I hope your Thirsty Thursday is going well. Remember that it’s hot out there so be sure to drink plenty of cold ones – I mean water. It’s gotta be cold…almost like a dose of revenge. I kinda hinted at this last week on 10 Thoughts, but I’m sure I can find a way to show you, the readers, what matches I want to see because they are something that may only happen one time. Therefore, let’s talk to ten.
10 Thoughts on 10 Dream Matches I Want to See
In no particular order.
1. Kurt Angle v. Jack Swagger. Say that Kurt Angle kisses enough McMahon ass to get back in the WWE before he retires/gets paralyzed/dies, the first person he should go after is Jack Swagger for effectively stealing his gimmick. Have them feud a while, mocking the other with their usage of the Anklelock and at a major PPV, go balls to the wall in a 60 minute Ultimate Submission Match. Since Bret Hart can’t put on the same quality of matches anymore, there’s no sense in wishing for Angle/Hart.
2. John Cena v. Dwayne Johnson. This is the match everyone wants. I’m sure that Dwayne can find a month off his hectic schedule to make a decent WrestleMania payday and give us the battle of the movie stars (not that I place Cena on Dwayne’s pedastal).
3. “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson v. Shawn Michaels. Student versus the teacher. We all know Shawn can keep tuning the band and effectively passing the torch to the more talented student. It doesn’t need anything special, just something we know would only happen one time (unless you’re TNA where their first time ever matches are on iMPACT and run two minutes long).
4. Necro Butcher v. Mick Foley. Want to re-create the epic WrestleMania match between Mick Foley & Edge? TNA already spoiled Abyss v. Mick Foley and it wasn’t that good. The barefoot Necro Butcher wielding his staple gun and Mick Foley wielding anything with barbwire in it, along with lots of old fashioned blood and gore…it’d be enough to send the average viewer away. It could very well be home for Mick Foley since he’s got the edge in backyard wrestling experience. It wouldn’t be a “great match”, but if you want old-school violence, there’s not many that can do that style anymore.
5. Bobby Lashley v. Brock Lesnar v. Dave Batista. If the UFC ever wanted to try a three way inside the Octagon, this would be the match to go for. You got three ex-WWE wrestlers, two that would choke against the other, and one the fans would be solely behind. I don’t watch UFC or StrikeForce, so I’m not the expert in the field, but hey…it’s one of those that you only want to see once and hope Brock eats Bobby and Dave.
6. Awesome/Amazing Kong v. Chyna. OK, not the Joanie Laurer in 2010, but the Chyna from the Attitude Era. It would be an ugly match with both women almost evenly matched. What could be worse? Oh yeah….forgot about Playboy.
7. Wade Barrett v. Chris Jericho. They haven’t screwed that one up YET. How they can go about this is that Jericho takes credit for Barrett’s success and Barrett gets tired of it and he assaults Jericho, thus turning Jericho face. Jericho comes back saying that he knew it was a mistake getting behind one man who thinks that he won some rookie competition that he’s the center of the universe. They can trade shots (even with Barrett having Nexus helping him), but when the two face off, it’s man on man.
8. Samoa Joe v. John Cena. He’s no Umaga, but Cena and Joe could go apesh*t on each other and make it very fun to watch. Also would it be fun to hear the entire crowd saying this to Cena: “Joe’s Gonna Kill You.”
9. The Miz v. Austin Aries. There you go. Two people that gather amazing amounts of heat. The promos between these two would be so fun to watch over and over again. Miz/Morrison would be an afterthought after witnessing such a match.
10. Kurt Angle v. “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson. Hell, if Danielson/McGuinness can easily be epic, and Angle/McGuinness (Desmond Wolfe) was pretty damned good, just imagine how Angle and Danielson would fare. The bigger question would be…who would you NOT want Kurt Angle to face?
There you go. I know I’ve missed a lot of wrestlers that aren’t in WWE/TNA/ROH, but when you don’t take the advantage of watching a bit of New Japan or Puro, it’s easy to get a pretty biased list. This is where you come in. Do you have a dream match that you want to see? Shout it out in the comments! Have a great weekend!
