WWE promo/video package appreciation thread

[JAYD]

I haven't created a thread in a long damn time and I apologize if this has been done, but I always wanted to create this thread.

I remember when I was started watching wrestling 13 years ago still a kid just loving the pre-PPV video packages and the pre-big match promos hyping specific feuds. WM10 and WM14 stand out to me with the highlights of Bret/Owen Lex/Yoko/Bret, Taker/Kane, Austin/HBK/Tyson, etc.

For the longest time I was a workrate mark watching indy matches with no purpose other than in-ring competition but I always gravitated back to storytelling, and WWE's production department over the years has done an amazing job selling us many feuds or getting us excited to watch a PPV.

This thread is devoted to that love. Let me present some favorites, past and present, and please add your own:

MITB 2011:

WWE Money in the Bank: CM Punk vs John Cena 2011 Promo - YouTube

Taker/HBK WM26:

Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels Promo WM 26 - YouTube

Summerslam 1997 Life isn't fair:

Life isn't Fair- Summerslam 1997 Intro - YouTube

WM14 Kane/Taker:

WWE WrestleMania XIV (14) Promo: (1998) The Undertaker vs Kane! - YouTube

Punk/Hardy Summerslam 2009:

Jeff Hardy vs CM Punk - Summerslam 2009 Promo - YouTube

Over the Edge 1998:

Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Dude Love Over The Edge 1998 Promo - YouTube

:beer:

[Cewsh]

Rad thread. I love these damn things.

[HHHnFoley_Rulez]

I think everyone enjoyed the WM17 Rock/Austin one:

WM17 Austin Vs Rock build up - YouTube

[Cewsh]

I think that was the first time that a video package really changed my mind about a match. I couldn't care less about the match before it and was hot for it after.

[Chandler]

The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels Royal Rumble 1998 promo - YouTube

[RuneEdge]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ-svYK87mI

[ANT]

WWE Bragging Rights - Orton vs Cena Iron Man Match - YouTube

[RuneEdge]

That was brilliant. Those two need to go at it again in the future.

[Bert]

Fucking ANT posting the Bragging Rights promo while I'm busy finding more. :mad:

Ric Flair vs The Undertaker Promo - YouTube

Vengeance 2003 - Undertaker vs John Cena (promo) - YouTube

Undertaker vs Kane Wrestlemania 20 promo - YouTube


This is one of the few PPV's my family bought and I've always been a huge Undertaker mark so I loved this promo.

John Cena VS The Miz The Bash Promo - YouTube

I don't even remember this feud but it's a good promo.

WWE WrestleMania 26 CM Punk vs Rey Mysterio Promo - YouTube


Punk. :heart:

[ANT]

More goodies.

Brock Lesnar vs Undertaker Unforgiven 2002 Promo - YouTube

Undertaker vs Edge Wrestlemania 24 Promo - YouTube


Backlash 2009 Promo - John Cena vs Edge [Official] - YouTube

[Cewsh]

Taker/HBK WM26:

Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels Promo WM 26 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BtwZJ6-ltg)

Watching these again, this may very well be one of the greatest things in wrestling history.

I get chills every time I watch it.

[Vice]

I love both Angle/Guerrero video packages:

WWE WrestleMania XX (20) Promo: (2004) Eddie Guerrero vs Kurt Angle! - YouTube

EDDIE GUERRERO VS KURT ANGLE AT SUMMERSLAM PROMO - YouTube

The first one is crazy and makes Angle look like the most villainous man alive at the end, and the second one is just high energy and well done.

[Tim]

I can't find the exact one, but the promo they used for HHH vs HBK at Summerslam 2002 was always one of my favorites.

And Taker/HBK WM26 promo was just brilliant.

[Cewsh]

I love both Angle/Guerrero video packages:

WWE WrestleMania XX (20) Promo: (2004) Eddie Guerrero vs Kurt Angle! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nyCGeLieA)

EDDIE GUERRERO VS KURT ANGLE AT SUMMERSLAM PROMO - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pINxTcAHmg4)

The first one is crazy and makes Angle look like the most villainous man alive at the end, and the second one is just high energy and well done.

YES. Holy shit, when he comes around the corner taping up his hand, that's unbelievably good.

[ANT]

Man, Angle at the ramp staring down Eddie while he's handcuffed. The hands being taped, the announcers selling it. Just awesome.

[Peter Griffin]

awesome stuff :) quick question, does anyone know how you confirm your email adress on youtube? im signed in and all , and ive always been able to like/comment but for some reason its saying i need to confirm my email now :/

[Vice]

Here are ones that no one really talks about..

WWE Randy Orton vs Ric Flair Promo Taboo Tuesday 2004 - YouTube

I've always enjoyed that one. Nice music selections, and gets the feud across really well.

Edge vs Randy Orton Vengeance 2004 promo - YouTube

Shows off Orton's crazy ego when he was HOT AS SHIT back in the day, and Edge comes in and looks like the ultimate crazy badass. Short and sweet.

And the big ones:

Kurt Angle vs Shawn Michaels Promo - YouTube

Batista Vs Triple H Wrestlemania 21 Promo - YouTube

The latter is so fucking good.

[Stringer Bell]

SummerSlam 2005: Shawn Michaels Vs Hulk Hogan Promo - YouTube


This one was really good too... loved the feud, the matches.. meh..

Goldberg vs Triple H *Survivor Series 2003 Promo* - YouTube

[ANT]

Face Edge being the one to take down Evolution one by one starting with Orton wasn't that bad an idea.

The crowd just turned on him so he went heel, which worked out pretty nice.

[Vice]

Yeah, Orton was so hot at the time that no matter who he faced, he'd be the one getting cheered. I mean, the fans were on his side when he was up against Benoit, as world champ, in his hometown.

Shame they ruined that.

[RuneEdge]

Watching these again, this may very well be one of the greatest things in wrestling history.

I get chills every time I watch it.

I'd go as far as saying that's the best video package they've made.

[DDT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpLFGmoFYaQ

Have a bit of a soft spot for this one.


There was also this one; really good at convincing you that both guys hated each other.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DefVJDhAzC4

[Ochoa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ZUYXW-VXI

It was before SummerSlam, but still.

[DDT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=L_B6oJNFFNg

[Ochoa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g1Rm_BXABQ&feature=related

[kangus]

One thing I will say about the WWE is that they do fantastic video packages for their feuds. They could make doing the laundry seem like inspirational epic adventure.

[StoneColdWWE316]

One Video package I really like too is the Undertaker/Brock Lesnar one from Unforgiven in 2002. Just great stuff and WWE has always done an outstanding job with their Video packages.

[KzA]

..

HHH v Catus Jack RR2000:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-H4jRsdH5s

[JAYD]

Watching these again, this may very well be one of the greatest things in wrestling history.

I get chills every time I watch it.

+1

We don't get those "moments" very often...I'd say CM Punk at MITB is the moment from this year, and Taker/HBK from the year before...but they are few and far between and this one is beyond amazing and I wasn't even as invested in the feud as most as I wasn't following wrestling closely at the time and still it gives me chills.

[Nordberg]

that foley/hunter buildup was fantastic television. They really dropped the ball on that feud not going into Wrestlemania as a singles match as opposed to the fatal fourway they had with rock and big show.

[Chris]

Winner Take All Match Promo at Survivor Series 2001 - YouTube

The Winner-Takes-All match at Survivor Series 2001 had a terrific video package. In particular, it delved into all of the chaos on both teams and what was at stake. I also liked the overview of who was on each team, followed by some fast-paced highlights of action from the past few months.

The Rock vs Chris Benoit - Fully Loaded 2000 promo - YouTube

A personal favourite of mine, along with the match. The video package puts over Benoit as a merciless badass, and how desperate The Rock is to kick his ass.

Shawn Michaels vs Batista Backlash 2008 Promo - YouTube

I think this is a fantastic run-through of how compelling the characters were in this feud. Each man is right in their own way, and then Jericho comes in to stir up trouble even further. Sometimes I think this feud gets forgotten in light of the full-blown feud between Jericho and Michaels later in the year, but the promos and the matches between Batista and Michaels were super.

Batista vs Shawn Michaels One night stand 08 promo - YouTube

And here's the follow-up. I haven't posted the video for Jericho vs Michaels in between the two bouts with Batista, since there's a bit of overlap. Michaels lies about his injury at the Backlash match and even manages to pull the wool over Jericho's eyes. Batista is rightly pissed. Looking back on these, I absolutely loved the character interaction throughout.

[Sweet_Chin_Music]

Wrestlemania 25 HHH vs Randy Orton Promo - YouTube

Loved this promo package...shame about the match itself though.

[Stringer Bell]

Wasn't a video package, but this is fitting for today

SmackDown! 9/13/01 - National Anthem - YouTube

[SteveM]

This was the first video package that really made me realize how amazing they all are. Triple H Beautiful day - YouTube

[The Guy on the Couch]

I don't know if they count or not, but I agree that the old Desire videos were probably the best. The choices of songs were perfect, The clips of the wrestler talking about what desire is to them, the clips used and how they tell such a great story with the song...

I really wish they would do these again. Showing a wrestlers passion is a great way to get people on their band wagon.

The videos they have been showing recently to highlight different superstars (Dolph, Kofi, Ryder) are good, but they don't do nearly as much for the superstars as the Desire videos did. Passion for the business is something that needs to be shown more. Desire videos are a great way to show it.

[JAYD]

The first minute of this is gold, with Vince recapping Austin vs Dude Love the night before in his own biased way:

WWF Raw Is War 6/1/1998 PT 1/9 - YouTube

[Cewsh]

I don't know if they count or not, but I agree that the old Desire videos were probably the best. The choices of songs were perfect, The clips of the wrestler talking about what desire is to them, the clips used and how they tell such a great story with the song...

I really wish they would do these again. Showing a wrestlers passion is a great way to get people on their band wagon.

The videos they have been showing recently to highlight different superstars (Dolph, Kofi, Ryder) are good, but they don't do nearly as much for the superstars as the Desire videos did. Passion for the business is something that needs to be shown more. Desire videos are a great way to show it.

WWF Desire - History of the WWF (Personal Favorite of Mine) - YouTube

That's my favorite video package of any kind. Its obviously WWE biased, but its still so great.

[JAYD]

Just was watching this old Savage promo, pre-WM5, maybe his best ever? And for its time good video package work in the terms of tying the storyline together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Qy6hsWg44

[Clive Plasma]

Someone on FB just posted the moment that Taker returned on Raw in 2011, and it reminded me of the promo for that WM.

So good;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GGQdZpj9Rg

I fucking love video packages before matches.

[Clive Plasma]

Also, I know this was posted on the first page, but all the links are fucked. So here it is again;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMGD8QHRBbQ

[Zeroice]

I miss the epic music of these old promos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlJDSGu6OAY

As much as Austin's turn hurt business, his feud with Angle almost makes up for it for me. Hell it was the best thing to come out of the Invasion in general.

[Clive Plasma]

Goosebumps watching that one back. So good.

There was just something very usable about Limp Bizkit back then wasn't there...


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7pps7_the-rock-vs-austin-wrestlemania-19_sport

[Eddie Brock]

Best promo I've ever seen.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=3DV0RHVteLs

Austin's delivery and intensity were almost always off the charts. A shot at not just Bret but also Michaels.

[Clive Plasma]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j9sVH_wggs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pblE7xdROnU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vnTzOtNdUEU

[Zeroice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY7xoz358as

He never-ah saw it coming-ah!

[Clive Plasma]

Look at them now, eh? Two peas in a pod...

http://media.wrestlenewz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/steve-austin-triple-h-stone-cold-podcast-ses-7-750x340-1422979798.jpg

[The Law]

A few recent Wrestlemania ones:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAHNWDV_vnM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgauGnovoSE

I can't imagine a package telling the story of a rivalry any better than this. Every beat: Shawn's obsession, his spiral, the price he paid.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_eyquUGiGg

I didn't care about this match at all until I saw this package. Love the song.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O20Po-_kyuk

Miz looked like a star. They should have shown this on TV.

[VHS]

Yes, the Miz and HBK "Running up that hill" packages are probably 2 of WWE's best ever. Another great one is this Angle... only time I've ever enjoyed Coldplay.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10RPajzemw0

[Clive Plasma]

I put the HBK Taker WM26 on the page before. It really is up there as one of the best.

[The Law]

Those "Desire" packages were tremendous. They should bring those back. I think a well-made video package can do more than just about anything else to get somebody over, especially since a package is only a few minutes long.

One minor annoyance there: He says he won the Olympic Gold Medal, but "my real destiny was to come to WWE and entertain the fans." Good example on how WWE focuses on the wrong shit. You wouldn't hear any other professional athlete prioritize entertainment over victory. It would be much better if he said that the Olympic Medal proved he was the best amateur wrestler in the world, and the WWE Championship proved he was the best professional wrestler in the world. But that would involve saying more of Vince's dirty words.

[RuneEdge]

A more recent one. Love this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgF3iVmtglc

When you look at the two side by side, you'd think someone with his presence and stature would have no chance of going toe to toe with The Rock. But Punk knocks this one out of the park. Great little feud and great promo video. :yes:

[Clive Plasma]

He shouldn't have lost to The Rock at that RR. Good feud, but I'd have loved to see how arrogant Punk would have been after winning.

Edit: Also, how comedy is it that Roman as part of The Shield destroyed The Rock... and now they're best buds.

Edit 2: This was my favourite bit out of that feud though;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr8mfBRsD2s

[RuneEdge]

He shouldn't have lost to The Rock at that RR. Good feud, but I'd have loved to see how arrogant Punk would have been after winning.
Its that same old played out shit where the returning guy gets all the glory while the work horses got screwed. I remember being specifically annoyed at how The Rock got to be the one that unveiled the new title belt after the spinner. Especially after the long run that Punk had. As a matter of fact, for all that Punk tried to do "to bring change" and talk about replacing the spinner, he never once got to hold the new title belt.

[The Law]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsX1ATcyQxU

Love this one. Although as much as I love the song ("Monster" by Imagine Dragons) it doesn't quite fit thematically. The feud wasn't about Bryan losing his mind and potentially turning into a bad guy. Actually, that had been the story during the build to Summerslam against Cena the previous year.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0v4J1JsJeI

This one was killer too.

[The Law]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjek8b_wwf-no-way-out-2000-part-1_shortfilms

The opening of No Way Out 2000. That's the first third of the show, but just watch the first two minutes for what I'm talking about. Foley cuts maybe the greatest promo I've ever heard in the opening package.

"It will be soon, but not tonight (I'm not quite ready). Though my nights are sleepless, I still dream. I've won and lost many things in my career (championships, blood). But I've never main evented Wrestlemania. This is my chance (my last chance). In my way there is a man, and that man has my gold (my ticket to Wrestlemania). He may be the The Game, he may be the champion, he may be the best in the industry today (I should know). But he is no Cactus Jack. And he never will be.

Fifteen years I've been chasing this dream. Hundreds of stitches, dozens of fractures, countless nights I've bled. You may say 'this is no dream, this is a nightmare.' Maybe. But it's my nightmare. And I decide when I wake up."

Gives me chills every time.

[Clive Plasma]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsX1ATcyQxU

Love this one. Although as much as I love the song ("Monster" by Imagine Dragons) it doesn't quite fit thematically. The feud wasn't about Bryan losing his mind and potentially turning into a bad guy. Actually, that had been the story during the build to Summerslam against Cena the previous year.

Is the 'monster' they reference not him, but rather the ridiculous following he acquired against all the odds? That in itself is a monster force.

I doubt they thought of it like that though, I mean, this is the WWE we're talking about...

[Ringo]

Lots of the lines in "Monster" fit perfectly.

My number one package. Rock/Austin My Way and Taker/HBK Running Up That Hill round out the top three.

[Badger]

There was one they did for the 6 pack challenge at Unforgiven 1999 with Fear Factory music.

[Clive Plasma]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7xzcIvdqjA

[Clive Plasma]

"And you'll say... 'Stone Cold, how can you stomp a man, who's ass is that big?!"'


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFnUxwlLSKA

[Eddie Brock]

http://youtu.be/YwCbfjK0MJM

[The Law]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S77s7aGekE

This one makes me choke up every time. So sad that Savage never got his moment. I wish we could have told him how much we loved and appreciated him.

[Twiz131]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT5z3ER8U6s

[The Law]

Mordecai seemed like such a good idea.

[Eddie Brock]

I thought he could've easily been built up to the point where he could've faced The Undertaker. I never understood why they pulled the plug on the character so fast, because it seemed like they had a feud in the making between him and Undertaker. He was different, and I liked that. I never bought the excuse that he needed to work on his ring work, since ring work has never determined anything in the WWE, not to mention that was the time when Heidenreich was running around feuding with Undertaker.

[VHS]

I liked Mordecai. The gimmick was a little... much, but he definitely looked like he could have been big. Wasn't so hot about his attire or his entrance, but ehh... I wish he was still around. Him or Kevin Thorn. Dude could have made both characters work IMO.

[The Law]

I think they determined that Thorn just wasn't ready to be on the main roster at that point. Much less put into programs with Eddie Guerrero and Undertaker, which is what they were teasing. Smackdown was a fucking trainwreck after Wrestlemania in 2004.

[Eddie Brock]

Lesnar was gone. Angle was injured. Show was injured. Eddie was champion, but there were no heels to work with, and they had to throw something together. Thankfully they managed to do something with JBL, because I thought their stuff was good.