiri Vs Maven & Simon Dean Vs La Resistance Vs The Hurricane & Rosey – **3/4 – 1 (Backlash)
Tajiri Vs Little Guido Vs Super Crazy – **3/4 – 1 (One Night Stand)
Christian & Tyson Tomko Vs William Regal & Eugene – **3/4 – 1 (New Years Revolution)
Batista & Rey Mysterio Vs The Big Show & Kane – **3/4 – 1 (Armageddon)
JBL Vs Matt Hardy – **3/4 – 1 (Armageddon)
MNM Vs The Mexicools – *** – 2 (Armageddon)
John Cena Vs JBL – *** – 2 (Judgment Day)
Carlito Vs Shelton Benjamin – *** – 2 (Vengeance)
Eddie Guerrero Vs Rey Mysterio – *** – 2 (SummerSlam)
John Cena Vs Chris Jericho – *** – 2 (SummerSlam)
Kane Vs Viscera – *** – 2 (Backlash)
Matt Hardy Vs Edge – *** – 2 (SummerSlam)
Kane Vs Edge – ***1/4 – 2 (Vengeance)
Ric Flair Vs Triple H – ***1/4 – 2 (Survivor Series)
Edge Vs Shawn Michaels – ***1/4 – 2 (Royal Rumble)
Shawn Michaels Vs Kurt Angle – ***1/4 – 2 (Vengeance)
John Cena Vs Chris Jericho Vs Christian – ***1/4 – 2 (Vengeance)
Batista Vs Triple H – ***1/4 – 2 (Backlash)
Batista Vs Eddie Guerrero – ***1/4 – 2 (No Mercy)
Orlando Jordan Vs Chris Benoit – ***1/2 – 3 (The Great American Bash)
JBL Vs The Big Show – ***1/2 – 3 (No Way Out)
Chris Jericho Vs Shelton Benjamin – ***1/2 – 3 (Backlash)
Chris Masters Vs Shawn Michaels – ***1/2 – 3 (Unforgiven)
Shawn Michaels Vs Hulk Hogan – ***1/2 – 3 (SummerSlam)
Batista, JBL, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio & Bobby Lashley Vs Shawn Michaels, Kane, The Big Show, carlito & Chris Masters – ***1/2 – 3 (Survivor Series)
Chris Benoit Vs Edge – ***1/2 – 3 (Backlash)
The Undertaker Vs Heidenreich – ***1/2 – 3 (Royal Rumble)
JBL Vs Kurt Angle Vs The Big Show – ***3/4 – 4 (Royal Rumble)
30 Man Royal Rumble Match – ***3/4 – 4 (Royal Rumble)
Triple H Vs Randy Orton – ***3/4 – 4 (Royal Rumble)
Batista Vs Triple H – **** – 5 (Vengeance)
The Undertaker Vs Randy Orton – ****1/4 – 6 (WrestleMania)
Eddie Guerrero Vs Rey Mysterio – ****1/4 – 6 (Judgment Day)
Shawn Michaels Vs Kurt Angle – ****1/2 – 7 (WrestleMania)
Chris Jericho Vs Christian Vs Chris Benoit Vs Kane Vs Shelton Benjamin Vs Edge – ****1/2 – 7 (WrestleMania)
The Undertaker Vs Randy Orton & Bob Orton – ****1/2 – 7 (No Mercy)
The Undertaker Vs Randy Orton – ****1/2 – 7 (SummerSlam)
The Undertaker Vs Randy Orton – ****1/2 – 7 (Armageddon)
Triple H Vs Ric Flair – ****3/4 – 8 (Taboo Tuesday)
Matt Hardy Vs Edge – ****3/4 – 8 (Unforgiven)
Triple H Vs Batista Vs Randy Orton Vs Edge Vs Chris Jericho Vs Chris Benoit – ****3/4 – 8 (New Years Revolution)
Eddie Guerrero Vs Rey Mysterio – ***** – 9 (The Great American Bash)
Weekly Update #11
2004 PPV Rambles – End of Year Thoughts
PPV Wrestler of the Year
Bit of a tough decision here because there were a LOT of different guys in the top 10 matches list. But after taking a closer look, I narrowed it down to 3 people, who were all involved in 3 of the top matches that year; Eddie, Benoit and JBL. Yep, JBL. Ahead of UNDERTAKER. And then I realised the RR was also in the top 10, and well, that was a total BENOIT match so that bumps him up to 4 matches in the top 10 and takes the #1 spot overall 
. Eddie was definitely a very close second due to being in the top 2 matches of the year. While there aren’t that many high end matches in 04, the ones we did get were terrific. Eddie/JBL JD, RR match, Eddie/Lesnar, Benoit/Orton, Benoit/Kane etc are just super matches. 04 really was their year for big pushes and great matches, even if they both ended up being pushed aside once they lost their titles 
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PPV Match of the Year
Yeah, Eddie/JBL from JD gets the nod. ****3/4 for it. Just incredible. JBL steam rolls his way into the main event scene and does it better than anyone could have ever expected. Eddie’s performance is incredible. The chair shot and blade job will always be the most remembered parts of the match, but there is so much awesomeness in this.
PPV of the Year
Survivor Series is the CLEAR winner for PPV of the year, with 18 on the CAL SCALE, 6 points ahead of anything else. 3 stellar matches and a mostly fun undercard made it extremely enjoyable to watch.
Overall though, the year is the lowest scoring on the CAL SCALE so far, and featured THE WORST PPV ever:
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PPV’s Ranked on the CAL SCALE:
Survivor Series – 18
WrestleMania XX – 12.5
No Way Out – 12.5
Judgment Day – 12
No Mercy – 11.5
Vengeance – 10
Royal Rumble – 7.5
SummerSlam – 7.5
Backlash – 7
The Great American Bash – 6.5
Bad Blood – 4
Taboo Tuesday – 4
Unforgiven – 3
Armageddon – -5
Total – 111
2004 PPV Matches Ranked:
Spike Dudley Vs Funaki – NO – -1 (Armageddon)
Miss Jackie Vs Dawn Marie – NO – -1 (Armageddon)
John Cena Vs Jesus – NO – -1 (Armageddon)
Hardcore Holly & Charlie Hass Vs The Basham Brothers – NO – -1 (Armageddon)
Mike Mizanin Vs Daniel Puder – NO – -1 (Armageddon)
RVD & Rey Mysterio Vs Rene Dupree & Kenzo Susuke – NO – -1 (Armageddon)
Torrie Wilson Vs Dawn Marie – NO – -1 (Judgment Day)
Jacqueline Vs Chavo Guerrero – NO – -1 (Judgment Day)
John Cena Vs Rene Dupree – NO – -1 (Judgment Day)
Kenzo Suzuki & Renee Dupree Vs RVD & Rey Mysterio – NO – -1 (No Mercy)
Booker T Vs John Cena – NO – -1 (No Mercy)
Victoria Vs Molly Holly – NO – -1 (Vengeance)
La Resistance Vs Ric Flair & Eugene – NO – -1 (Vengeance)
Victoria Vs Trish Stratus – NO – -1 (Unforgiven)
Tomko Vs Steven Richards – NO – -1 (Unforgiven)
La Resistance Vs Tajiri & Rhyno – NO – -1 (Unforgiven)
John Cena Vs Rene Dupree Vs RVD Vs Booker T – NO – -1 (The Great American Bash)
Charlie Hass Vs Luther Reigns – NO – -1 (The Great American Bash)
Kenso Susuki Vs Billy Gunn – NO – -1 (The Great American Bash)
Sable Vs Torrie Wilson – NO – -1 (The Great American Bash)
Trish Stratus Vs Stacy Keibler Vs Jazz Vs Molly Holly Vs Victoria Vs Nidia Vs Gail Kim – NO – -1 (Taboo Tuesday)
Eric Bischoff Vs Eugene – NO – -1 (Taboo Tuesday)
Christy Hemme Vs Carmella – NO – -1 (Taboo Tuesday)
La Resistance Vs Edge & Chris Benoit – NO – -1 (Bad Blood)
Chris Jericho Vs Tyson Tomko – NO – -1 (Bad Blood)
Trish Stratus Vs Lita Vs Gail Kim Vs Victoria – NO – -1 (Bad Blood)
The Coach Vs Eugene – NO – -1 (Bad Blood)
Diva Dodgeball – NO – -1 (SummerSlam)
Booker T Vs John Cena – NO – -1 (SummerSlam)
The Basham Brothers & Shaniqua Vs Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty – NO – -1 (No Way Out)
Molly Holly Vs Victoria – NO – -1 (WrestleMania)
Sable & Torrie Wilson Vs Miss Jackie & Stacy Keibler – NO – -1 (WrestleMania)
La Resistance Vs The Hurricane & Rosey – NO – -1 (Backlash)
Victoria Vs Lita – NO – -1 (Backlash)
Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels – DUD – 0 (Bad Blood)
Kurt Angle Vs Santa – DUD – 0 (Armageddon)
The Big Show Vs Kurt Angle, Luther Reigns & mark Jindrak – DUD – 0 (Armageddon)
Randy Orton Vs Triple H – DUD – 0 (Unforgiven)
Goldberg Vs Brock Lesnar – DUD – 0 (WrestleMania)
Eddie Guerrero Vs Kurt Angle – DUD – 0 (SummerSlam)
JBL Vs Booker T – 1/4* – 0 (Survivor Series)
Triple H Vs Eugene – 1/4* – 0 (SummerSlam)
Kane Vs Edge – 1/4* – 0 (Backlash)
Batista Vs Edge Vs Chris Jericho – 1/4* – 0 (SummerSlam)
Kurt Angle, Luther Reigns, Mark Jindrak & Carlito Vs The Big Show, John Cena, Eddie Guerrero & RVD – 1/4* – 0 (Survivor Series)
Trish Stratus Vs Lita – 1/4* – 0 (Survivor Series)
La Resistance Vs Booker T & RVD Vs Jindrak & Cade Vs The Dudley Boys – 1/2* – 0 (WrestleMania)
Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty Vs The Basham Brothers Vs The Self Proclaimed World’s Greatest Tag Team Vs APA – 3/4* – 0 (WrestleMania)
Mick Foley & The Rock Vs Ric Flair, Batista & Randy Orton – * – 0 (WrestleMania)
La Resistance Vs Chris Benoit & Edge – * – 0 (Taboo Tuesday)
Chris Jericho Vs Christian & Trish Stratus – * – 0 (Backlash)
The Dudley Boys Vs Ric Flair & Batista – * – 0
Brock Lesnar Vs Hardcore Holly – * – 0 (Royal Rumble)
Scotty 2 Holly Vs Mordecai – * – 0 (Judgment Day)
Kane Vs Shawn Michaels – * – 0 (Unforgiven)
Chris Jericho Vs Batista – * – 0 (Vengeance)
Eddie Guerrero Vs Kurt Angle – * – 0 (WrestleMania)
Eddie Guerrero Vs Chavo Guerrero Jr – *1/2 – 0 (Royal Rumble)
Kane Vs Matt Hardy – *1/2 – 0 (SummerSlam)
Shelton Benjamin Vs Ric Flair – ** – 0.5 (Backlash)
Tajiri Vs Shannon Moore Vs Ultimo Dragon Vs Rey Mysterio Vs Nunzio Vs Chavo Guerrero Jr Vs Billy Kidman Vs Jamie Noble Vs Akia – ** – 0.5 (WrestleMania)
The Coach Vs Tajiri – ** – 0.5 (Backlash)
Hardcore Holly Vs Rhyno – ** – 0.5 (No Way Out)
Rey Mysterio Vs Jamie Noble – ** – 0.5 (Royal Rumble)
Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels – ** – 0.5 (Royal Rumble)
Mordecai Vs Hardcore Holly – ** – 0.5 (The Great American Bash)
The Dudley Boys Vs Rey Mysterio, Billy Kidman & Paul London – ** – 0.5 (SummerSlam)
Eddie Guerrero Vs Luther Reigns – ** – 0.5 (No Mercy)
The World’s Greatest Tag Team Vs APA – ** – 0.5 (No Way Out)
Jamie Noble Vs Nidia – ** – 0.5 (No Way Out)
The Dudley Boys & Dawn Marie Vs Charlie Hass, Rico & Miss Jackie – **1/4 – 1 (No Mercy)
Spike Dudley Vs Nunzio – **1/4 – 1 (No Mercy)
Rey Mysterio Vs Billy Kidman Vs Chavo Guerrero Vs Spike Dudley – **1/2 – 1 (Survivor Series)
Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels – **1/2 – 1 (Taboo Tuesday)
The Coach & Garrison Cade Vs Tajiri & Rhyno – **1/2 – 1 (Vengeance)
The Undertaker Vs Kane – **1/2 – 1 (WrestleMania)
The Undertaker Vs The Dudley Boys – **3/4 – 1 (The Great American Bash)
The Undertaker Vs Booker T – **3/4 – 1 (Judgment Day)
JBL Vs The Undertaker Vs Eddie Guerrero Vs Booker T – **3/4 – 1 (Armageddon)
Chris Jericho Vs Shelton Benjamin – **3/4 – 1 (Taboo Tuesday)
The Big Show Vs Kurt Angle – **3/4 – 1 (No Mercy)
Rey Mysterio Vs Chavo Guerrero – *** – 2 (No Way Out)
The Big Show Vs John Cena – *** – 2 (WrestleMania)
Kurt Angle Vs The Big Show Vs John Cena – *** – 2 (No Way Out)
Chris Benoit Vs Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels – *** – 2 (Backlash)
Rico & Charlie Hass Vs Hardcore Holly & Billy Gunn – *** – 2 (Judgment Day)
Randy Orton Vs Shelton Benjamin – *** – 2 (Bad Blood)
Kane Vs Matt Hardy – *** – 2 (Vengeance)
Chris Jericho Vs Christian – ***1/4 – 2 (Unforgiven)
Kane Vs Gene Snitsky – ***1/4 – 2 (Taboo Tuesday)
Randy Orton Vs Ric Flair – ***1/2 – 3 (Taboo Tuesday)
Paul London Vs Billy Kidman – ***1/2 – 3 (No Mercy)
Chris Benoit Vs Triple H – ***3/4 – 4 (Vengeance)
Ric Flair & Batista Vs Chris Benoit & William Regal – ***3/4 – 4 (Unforgiven)
Rey Mysterio & RVD Vs The Dudley Boys – ***3/4 – 4 (Judgment Day)
Rey Mysterio Vs Chavo Guerrero – ***3/4 – 4 (The Great American Bash)
JBL Vs The Undertaker – ***3/4 – 4 (SummerSlam)
Christian Vs Shelton Benjamin – **** – 5 (Survivor Series)
Chris Benoit Vs Randy Orton – **** – 5 (SummerSlam)
Randy Orton Vs Edge – **** – 5 (Vengeance)
Randy Orton Vs Mick Foley – **** – 5 (Backlash)
Chris Jericho Vs Christian – **** – 5 (WrestleMania)
Chris Benoit Vs Kane – **** – 5 (Bad Blood)
Eddie Guerrero Vs JBL – **** – 5 (The Great American Bash)
Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels Vs Chris Benoit – ****1/4 – 6 (WrestleMania)
JBL Vs The Undertaker – ****1/4 – 6 (No Mercy)
The Undertaker Vs Heidenreich – ****1/4 – 6 (Survivor Series)
Triple H, Batista, Edge & Snitsky Vs Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho & Maven – ****1/4 – 6 (Survivor Series)
30 Man Royal Rumble Match – ****1/4 – 6 (Royal Rumble)
Brock Lesnar Vs Eddie Guerrero – ****3/4 – 8 (No Way Out)
Eddie Guerrero Vs JBL – ****3/4 – 8 (Judgment Day)
Next up is of course 2005, and will start with SummerSlam!!!