The Top 10 List: Wrestling's Greatest Rivalries

Nick Roberto by Correspondent Written on October 07, 2008
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When a guy takes time to write his OPINION in an article, you have every right to voice your OPINION back. If you agree or disagree, whatever it may be, but saying negative things towards the writer and not the article is a joke. Anyway, I needed to get that out of the way, as I know many agree with that statement, and it goes for everyone’s articles.

Now onto the list, yes it's called The Top 10. But I do include 15, five extra. No explanation on why that five is there, they’re just put in to show who almost made the list.

NOTE: These opinions of mine are about impact just as much as they are about entertainment. 

15) KANE vs. UNDERTAKER
14) RIC FLAIR vs. DUSTY RHODES
13) BRET HART vs. SHAWN MICHAELS
12) THE HARDYZ vs. THE DUDLEYS vs. EDGE & CHRISTIAN
11) BRET HART vs. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN


10) HOLLYWOOD HOGAN vs. GOLDBERG

Notable Match: WCW Nitro, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, 7/6/98
Rookie Bill Goldberg had an undefeated streak going, and was hotter than hell. Nitro was notorious for putting on pay-per-view, and this case WrestleMania/Starrcade, caliber matches.

Amazingly Goldberg ran through Hollywood Hogan and won the WCW Championship. An amazing experience for the wrestling fans. Goldberg blew up super fast, went straight to the top and helped garner WCW’s five and six scale ratings. Pitting the young, unstoppable force against the most well-known famous heel was a given. The fact that it happened on free television is a topic that is still argued to this day.

Personally, I liked the idea, I didn’t have to pay out the $29.99 for the PPV. A great feud nonetheless and key point in the Monday Night Wars.                                    

9) TRIPLE H vs. SHAWN MICHAEL
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Armageddon, World Heavyweight Championship, Three Stages of Hell match, 12/15/02

Real life best friends and Shawn Michaels only four months back from an over four year absence from performing, many wondered if he could handle the dreaded Three Stages of Hell match. Which consisted of three back to back to back matches with no breaks in between. A street fight, a cage match and a ladder match.

HBK performed just as he knows how and The Showstopper stole the show.  Although he came up short to the Game, the match was great. All of their matches were great together. Michaels back from injury he trusted HHH to work with, thinking he would only have one last match, at SummerSlam the same year. HHH did his job proving that HBK could still go, and go damn hard for that matter.

After the successful and amazing angle, HBK stayed on full time and has been since. Another prime example of how best friends work so well together, as they put everything they got into it, and their love for the business bleeds between them. 

8) HOLLYWOOD HOGAN vs. STING

Notable Match: Starrcade 97, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, 12/28/97

In the world of wrestling, opposites attract and they attract very well. Back in 1997 Hulk Hogan, now known as Hollywood Hogan was in full heel mode as the head leader of the New World Order (nWo) super stable.

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