This inspired me to watch a Hulk Hogan walkout video on Youtube.

I get the same chills I did when I was 6 watching him wrestle. Stupid nostalgia headrush

Andre.....THE GIANT!

this is surely a strange day...

MagSeven: Andre.....THE GIANT!

WRRRRESTLEMANIA!

FirstNationalBastard: The championship edition DVD was a decent idea, with the pop up facts and interviews.

However, Wrestlemania 3 was a two trick pony... you had Savage/Steamboat, and Hogan/Andre. Everything else was no big deal.

Well, maybe Piper vs. Adrian Adonis. But King Kong Bundy and his two midgets vs. Hillbilly Jim and his two midgets? The Dream Team vs. the Can-Am Connection?

Honestly, in thinking about it, there was a hell of a lot of filler on all the early Wrestlemanias.

I have recently started my goal of watching every /NWAWCW/WWF/WWE/ECW - Megashows/PPV/SNME/COTC in order. I've watched Starrcades 83/84, WartoSettletheScore/BrawltoEnditAll and most of WM 1. Why were Borne and Steamboat fighting? Why Bundy vs Jones? Why MaskedGuy vs Santana? The main event, all the title matches, and Studd vs Andre have build-up and reasons, while the rest is just thrown together.

2 things I remember most from WM 3

1) The aforementioned Savage/Steamboat classic (best match ever? Probably)

2) Even though I figured out it was scripted long before then, Jake Roberts still gave me the heebies.

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This inspired me to watch a Hulk Hogan walkout video on Youtube.

I get the same chills I did when I was 6 watching him wrestle. Stupid nostalgia headrush



How bad is it that when I first read this, I thought of Bash at the Beach 2000?

Best Wrestlemania: 17
Best Rumble: 1992 (Though as a mark, I still maintain Bulldog got screwed over. There was no 'both feet must touch the floor' rule until HBK botched teh hanging from the ropes spot and let one one boot hit the floor, damn it!)

Also, I like the fact that the number of WM is the same as my age at the time. For example, WM III happened when I was 3. I was born a month and a half after Hogan first won the belt. I watched wrestling with my dad since before I remember. One of my most distinct early wrestling memories is Undertaker locking Warrior in the casket (4/13/91) when I was 7. I thought the Warrior actually died because of it. I remember loving Tugboat, who was teaming with Hogan. And oddly enough I remembered a tag team called the Ding Dongs for somereason. As a teen, I was obsessed with wrestling. (it was the nwo/attitude era) and none of my friends knew what the fark I was talking about the ding dongs. I finally decided I imagined them. Then I grew up, got the internet and BEHOLD!

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LucklessWonder: Best Wrestlemania: 17
Best Rumble: 1992 (Though as a mark, I still maintain Bulldog got screwed over. There was no 'both feet must touch the floor' rule until HBK botched teh hanging from the ropes spot and let one one boot hit the floor, damn it!)

Epic Austin vs Rock
Undertaker vs HHH part 1
Old guys in a battle royal
TLC 2
Shane vs Vince
Angle vs Benoit
Jericho vs Regal

Damn good choice.

Favorite single Wrestlemania moment anyone?

HBK's boyhood dream realized?
Hulk slam Andre?
Benoit and Eddie hugging in the ring?

The Lone Talbot: LucklessWonder: Best Wrestlemania: 17
Best Rumble: 1992 (Though as a mark, I still maintain Bulldog got screwed over. There was no 'both feet must touch the floor' rule until HBK botched teh hanging from the ropes spot and let one one boot hit the floor, damn it!)

Epic Austin vs Rock
Undertaker vs HHH part 1
Old guys in a battle royal
TLC 2
Shane vs Vince
Angle vs Benoit
Jericho vs Regal

Damn good choice.

Favorite single Wrestlemania moment anyone?

I'm a complete sucker for two guys: Bret Hart and Edge, so these are my two favorite Wrestlemania moments (neither of which is from 17)



Austin passing out rather than tapping. Perfect heel turn by Bret, arguably greatest double turn ever.

and



The greatest spear Edge ever delivered, putting Foley through the flaming table.

Another question. Moment in wrestling that upset or scared you more than any other?
Death of Eddie, Owen, or Benoit are kinda obvious. Tho I'm curious if people cried during any of that. People talking about Eddie during the RAW special and crying seriously made me bawl. Benoit I think I was just in shock. I had been reading the news all day before the RAW show. Owen... I don't know. I was a freshman in high school and didn't know HOW to feel. Teenage male and all that.

But I mean more scripted moments that happened when you were still a mark and thought it was "real"
Shawn collapsing on RAW in the match with Owen stands out to me.
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FirstNationalBastard: The championship edition DVD was a decent idea, with the pop up facts and interviews.

However, Wrestlemania 3 was a two trick pony... you had Savage/Steamboat, and Hogan/Andre. Everything else was no big deal.

Well, maybe Piper vs. Adrian Adonis. But King Kong Bundy and his two midgets vs. Hillbilly Jim and his two midgets? The Dream Team vs. the Can-Am Connection?

Honestly, in thinking about it, there was a hell of a lot of filler on all the early Wrestlemanias.

Don't go messin with a country boy now.

LucklessWonder: The Lone Talbot: LucklessWonder: Best Wrestlemania: 17
Best Rumble: 1992 (Though as a mark, I still maintain Bulldog got screwed over. There was no 'both feet must touch the floor' rule until HBK botched teh hanging from the ropes spot and let one one boot hit the floor, damn it!)

Epic Austin vs Rock
Undertaker vs HHH part 1
Old guys in a battle royal
TLC 2
Shane vs Vince
Angle vs Benoit
Jericho vs Regal

Damn good choice.

Favorite single Wrestlemania moment anyone?

I'm a complete sucker for two guys: Bret Hart and Edge, so these are my two favorite Wrestlemania moments (neither of which is from 17)

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Austin passing out rather than tapping. Perfect heel turn by Bret, arguably greatest double turn ever.

and

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The greatest spear Edge ever delivered, putting Foley through the flaming table.

I've never actually watched the Bret vs Austin match, other than the highlights and the end of course. I didn't get to see a lot of ppv over the years. But correct 100% on the double turn. It's so hard to pull off and those two knew damn well how to sell it. Masterpiece.

For some reason, the Edge/Foley/Fire spear seemed "meh" to me. I don't know why.

I feel like talking about wrestling all night for some reason. Worst PPV ever. 1 each from WCW, WWF and the real ECW

Savage with the Ring Bell attack on Steamboat. Thought he had killed him. (I was like 5)

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TheManofPA: I was hoping a wrestling thread would get through for tomorrow. I mind you tried to submit a 2 day early Smackdown thread complete with link to spoilers.

It failed but not in a cool spectacular way.

Also,

Anybody want a peanut?

I also tried to submit a Smackdown thread with a spoilers link last night. Drew greening everything was a lie!

IS AJ A-OK? WILL MARK HENRY MAKE D-BRY D-DIE? WILL DREW MCINTYRE BE REDUCED TO CHANGING Z-RYs TYRE? ALL THIS IN MORE ON YOUR SMACKDOWN SPOILER THREAD

The Lone Talbot: TheManofPA: I was hoping a wrestling thread would get through for tomorrow. I mind you tried to submit a 2 day early Smackdown thread complete with link to spoilers.

It failed but not in a cool spectacular way.

Also,

Anybody want a peanut?

I also tried to submit a Smackdown thread with a spoilers link last night. Drew greening everything was a lie!

IS AJ A-OK? WILL MARK HENRY MAKE D-BRY D-DIE? WILL DREW MCINTYRE BE REDUCED TO CHANGING Z-RYs TYRE? ALL THIS IN MORE ON YOUR SMACKDOWN SPOILER THREAD

I only now see I put "in" instead of "and"

The Lone Talbot: Another question. Moment in wrestling that upset or scared you more than any other?
Death of Eddie, Owen, or Benoit are kinda obvious. Tho I'm curious if people cried during any of that. People talking about Eddie during the RAW special and crying seriously made me bawl. Benoit I think I was just in shock. I had been reading the news all day before the RAW show. Owen... I don't know. I was a freshman in high school and didn't know HOW to feel. Teenage male and all that.

But I mean more scripted moments that happened when you were still a mark and thought it was "real"
Shawn collapsing on RAW in the match with Owen stands out to me.
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My previous post was in answer to this. As for the worst PPV question, there have been so many bad ones. Was always a WWF/WWE guy, so unfamiliar with WCW or ECW PPVs, so I'd nominate Wrestlemania 9 as the worst.

Here's the card:

Shawn Michaels vs. Tatanka
Headshrinkers vs. Steiner Brothers
Crush vs. Doink
Razor Ramon vs. Bob Backlund
Money Inc. vs. Hogan & Brutus Beefcake
Mr Perfect vs. The Narcissist
Undertaker vs. Giant Gonzalez
Bret vs. Yokozuna

And once that was done, Yokozuna immediately drops the title to Hulk farking Hogan.

Just a wretched, wretched event.

The Lone Talbot: Another question. Moment in wrestling that upset or scared you more than any other?
Death of Eddie, Owen, or Benoit are kinda obvious. Tho I'm curious if people cried during any of that. People talking about Eddie during the RAW special and crying seriously made me bawl. Benoit I think I was just in shock. I had been reading the news all day before the RAW show. Owen... I don't know. I was a freshman in high school and didn't know HOW to feel. Teenage male and all that.

But I mean more scripted moments that happened when you were still a mark and thought it was "real"
Shawn collapsing on RAW in the match with Owen stands out to me.
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I remember I was bartending at a dive bar and we would watch RAW every Monday. Nobody was crying but everyone was shocked. We were all speculating on what could kill an entire family (a cause of death wasn't released yet). My theory was carbon monoxide poisoning. I forget if we found out the truth while the show was still airing or not. I always got a weird vibe from watching Benoit. Most wrestlers, even the scary ones, you'd kind of want to meet in person or even hang out with. Although I loved his wrestling, something about Benoit always unnerved me.

As far as shocking moments....When the Droz pushed Hawk off the Titantron. I didn't know what to make of that and I thought someone messed something up. The Pillman/Austin home invasion angle was crazy. I think it was the first time I saw a gun on a Wrestling program. Although I've only seen the clips on Youtube, The New Jack/Grimes fall is scary as shiat. The Steamboat/Savage thing also scarred me as a child.

The best night of wrestling viewing for me was Regal farking over Goldberg. Absolutely hilarious.

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LucklessWonder: The Lone Talbot: Another question. Moment in wrestling that upset or scared you more than any other?
Death of Eddie, Owen, or Benoit are kinda obvious. Tho I'm curious if people cried during any of that. People talking about Eddie during the RAW special and crying seriously made me bawl. Benoit I think I was just in shock. I had been reading the news all day before the RAW show. Owen... I don't know. I was a freshman in high school and didn't know HOW to feel. Teenage male and all that.

But I mean more scripted moments that happened when you were still a mark and thought it was "real"
Shawn collapsing on RAW in the match with Owen stands out to me.
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My previous post was in answer to this. As for the worst PPV question, there have been so many bad ones. Was always a WWF/WWE guy, so unfamiliar with WCW or ECW PPVs, so I'd nominate Wrestlemania 9 as the worst.

Here's the card:

Shawn Michaels vs. Tatanka
Headshrinkers vs. Steiner Brothers
Crush vs. Doink
Razor Ramon vs. Bob Backlund
Money Inc. vs. Hogan & Brutus Beefcake
Mr Perfect vs. The Narcissist
Undertaker vs. Giant Gonzalez
Bret vs. Yokozuna

And once that was done, Yokozuna immediately drops the title to Hulk farking Hogan.

Just a wretched, wretched event.

Even as a 9 year old, I knew it sucked, but I cheered Hogan winning the damn thing because I was still a Hulkamaniac mark. So while I cheered it, it made no sense. Then Hogan didn't even wrestle again until he defended and lost the title back to Yokozuna months later at King of the Ring. I was going to call Summerslam 1995 the worst, but at least it had a Razor/HBK ladder match. WM 9 had no worthwhile match and was a Wrestlemania, while increases expectations. So you win.
Also while on the topic of Yoko, I've heard rumors he's going in the hall this year.

The Lone Talbot: Also while on the topic of Yoko, I've heard rumors he's going in the hall this year.

wut?

I always found Summerslam more entertaining than Wrestlemania.. maybe because I was off school and had fark all to do, I dunno..

fave probably '94..



also featured Razor Ramon vs Diesel

definitely best steel cage match I've ever seen..

MagSeven: The Lone Talbot: Another question. Moment in wrestling that upset or scared you more than any other?
Death of Eddie, Owen, or Benoit are kinda obvious. Tho I'm curious if people cried during any of that. People talking about Eddie during the RAW special and crying seriously made me bawl. Benoit I think I was just in shock. I had been reading the news all day before the RAW show. Owen... I don't know. I was a freshman in high school and didn't know HOW to feel. Teenage male and all that.

But I mean more scripted moments that happened when you were still a mark and thought it was "real"
Shawn collapsing on RAW in the match with Owen stands out to me.
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I remember I was bartending at a dive bar and we would watch RAW every Monday. Nobody was crying but everyone was shocked. We were all speculating on what could kill an entire family (a cause of death wasn't released yet). My theory was carbon monoxide poisoning. I forget if we found out the truth while the show was still airing or not. I always got a weird vibe from watching Benoit. Most wrestlers, even the scary ones, you'd kind of want to meet in person or even hang out with. Although I loved his wrestling, something about Benoit always unnerved me.

As far as shocking moments....When the Droz pushed Hawk off the Titantron. I didn't know what to make of that and I thought someone messed something up. The Pillman/Austin home invasion angle was crazy. I think it was the first time I saw a gun on a Wrestling program. Although I've only seen the clips on Youtube, The New Jack/Grimes fall is scary as shiat. The Steamboat/Savage thing also scarred me as a child.

At the time of Benoit's death, I watched RAW on tape Tuesday nights when my father in law taped it because I always worked Monday nights, so I'd been reading the news online all day on Tuesday before I watched RAW. So... just shock for me.Hillbilly Jim: The best night of wrestling viewing for me was Regal farking over Goldberg. Absolutely hilarious.

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Regal was fired for it. Goldberg actually adapts to it pretty well and holds his own IMO. Also, I love Regal for all times because of it.

Hillbilly Jim: The Lone Talbot: Also while on the topic of Yoko, I've heard rumors he's going in the hall this year.

wut?

I've seen it a few places. Wouldn't be surprised if there's no truth to it.
Here's an example of the rumor:
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Also, there's a Facebook page dedicated to Yokozuna in 2012
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The Lone Talbot: Hillbilly Jim: The Lone Talbot: Also while on the topic of Yoko, I've heard rumors he's going in the hall this year.

wut?

I've seen it a few places. Wouldn't be surprised if there's no truth to it.
Here's an example of the rumor:
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Also, there's a Facebook page dedicated to Yokozuna in 2012
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After reading your link I checked out all the inductees. A lot of them are meh so I quit caring.

The Lone Talbot: Regal was fired for it. Goldberg actually adapts to it pretty well and holds his own IMO. Also, I love Regal for all times because of it.

Best thing Regal ever did IMO was beat the crap out of Van Hammer at DDP's xmas party for badmouthing the Mexican wrestlers on the roster.

Snapper Carr: The Lone Talbot: Regal was fired for it. Goldberg actually adapts to it pretty well and holds his own IMO. Also, I love Regal for all times because of it.

Best thing Regal ever did IMO was beat the crap out of Van Hammer at DDP's xmas party for badmouthing the Mexican wrestlers on the roster.

One, I've never heard that story, awesome. Two you could have stopped at beat the crap out of Van Hammer and I would have been pleased.

Snapper Carr: The Lone Talbot: Regal was fired for it. Goldberg actually adapts to it pretty well and holds his own IMO. Also, I love Regal for all times because of it.

Best thing Regal ever did IMO was beat the crap out of Van Hammer at DDP's xmas party for badmouthing the Mexican wrestlers on the roster.

What? I've never heard that story before. That sound's awesome!

Hillbilly Jim: One, I've never heard that story, awesome. Two you could have stopped at beat the crap out of Van Hammer and I would have been pleased.

The Lone Talbot: What? I've never heard that story before. That sound's awesome!

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It may not have actually happened but I choose to believe it since it fits my image of Regal as one of those old school types that doesn't put up with any kind of disrespect (whether towards him or others)

Good ol' WMIII, the first PPV I ordered. I'd just moved into the city from a cable provider that didn't carry PPV. I was so looking forward to it. Then it came on and the picture was the drizzling shiats.

Also remember, this was when there were intermissions on PPV's.

Dumb-Ass-Monkey: My first WWF PPV? WM 6.

my first WCW PPV? Great American Bash 91. The fact that I stuck around with WCW after that says a lot about my perseverance and/or masochism.

I think I ordered every WWF PPV through '91-ish. I lost interest when they started getting to circus-y and started going to indy shows. WCW wasn't really doing it for me. That and I was embarking in my radio career, working 7 days a week getting worked like a government mule, bah gawd king. The last PPV I ordered was WM XIII just for Bret/Austin.

First and only WCW PPV I ordered was Starrcade '90. After all, who can forget the tag tournament that featured Ted Petty as a South African or Sting/Black Scorpion?

Since then, I've been going to bars carrying the PPV's to watch. That was a lot of fun when I'd go with the guys from the local promotion. It was a lot like the RAW/PPV threads here. But here, no one's been gigged with a fork. With all the PPV's now and the cheap ones at twice the price of the Big 4 back then, I just can't afford buying them at home.

Hogan vs Warrior was the greatest Wrestlemania match/moment. It was everything Mania was supposed to be. Larger than life. A crowd going nuts. Nobody knew who would win. Great match, great ending. HBK vs Hart was not a very good match especially when you consider who was in it. Hart vs Austin was far superior. Hogan vs Andre was pretty good as a moment but the match wasn't very good and there was no doubt that Hogan would win.

Also, I'm glad yesterday is over. The only thing more annoying than the 'surely this won't go green Fest' is when TFDers act shocked when one of their CJ threads goes green. 'This went green?!?'

LucklessWonder: MagSeven: Andre.....THE GIANT!

WRRRRESTLEMANIA!

I love that montage but Botchamania destroyed it for good.

FirstNationalBastard: The championship edition DVD was a decent idea, with the pop up facts and interviews.

However, Wrestlemania 3 was a two trick pony... you had Savage/Steamboat, and Hogan/Andre. Everything else was no big deal.

Well, maybe Piper vs. Adrian Adonis. But King Kong Bundy and his two midgets vs. Hillbilly Jim and his two midgets? The Dream Team vs. the Can-Am Connection?

Honestly, in thinking about it, there was a hell of a lot of filler on all the early Wrestlemanias.

Tito Santana Vs The Masked Executioner was the greatest match OF ALL TIME.

LucklessWonder: Best Wrestlemania: 17
Best Rumble: 1992 (Though as a mark, I still maintain Bulldog got screwed over. There was no 'both feet must touch the floor' rule until HBK botched teh hanging from the ropes spot and let one one boot hit the floor, damn it!)

There was actually a "both feet must touch the floor" rule in the 1995 (and absolutely worst) Rumble.. They repeated it so much that you just knew it was going to factor into the finish. But HBK botched by dragging his other foot along the floor. They covered it up afterwards by saying that the rule was actually "both feet must touch the floor at the same time." Since then they just ignore the second foot touching.

The Lone Talbot: Honestly, in thinking about it, there was a hell of a lot of filler on all the early Wrestlemanias.

I have recently started my goal of watching every /NWAWCW/WWF/WWE/ECW - Megashows/PPV/SNME/COTC in order. I've watched Starrcades 83/84, WartoSettletheScore/BrawltoEnditAll and most of WM 1. Why were Borne and Steamboat fighting? Why Bundy vs Jones? Why MaskedGuy vs Santana? The main event, all the title matches, and Studd vs Andre have build-up and reasons, while the rest is just thrown together.

At the time it was a big deal alone if two superstars faced off on television. You didn't need a buildup. It was a lot like boxing back then. You just announced two big names were going to fight and that was it. The only buildup was for the main events. When you saw guys like Tito Santana on television they were typically facing the likes of Barry O or development talent.

favorite matches:
Any Michaels/Hart Match (except Montreal)
Michaels/Taker@WM 1&2
Any Hart/Perfect match
Any Austin/Hart match, especially WM13. It's hard enough to pull off a double turn, it's damn near impossible without using a microphone.

Best WM: 19 (half the card would main event another WM)

Worst WM: 11. As bad as it looked and sounded on television, it was even worse in person. The audience lights were too bright for the first three matches, the photographers kept getting in the way, the card sucked, and there were sound issues throughout the entire event. (Just about every entrance theme sounded the same.) People should have been (and probably were) let go from the production team following that event. Accoustically, the Hartford Civic Center is atrocious for television to begin with, but they somehow found a way to make it worse.

Hillbilly Jim: The best night of wrestling viewing for me was Regal farking over Goldberg. Absolutely hilarious.

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Sweet Jesus, wrestling nerds are sad.

Jim from Saint Paul: LucklessWonder: MagSeven: Andre.....THE GIANT!

WRRRRESTLEMANIA!

EVERYONE has a price!

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is electric!