[Mikey]

They had a killer match at WrestleMania X-7. They had an atrocious one at the 2002 King of the Ring. This one will probably fall somewhere in between. Taker needed twin referees and a fast count – or just a rematch – to get past Andre the Giant in round two, while HHH buried the cruiserweights again, this time Rey Mysterio. Will the American Badass take Triple H to hell and back? Or will the King of Kings show the Lord of Darkness just who exactly is boss?





Poll closes Sunday night at midnight eastern, pending my sleepiness.

[Riot Act]

Trips. Once again, it's just a simple matter of workrate + mic skills.

[Lucky]

I'm not sure. I'm leaning towards HHH but Taker's in the race. Convince me.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

IT'S TAKER~! Good enough?

This is tough but it's HHH by a nose.

[Tommy]

Taker. Because he beat Andre.

Call this the "Owen Principle"

[salmonjunkie]

riotact said:

Trips. Once again, it's just a simple matter of workrate + mic skills.

That's why I'm voting Undertaker.

[bdbdbd]

Just based on the number of lumbering lummoxes Undertaker was able to carry to something on the plus side of a watchable match on his work alone I have to hive him the vote. Not that HHH can't/hasn't done the same, but it was almost like there was a time in WWF history when that was 'Takers job.

[Moosehead Jack]

wow I don't give a shit about either one of these two. I may sit this round out

[The Canadian Content]

fsolomon75 said:

This is tough but it's HHH by a nose.

And if anyone knows anything about noses...

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Thanks Hodgey - took you long enough.

[bdbdbd]

mooseheadjack said:

wow I don't give a shit about either one of these two. I may sit this round out

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Find some criteria and vote. Hell go back and find out who won the last Chris Cole vs Underdawg match (probably Dawg) and use that to determine your winner.

[Mikey]

I'm voting HHH here. There was never a time when the Undertaker was among my favorite wrestlers, although I REALLY liked him in the BikerTaker era until he had the ladder match with Jeff Hardy. HHH, on the other hand, was right there at the top of the list in 2000, along with The Rock, Kurt Angle, and Chris Jericho. Yeah, he got stale after he came back from the quad injury, but at his peak, HHH could compete with just about anybody in any era. Just about.

[salmonjunkie]

use the hot chick criteria. Taker wins that one for sure. (HHH loses by default thanks to Chyna)

You can also use the "who looked more convincing in biker gear" criteria. You got Hunter, who wore the denim vested-leather jacket and a leather Harley Davidson BERET or you had Taker who wore the denim, rode the bike down to the ring, and never wore a BERET.

Taker also doesn't to 30 minute promos.

[The Canadian Content]

But he does do 15-minute ring entrances.

[murgen]

Taker bored me to tears during the American Badass phase. HHH wins this one easily.

[salmonjunkie]

Another criteria: Who looks cooler overdress and sitting on a throne:





Ok, they both look rather silly...

[The Jewish Cunthead]

salmonjunkie said:

Ok, they both look rather silly...

I say tripod is sillier.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Conan Triple H is teh awesome~!

[Tommy]

psychofish said:

But he does do 15-minute ring entrances.

And HHH doesn't?

[firebreakerchip]

Undertaker has had his periods where he just outright sucks. Either the storyline is insipid or his ring-work kills a match.

I have never bought into the HHHate (which is weird because I still resent Michaels), but Trips progressed amazingly from the Greenwhich snob whose moveset consisted of only knee-related moves into The Game. When he is on his game, he is one of the best inside the ring and promo wise. He was the first heel to walk out of Wrestlemainia with the title. Even though the WWE is heavily face-based, he has bucked tradition and made a career out of being a heel like his idol Flair. While not near Flair, in my opinion he is this generation's greatest heel with only Hollywood Hogan giving him a run for his money. Trips is underrated and is a great wrestler and sports entertainer.

[Riot Act]

firebreakerchip said:

Undertaker has had his periods where he just outright sucks. Either the storyline is insipid or his ring-work kills a match.

I have never bought into the HHHate (which is weird because I still resent Michaels), but Trips progressed amazingly from the Greenwhich snob whose moveset consisted of only knee-related moves into The Game. When he is on his game, he is one of the best inside the ring and promo wise. He was the first heel to walk out of Wrestlemainia with the title. Even though the WWE is heavily face-based, he has bucked tradition and made a career out of being a heel like his idol Flair. While not near Flair, in my opinion he is this generation's greatest heel with only Hollywood Hogan giving him a run for his money. Trips is underrated and is a great wrestler and sports entertainer.

I agree with everything you said except for that. It's pretty much only you, Bret Hart and half of Canada that feel that way (and I say this as a proud Canadian and Hart fan).

[Moosehead Jack]

its funny, these showdowns are forcing me to look back on the late 90's-Early2000's WWE, something which I had thought I had fond memories of, and it is forcing me to change my mind, at least concerning the Main Event. HHH, Rock, Taker, HBK? Feh to all of them. Foley was the only saving grace among them

[Lucky]

Time has probably clouded your judgment. You probably did enjoy some of these guys and some of the stuff back then, but then they got stale and pissed you off and that sours you on the times when it was fun.

[wld]

This was a hard one for me. I've gotta go with HHH - I can't really put my reasoning into words, because they're fairly evenly matched, but HHH was my first thought when I saw the poll, and that's what I keep coming back to.