Wrestler/Match Recommendations

Those are great choices, the guy never failed to deliver a bad match. Its good to have him back may it be brief commentary role in the CWC.

The Undertaker

Real Name : Mark Callaway

Born : 24/03/62(his DOB on wikipedia is wrong)

Wrestled as Texas Red,The Punisher,Punisher Dice Morgan,The Commando,Master of Pain and "Mean" Mark Callous in Texas,Tennessee,New Japan and WCW before settling in the WWF in 1990.First working as Kane the Undertaker and then just The Undertaker.

In his second year with the company,he beat Hulk Hogan for his first WWF title.For the next few years despite his increasing popularity, languished against truly dire opponents such as Giant Gonzalez,Kamala and Mable.The arrival of Mankind in 1996 saw the Undertaker up his game as the two embarked on a tremendous feud.Had the greatest Hell In A Cell Match ever with Shawn Michaels in late 1997.Feuded with Kane throughout 1998 and completed in the infamous stunt match with Mankind at King of The Ring 1998.Headlined the most successful Summerslam ever with Steve Austin and then again with Stone Cold,competed in the most successful and highest rated RAW of all time in June of 1999(their segment posted a 9.49).

Treaded water whilst injured in the corporate ministry and was repackaged in 2000 as the American Bad Ass.Despite a good start,Taker's performances went downhill and was voted most abysmal wrestler of the year 2001 by readers of power slam magazine.

A new lease of life in 2002 saw Taker drop weight and return to his very best.Selfish antics against Brock Lesnar at Unforgiven 2002 saw him loose respect from fans.Finally did the right thing and put Lesnar Over in a brutal cell match at No Mercy.

Went from strength to strength from 2003 onwards,carried John Cena to a great match on June 22nd 2004.Had great matches with Kurt Angle in 2005 and 2006 and elimated Shawn Michaels from the 2007 Royal Rumble.(they were the last 2 in).

His part time work since then produced stellar matches every year at WrestleMania up to 2014.Especially the 2 consecutive years against Shawn Michaels.His last 2 mania matches against Brock Lesnar and Shane MacMahon respectively,were decidedly average.

Recommended matches :

Vs Mankind(WWF Summerslam,02/08/96)
Vs Bret Hart(WWF Summerslam,03/08/97)
Vs Shawn Michaels(WWF Bad Blood,05/10/97)
Vs The Rock vs Kurt Angle(WWE Vengeance, 21/07/02)
Vs Kurt Angle(WWE No Way Out,19/02/06)
Vs Shawn Michaels(WM 27,28)

Recommendations from ROH Death Before Dishonor XIV.

Adam 'Hangman' Paige vs. Jay Briscoe

Kazuchika Okada vs. Dalton Castle.

Jay Lethal © vs. Adam Cole

The Addiction © vs. Michael Elgin & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito & Evil.

With the current WWE product becoming a little bit stale again I thought I recommend some matches from yesteryear.

The Rockers vs The Orient Express(WWF Royal Rumble,17/01/91)

Mick Foley vs Terry Funk(WWF RAW,04/05/98)

WWF title match Stone Cold Steve Austin( c )vs Dude Love(WWF Over The Edge,31/05/98)

Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship
John Cena( c )vs Umaga(WWE Royal Rumble,28/01/07)

The match at over the edge was fantastic, some great recommendations there. 1998 really produced some quality matches.

A few more classic recommendations :

Light heavyweight championship match
Ricky Morton( c ) vs Brian Pilman(WCW Halloween Havoc, 27/10/91)

Cactus Jack vs Big Van Vader(WCW Saturday Night,17/04/94)

Texas Death Match
Cactus Jack vs the Sandman(ECW,04/02/95)

No DQ WWF championship match
Diesel( c ) vs Bret Hart(WWF Survivor Series,19/11/95)

Money In The Bank Ladder match
Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit vs Shelton Benjamin vs Edge vs Christian vs Kane
(WWE WM 21,03/04/05)

A few more exciting light heavyweight/cruiserweight matches from yesteryear :

WCW Light Heavyweight Championship match
Brian Pillman( c ) vs Jushin "Thunder" Liger(WCW Superbrwall ll,29/02/92)


WWE cruiserweight championship match
Matt Hardy( c) vs Billy Kidman(WWE No way Out,23/02/03)

WWE cruiserweight championship match
Tajir( c ) vs Rey Mysterio(WWE No Mercy,19/10/03)

WWE cruiserweight championship match
Rey Mysterio( c ) vs Jamie Noble(WWE Royal Rumble,25/01/04)

Liking those recommendations mate, mysterio at no mercy in particular was a great match.

Cheers mate,it sure was a great match.No use crying over spilt milk but imagine how much more spectacular it all could have been if the likes of Mysterio could have gone flat out.

Yeah would think the reigns were definatly held back and often was during that era especially, regardless the quality came through from both individuals.