by Pris » Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:16 am
There's been some worthwile shows after Wrestlemania 17... There's a lot of it on Dailymotion.
Invasion 2001 - Okay, so that whole WCW vs. WWE thing didn't work out well, but at least this show was pretty good. Rob van Dam makes his debut vs. Jeff Hardy, and the Inaugural Brawl match is fun. I'm not sure if this holds up at all these days, at the time it was cool just for the novelty of it.
Summerslam 2001 - Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin, Rob van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy ladder match... just like Invasion though, I don't know if this held up well.
Summerslam 2002 - Brock Lesnar vs. The Rock and Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels in Shawn's first match back. Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle...and the Un-Americans were great.
No Mercy 2002 - The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar in a bloodbath hell in the cell match, and one of the best tag matches ever, Benoit/Angle vs. Rey/Edge
Survivor Series 2002 - First Elimination Chamber, Brock Lesnar throwing around The Big Show
Summerslam 2003 - Second Elimination Chamber, Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (when he was a monster heel)
Survivor Series 2003 - Ambulance match, buried alive match, Vince bleeding buckets, and both elimination matches are great.
(In 2004, Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania XX would be reccomendations, only they're all about Benoit)
Bad Blood 2004 - Very epic Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels hell in the cell match.
ECW's One Night Stand 2005 - For fans of the original ECW, this is a must-see. An Authentic train wreck show, with all the guys showing up. Just seeing Sabu and The Sandman on WWE television was pretty great at the time...not sure if it's still special though.
Survivor Series 2005 - Allround solid show, wrapping up a Smackdown vs. Raw angle, and Kurt Angle is completely over the top with his character at this point... even having the 'you suck' chants censored. Triple H vs. Ric Flair last man standing's also a highlight.
New Year's Revolution 2006 - Another PPV built around the Elimination Chamber. This was at the peak of John Cena hatred, he got booed out of every arena at the time. Triple H vs. Big Show is actually great.
Unforgiven 2006 - Epic PPV, with DX vs. The McMahons and Big Show hell in the cell, Cena vs. Edge in a TLC match, PPV return of Jeff Hardy vs. John Morrison who was just getting a heel push at the time.
Royal Rumble 2007 - Great Rumble match... good last man standing match in John Cena vs. Umaga.
Wrestlemania 23 - Both title matches are good, though Batista vs. Undertaker is a modern classic. The rest is a good slice of the WWE at that time.
Cyber Sunday 2007 - Solid PPV, capped off by another great Batista vs. Undertaker match.
Survivor Series 2007 - Same as Cyber Sunday, with another Batista vs. Undertaker match, and Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton.
Royal Rumble 2008 - Madison Square Garden PPV's usually deliver... this one has another fine rumble match, and a Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton title match that people expected a lot from at the time...that didn't pan out, but the crowd ate it up.
No Way Out 2008 - Two Elimination Chamber matches, Edge and Big Show bullying around Rey Mysterio, the classic Big Show/Mayweather angle, and a super hot John Cena vs. Randy Orton title match.
Wrestlemania 24 - Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels is a five star classic, Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather is fun to watch, and the rest of the show has some good action.
No Mercy 2008 - Amazing Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho ladder match, to cap off their months long feud.
No Way Out 2009 - Two Elimination Chamber title matches bookend this show, high drama with most of the top guys involved.
Wrestlemania 25 - Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker could be match of the decade.
Extremel Rules 2009 - Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio from their feud over the intercontinental title, Jeff Hardy vs. Edge ladder match.
Summerslam 2009 - CM Punk arrives as top heel vs. Jeff Hardy, DX vs. Legacy is surprisingly great, as is Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler... good PPV to meet the new faces in the WWE. John Cena vs. Randy Orton has to be the silliest ending to a title match.