Re: Who watched the WWE last night?
Reload,
Lets talk about some of the great rivalries!
Hogan vs Macho POST Mega Powers
Hogan vs Andre
Hogan vs Iron Shiek
Hogan vs Sgt Slaughter
Jake The Snake vs The Model
Macho Man and Elizabeth vs Honkey Tonk Man
Sting vs Luger?
Hogan vs Savage was pretty good. Both post Mega-Powers and even their matches back in the mid-80's. Savage was one of the best workers ever in the ring and brought the best out of Hogan. The downfall of the feud was trying to put new twists and turns into it - Elizabeth, Sherri, Brother Love, Zeus and anything else they could do to keep it going.
Hogan vs Andre - Their Wrestlemania III match is still probably remembered as the biggest main event in history. And a great match which began a feud that lasted over 1 1/2 years. It was a big swerve making Andre a bad guy, but it worked and got huge interest in the WWF. Their match on February 5, 1988 when Hogan lost the title was one of the most watched programs ever.
Hogan vs Iron Sheik - Good for what it was: the birth of Hogan as champ. And it set up the whole "All-American" image of Hogan always up against Sheik, Volkoff and others. The matches themselves not that great.
Hogan vs Slaughter - Better than Hogan vs Sheik but the problem was that a lot of that feud was a rehash of the same Hogan vs Sheik stuff (and even Slaughter vs Sheik matches) happening years earlier. It got creative with Slaughter throwing fireballs and having pictures of himself with Saddam Hussein. Not a bad way to kill six months while they groomed the Undertaker to start a feud with Hogan and also bring in the "Nature Boy" soon after! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Jake The Snake vs The Model - A dud of a feud in my book. Their blindfold match was pretty lame. Roberts had way better moments in his career than that feud. And Martel was one of the best workers in the business. He just couldn't get over with WWF fans in the same way as his earlier AWA years.
Macho Man vs Honky Tonk Man - An interesting feud as it got Savage over as a good guy for the first time in his career. And it helped Savage's popularity enough to boost him into the world title picture instead of just feuding over the IC belt.
Sting vs Luger - I could write a lot about these two guys. They started out having great careers but took a lot of twists and turns. Their matches against other people (like Ric Flair) were way better than their actual feud with each other.
So many good feuds from that timeframe!