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[10.0] "The rivalry that made Swerve World Champion and sets up perfect Hangman character arc. This storyline shows how one incident when you find your loved ones in danger, can bring unbelievable amount of hate in you. The story has been perfect. From the day Swerve entered Hangman's house , Hangman's only aim is to destroy Swerve for lifelong, which showed in their great triple threat match. Page cared more about Swerve losing than himself winning. The matches and promos have matched the story exactly, equally great. Their Death Match is a must watch. And the best thing about this rivalry is it could go on for years; setting up future of AEW."

[7.0] "One of the better rivalries for the era, took too long to come to fruition and any continuation will ruin both mens career, but while it lasted it was fine. The WrestleMania 39 era of this feud was a good selling point but once it reached 40 it ruined the entire ple. Cody vs Seth was better rivalry that would've had a better climax and match at mania, I dotn care about what any of the little crybabies have to say about it. Rock v Roman was better, and the fact Rhea or Bayley didn't main event night 1 because of the stupid tag team match shows how pointless half of what they're doing was. The feel good moment raises a bit of love, but all the interference just takes away from the moment itself too. All in all it was good until the end."

[] "The hero every kid wanted to be versus the rebel every teenager wanted to be. Such a good feud and elevated Punk to the draw he is now."

[10.0] "one of the greatest rivalries of the modern era, with a masterful storyline to top. there were some mistakes that almost happened on the road, but the payoff was that much greater because of that."

[9.0] "Victoria did more for the Women's division than she's ever given credit for. She really burst onto the scene in 2002 with the crazy psycho gimmick where she relentlessly targeted Trish. These two would regularly compete in match types that was reserved for the men with the highlight probably being the Hardcore match at Survivor Series. It wasn't as good when they crossed paths again in 2004 because the heel/face dynamic wasn't as interesting, but I still think they helped pave the way for the future of the women's division in general."

[7.0] "I found most of the matches these two had was pretty entertaining to be honest, but I don't think they ever had a match that was a masterpiece, but I do think there was one big factor to that. They had one PPV match at an In Your House event that happened before Austin's career altering neck injury and that one had heavy involvement from the Hart Foundation. They was both heavily protected with how they was booked so you would rarely see a match end with a clean or decisive win from either. Their most entertaining matches would usually be gimmick and storyline focused matches with a lot of outside interference."

[10.0] "Am I really the first one to rate this rivalry a 10? They had a lot of good matches throughout the Attitude Era and while you did get that one crazy stunt with the car, the rivalry leading up to three stages of hell gave us some great moments every week and the match was a masterpiece."

[10.0] "The rivalry that rejuvenated Adam Page's passion for wrestling and made Swerve look like a million bucks. Their matches were brutal, the segments were amazing, a lot of memorable moments, this was a perfectly crafted rivalry from start to finish."

[10.0] "Excellent rivalry. The trilogy of matches for the world title, surrounded by the great story of mentor/protegee, former best friends, arrogant ace Io vs rising star Mayu. With 3 excellent matches, the great run of Io as ace of stardom and the establishment of the new ace of the company, this rivalry is surely one of the best joshi rivalries ever. The 3 matches were compelling with the story told, and when Mayu finally beats Io, we knew the torched was passed."

[7.0] "From 1981-1983 Tiger Mask & Dynamite Kid had some pretty good matches, only one I could really call a classic and it wasn't even the five star match. I got big Kawada/Misawa syndrome from seeing Tiger Mask win every fucking time, it was unbelievable that Dynamite's only win was in their worst match with a horrendous DQ finish. Most of the fault with this rivalry is the booking, and my god they went overboard with count-outs, DQs, Double count-outs, Double DQs, it's annoying to watch these back just for those finishes. However I will say that there are fun matches to be had, it's mostly good but not the greatest rivalry of all time, not by a long shot. Watch their August 5th 1982 match, it's the only one you really need to watch. I know this was highly influential with a lot of workers. And with their in-ring aspects, it has aged well. Booking wise though? Very much of it's time."

[7.0] "Great rivalry in Chikara but since, it has been so poor, one good match for the NJPW Strong and ROH title is all that seems to make this rivalry live today, it has been dead since 2010-2011"

[10.0] "Honestly Heenan was a very vital part of Hogan's career. From the AWA when Hogan tried to win the title from Nick Bockwinkel. To the Main event of WrestleMania 2, which obviously led to the Hogan-Andre match at WrestleMania 3."

[3.0] "This feud seemed like it would never end and for the most part, actually isn't good but funnily enough, it gave both men two of the best matches of their careers although a lot of bad stuff is mixed in the middle of the feud as well."

[4.0] "The Summerslam match is cool, but these two terrorized the Raw main event scene from late 02-04. The match they had at Armageddon 02 was awful, their LMS match is fine but nothing to write home about, and the HIAC match has elements of a good match but the back half of the match is quite literally terrorism. If I count the matches with Benoit, this could be higher, but I won't do that. I will say that this feud has one of the most underrated Raw matches ever on 12/29/03. A fine feud, but compared to how much hype WWE gives this feud, you'd expect it to be 1000x better."

[9.0] "Great rivalry that had a lot of influence on the landscape of wrestling, in positive and negative ways. The story of their rivalry was good enough, a simple underdog story as Okada dominated Omega thanks to his stamina but then the dynamic started to change as Kenny Omega improved. It took place during Okada's 4th reign as IWGP Heavyweight champion, the record breaking reign. He got very cocky after beating Tanahashi's defense record and it played into their last match when Kenny finally beat Okada for the title and ended one of the biggest reign in modern wrestling. They had great chemistry in the ring, both were in their prime. The downside of this rivalry is probably the length of most of their matches. I can understand people saying some of their matches were too long, needlessly very long. Granted they managed to make it work into the story of their G1 match but for a series of matches that fans often recommend to newer fans or people who don't know much about wrestling, it surely isn't a great recommendation when 3 out of 4 of their singles matches go over 45 minutes. I think their Wrestle Kingdom 11 match started a trend of matches that were sometimes way too long. I'd say this rivalry is a little overrated when it's talked about like the undisputed greatest rivalry of all time. It is probably one of the biggest rivalries in terms of the influence it had over modern wrestling but there are rivalries with more developed stories out there, even just in NJPW in pretty much the same period of time: Okada/Tanahashi, Tanahashi/Naito and Naito/Okada were bigger and more fleshed out rivalries. So it's more like a cool short story arc amongst the bigger stories, in the sense that the rivalry lasted barely 2 years even if the matches themselves were really fucking long. Great rivalry nonetheless."

[10.0] "They are generational rivals, this kind of rivalry often works very well. Both guys evolved so much throughout their feud and they fed off their differences really well, especially seeing their very different wrestling style. The second part of their rivalry when Nakamura started to flesh out his character more and more was particularly great. Nakamura was more dominant at the beginning of their feud meanwhile Tanahashi had bigger moments in the second part as he was clearly the Ace. The dynamic of their rivalry started to change during Tanahashi's record breaking reign as Heavyweight champion, he also beat him in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 8 but Nakamura had a great moment at Invasion Attack. This rivalry did a lot for the prestige of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, as much as for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. They also had one of the greatest G1 finals ever. Just an iconic rivalry between 2 great and charismatic wrestlers in their prime."

[9.0] "This rivalry is maybe less known or remembered but was important to help Tanahashi being established as the fiery babyface and top guy of his era, especially when they met in the G1 finals and then a few years later when Tanahashi broke Yuji Nagata's IWGP Heavyweight title defense record. Great rivalry with some nice technical wrestling and brutal moments (mostly because of Nagata's style) as both guys were still in their prime."

[10.0] "This rivalry is extremely underrated as it is New Japan's biggest rivalry of the Bushiroad era. It has the best storytelling especially because of the career trajectory of Naito. Their rivalry was good when he was the Stardust Genius but what really took it to the next step was Naito's turn and change of gimmick. There's probably no Ingobernable Naito without this rivalry and both guys were important fuel for each other's career. They are generational rivals and it ended with what was maybe their best match together in the only big place where they never fought before that: the G1 finals. They had great chemistry, the dynamic of their matches evolved a lot when you see their first title match and their last match. It truly started in 2012 with Okada coming back from excursion and managing to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship before Naito (who had his chance before that against Tanahashi but failed). Naito was Okada's first defense, having a very explosive style as the Stardust Genius, then we had the road to their first WK match which lost the fan poll and the main event spot. Naito got some wins over Okada in the G1 but never won when it mattered the most, whether it was for the IWGP Heavyweight title or when they fought for the WK main event contract. Then at the start of Naito's turn in 2015/2016 he changed his wrestling style a bit and was a cheating heel. Okada finally beat Tanahashi in the main event of the Tokyo Dome at WK10, he was starting his run as the undisputed Ace of New Japan but a few months later his momentum got stopped by Naito who beat him (with a little help) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time of his career. As Los Ingobernables De Japon became more and more popular, Naito stopped cheating and tried to fight clean to keep his title but Okada got the better of him at Dominion. At Wrestle Kingdom 12 they met in the main event, this time it was undoubtedly the biggest match of the card as Okada was on a strong run as the champion meanwhile Naito got some huge momentum after winning the G1 and became the biggest star of the promotion, the atmosphere was electric and it gave us one of the biggest heartbreak in wrestling when Naito couldn't achieve his destino. It was a big step in making Okada's 4th reign as IWGP Heavyweight Champion more legendary as everyone thought he was going to lose there. Then 2 years later Naito and Okada met again at the Tokyo Dome in a double title match, Naito finally had his big win in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom and he got it by beating his biggest rival. After that the dynamic of their rivalry changed again and it was even more noticeable in their last match in the finals of the G1 33. Naito made some changes to his style to fight smarter and was a little more dominant than Okada in this match thanks to some great and vicious work on the neck. He beat Okada to find his way to the Wrestle Kingdom main event again. The win/loss record between both guys is very close with Okada winning more title matches but Naito winning the 2 biggest matches of their rivalry so both guys looked very strong. This generational rivalry is also the one that made the most money for modern day New Japan so it was a success in every aspects."

[6.0] "Okada fought Ospreay for the first time in RevPro, thought he was good so he got him a job in New Japan. After a few years, at the G1 30 Ospreay decided to turn on Okada to get his first win over him after an interference, he also formed United Empire. After that they fought again, as usual Ospreay lost again and again, then he finally got his first clean win over Okada in the G1 33 which was supposed to feel like a big moment but it truly wasn't. Then Okada got his win back in a random New Japan show in the US and that's it, here you go. They have chemistry in the ring but in every other aspect it is a very overrated rivalry. Not completely their fault because Gedo clearly didn't see this rivalry as something that big. They had 2 Wrestle Kingdom matches sure but this happened during the pandemic which was a point in time where they had a guy like Shingo Takagi as world champion, which is obviously something that wouldn't have happened outside of an era with a lot of restrictions. They knew they couldn't draw big crowds so they tried to protect most of their big rivalries as long as they could which is why both guys fought twice at Wrestle Kingdom. Okada vs Ospreay was one of the least protected rivalries at the top of the card. It existed to have a good match and get a solid gate here and there but nothing more than that and at the end if felt like they were just going through the motion. Okada is Ospreay's biggest rival, but Ospreay surely isn't in the top 5 of Okada's biggest rivals at all. The Rainmaker had more competitive and fleshed out rivalries with a lot of other wrestlers. This rivalry was mostly about Ospreay losing again and again to Okada and when he finally won clean it didn't feel special at all and he never beat him for something meaningul."

[10.0] "When we talk about in-ring performance, this is probably the best feud of all time, these two guys had four singles matches that no one can complain about, their matches elevated wrestling to another dimension and completely burst the bubble. New Japan already had some pretty good years and matches, but I think this series absolutely transcended and popularized the company into every wrestling center out there, specially in the western countries, like US and Canada, where it's easier to enjoy and to identify yourself with a guy like Kenny Omega, for example. I do believe Dave Meltzer boosted some of their ratings, specially the 2nd and 3rd match, and I can't affirm it was by design but it sure helped a lot of people to start paying more attention to New Japan (me included), as the scale being broken several times catches a lot of attention, and Dave was literally saying this were the best matches of all time so everyone went out there and watched the product. I don't agree with some ratings but Dave played a very important role to the western audiences here. Their first and last match are unbelievable, one made me cry, and the other made me consider what I was watching the end of a full circle on pro-wrestling, and I truly believe it was the intention. It's the best in-ring series of matches ever and now that Okada is in AEW, I expect a 5th... if it happens I will come back here to talk about it."

[] "An amazing rivalry from start to finish. The girls delivered bangers after banger. One of the best women's rivalries of all tone"

[10.0] "Amazing match up. This match is my earliest memory of wrestling. Watching Punk jump over that barricade and run off into the night was probably my first experience of watching vindication and seeing someone rage against a machine. This entire match is cinematic. Amazing in-ring work, only second place to the amazing crowd that elevated it to levels you can only hear and see to believe."

[9.0] "They perfectly complement each other though both teams have a habit of overdoing things. Their first tag team match in AEW showed the focus the company will place on tag wrestling. Their ladder is among the best spot fest match ever. Their steel cage is the best cage match of all time."

[10.0] "It is the greatest rivalry of all time. People wanna be cool, so they dont count it in. But without it, they wouldnt even hear the name of wrestling. Hats of to these two greats. (*****)"

[10.0] "At not one point I know in wrestling history did you have 2 most over baby faces at same time fighting for the title, its still hard to say who is the greatest of all time , its a thin line I think Stone cold was a ticth above the rock but its still hard to pick one over the other, they both headlined 3 wrestlemania together, there best macth was at wrestlemania 17 but their best storyline was leading in to wrestlemania 15 and backlash after that , it was always larger than life when these 2 legends even went at it it was magic I dont think you ever see again in wrestling I hope Im wrong"

[10.0] "This rivally and the matches these 2 legends has were revolutionary, their in ring genius was well ahead of time and pave the way for what wrestling is today"

[10.0] "God I cant believe this rivalry is not at the top, Dave meltzar guys its your opinion, but what rivalry is more relatable than this, Austin and Vince rivally turned the Buisness around to heights never ever seen or I think will be seen again"

[10.0] "The best series of matches in wrestling history. Kenny Omega's IWGP title win still remains my favorite moment of all time."

[10.0] "This rivalry marks the chapter one of King's Road, we had an established wrestler in Jumbo Tsuruta, the ace after Baba and before Misawa, in his late stages of full-timing career because of an illness, and as I said, the future ace, Mitsuharu Misawa, former Tiger Mask II, a guy that completely shined and became the most popular wrestler in Japan. These old-ace vs new-ace battles are infallible, they are the best ones and the easiest to like, it's a clash of generations that also brings a lot of sentimental values and drama. The people wanted Misawa, he was the most over person in every match they had, but Jumbo refused to give him the crown, refused to accept that he was being surpassed, and that created magic. Unfortunately the rivalry couldn't be proper finished, because of Jumbo's medical condition, and this is the only flaw here, but unfortunately this went beyond anyone's control. They had legendary matches together, weather it was singles competition or a battle of armies, this is the feud that brightened wrestling between 1990 and 1992."

[10.0] "Well this has had me invested, and it isn't even over. Somehow I have become more and more invested in Swerve despite him cutting a promo on hangman's literal two year old child. Hangman is great, swerve is great. It made a new world champion in the making. The promos have been good. The matches have been good. It ticks all the boxes. One of my favourite feuds."

[5.0] "A feud that never played out all that well on screen compared to what we know was going on backstage. They never had a truly great match and their chemistry for whatever reason just was not there when the bell rang."

[10.0] "One of if not the most important feud of all time as a Japanese company put their two top native stars against each other rather than an ace against the monster gaijin invader. Late in the feud we also finally get a move to clean finishes, again something hugely important as we move into the 1990s. If only we got the pay off."

[10.0] "This rivalry is one of the best worked stories in the NWA during its peak. Just the cagematch alone with none of the buld up has to be top 5 in NWA history. Compared to a lot of the stuff in the 90s like sting vs NWO, or Rock vs HHH or even Austin vs Mcmahon this rivalry is kinda watered down in popularity, but its still an all time great story."

[10.0] "Tam Nakano an ex-idol turned wrestler with her cute style, Giulia with her strong and imposing style, the two have a lot of chemistry and have delivered incredible matches during their four-year rivalry. Tam vs Giulia is history."