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Post by CMWaters on Sept 16, 2013 11:25:56 GMT -5
For the time period, WrestleMania IX had probably the most unique set-up of any WWF PPV. Sure, this was mostly due to the fact that it was outdoors in Vegas, but even so they really went and made a cool looking set-up for the event.    It wouldn't be until the Attitude Era I believe that we would get unique set-ups along this level, and even then this one sticks out as a memorable one. Agree/Disagree? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2013 11:40:07 GMT -5
This was one of my favorite PPVs to get from the video store way back in the mid '90s, just because I loved the set up.
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 16, 2013 11:52:53 GMT -5
It looked good. That was the best feature, the setting was ideal.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Sept 16, 2013 12:08:14 GMT -5
I've always thought the crowd looked small. What was the attendance?
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 16, 2013 12:10:23 GMT -5
I've always thought the crowd looked small. What was the attendance? According to Wikipedia, it was 16,891. |
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Post by brackus on Sept 16, 2013 12:12:37 GMT -5
I was a bit bumped when the show opened because I expected a large attendance like WM III, VI, VIII and SummerSlam92 (I was young and as an european didn´t know that there was no big stadium in Vegas).
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Post by J is Justice on Sept 16, 2013 13:31:48 GMT -5
I loved it.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 16, 2013 13:41:23 GMT -5
I do love how they went all in on the caesar's palace theme.
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Post by CM Dazz on Sept 16, 2013 13:44:53 GMT -5
I know IX gets a lot of shit, but I always enjoyed it. Granted, I haven't watched it in maybe 15 years, so I'm not sure if I'd still feel the same way. Someone should probably mail me their copy on DVD so I can decide...
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 16, 2013 13:49:26 GMT -5
I know IX gets a lot of shit, but I always enjoyed it. Granted, I haven't watched it in maybe 15 years, so I'm not sure if I'd still feel the same way. Someone should probably mail me their copy on DVD so I can decide... I'm sure someone's snuck the whole show on YouTube or Dailymotion (haven't checked to know though). |
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Post by CM Dazz on Sept 16, 2013 13:52:42 GMT -5
I know IX gets a lot of shit, but I always enjoyed it. Granted, I haven't watched it in maybe 15 years, so I'm not sure if I'd still feel the same way. Someone should probably mail me their copy on DVD so I can decide... I'm sure someone's snuck the whole show on YouTube or Dailymotion (haven't checked to know though). Yea, I figured as much. I'll look for it one of these days. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 16, 2013 15:50:12 GMT -5
It was a great setting.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Sept 16, 2013 16:27:42 GMT -5
It's not a *great* WM by any stretch, but I like it & prefer it to WM XI
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2013 17:05:44 GMT -5
WM9 was the first major WWF/E event that seemed small to me. For whatever reason, older events of equal or lesser size (and there were MANY) never seemed that......small.
Even Superstars and Challenges of the early '90s seemed so much bigger, with what I thought were more people in the arena. But as I look back, many of them (even a couple WM's, like 7) were not.
There was an illusion to pro wrestling crowds back then that was just shattered in 1993 - first with WM9, then with the Raw venues they started using after moving out of the Manhattan Center (MC, at least, was a small place and I knew that, but it was filled to the brim and I never saw the small size as an issue...) and also certain Superstars locations too. It'd be a few years before WWE events seemed "just right" in size.
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Post by bigalbass86 AKA Smokin Vokoun on Sept 17, 2013 8:31:28 GMT -5
WM9 was the first major WWF/E event that seemed small to me. For whatever reason, older events of equal or lesser size (and there were MANY) never seemed that......small. Even Superstars and Challenges of the early '90s seemed so much bigger, with what I thought were more people in the arena. But as I look back, many of them (even a couple WM's, like 7) were not. There was an illusion to pro wrestling crowds back then that was just shattered in 1993 - first with WM9, then with the Raw venues they started using after moving out of the Manhattan Center (MC, at least, was a small place and I knew that, but it was filled to the brim and I never saw the small size as an issue...) and also certain Superstars locations too. It'd be a few years before WWE events seemed "just right" in size. Didn't they used to have Monday Night Raws at high schools back in 1994? That just blows my mind. But I kinda like Wrestlemania 9. Sure it wasn't a great show, but it was fun. Plus even if the crowd was smaller than the previous Wrestlemania's before it, at least it looked cool. I think they knew that the crowd was gonna look small, thus the reason why they went all out in the presentation, which was spectacular. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 9:01:08 GMT -5
WM9 was the first major WWF/E event that seemed small to me. For whatever reason, older events of equal or lesser size (and there were MANY) never seemed that......small. Even Superstars and Challenges of the early '90s seemed so much bigger, with what I thought were more people in the arena. But as I look back, many of them (even a couple WM's, like 7) were not. There was an illusion to pro wrestling crowds back then that was just shattered in 1993 - first with WM9, then with the Raw venues they started using after moving out of the Manhattan Center (MC, at least, was a small place and I knew that, but it was filled to the brim and I never saw the small size as an issue...) and also certain Superstars locations too. It'd be a few years before WWE events seemed "just right" in size. Didn't they used to have Monday Night Raws at high schools back in 1994? That just blows my mind. I dunno. But a lot of those venues were pretty crap, by traditional WWF standards. There was a point a few years later - early Attitude Era - where 1 or 2 heels did a shoot bashing wrestling companies (ECW, basically) doing shows in bingo halls. Trust me, the WWF had no business bashing venues when many of their New Generation Era shows were done in similar locales. |
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Post by willyjakes on Sept 17, 2013 9:42:49 GMT -5
I've always thought the crowd looked small. What was the attendance? According to Wikipedia, it was 16,891. It did look smaller than 16,891 I thought they fudged the attendance numbers. It's probably closer to 12,000 or so. Maybe even a tad less |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 9:57:24 GMT -5
Visually, it was the best Wrestlemania.
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 17, 2013 10:00:20 GMT -5
Visually, it was the best Wrestlemania. Yeah. Booking wise could have been much different (such as having Savage in a match instead of commentary). Wonder how different things would have been had Hogan not wanted the WWF Title and would settle for a tag title run... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 17:11:21 GMT -5
According to Wikipedia, it was 16,891. It did look smaller than 16,891 I thought they fudged the attendance numbers. It's probably closer to 12,000 or so. Maybe even a tad less Looked closer to 6,000 than 16,000. |
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