My good friend Okori over at The Majesty of Wrestling decided to do an all time dream card, then challenged me to do the same. I’ll one up that request with two seven-match dream cards. This first, which can be found here on Pulse Wrestling, had time greats against one another. This one will put current guys against legends. Both will have specific years for when we’re pulling these guys and I’ll limit myself to only North American talent. For bios of any of these wrestles, click here and for great stories from the territories try this for articles and here for free interviews.
Match 1: Kurt Angle vs. Danny Hodge
Punching and kicking would be less of an issue given that an Olympic gold medalist and the guy the amateur wrestling title is named for are going head to head. Hodge would defeat Angle here, getting the crowd buzzing.
Match 2: Randy Orton vs. Eddie Guerrero (2005)
It’s amazing we never got this match. Eddie in 2005 was putting on career defining matches for guys like Brock Lesnar and JBL. This would be Orton’s shot, as he and Eddie would bring the intensity in a slow-building, bloody match that sees Eddie go out on top.
Match 3: Chris Jericho, Edge and Christian vs. Terry Funk (1981), Dory Funk (1981) and Dick Murdoch (1984)
The cocky Canadians here take on the tough and rough Texans. This is our tag formula for the evening, with a face shine leading into a lot of mat wrestling, then a heat segment on Terry, and finally the Texans winning with triple spinning toe holds.
Match 4: AJ Styles vs. Cactus Jack (2000) in a Street Fight
From the last match, we have Cactus interrupt the Funk celebration to berate the Funks, giving up on him in time for his match with AJ. AJ, who put on great matches of this sort with Abyss, gets a real classic with Cactus, but falls to a piledriver through a table.
Match 5: Triple H and Shawn Michaels vs. Stan Hansen (1985) and Ted Dibiase (1985)
This one is about Hansen and Dibiase heeling it up, talking smack and beating the crap out of Shawn for being a pretty boy and disgracing the business. Eventually, the hot tag to Triple H would lead to a crazy sequence, but a Western Lariat nearly crippling Hunter would finish this off with a “whoa!”
Intermission
Match 6: Samoa Joe vs. Chris Benoit (2005)
18-minutes of these guys killing one another culminates with Joe tapping Benoit to the Choke. A hard hitting, fast-paced and peppy match, this will take the crowd to the no-time limit war.
Match 7: Bryan Danielson vs. Ric Flair (1989)
Because everyone expected this to go 60-minutes, there’s no time limit. These men live up to their billing and in 75-minutes, Danielson passes out in the figure-four.
Match 8: The Undertaker vs. Harley Race (1979)
Two business-like tough guys go at it in a match equal parts Taker-Michaels from Wrestlemani and Race-Flair from Starrcade. The extra bit of pacing is especially over due to the length of the last match and in 25 minutes, after numerous near falls, Harley Race taps!
So, those are my dream matches and cards. What about yours?
Comments
I can't help but notice that in all but 2 the "old guard" wins. Bias much? ;)
I just like that you had Hansen kill Triple H with a lariat. That's awesome on many levels.
Here's some I'd like to see, too:
Hollywood Hogan vs. Steve Austin pre-neck injury- While heel Austin vs. face Hogan would work better as a match, I'd prefer this since I became a fan for life in this era. And it would probably make for a better match than Goldberg vs. Austin.
Ric Flair in his prime vs. John Cena- Yeah, it'd pretty much be Flair vs. Sting, but I love Flair vs. Sting, and it's one match Flair never got around to doing.
Shawn Michaels vs. Ricky Steamboat from the '80s on- Given Steamboat's comeback, they could possibly still do this, come to think of it. The ideal version would be better, obviously.
Pre-Crow Sting vs. Samoa Joe- I know they wrestled in TNA. I don't care. I'm using Sting's gimmick change to justify this.
The Steiners '89-92 vs. the Briscoes- No one sells! Everyone gets tossed around!
Jeff Jarrett vs. '80s NWA Dusty Rhodes- Who can overbook more?
Chris Jericho '98 vs. Chris Jericho '00 vs. Chris Jericho
C'mon, in no way is Aaron biased about anything wrestling-related. *cough*Danielson*cough*
And some more, because I could do this all day:
A.J. Styles vs. Rey Mysterio '96- The Ultimate X-Division/Cruiserweight Championship match!
Bryan Danielson vs. Bret Hart '92, Submission Match- 'Nuff said.
The Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Rockers '89 vs. The Hardys '00 vs. the Rock 'n' Roll Express '80s- The evolutionary chain of pretty boy tag teams!
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