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10 Wrestling Matches That Deserved To Become Cult Classics (But Didn't) - Survivor Series 2016! Shayna Baszler Vs. Kairi Sane! Raw's Hardcore Clinic! Four Big Meaty Men Walk Into Brooklyn?!

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🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Not enough people talk about 2016's Survivor Series war! Gareth Morgan presents 10 Times We Couldn't Figure Out What The F*** WWE Was Thinking...


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In the case of the following unquestionably epic, gloriously entertaining or deeply underappreciated

0:05.3

showcases of in-ring action, few would deny that they all deserve to be saluted as a lost cult

0:10.7

favourite, just waiting to be rediscovered. Well, you are in luck because I am garruth from

0:15.6

what culture wrestling and here are 10 wrestling matches that deserve to become cult classics,

0:20.4

but didn't. 10. A 5-minute hardcore clinic. WWE Raw 2001.

0:25.6

Rob Van Dam put his recently one hardcore belt on the line against Tajiri on the July 30th,

0:30.3

2001 edition of Raw. And the end results were about as wonderful as you can imagine.

0:34.6

During a 5-minute or so sprint of a contest, the pair brilliantly showed off their mesmerising

0:39.2

martial arts prowess, laced in a few cheeky character beats, including an RVD taunt being met

0:44.6

by a sweetly timed superkick, and the sort of jaw-dropping innovation you'd expect of these two

0:49.4

creative souls, rather than completely pulverising each other with relentless high spots,

0:53.9

and excessive chair shots. The opponents picked their spots marvellously, with both a lovely

0:58.3

chair-assisted baseball-slide corner dropkick, and hand-spring kick from the Japanese busso,

1:02.9

leaving the fans in attendance in a state of brief euphoria, the duo were even able to sneak a

1:07.3

bit of technical brilliance on the match, too. In the age of bite-sized content,

1:11.6

you'll struggle to find a 5-minute piece of action as rewarding as RVD in Tajiri's

1:15.9

Monday Night should be cult classic rush. 9. A Survivor Series Match for the Ages.

1:20.7

WWE Survivor Series 2016. It's safe to say that the Survivor Series has

1:25.1

exactly thrown out a great many instant classic traditional 5-on-5 elimination battles over the

1:30.0

last decade. Sure, there has been the odd 2019 men's highlight, but away from that,

1:34.4

has any much really stood out as a truly outstanding piece of work in the last 10 years?

1:38.7

The answer is obviously, yes. Though you'd be forgiven for not being quick to remember the fact

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