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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Dec 2, 2023 19:42:17 GMT -5
2023 has been a great year tbh, maybe one of the best to ever happen. I'd say the modern era can only get better.
What are the best moments for you guys? There are still 30 days left of the year, so we might just get a few more fun moments...
Punks return
Rocks return
Ortons return
Cenas run on SD recently
Cenas return
Cody's return at the Rumble
Reigns vs Cody WM39
USOS vs Owens/Zayn WM39
Undertaker at NXT
The rise of LA Knight
All great moments, I'll add some more later.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Dec 2, 2023 23:48:52 GMT -5
Sami Zayn standing up to Roman Reigns
The Usos quitting the Bloodline together
Chad Gable almost beating Gunther
The Miz dressing up as LA Knight
Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso at the press conference
Dirty Dom’s WrestleMania entrance
Ricochet and Logan Paul at Royal Rumble
Bad Bunny vs Damian Priest at Backlash
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Post by CM Tusk on Dec 3, 2023 2:27:32 GMT -5
Top 10 for me:
Punk returns in Chicago
Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens beat The Usos
DIY reuniting
Sami hits Roman at The Royal Rumble
Sami main eventing in Montreal
Rey and Dom’s Wrestlemania entrances
Cody wins the Rumble
Jey turns on Roman
Brock shows Cody respect
Bad Bunny’s Backlash entrance
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Dec 3, 2023 4:39:43 GMT -5
No more Old man McMahon in creative
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Post by Evil Abed on Dec 3, 2023 19:11:15 GMT -5
Zayn turning on Bloodline
Ortons Return
Punks Return
Rocks Return
Rise of LA Knight
Mizs Interview with “Cena”
Ripley vs Flair - Mania Match
Rheas year of Domination
Triple H Introducing World Title
Gunthers IC Title Matches (Gable/Sheamus/Drew/Bronson)
Owens/Zayn Main Eventing Mania
First things coming to mind.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Dec 3, 2023 23:02:44 GMT -5
Top 3 for me
3. KO/Sami vs Usos at Mania
2. Punk returns at Survivor Series
1. Sami hitting Roman at the Rumble. That place exploded.
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Post by JokerFC on Dec 4, 2023 8:35:52 GMT -5
Punks Return...good god that's some reaction.
Gunther's ruthless dispatch of opponent after opponent & his RR performance.
Codys return & victory at the RR
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Post by bWo on Dec 4, 2023 9:10:26 GMT -5
Ex wrestler returns
Ex wrestler returns
Ex wrestler returns
Injured wrestler gone forever returns
You can tell people were really pumped about the product for the past year...............
Sami hitting Roman with the chair at The Rumble was the moment of the year. The build up. The reaction from everyone when it happened was GOLD. Roman, Jimmy, Jey, Paul, Sami and the crowd all came together to make that moment.
Funniest promo was the same cast. Watching everyone trying not to break was hilarious
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Post by The American Daydream on Dec 4, 2023 10:34:44 GMT -5
- Punk return
- Orton return
- Rock return
- Cena return
What can I say? I love a good comeback story. Also returns are something that have happened damn near every year dating all the way back to the Golden Era.
- Cody vs Reigns at Mania
- Everything Sami Uso
- Gunthers reign
- Nikkita Lyons 😍
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Dec 4, 2023 10:54:27 GMT -5
The rise of Triple H as creative.
My 2023 pick
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Dec 4, 2023 20:08:33 GMT -5
Ex wrestler returns Ex wrestler returns Ex wrestler returns Injured wrestler gone forever returns You can tell people were really pumped about the product for the past year............... Sami hitting Roman with the chair at The Rumble was the moment of the year. The build up. The reaction from everyone when it happened was GOLD. Roman, Jimmy, Jey, Paul, Sami and the crowd all came together to make that moment. Funniest promo was the same cast. Watching everyone trying not to break was hilarious There were many great moments, but the returns were just special... you gotta love a great return. |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Dec 4, 2023 20:09:04 GMT -5
Zayn turning on Bloodline Ortons Return Punks Return Rocks Return Rise of LA Knight Mizs Interview with “Cena” Ripley vs Flair - Mania Match Rheas year of Domination Triple H Introducing World Title Gunthers IC Title Matches (Gable/Sheamus/Drew/Bronson) Owens/Zayn Main Eventing Mania First things coming to mind. Amazing stuff. |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Dec 4, 2023 20:09:22 GMT -5
Sami Zayn standing up to Roman Reigns The Usos quitting the Bloodline together Chad Gable almost beating Gunther The Miz dressing up as LA Knight Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso at the press conference Dirty Dom’s WrestleMania entrance Ricochet and Logan Paul at Royal Rumble Bad Bunny vs Damian Priest at Backlash Great lineup |
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Post by BØRNS on Dec 19, 2023 0:58:44 GMT -5
Has to be Punks return
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Dec 19, 2023 23:17:26 GMT -5
Gotta be number 1, very huge moment |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Dec 21, 2023 1:00:22 GMT -5
AJ Styles return the other week is another highlight for 2023
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Post by shanieomaniac on Dec 21, 2023 4:10:49 GMT -5
Sami hitting Roman with the chair. My #1 moment of the year.
That whole match was brutally perfect storytelling but that ending was just *chef's kiss*.
Also, I don't like Punk, but his return was something else. You knew it was coming, everyone was just WAITING for him, but still, it was one of those "Gotta go look outside to see if the sky is full of pigs" moments. The crowd reaction was BONKERS, and Seth's tantrum is gonna go down as one of the best examples of successfully blurring the lines between work and shoot in WWE history.
Sami's crowd reactions from both Montreal (Before Elimination Chamber) and Quebec City have to be some sort of records. I have multiple friends who were in Montreal who said that the TV cameras didn't do justice for how deafening that pop truly was. And both times, Sami just standing there, unable to even talk because the crowd wouldn't stop *screaming*...
Sami at Royal Rumble
Sami in Montreal.
Sami in Saudi Arabia
Sami in India
Sami in Quebec City
Sami truly got some mega-pops this year that, just, DAMN.
I have rewatched the episode of Smackdown where Sami and Kevin reunited an unhealthy amount of times. I was liveblogging that episode with my friends at the time and it truly felt like a fever dream. The range of emotions in a 2 hour span was damn near my Joker Origin Story.
Seth Rollins going from being a heel to being one of the top babyfaces, and now going back to heel again, and having changed not thing ONE about his character or gimmick in the process was just a sight to friggin see. He never stopped being Seth Freakin Rollins, he just changed which 'side' he was targeting. Simply amazing how wrestling works that way.
The moment that Sami and Kevin appeared in the Penguins gear at Payback was for me and me alone. Just, the perfect cinematic reveal of it, complete with Sami smacking the hockey stick and Kevin dripping blood. Did it make ANY reasonable or logical sense? No. There was no logical explanation for why there was randomly hockey gear waiting RIGHT THERE for them behind that barricade. But GOD was that moment so much fun that I actually have artwork of it in poster form on my WALL.
As much as I wasn't a huge fan of the match, Sami and Kevin main eventing vs the Usos was amazing. Never thought I'd see the day Sami Zayn was in a Wrestlemania main event but god bless Papa H.
Shane coming back at Mania and immediately blowing out his quad was just... I don't know the correct or appropriate series of English words to use to express how I feel about that other than "Priceless"
Cena! On TV! MORE THAN ONCE! I know it was specifically because of the strike but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The return of R-Truth and his immediately becoming the "Sami" of Bloodline 2.0. God I missed you Truth, please never change.
I know it's 2022, but I'm putting it in as an honorable mention because I didn't do this last year: "UCEY" Just. "Ucey". I have never seen one word so completely DESTROY an entire group of trained professional performers in my LIFE. And the VIOLENT mood whiplash that it caused was so much better than anything that ever could have been scripted there. Probably the best instance of a wrestler ad-libbing something for maximum hilarity in history.
Babyface Miz. About damn time.
And finally, I got to go to my very first WWE show in 20 years two weeks ago. House show in State College. It was a tiny crowd that was dead for most of the night, but from what I've seen of the video from the night before, the arena being nearly empty meant the wrestlers could have fun with things. Alpha Academy was way goofier than usual. Seth was obnoxiously fun. Kevin was wildly inappropriate and made a sideways Britt Baker reference. Jimmy was being a complete goober. Miz was pulling off maneuvers that I didn't know he could even DO. I got to see Bronson Reed carry Gunther on piggyback. I think even Ludwig and Giovanni were being silly (IIRC) It was the most fun I've had in as long as I can remember and as salty as I am that I missed Payback, I don't think any televised or broadcasted show could have ever topped how FUN that house show was.
As far as WWE moment of the year? Royal Rumble.
As far as MY moment of the year. December 10th State College House Show.
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Post by finnbalor1 on Dec 23, 2023 6:39:45 GMT -5
Cody winning the Rumble
Sami not feeling Ucey anymore at the Rumble
Dirty Dom's Mania entrance
Grand Slam Finn
Judgment Day covered in gold at Payback
Lyra beating the Man
Tiffany reaching the Tippy Top of NXT
Zayn's Elimination Chamber/WM Main Events
Rhea bloody Ripley destroying the women's divison
That last Gable/Gunthers match
Asuka and Kairi joining the new and improved Damage Ctrl
Logan winning the US title
Rollins winning the new World title
Rollins/Balor for the World title
Rok C's breaking bad moment
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Post by ¡Twist Of Cinnamon! on Dec 23, 2023 7:00:47 GMT -5
-Sami turning on The Bloodline.
-Logan Paul splashing KSI through the announce table.
-All of Rhea vs Charlotte, specifically the top rope Riptide.
-Sami and Owens winning the Tag Team Championships.
-Brock almost being in a tag team match.
-Carlito's return at Backlash
-Usos leaving The Bloodline.
-LA Knight going from jobber to main eventer.
-Jey going solo and killing it.
-Cena's return.
-Orton's return.
-Punk's return.
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Post by J-MANN: Tag Team Champion on Dec 23, 2023 10:35:42 GMT -5
Man, there have been so many. 2023 was a great year.
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Hogan VS Flair
