 What's good, Joshua Ross back out again with another video. So we're gonna check out ten classic matches that saved terrible WWE Pay-per-views We've all seen at some point an awful Pay-per-view Produced by WWE and there was that one match or maybe two Couple matches that saved the pay-per-view, but it's usually that one match that Ultimately help the pay-per-view made it a lot more enjoyable and it's usually the main event Sometimes it's in the middle of a card Sometimes it may be at the beginning of the card But it's usually towards the end in the main event and a good match a fantastic match can overall change your score and Rating a pay-per-view on the scale of one to ten it has for me plenty plenty of times So I want to say the one thing that comes to me instantly I would have to say if you guys remember WrestleMania 31, which was a it was a solid WrestleMania but I didn't think it was nowhere as good as WrestleMania 30 and What saved WrestleMania 31 for me was the Brock Lesnar Roman Reigns match How entertaining it wasn't in Seth Rollins cashing in it had the fans Just amped and hyped up it saved that pay-per-view It was some highlights in you know in that pay-per-view for WrestleMania 31 But to me it saved it and people remember it fondly because of the triple threat match so But we're gonna get right into this appreciate all the love and support roads to 60k and let's see what Kota Harlech can come up with It might be slightly different in the WWE Network slash peacock era but back in the day when you had to fork over quite a few Dollar-y dudes in order to see them fans expected WWE pay-per-views to be worth the money Usually meant that several of the matches had to be of real quality at least much better than what could be viewed on free TV Every week anyone who has seen more than one order only WWE show knows that they're not always a sound investment In fact, there's sometimes a little bit. Oh, what's that phrase again? Oh, yeah There's sometimes absolute bollocks now really will a show be top-to-bottom 100% awful there's usually at least one match that stands out and makes you feel like you haven't been swindled out of your Hard-earned cash. We've all heard of the term one match show and throughout WWE history there have been a bunch of them if that one match is a Certifiable classic it can save even the dreariest pay-per-view and live long and strong enough in the memory that you forget about the rest of The hogwash that surround this is why I say WrestleMania 31 is it falls in that category for me I think a lot of people remember that pay-per-view just off the main event alone because it was actually enjoyable People weren't looking forward to the Brock and Roman Reigns Match only because they were kind of forcing Roman Reigns, you know down our throat at the time but people were enjoying it it was Arguably well, it was the match of the night and like I said, Seth Rollins catching in made that pay-per-view memorable from that one match Underdates, I'm Adam Pacizzi from Cultaholic Wrestling and these are 10 classic matches for views join us Number 10 the shield versus Cody Rhodes and Goldust at Battleground Was a bad show where nothing really seemed to click properly the opener between Rob Van Dam and Alberto del Rio got things off to a Promising start even if it wasn't a five-star affair But just about everything after it was in one way or another rubbish Carly and Santino taking on the real Americans do anything for you. How about Curtis? Yes He really was intercontinental champion defending against our truth AJ Lee and Brie Bella get your juices flowing Do they not like that your filthy simpletons Bray Wyatt versus Kofi Kingston was aimless CM Punk versus Ryback arbitrary and Randy Orton versus Daniel Bryan Unsatisfactory the one positive of Battleground 2013 was Cody Rose and Goldust fighting WWE tag-team champions the shield Now Robinson Reigns weren't putting the straps on the line But Dusty's kids were fighting for their jobs knowing that if they lost not only would they be banished But their papa would lose his position as an NXT trainer, too The hounds of justice had been winning everything and well oiled machine heading into the high stakes contest The work was good as you would expect But the emotion and drama of the storyline put it over the edge the pinnacle coming when the American dream himself got involved Leading to the euphoria of Cody hitting crossroads for the field bro I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about Cody Rose hitting the crossroads to win the match Fantastic match, bro. Fantastic match. Definitely Something that elevated this pay-per-view good win number nine Kurt Angle versus Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2003 SummerSlam is supposed to be one of WWE's premier events an original part of the so-called Big Four and the biggest Party of the summer well the party got rained out and ants devoured the barbecue in 2003 because that year's SummerSlam was an Uncharacteristically dull and disappointing occasion the biggest letdown was Goldberg's failure to win the world heavyweight title in that to me was That was dumb. They had built this man up like a monster Just for him to still lose because evolution got involved bro that yeah That that was a letdown at that time the main event after smashing through most of the field in the elimination Chamber match only to succumb to an injured triple H But other anticipated matches like Kane and Rob Van Damme's grudge clash and a talent stuffed four-way US title bout also failed to Spark luckily Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle were on hand to pick up the slack having a customarily exceptional Wrestling match with the WWE title on the line It was also different to their previous ones as Angle was now the babyface champion Lesnar the heel aligned with the villainous mr. McMahon they beat the hell out of one another for 20 minutes with all manner of suplexes submissions and dramatic near falls down the final stretch and Not only that but it had the right result to the Olympic hero overcoming interference from the genetic jackhammer to win clean by submission Number eight Roman Reigns versus Daniel Bryan at Fastlane 2015 This one is actually a really good one This one right here Fastlane was a soft substitute for the pure mayhem of the elimination chamber pay-per-view if truth be told The last stop on the road to WrestleMania the first Fastlane went down in 2015 and offered up a card that looked weak and turned out to be even weaker The opening six man between the authority and the odd squad of Dolph Ziggler Eric Rowan and Ryback was by the numbers Rawfare the first major match between gold dust and stardust was an unfortunate calamity The Usos and Tyson Kidd and Cesaro sadly under delivered as their match was all right But never really got going page and Nikki Bella had to fight in difference for the five minutes They had bad news Barrett and Dean Ambrose's icy title meeting was plodding with a crap finish and Cena versus Rusev was good enough But really just your usual Cena match going on last after the fans had been bored to tears for most of the show Daniel Bryan tried to fight his way into another WrestleMania main. It's fantastic, bro. Just Man, this this made this pay-per-view that much better because we all wanted to see if Daniel Bryan Can possibly do do it again main event WrestleMania Can he get the job done people were rooting for him loved it an event challenging Roman Reigns with the big dogs WrestleMania WWE title shot on the line these two are very good together even on a bad day But they were excellent here making me less angry at myself for sitting through fast lane by having a damn fine drama filled Main events number seven Steve Austin versus Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 Bret Hart was due a rematch with WWE champion Sean Michaels at WrestleMania 13 before the heartbreak kid misplaced his smile With drew from the show and through booking plans into chaos The Hitman's plan B was a pretty damn good one though taking on a red hot stone called Steve Austin But the submission match stipulation looked like it could handcuff them slightly with Austin himself worried that the match would be a Disappointment especially after the two had produced a blinder at the last survivor series But he needn't have panicked because the Texas rattlesnake and the excellence of execution produced not just a great match Not just one of the best in WrestleMania history, but one of the best in WWE history period heated dramatic and with an iconic finish It truly was a thing of beauty capped off with a clever double-turn that saw hearts go bad as Austin officially became a hero Yep, this is how surprise booking and going with the hot hand Works, so this is how it works They went with the hot hand and stone cold and this This is one of the moments that turned them into a face because he didn't tap Blood pouring down his face. He never tapped the ref had to call it. That's how you book someone strong That is how someone gets over because the crowd can only respect you like bro. He didn't even tap He didn't tap him. He wasn't gonna tap no matter what I love it, bro Definitely deserves to be on this list It should have been main event really, but unfortunately that honor went to the undertaker and Sid who turned in an overlong Snoozer that ended things on a down note. The rest of the card ranged from poor to Mare to just about good enough and outside of Bret and Steve is rightly remembered as one of the worst mania's ever number six the world title six pack challenge at Fastlane 2018 Taking place just a few weeks after Elimination Chamber and only a few weeks before WrestleMania Fastlane 2018 is a pay-per-view that really had no reason for existing a small to be honest with you fast lane has always been like a Like a pay-per-view that I didn't think needed to be a thing I think they needed to just focus more on building the storylines to WrestleMania They didn't need to be a pay-per-view after Elimination Chamber Exclusive events fast lane pretty much resembled your average episode of the blue brand's TV show save for a bustling main event An unforgettable end to an eminently forgettable show the six-pack challenge WWE title match that headlined was a modern-day minor Classic AJ Styles defended against John Cena, Sami Zayn, Dolby Ziggler, Kevin Owens and Baron Corbin And the sex debt didn't bother warming up and easing into things Deciding instead to go full throttle from the off the pace maintaining for the 20 plus minutes of the matches duration There was some excellent multi-man sequences nail biting near falls and Importantly genuine storyline progression on display in the end the phenomenal one retained with a forearm out of nowhere It was total chaos, and it was just lovely to witness Elsewhere Nakamura beat Rusev in an okay opener Randy Orton and Robert Rude snooze their way through a US title match Naomi and Becky Lynch felt a Natalia and Carmella in a match that happened The Usos and the New Day went to an unsatisfying no-contest and Charlotte beat Ruby Riot in a token title defense Number five Rey Mysterio versus Chris Jericho at The Bash 2009 there was nothing great or particularly American about Existed for the sake of existing Excitement for those that ordered the show which incidentally wasn't that many people the star power was there and on paper CM Punk versus Jeff Hardy for the world heavyweight title Triple H taking on Randy Orton and a three stages of hell WWE title match and the Cologne's defending the tag straps against Edge and Chris Jericho and legacy all looked solid enough in execution However, the action was mostly dull and booking questionable in particular John Cena's demolition job of the Miz Double duty that night why 2j put together a mask versus icy title masterpiece with brain stereo That outside of the Undertaker versus Shawn Michaels may have been WWE's best match of the year a fast-paced wrestling rollercoaster that served as a fitting finale to their months-long rivalry Stipulations added real stakes and only sought to ramp up the drama with every clever false finish many of which alluded to previous Contests in their series the finish was genius too as Jericho went to one mask rey as he had done previously Only for the master of the 619 to reveal that he had a second mask on underneath Inning Jericho to win the gold number four JBL versus Eddie Guerrero at Judgment Day 2004 Roster was left threadbare in the wake of WrestleMania 20 and the post-wrestle mania draft Lesnar left Angle and Big Show got injured and while they had their ranks bolstered some by the arrival of Rob Van Dam and Booker T The only two real top tier stars were Eddie Guerrero and the Undertaker the shallow depth of the roster was exposed at Judgment Day 2004 a Smackdown only pay-per-view that mostly resented man. I miss judgment day man judgment day was a pretty Just it was a dope pay-per-view. You knew you was gonna see some wild shit on judgment day Well the televised house show Mysterio and RVD's opener with the Dudley's was fine But everything after was weaker than a bowl of cat piss Dorn Marie part 57 Mordecai's debut match with Scotty to Hotty Charlie Haas and Rico tangling with Bob Holly and Billy Gunn and Chavo trying to get the cruiserweight title from Jacqueline must have had some fans thinking that they had accidentally tuned in to an extended episode of Velocity John Cena and Renee Dupree's US title match was decent enough and Undertaker's victory over Booker T Just about possible but the real quality came last as Latino Heat defended his WWE title in an epic bloodbath with JBL Obviously everybody remembers the sheer amount of plasma that Guerrero shed that night Jesus itself was genuinely gripping just buckets of blood. Oh my god, bro man, yeah, it Definitely got a Colored black and black and white man. You saw that type of you show a screenshot of the amount of blood and he was Losing bro. No, no block your video man. Whoo, and more than made up for the earlier dross number three Shawn Michaels versus mankind at in your house mind games as bad as things got during Consistent and sometimes outrun terrible new generation era. You could always Nothing else Shawn Michaels to give you a show often being the show saver as much as the show stopper Providing he remembered where he put his smile. That is he did it as SummerSlam 1995 in his ladder match sequel with Razor Ramon He did it in the cell against the Undertaker at Bad Blood 97 and by gum he did it against mankind at 96s in your house mind games Foley hadn't been around but for half a year when he headlined against WWE champion Michaels But truly had a breakout performance that night in Philadelphia with many of the ECW fans who had watched him years before no doubt cheering him on it was an exceptional contest with a Sadly unsatisfying finished, but it served as Foley's breakout performance while also showing that the flamboyant boy toy Could show true grit when the occasion called for it the rest of the show Nobody needs to see Savio Vega and Bradshaw in a strap match or Jose Lothario Five years old Oh, and Davey boy beating the smoking guns or my this was a thing. I was a little kid So I I don't remember like my mom ever getting buying a Like a pay-per-view at the time It would only be like my uncle on my dad's side Henry's debut against Jerry Lawler or for that matter the Undertaker and Goldust sleepwalking their way through whatever the hell a final curtain matches Number two Undertaker at WrestleMania 27 WrestleMania is just yeah, definitely the most anticipated show of the year A way to reward long-term die-hards for their devotion to the product while Simultaneously being a way to hook casual or even non-fans on their brand of sports Entertainment a great WrestleMania can seriously turn a passive viewer into a lifelong foam finger buying member of the WWE universe while a bad one can potentially turn them off for good WrestleMania 27 was a shop window that showcased one piece of prime a grade steak In a match for the night piled high Spam the filet mignon was of course the cracking battle between Triple H and the Undertaker the two road weary war horses Having a brutal no DQ match that was a worthy follow-up to the Deadman's WrestleMania series with HBK From the special entrances to the pounding opening exchanges right through to the streak ending teasers and inevitable take a win It was a masterclass fantastic and saved the show Everything else on it was either iffy just about good or downright tragic While Edge and Alberto del Rio Rey Mysterio and Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton and CM Punk all had matches with some quality on show Lola Cole snooki and the dodgy main event dragged the show right down Had it not been for the game and the phenom it would be considered one of if not the worst WrestleMania ever Elimination Chamber match at New Year's Revolution 2005 2005 a show now I haven't dabbled in witchcraft since I accidentally gave myself a Micro penis don't worry. I'm halfway recovered now, but all signs points a yes In the opener Eugene blew out his knee as he and William Regal defended their tag-team titles against Christian and Tyson Tomco Then in the second match Lita blew her knee out early in her title defense against Trish Stratus Following those blunders Shelton Benjamin and Maven had two short non-matches Muhammad Hassan stunk it out with Lola and then in the match of the night to that point Kane beat Jean Snitsky in their usual monster battle It was up to the world heavyweight title elimination chamber to prevent the event from being a total washout Luckily Triple H Randy Orton Batista Chris Jericho Chris Benoit and Edge with Sean Michaels a special breath came through and had a long and Grawling scrap for the vacant title It was a total one-match show on paper and it turned out to be one in practice too But what a match it was delivering everything expected and more and ensuring that the WWE cruise trip to San Juan wasn't in vain No, that was that was actually the earlier elimination chamber matches were actually really great It wasn't until you started getting into the late 2010s They started kind of getting a little washed out and weren't they didn't hit the same They didn't have the same feel like it was just one of those things was like oh, this is just a way you know it's the the The road to WrestleMania this is like the halfway point, but the earlier rest elimination chambers Fantastic love those matches. They definitely were obviously the matches of the night for a lot of them Just questionable booking here and there, but comment down below Let me know can you guys think of any other matches that you feel like save that particular pay-per-view? The one I thought of instantly at the beginning of the video is the Roman Reigns versus Brock with Seth Rollins interfering catching in his money in the bank. So comment down below Let me know any other matches you can think of and save those particular pay-per-views Appreciate all loves support road to 50k. I keep saying 50. It's really 60 Appreciate y'all kicking it with me. I see y'all on the next one. Peace