My good friend Okori over at The Majesty of Wrestling decided to do an all time dream card, then challenged me to do the same. I’ll one up that request with two seven-match dream cards. This one will have all time greats against one another. The next, on Examiner, will put current guys against legends. Both will have specific years for when we’re pulling these guys and I’ll limit myself to only North American talent. For bios of any of these wrestles, click here and for great stories from the territories try this for articles and here for free interviews.

Match 1: Ricky Steamboat (1989) vs. Curt Hennig (1987)

In 1989, Ricky Steamboat was putting on some of the best matches ever, while Hennig was doing the same with a very old Nick Bockwinkel in 1987. This is a face-face match to open the show and isn’t supposed to be one of the best matches ever, but will get a simple 30-minute time limit to tear the house down and get the crowd ready for more great action.

Match 2: Jerry Lawler (1983) vs. Ted Dibiase (1985)

Lawler was, at this point, a master of psychology, while Dibiase was fantastic at realism. Dibiase could come out to talk trash and be confronted by the King of Memphis. These two are so good at riling the crowd up, we’d try and start a riot with 12-minutes and Dibiase stealing the win with the Coal Miner’s Glove.

Match 3: Eddie Guerrero (1997) and Chavo Guerrero (1983) vs. Jack Brisco (1974) and Jerry Brisco (1974)

Jack and Jerry would continually try and wrestle these dastardly heels down, but quick wrestling and cheating would keep them ahead. Guerrero cheating to win in 18-minutes should do the job and make the crowd batshit for our next match without sacrificing quality.

Match 4: Bret Hart (1997) vs. Dick Murdoch (1984)

Hart is, at this point, at the height of his heat drawing talents as Captain Canuck. Dick Murdoch is a top face and worker in the world, Captain Redneck, the ultimate in defending USA with wrestling and brawling. These two would start out technical wrestling before a wild brawl with Captain Redneck finally winning and getting the crowd, which had 2 tough heel wins in a row, back in a big way.

Match 5: Billy Robinson vs. Danny Hodge

Two technical gurus will take us into the break, with Hodge winning in a 25-minute technical masterpiece.

Match 6: Terry Gordy (1991), Steve Williams (1991) and Stan Hansen (1988) vs. Kerry Von Erich (1984), Kevin Von Erich (1982) and David Von Erich (1983)

Nothing says back from intermission like these monster heels beating the living piss out of the beloved Von Erichs. Naturally, the Von Erichs would escape in 15-minutes with (what else?) the claw.

Match 7: Shawn Michaels (1996) vs. Barry Windham (1987) in 2/3 falls

My two favorite guys in their single best years, Michaels would go long with Windham, getting the first early pin with Sweet Chin Music, only to lose the second fall at the 45-minute mark, leading to 15 minutes of them picking the pace up and tearing the house down. They’d wrestle to a 60-minute time limit, then five more minutes with still no result and leave to a standing ovation.

Match 8: Steve Austin (1997) vs. Terry Funk (1989) in an I Quit Match

Austin right as he turned face is among the best workers ever and has already had one of the best I Quit matches ever. Funk was, at this point, just returning from a retirement, totally insane and had tried to just kill Flair in an all time classic. Time to see if prime of life Austin could deal with incredibly crazy Funk… and, of course, he could to send the fans home happy with the biggest draw ever going out on top.

Now let’s head over to Examiner for the matches with current greats against all-time legends.