Greatest WM Match Ever: Round 3 (Wilson Bracket)
This is going up later than normal (I usually have these posted on timers at 7am, but forgot about this so it’s going up at 10:30am). I’ve been pre-occupied with some family stuff, but don’t worry this will still be up for 48 hours like all the polls have been. Here are the results from this bracket in round two:
1) Angle vs. Michaels @ WM21 (75%) d. 5) Edge vs. Foley @ WM22 (25%)
3) TLC @ WM17 (62%) d. 2) Hart vs. Hart @ WM10 (38%)
One straight up match beat a brawl while a match filled with weapons beat a technical classic. Now we’ll vote to see who makes it to the final four.
THE AL WILSON BRACKET – ROUND THREE
#1) Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels @ WM21
From my WM21 recap: This was amazing. This did live up to the hype. This did meet all expectations. This did deliver the goods the way we all hoped it would. My God. The amount of counter holds seen in this match was unreal. It was wrestling at its absolute best. Amazing stuff here. I can’t say it enough. You didn’t know when it was going to end. There was incredible spot after incredible spot here. Finishers kicked out of, drama at the end, and everything you want in a match. The match time was great, the pacing was really good because it built up to the end and the last ten minutes were as good a finish to a match that you can have. This was a dream match for me. My two favorite wrestlers at the time – along with Benoit – working in singles for the first time ever. And they delivered. It’s interesting to note that Angle’s health was a huge question at this point as well. He managed to make it through the match and they had other matches that were very good as well. This was their best, though. I’ll never get tired of watching it.
VERSUS
#3) Edge & Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz in a TLC Match for the WWF Tag Titles @ WM17
From my Top 50 PPV matches from 2000-2004 column: The addition of Rhyno, Spike and Lita added something good to the match that wasn’t there before. The spots in this match were once again awesome as all six guys, plus their three friends, busted their asses to put on a great show. As usual, Jeff Hardy took the most insane bumps with the Swanton onto two people as well as the biggest bump of the night which was the spear he took from Edge while hanging onto the belts. It was one of the sickest bumps I have ever seen and quite frankly I’m surprised he could walk after that one. Then of course there was the bump by Matt Hardy & Bubba Ray Dudley off the giant ladder through the stacked tables on the floor. That was just sick.
The other thing that sticks out is the chemistry these teams had by the time of this match. They had everything planned out so meticulously and perfectly. It worked in every way possible. I liked the ending of this one better than the other two, which makes it the best of the three. I liked it because it was heels acting like heels, cheating to win a match on the biggest stage of them all. I like that a lot. Also of note is the time of the match. Sixteen minutes is the right amount of time. I like that because it’s unrealistic to expect guys to kill themselves like this for over twenty minutes.
Here’s the poll.
Back tomorrow with the next matchup in the Elite 8 round. Thanks for voting.
JC
This was probably the only one where it was truly a question of which I would pick. Because both were amazing and I wouldn’t mind watching either one over again.
Both among the best matches ever in their style. I prefer the epic, classic, counter-and-reverse, submission wrestling of Angle vs. Michaels. I think the Ancient Greeks would have put laurels around Angle. But the fall-off-a-skyscraper, death-defying stunts of TLC2 define today’s Wrestlemania spectaculers. And I think Harry Houdini would have loved Jeff Hardy.
Crap! It was so hard but i went with technical over spots. I loved both matches but Angle is just that good in that match.
I LOVE MATCHES LIKE THE ONE KURT ANGLE HAD WITH HBK BUT MY VOTE GOES 2 THE TLC MATCH JUST FOR THE WAY EDGE AND CHRISTIAN THREW MATT HARDY OFF THE TOP OF THE TABLE THAT WAS ON TOP OF THE LADDER. I LAUGH EVERYTIME I SEE THAT ON THE JEFF HARDY MY LIFE MY RULES DVD.
I went with TLC.
This was really hard as the people above me said. It’s like both matches are at the top of their individual style.
I went with TLC simply because there was far more elements in that, lots of things that could have gone wrong. Plus the commentary was good and you didn’t really know who was going to win. It was something different that you don’t see every pay per view.
Angle/Michaels was a classic though.
The fact that Kurt/Shawn is not obliterating this one is a joke. I will not be pleased if TLC2 beats another one of my favorte matches of all-time.
I have to agree w/ Daniel…there is no way this should be as close as it is right now.
I love Daniel and Atiba, I love this bracket, it shows who really cares enough to vote and how passionate we all as fans are. I just find this one of the harder votes of the Tourny though