The UPS and DOWNS of "The GREATEST Wrestling Match Ever"

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  • čas přidán 3. 04. 2024
  • Adam Copeland, fka Edge, was booked to face Randy Orton at Backlash 2020 in what Vince McMahon called "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever." During this NotSam Wrestling podcast interview, The Rated R Superstar discusses every behind-the-scenes detail from the initial phone call from Paul Heyman, to Vince McMahon's desire to keep in the cutaway shots, to the love letter aspect of constructing the match.
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Komentáře • 150

  • @JasonSeville
    @JasonSeville Před 2 měsíci +423

    Telling everyone ur gonna have the greatest wrestling match of all time during the empty arena era is ballsy af.

    • @chrisbelit1599
      @chrisbelit1599 Před 2 měsíci +24

      it really was. but vince is insane so

    • @wolfwang8464
      @wolfwang8464 Před 2 měsíci

      “Ballsy”?! More like stupid. Anyone with a brain knew it was stupid and made no sense lol

    • @EmmanuelBrown-vv6jt
      @EmmanuelBrown-vv6jt Před 2 měsíci +6

      ​@@chrisbelit1599it's not insanity it can be done did you forget Halftime Heat or are you too young to even know it when The Rock and Mick Foley had uh empty arena match and it's a classic

    • @thewrestler9184
      @thewrestler9184 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@EmmanuelBrown-vv6jt Well one that was in an empty ARENA, not an empty warehouse so there was a lot more to work with. It was a no DQ falls count anywhere instead of a standard wrestling match with no crowd. And that was during the Super Bowl so a whole lot of people would be tuning in to watch, I don't know who preformed in the Super Bowl that year but I'm sure halftime heat between Rock vs. Mankind for the WWF title during the peak of the attitude era was more fun to watch than whoever preformed in the halftime show, heck it was more fun to watch than the Broncos thrashing of the Falcons, thanks for choking 15-1 '98 Vikings.

    • @liquiddookie7526
      @liquiddookie7526 Před 2 měsíci +13

      AEW does it all the time

  • @RandomDude-kr5ql
    @RandomDude-kr5ql Před 2 měsíci +112

    It probably was the greatest match ever without any audience

    • @SheriffCheese
      @SheriffCheese Před měsícem +2

      Thats not how you say Best Friends vs Santana/Ortiz Street Fight

    • @brianbenoit6883
      @brianbenoit6883 Před měsícem +1

      Definitely a huge advantage not having a bunch of nimrods thinking it revolves around them. I miss the no fans era.

    • @Le___K
      @Le___K Před měsícem +6

      ​@@brianbenoit6883Said no one ever

    • @gustavoclarindo101
      @gustavoclarindo101 Před měsícem +2

      Ilja vs Gunther tho👀👀

  • @wincute100
    @wincute100 Před 2 měsíci +86

    Edge is great on telling story about all this stuff. The way he told the story is so funny

  • @Just.Sketching
    @Just.Sketching Před 2 měsíci +209

    It was not the greatest match in the world.. it was just a tribute..

  • @inigobilbao3358
    @inigobilbao3358 Před 2 měsíci +61

    I loved the match, precisely because it was just about doing wrestling. It would have been perfect if they didn't put the camera shots to the audience (they exagerated too much their expressions and the amount of shots was crazy) but for me, almost a perfect match. Randy and Edge are two greats. It surprises me people don't talk that much about this match.

    • @kousikrakshit1295
      @kousikrakshit1295 Před 2 měsíci +16

      Orton pretty much carried the covid era. With edge and drew, he really went prime 09 orton to deliver in that match. One of my favorites in recent years. And edge became a better in ring wrestler since coming back. His match with rollins at msg and summerslam are stellar matches.

    • @CantRead1
      @CantRead1 Před 2 měsíci +10

      No one talks about it due to the tagline.
      You can't expect me to take that tagline serious when Shawn and Taker's Wrestlemania 25 match exists.

    • @wolfwang8464
      @wolfwang8464 Před 2 měsíci

      It was a bad match with more backstage shenanigans than actual wrestling lol

    • @jaybarbieri8619
      @jaybarbieri8619 Před 2 měsíci +3

      ​@@wolfwang8464 You're thinking of the LMS match at Mania.

    • @JACQUEZJOHNSON23
      @JACQUEZJOHNSON23 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@kousikrakshit1295orto didn't not carried roman and drew did

  • @Maestro..
    @Maestro.. Před 2 měsíci +17

    7:00 A hot crowd makes a decent match into a good match, a good match into a great match, & a great match into an all-time classic. I agree with Edge here--if only this match happened in front of an audience! 😔

    • @therobinx20
      @therobinx20 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Punk vs Cena is the biggest example of this, if it wasn't for Chicago Crowd, that match was mid af. especially Cena's sloppy punches and irish whips and Punk's unathletic counter to Attitude adjustment.

  • @winstonhermann3244
    @winstonhermann3244 Před 2 měsíci +33

    It was a pretty good match. I tried to hate on it, but it was good af.

  • @Lee-jo7xj
    @Lee-jo7xj Před 2 měsíci +21

    Straight up a greatest hits of some of the greatest matches of all time in one single moment for no one to see lmao that’s what makes it great in my opinion

  • @ryanpatrick3284
    @ryanpatrick3284 Před 2 měsíci +6

    I love the way he tells stories. Such a funny guy.

  • @Zoninator
    @Zoninator Před 2 měsíci +74

    I still believe the theory that Vince wanted "the greatest match ever" so that if you googled that phrase you would find Edge/Orton instead of Omega/Okada

    • @rashidbinzamanshaan5841
      @rashidbinzamanshaan5841 Před 2 měsíci +10

      Both are overrated matches anyways

    • @JamesPoe-tr1tm
      @JamesPoe-tr1tm Před 2 měsíci +23

      If you said Omega vs Okada to 97 percent of the population, they wouldn't know what you were talking about.

    • @toolisgod6
      @toolisgod6 Před 2 měsíci +1

      100%

    • @Cablev94
      @Cablev94 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Well, that wasn't the greatest wrestling match ever, either. soooooo....

    • @TomClancy-cq5om
      @TomClancy-cq5om Před 2 měsíci +5

      Omega/Okada isn’t the greatest match either

  • @bass_brommie
    @bass_brommie Před 2 měsíci +161

    Calling the match the greatest wrestling match was the first mistake

    • @antivenom56
      @antivenom56 Před 2 měsíci

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @robotcrocodile
      @robotcrocodile Před 2 měsíci +7

      It was a gimmick, a tagline.

    • @ahmadceasar5484
      @ahmadceasar5484 Před 2 měsíci +4

      That's literally the point its not but telling people it is brought eyes to it

    • @coolkidbradude7745
      @coolkidbradude7745 Před měsícem +1

      Yeah it was just a gimmick because Randy was calling himself the greatest wrestler ever at the time, and was saying that in a pure wrestling match he could best Edge.

  • @roachasaurus2020
    @roachasaurus2020 Před 2 měsíci +5

    It was fun to watch honestly

    • @T0rsent
      @T0rsent Před 2 měsíci

      Because you're 7

  • @liamhemstock2286
    @liamhemstock2286 Před 2 měsíci +11

    You don’t call something the greatest wrestling match ever before it’s happened. It sets too high expectations and Randy and Adam knew that. I don’t blame them for it at all of course not but the match we got was actually really good and was on paper something you could go “yeah they were right”. Big moves, good action, good story. For me it isn’t even the match of the year for 2020 but it’s really good and a way for them to say “let’s make a match built around wrestlers who we believe have had the best matches ever”. I felt they genuinely did the best they could and it was great

  • @peterhedberg9528
    @peterhedberg9528 Před 2 měsíci +3

    The match that would never end...maybe it still going on and on...

  • @Sawcon4
    @Sawcon4 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I loved the match. It was awesome and super well done.

  • @dereklocke18
    @dereklocke18 Před 2 měsíci +11

    It was good but I thought it could have been a lot shorter. Very plodding through some portions.

  • @georgephillips3794
    @georgephillips3794 Před měsícem

    I could listen to this guy all day

  • @Bk26342
    @Bk26342 Před 2 měsíci +2

    The tagline/gimmick was needed to make the match an attraction to attract viewers during the pandemic era

  • @deenuk125
    @deenuk125 Před 2 měsíci +5

    People gotta realise that when a new wrestling watcher types "greatest match of all time" this will come up
    That was the idea and gimmick
    To take away internet traffic away from other the suggestions from online wrestling community who'd say some match in new Japan or ROH etc.

  • @hayatojin2886
    @hayatojin2886 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Edge on there is no greatest its all subjective, man i wish more people had the same mindset.

  • @willcardona7712
    @willcardona7712 Před 12 dny

    I wonder if WWE would consider releasing the uncut and unedited version of the match.

  • @BlazedApples
    @BlazedApples Před 2 měsíci +12

    I actually really enjoyed this match

    • @T0rsent
      @T0rsent Před 2 měsíci

      Because you're 12

    • @therobinx20
      @therobinx20 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@T0rsent no, if he was 12 he would like flip flop BS video game like gymnastics that some marks call wrestling.

    • @BlazedApples
      @BlazedApples Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@T0rsent if I was 12 why would I care who Randy Orton and Edge were?

    • @therobinx20
      @therobinx20 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@BlazedApples forget it mate some people are biased AF, and can't like or enjoy anything with a clear mind. They have convinced themselves that anything that goes in Japan is dope and anything else in WWE is shit, you can't change it. A troll is a troll.

    • @BlazedApples
      @BlazedApples Před 2 měsíci

      @@therobinx20 cheers mate 👊🙏

  • @kjjr6713
    @kjjr6713 Před 2 měsíci +3

    The match wasn’t bad but the timing was. Should’ve been the first event to have a crowd

  • @thribs
    @thribs Před 2 měsíci +2

    I assumed Vince called it that so it would show up in search engines when people searched for the greatest wrestling match

  • @inside_wrestling
    @inside_wrestling Před 2 měsíci

    I think its a great idea for the reason to watch the wrestling in pandemic. Whatever, Vince put many efforts to make WWE intresting at that time and different from other.

  • @James66662
    @James66662 Před 2 měsíci +2

    its genius when you search greatest wrestling match this will come up on your feed

  • @ryanpetty8843
    @ryanpetty8843 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Idc how good two workers are, billing it as “the greatest wrestling match ever” is really pretentious.

  • @Dknyj6891
    @Dknyj6891 Před 2 měsíci

    As much as I hated the pandemic era, you really got to see the most creative wrestlers shine.

  • @thatokolagano2582
    @thatokolagano2582 Před 26 dny

    Imagine if this match happened at this years' backlash

  • @Mr-qi2ik
    @Mr-qi2ik Před měsícem

    I fell in love with this match as it was unfolding bc it is exactly as Cope says "A love letter to Wrestling." Masterpiece

  • @looneylogic6479
    @looneylogic6479 Před 2 měsíci

    You can tell lighting when to strike 😅

  • @NotSolidx2015
    @NotSolidx2015 Před 2 měsíci +4

    It’s a great match

  • @7FRANKCASTLE
    @7FRANKCASTLE Před 2 měsíci

    For me it was one of the greatest wrestling match ❤

  • @jshawn7
    @jshawn7 Před 2 měsíci

    What's pick ups?

  • @wresling300
    @wresling300 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I thought their Mania match sucked and was super boring. Loved the Backlash match!

  • @sadbucket233
    @sadbucket233 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Kinda sad, edge asked randy to reform rated rko, gets rkod
    Edge asks christian to team again, gets told to fuck himself

  • @cropsey7412
    @cropsey7412 Před 2 měsíci

    It wasn't the greatest match ever but I think it's my favorite match from Edge since he came back in 2020.

  • @MrPerfect2000Z
    @MrPerfect2000Z Před měsícem

    Orton being in a rush to absolve himself of most of the responsibility is just natural ha

  • @joemckim1183
    @joemckim1183 Před 2 měsíci

    This is The Greatest Comment in CZcams History.

  • @warmachine68
    @warmachine68 Před měsícem

    Did vince say why?

  • @insignificantaftermathPROJECTS

    Vince is crazy but he pushed his guys to challenge themselves like no other.

  • @thewrestler9184
    @thewrestler9184 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Man you know something like "Greatest Wrestling Match Ever and that's not an opinion it's fact" was a 100% Vince call, ain't no way Paul Heyman thought of or really supported something ridiculous like that.

    • @khesipresents1885
      @khesipresents1885 Před 2 měsíci

      If Paul Heyman is such a genius why he didn't pay his ECW wrestlers

  • @Hangingwithfarrah
    @Hangingwithfarrah Před 2 měsíci +1

    The greatest match of all time is savage vs steamboat wrestle mania 3

  • @robertlipps1
    @robertlipps1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Ummm I hope you asked Simon Miller to use UPS and DOWNS.

    • @Amberh2432
      @Amberh2432 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yeah because those words didn’t even exist until Simon Miller created them

    • @robertlipps1
      @robertlipps1 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@Amberh2432 they 100% did not. He made them up. Why??? Here’s why!

    • @dhruvtrivedi1335
      @dhruvtrivedi1335 Před měsícem

      ​@@robertlipps1HOW DARE YOU NOT SLAP YOUR HEAD BEFORE SAYING HERE'S WHY?

  • @q.h.s5051
    @q.h.s5051 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I remember looking at my brother and saying
    "They must be replaying Taker vs HBK at 25"

  • @alo4912
    @alo4912 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Is this like a Mandela affect thing lol. I could've sworn it was Edge vs Aj styles

    • @tasin0634
      @tasin0634 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Nope
      It was Randy vs Edge Always

    • @NotSolidx2015
      @NotSolidx2015 Před 2 měsíci

      Nah I just slow

    • @therobinx20
      @therobinx20 Před 2 měsíci

      Edge vs AJ was decent but not so good, they could have delivered better in their primes though. Most of the styles matches in WWE are just hit and miss, cause we expect a lot from him, but man is nearing 50 now, so we can give him a break.

  • @JR-he6fn
    @JR-he6fn Před 2 měsíci +1

    love edge and orton but this was the worst main event feud ever because of that tagline

  • @user-rx2hw8up2j
    @user-rx2hw8up2j Před 2 měsíci

    If Edge vs Orton was the greatest what does that make Copeland vs Danny Garcia?

  • @oshikuru09
    @oshikuru09 Před 2 měsíci

    Randy's this is all you bro 😂

  • @8000ismymiddlename
    @8000ismymiddlename Před měsícem

    I loved it but it was a weird title

  • @alekxander2670
    @alekxander2670 Před měsícem

    Turned chicken shit into chicken salad frfr

  • @heyiamnick4144
    @heyiamnick4144 Před měsícem

    I mean was a good match great match even. But definitely not the greatest match ever I don’t think it would even make the top 50.
    I find it hard to judge because it was during the pandemic with no fans and it was taped and edited

  • @SE7EN1NE7ES
    @SE7EN1NE7ES Před měsícem

    Why I feel Edge lost his aura when he cut his hair lol just doesn’t look right 😂

  • @prayerindeed8502
    @prayerindeed8502 Před 2 měsíci

    He's better focus on AEW lol..

  • @dimestoretrophy6233
    @dimestoretrophy6233 Před 2 měsíci

    10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag

  • @demetriuspm.122
    @demetriuspm.122 Před měsícem

    "Well actually Ozzy Osbourne is the king of metal so yes the greatest band group exist" 🤓

  • @MrJamess1982
    @MrJamess1982 Před měsícem +1

    Call me naive but I thought this match title was a way to manipulate internet search results to move WWE to the top of the list whenever someone would search ”greatest wrestling match ever”.

  • @PrestonGarhvey
    @PrestonGarhvey Před 2 měsíci +12

    You know this dude regrets going to AEW, went from sold out to 40 people going mild

    • @MichaelSheaAudio
      @MichaelSheaAudio Před 2 měsíci +5

      Huh?? 😂

    • @chrisshirey6035
      @chrisshirey6035 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Lmao

    • @Amberh2432
      @Amberh2432 Před 2 měsíci +10

      He’s having a blast he gets a better schedule, great pay and gets to work with different people during these Cope opens and such. I doubt he regrets anything.

    • @PrestonGarhvey
      @PrestonGarhvey Před 2 měsíci +1

      @Tokyoconvertible87 nah he regrets going from an actual wrestling promotion to the TNA in a bigger arena promotion

    • @MichaelSheaAudio
      @MichaelSheaAudio Před 2 měsíci +5

      @@PrestonGarhvey certified troll, let us feel sorry for this unfortunate human that is JuanCenaOG.

  • @eucalipto9724
    @eucalipto9724 Před 2 měsíci

    i liked the match but the stupid, corporate, petty decision of calling it "the greatest wrestling match ever" is so, SO stupid man... so stupid... i cant take that match seriously because of it... but as some kind of tribute, ok... its ok

  • @micleedow2809
    @micleedow2809 Před 2 měsíci +2

    i wish i could buy edge for what hes worth and sell him for what he thinks hes worth.

    • @miniman2132
      @miniman2132 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Edge is great what the hell?

    • @bumblebee5246
      @bumblebee5246 Před měsícem

      PUNK fans are salty edge cut that promo this week​@@miniman2132

  • @Chris420x1
    @Chris420x1 Před měsícem

    There was no ups to it. It was garbage and definitely doesn't deserve the title of greatest wrestling match ever 😂 can't convince me otherwise

  • @Scruface954
    @Scruface954 Před 2 měsíci

    can't believe a guy who slept with his co-workers GF

  • @ningboy3274
    @ningboy3274 Před 2 měsíci

    If you’re really gonna title this with UPS and DOWNS without mentioning Simon Miller yall are bogus as hell and this podcast is trash

    • @Amberh2432
      @Amberh2432 Před 2 měsíci +4

      Oh that’s right Simon Miller invented both the words up and down I almost forgot

  • @therafter7494
    @therafter7494 Před 2 měsíci

    Worst mania match of all time more likely

  • @skill14
    @skill14 Před měsícem

    That match was good, but the Mania match before was 50 mins of boring garbage. I lost respect for Edge when he started blocking people on Twitter for saying the match was boring. Lol.

  • @Bale4Bond
    @Bale4Bond Před 2 měsíci +1

    That match was an endurance test.
    No, that is not a compliment.

  • @McGomezAddams
    @McGomezAddams Před 2 měsíci +2

    Nowhere near being the greatest match ever
    Overrated wrestler that never moved the needle

    • @Amberh2432
      @Amberh2432 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Not true at all but I’ll forgive you for your lousy comment

    • @McGomezAddams
      @McGomezAddams Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Amberh2432 Thank you so much

    • @morlun838
      @morlun838 Před 2 měsíci +3

      ​@@McGomezAddamsMore people watched Edge and Lita bang than watched CM Punk do anything ever.

    • @McGomezAddams
      @McGomezAddams Před 2 měsíci

      @@morlun838 Rent Free

    • @boredbitch666
      @boredbitch666 Před 2 měsíci +2

      ratings disagree,cm punk isn't doing below 750k and edge isn't bringing in 2.2 million.

  • @PunchDrunkTank
    @PunchDrunkTank Před 2 měsíci +2

    This is not the greatest wrestling match in the world, this is the tribute!

  • @hofcollector8717
    @hofcollector8717 Před 2 měsíci

    Why Not Call It That?
    Dave Meltzer gives all types of bullshit 5+ Stars that only 700,000 people see

  • @HijoDelHongo
    @HijoDelHongo Před měsícem

    Peak deluded Vince

  • @action_bastard
    @action_bastard Před 2 měsíci

    There’s no love letters in wrestling, Edge.