Just finished Badd Blood. Holy shit that card was the drizzling shits outside of the main event which is on par with Bret vs Austin at Mania 13. That fucking debut of Kane, man. Greatest debut ever.
Hmmm, I wouldâve said so after watching it, too.
Think Y2J tops it, though. Upstaging The Rock doesnât come easy.
Without a doubt the greatest debut ever. The build up, the entrance, the aura. It was so insane.
That entire story is one of the best the company ever told.
I still think that main event is the best HIAC match ever.
It is up there for me with Mankind-Taker, and Taker-Lesnar in 2002.
The HHH/Taker HIAC at WM 28 is a superb story match and definitely in that conversation for me.
I think this is the more important debut by far. Like @SRCJJ it was so important to the Undertaker character. Really did open up a lot more they could do with Taker
Fuckkkk forgot about that one
The two of them are the standout performers in HIAC for me generally speaking so itâs probably not a surprise their match is up there.
Ended the Kane push way too soon. By WM14 he tasted defeat. 4 short months since his debut.
OK he had the first blood match for the title thereafter, but I feel like Kaneâs rise was eclipsed by his fall to someone always just outside the title picture.
97 is my favourite year in wrestling history followed by 98. I just think 97 had so many people who were at their very best in terms of personality.
Bret as a heel, Austin on the ascendency but still very much the total anti hero. HBK was as big a prick as he could be and thoroughly dislikable but it worked.
Then you had the guys over at WCW with Sting as the crow, peek Hollywood Hogan and the Outsiders.
In terms of personality, wrestling never got better than 97.
Bret Hartâs debut in WCW shouldâve been big. But of course. All we have left are Eric Bischoff excuses for the fuckery at Starrcade.
Best presentation of Wrestling too(At least from WCWâs end), the Nitro sets of 1999 and 2000 are some WOAT stuff.
He still makes excuses for not letting Sting go over clean and fucking up Bretâs debut lol
He canât accept it was fucked up under his watch, I donât know why. Is he afraid of outing Hogan?
Will never forget WWE hiring him to be one of the executives of SD a few years ago when they made the jump to FOX and then letting him go a month or so later.
What an amazing finish. Referee sold that like a champ.
The World Title meant something at this time too. Thatâs why Luger winning it looked so huge. And going clean over Hogan is a huge result
Producer?!