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Post by Mr. Medium Shot on Dec 1, 2013 2:18:51 GMT -5
I became a fan in 2000 when I was 12. But my sister was a fan years earlier, and because of that I faintly remember seeing an intro to Monday Night Raw around 1994. Then I saw a couple of promos on SmackDown in 1999. I know one of them was from Mick Foley when he thought The Rock threw out his copy of "Have a Nice Day," and another one was Steve Austin and HHH.
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Post by woowoowoox on Dec 1, 2013 2:19:01 GMT -5
John Cena messing with Kurt Angle when he was in a wheelchair.
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Dec 1, 2013 2:21:56 GMT -5
First thing: Great Khali knocking everyone out backstage. Excited to see it since I wondered what happened to him since the Longest Yard. First match: John Cena vs. ??. I remember the ending. Khali takes the WWE Title and knocks Cena out with it.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Dec 1, 2013 3:12:15 GMT -5
The last Saturday Night's Main Event of the original run when Bulldog dropped the IC title to Shawn. I thought Bulldog's braids were cool and was mad that he lost.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2013 4:51:23 GMT -5
The first wrestling I watched was in 2000 when WWF was televised on Channel 4 in the UK. All I remember was seeing the Rock in a match, and something involving Kurt Angle (I was very young at the time).
I only started watching seriously in 2005 - first thing I saw was an online video of Batista vs. Goldberg from an episode of Raw. Looking back the match sucked, but I was instantly gripped by the storytelling aspect of Goldberg having his ankle shattered and the bounty.
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Post by crowwreak was WRONG on Dec 1, 2013 4:56:48 GMT -5
Rock, Undertaker and Kane vs Vince, Shane and HHH for the title. Apparently this match happened on Raw, and then as a rematch on PPV, but I my family only had a basic Digital package at the time so I didn't even know the rematch happened. All I got was some VT the next wek on Superstars about Foley and Rock, which made me think (as a 7 year old) that Foley had just GIVEN Rock the belt for no reason.
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Post by repomark on Dec 1, 2013 6:29:32 GMT -5
I had a friend at school who gave me a vhs recording of wrestlemania 8 to watch. I had never seen WWF before then and was only aware of it because everyone at school was collecting the stickers for the sticker album and i wanted to know what it was about. My only exposure to wrestling had been Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks when i was even younger.
So i popped the vhs in. My friend had missed the start of the show so shawn v tito and the LOD interview were not on it (ofcourse i didn't know this at the time) and the recording cut in half way through Undertaker v Jake the Snake. My genuine first image of WWF was the undertaker stood with his arms raised, just before the first DDT.
Not bad. I was of course hooked in that instant. I was going to tell the undertaker that story whenever i was lucky enough to meet him at wrestlemania axxess this year, but of course i got starstruck and my brain just went "the undertaker its the undertaker its the undertaker!" All i was able to muster was "its an honour to meet you sir" or something equally as goofy.
He was a really cool guy and even said he liked my hat. That was probably the most surreal moment of my life.
Anyway, my wrestling fandom is entirely down to that first image of the undertaker back in 92.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 1, 2013 9:06:00 GMT -5
1986.
I am four years-old.
I believe it was Superstars, but not entirely sure what show.
The main event was "Cowboy" Bob Orton vs. Hulk Hogan. I was so scared that Hulk Hogan was going to lose. Hogan won and I screamed loud enough for my parents to come into the room to see what the hell was going on.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2013 9:07:33 GMT -5
It was either Chris Jericho's debut on RAW or Austin drowning The Corporation with beer.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2013 9:13:31 GMT -5
First match: Andre the Giant was in a handicap match against three scrub wrestlers, I'm thinking sometime in 1983-84.
First angle I remember: Andre getting beat down by Big John Studd & Ken Patera, then Studd cut his hair while Patera had Andre locked in the full-nelson.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2013 9:20:52 GMT -5
Raw from late 2007 where Orton punted Cena's dad. Still hate Orton to this day.
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Post by Super Nintenjoe KBD on Dec 1, 2013 9:45:43 GMT -5
Pretty sure it was around 92, I remember a channel on our tv which showed every other channel live in little squares including a channel WWF was on which we didnt have, when it was on I'd sit right up at the TV trying to make out at was going on, that was such a cool channel in retrospect. We did have some channels with wrestling on because I remember I loved Sting so we must have got WCW and we had some WWF which I have distinct memories of:
I definitely remember Macho-Flair stuff and the "doctoring" of photo's with Elizabeth and I remember being a Warrior mark and his feud with Papa Shango. I remember a Superstars or something which had to be from around this time and Shango was in the ring for a squash match, his local jobber opponent came out next actually getting an entrance and was wearing a backwards baseball cap. Papa Shango started doing voodoo in the ring toward the jobber who proceeded to become terrified and ran off backstage giving Papa Shango the default win.
I can also recall an Undertaker-Beserker feud where there was a segment with Undertaker lying prone in then ring and Beserker proceeded to try and murder him by stabbing him with his sword but Taker rolled out of the way at the last second and the blade went through canvas. Being 6 at the time I didnt understand what the ring was exactly and thought it was like an inflatable bouncy castle type thing and that Beserker had just burst it and I remember telling people that I had seen the ring burst.
I loved the semi-edgy era of 92 before the steroid stuff happened, I remember reading on here that they were going in a more "Attitude"ish direction in 92 and you can definitely see that before it went fully cartoony in the opposite direction.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Dec 1, 2013 9:54:00 GMT -5
Earliest thing I remember is seeing clips on a recap show (Superstars, maybe) of Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant as a tag team. This was sometime around 1985
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Post by Vanilla Gorilla on Dec 1, 2013 10:32:23 GMT -5
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Post by 543Y2J on Dec 1, 2013 10:35:51 GMT -5
The Headbangers on Sunday Night Heat on C4 in 2000. My family have said that I started watching it/getting into it in 98/99, but that's the earliest memory i have.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Dec 1, 2013 10:39:31 GMT -5
1986. I am four years-old. I believe it was Superstars, but not entirely sure what show. The main event was "Cowboy" Bob Orton vs. Hulk Hogan. I was so scared that Hulk Hogan was going to lose. Hogan won and I screamed loud enough for my parents to come into the room to see what the hell was going on. Memorial Day weekend, 1987 on Superstars (there was no Hogan match on the spring post-Wrestlemania 3 episode of Saturday Night Main Event ; the TV match with Randy's dad was the token free Hogan match). youtu.be/hT1B6xYA730
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 1, 2013 10:41:18 GMT -5
I walked in on my friend watching Summerslam. It was Bret Hart vs Mr Perfect for the IC title. It was the first time I'd ever seen anything like it and it blew my mind. 20 years later and I'm still here, baby.
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Dec 1, 2013 10:48:16 GMT -5
My first WWF memory: Earthquake squishing Damian.
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Post by BriShy92 on Dec 1, 2013 10:51:07 GMT -5
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Post by Sumbody Gon' Get Dey Kneelift on Dec 1, 2013 10:52:26 GMT -5
Random episode of Heat. The Hardyz save Lita from a bitter Essa Rios.
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