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Be it a rivalry born out of mutual hatred, desire to win a title, or mere competitive spirit, many of wrestling’s best feuds have ended with a rubber match. A final, definitive contest to decide who is the better competitor once and for all. As the saying goes, third time’s a charm.
The trope has been around for decades in wrestling, and given that two of 2015’s most high profile matches were, at their core, rubbers, proves that they remain popular to this day. There were plenty others – some memorable, some less so – but last year’s booking alone tells us that the concept has stood the test of time.
A few ground rules for this one. Strictly speaking, a rubber match would be the third match in a trilogy of matches, acting as a tiebreaker to prove who the best competitor is. For the sake...
Be it a rivalry born out of mutual hatred, desire to win a title, or mere competitive spirit, many of wrestling’s best feuds have ended with a rubber match. A final, definitive contest to decide who is the better competitor once and for all. As the saying goes, third time’s a charm.
The trope has been around for decades in wrestling, and given that two of 2015’s most high profile matches were, at their core, rubbers, proves that they remain popular to this day. There were plenty others – some memorable, some less so – but last year’s booking alone tells us that the concept has stood the test of time.
A few ground rules for this one. Strictly speaking, a rubber match would be the third match in a trilogy of matches, acting as a tiebreaker to prove who the best competitor is. For the sake...
- 3/23/2016
- by Tom French
- Obsessed with Film
Cm Punk and Beth Phoenix have both reported on Twitter that former WWF Woman’s Champion Bull Nakano appeared backstage at a Raw house show in Japan today. Born in the country, Nakano who turns 44 in January, first appeared in the WWF in 1994, first as an associate of Luna Vachon before defeating Alundra Blayze for the title at an event in Tokoyo after losing her first shot at SummerSlam 1994.
Bull held the title for five months until losing it back to Blayze at a Raw event on April 3rd, 1995. She was fired that year after being found in possession of cocaine. She soon joined WCW and again found herself in a feud with Blayze, now known as Medusa, and they fought at WCW Hog Wild 1996. She retired from wrestling a year later to take up golf professionally but has had a few wrestling matches since.
There have been rumours that...
Bull held the title for five months until losing it back to Blayze at a Raw event on April 3rd, 1995. She was fired that year after being found in possession of cocaine. She soon joined WCW and again found herself in a feud with Blayze, now known as Medusa, and they fought at WCW Hog Wild 1996. She retired from wrestling a year later to take up golf professionally but has had a few wrestling matches since.
There have been rumours that...
- 11/30/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
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