House show memories

[hulksmash87]

What are some house shows you have been to and what are some of your favorite memories? I saw my first wwf house show in 99 and we had floor seats I couldn't believe how big big show and taker were in person. Later that same year I attended another house show on super bowl Sunday at the Gund arena and from top to bottom it was a great atmosphere and show. I remember I got to touch Kane's arm u was stoked

[arrogantmodel]

I was about ten years old. Pittsburgh Civic Arena. Macho Man vs. Jerry Lawler. Lawler is on the mic saying how Savage should kiss his feet. Savage gets on the mic and says, "I'm not gonna kiss your feet, but I am gonna kick your ass!" Huge pop. lol.

Went to a show in July, and saw 1-2-3 Kid vs. Rick Martel. And they had the dome opened, which was really cool.

My very first show had the main event of Money Inc. vs. Hogan and Beefcake with special guest ref, Sgt. Slaughter.

Saw the Steiner Bros. vs. Quebecers. Scott was on the mic and called them the Queer-becers.

Some huge biker guy was really giving Mr. Fuji the business and flipping him off. Fuji just laughed and kept flipping the guy off. lol.

I slapped All American Lex Luger's hand. 😁

[MiLB Fan]

My dad took me to my first house show in 1992, and what I remember most is that in the audience were two guys dressed as Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect. Their costumes were really good—one guy had a robe like Flair’s and the other had his own “Mr. Perfect” jacket with the sparkly letters. So the guy dressed as Perfect held up a sign, and a few seats over Dad and I heard this:

“PERFECT YOU MEATHEAD! PUT THAT SIGN DOWN! WE CAN’T GET ANY PICTURES UP HERE!”

I attended a show at the Civic Arena, and the roof was open. That was such a cool experience, watching wrestling under the stars.

More recently, my favorite memories are seeing future stars before they made it to TV. Before NXT, WWE often used house shows to test out new gimmicks and wrestlers. In January ‘02, I watched Raven get completely crushed by some big dude named Brock Lesnar. Other stars I saw over the years included:

The Miz
The Spirit Squad
Leo Kruger
Mason Ryan

And this was after NXT, but Tyler Breeze, Sasha Banks, and Charlotte wrestled at a show in December 2014. That was a nice surprise since they weren’t officially on the main roster yet.

[WoodStoner1]

I was at the July 3rd WCW show at the Meadowlands, where news was first announced of Ric Flair's firing. I got to see the first "We Want Flair" protest! Intermission, I heard one guy said he was gonna kill Dusty Rhodes for this. 14-year-old me thought he was blaming Dusty the onscreen character for it based on their history. Oh, and there was a mixed tag with Arn & Paul E. vs. PN News & Missy. Paul mocked News' rapping, and did one of his own ending with, "Everybody knows that your partner is a SLUT!" (see also: the then-rare cursing someone else alluded to with Macho Man's example. Reminds me of a big obsession after a Bossman vs. DiBiase match at MSG. Bossman actually told him, "Come out here so I can kick your ASS!" Me and my friend were obsessed with that line for months on end after.)

I also saw one of the few times the Desperadoes actually wrestled. Though, I don't think they even had a match on TV with that gimmick, so again a rare "privilege".

[hbkid718]

I went to a house show in the Nassau Coliseum in October of 1997. Dude Love with Steve Austin in his corner wrestled Davey Boy Smith with Owen Hart in his corner in a Long Island Street Fight. Dude Love hit Owen Hart with a bag of popcorn and Owen sold it like it was a steel chair and pretended to be laid out for a long time. Everyone was cracking up. Also, Triple H & Shawn Michaels defeated The Legion of Doom for the WWF Tag Team Titles, but the LOD used a chair, so the referee reversed the decision and gave the win to DX by Disqualification.

[chronocross]

It was at MSG in September 2000, the day before the Unforgiven 2000 PPV where Austin was making his first appearance since Backlash 2000 and he was coming back full time. The main event was Rock/HHH/Taker vs. Benoit/Angle/Kane, in a rematch from the Smackdown taping earlier that week.

They did the same "HHH is afraid of Kurt because he thinks he's gay" storyline they were pushing on TV.

[ianriccaboni]

My first Non-TV taping event was this ans it was awesome. We were a little bit closer than we had ever been before and I remember being in awe of just how big many of the "smaller" wrestlers were and blown away by how big guys like Vader, Sid, Yokozuna, and Undertaker were up close!

Justin Bradshaw defeated Aldo Montoya
Marc Mero defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Yokozuna defeated Owen Hart
Henry & Phinneas Godwinn defeated Marty Jannetty & Leif Cassidy and WWF Tag Team Champions the Smoking Gunns in a non-title match
Davey Boy Smith defeated Jake Roberts
Psycho Sid fought Vader to a double count-out
Steve Austin pinned Savio Vega
The Undertaker defeated Mankind
WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Goldust

Next one after that, Bob Holly beat Owen Hart to earn he and Phil LaFon a title shot at Owen and Bulldog which they appeared to win until it was reversed. Good times!

[fw91]

MSG 98

Foley vs Vince in an arm wrestling contest. Winner got to kiss Sable.

Jarrett vs X Pac in a guitar on a pole match where the guitar fell to the floor by accident.

Rock vs HHH for the title. False finish where HHH (Face DX) won. Huge pop

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

My first House show was a show that seemed like it took forever. It was a house show but they also taped matches for TV in the middle of it. Two of the matches ended up being released last year on that rare matches set. Yokzuna vs. Diesel in a cage and HBK and Bret Hart Teaming up against Lawler and Hakushi.

The rest of what I remember was Yoko wrestled three times in the show. Two Tag matches One for TV against a jobber team and the house show match was against the Alli Powers. Than the cage match with Diesel. The match was supposed to been against Sid but they PAed at the start Sid was hurt.

Other matches Tatanka vs. Bam Bam in a strap match. Bam Bam at the start shoot Tatanka with his fireball that he shot out of his jacket when he was face.

Casket match between Taker and Kama. The show was building up to Summer Slam

But there was a ton of jobber vs. star matches.

The next one was close to King of the King 96.

I was two rows from the entrance:

What I remember:

HBK vs. Goldust champion vs. Champion
Vader vs. Warrior
Bulldog vs. Ahmed
Mankind vs. Taker
I want to say Savio Vega vs. Bradshaw
The New Rockers vs. The Bushwakers

The next one after that stands out only because half the card was changed. It was before Summer Slam 97. Taker was champion and was going to defend against Bret but Bulldog subbed. The card was a blur that and I know it had Owen vs. Austin and Rocky vs. Ahmed. I think Mankind faced Henry Godwin. I know the New Black Jack was going to wrestle but Windham was announced hurt. Bradshaw faced somebody but I forget what team they where going to face because i think he faced one them.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Seeing The Colostomy Connection vs. Demolition.

My first house show saw Warrior vs. Rude for the IC title. I was 6 and just into wrestling. Warrior won by DQ and ran Rude off. Swung the title over his head. For years I thought this is where Warrior won the title back since I never saw SummerSlam and by the time I saw Warrior again he was champ.

[cjh]

Feb 25, 2019 17:54:09 GMT -5 Can you afford to pay me, Gah said:

My first House show was a show that seemed like it took forever. It was a house show but they also taped matches for TV in the middle of it. Two of the matches ended up being released last year on that rare matches set. Yokzuna vs. Diesel in a cage and HBK and Bret Hart Teaming up against Lawler and Hakushi.

The rest of what I remember was Yoko wrestled three times in the show. Two Tag matches One for TV against a jobber team and the house show match was against the Alli Powers. Than the cage match with Diesel. The match was supposed to been against Sid but they PAed at the start Sid was hurt.

Other matches Tatanka vs. Bam Bam in a strap match. Bam Bam at the start shoot Tatanka with his fireball that he shot out of his jacket when he was face.

Casket match between Taker and Kama. The show was building up to Summer Slam

But there was a ton of jobber vs. star matches.

That wasn't a house show at all.  It was a TV taping for Wrestling Challenge and Action Zone.  The star vs. star matches were done at tapings so that they weren't just having squash matches all night long and to have some content for Coliseum Video releases.

[DiBiase is Good]

I went to the Wembley Arena show of the UK Rampage tour in 91. I was really young but I remember Warrior pinning Taker in the main event even though they said Taker was undefeated for months after and certain house show results sites said Warrior won by DQ, he didn’t.
At the same show Power and Glory fought The Bushwhackers. Even as a young sprog, I was never a fan of The Bushwhackers so I stood up and loudly cheered for Power and Glory when they entered the ring. Paul Roma noticed me and pointed at me, he then spoke to Herc and they both turned towards me and gave me a pose. When they won the match, Roma pointed up to me again as I was clapping.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Feb 25, 2019 19:23:11 GMT -5 DiBiase is Good said:

I went to the Wembley Arena show of the UK Rampage tour in 91. I was really young but I remember Warrior pinning Taker in the main event even though they said Taker was undefeated for months after and certain house show results sites said Warrior won by DQ, he didn’t.
At the same show Power and Glory fought The Bushwhackers. Even as a young sprog, I was never a fan of The Bushwhackers so I stood up and loudly cheered for Power and Glory when they entered the ring. Paul Roma noticed me and pointed at me, he then spoke to Herc and they both turned towards me and gave me a pose. When they won the match, Roma pointed up to me again as I was clapping.

You mean Herc and Jerk?!

[BlackoutCreature]

My first house show was a WWF show at the old Meadowlands Arena in 1988. It was headlined by "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs. Andre the Giant. I honestly remember nothing else from the show other then the finish of that match.

[Mr T L Wolf]

One house show Edge and Mysterio pulled my friend out of the crowd to sit on Edge's shoulders and celebrate with them after their match, because he had a Mysterio mask.

Another house show I saw The Boogeyman try to do a jumping taunt, blow out his knee(s) and wound up not debuting on TV for a couple of weeks.

[Deleted]

Feb 25, 2019 17:40:03 GMT -5 fw91 said:

MSG 98

Foley vs Vince in an arm wrestling contest. Winner got to kiss Sable.

Jarrett vs X Pac in a guitar on a pole match where the guitar fell to the floor by accident.

Rock vs HHH for the title. False finish where HHH (Face DX) won. Huge pop

I was at that show too it was my 1st and only time at MSG not being from New York but visting for a couple days with my friend to visit his grandparents we went to the ecw show the night before in Queens.What I remember most was the audible grasp in shock from the fans when Vince started making out with Sable I figured it was coming because I had read the results of the houseshow the night before where they did the exact same bit with Vince & Debra.

[Perfect Timing]

First house show was September 94 at Wembley Arena. Main event was Bulldog/Bret vs Owen Hart/Neidhart. It was surreal seeing all these stars when I was so young. When Taker came out it was crazy how dark it went

One of my favorites was a house show late 2015 at o2. I was second row and right by the isle so got tons of videos and pics. I'm 6 feet 5 tall so when Big Show walked past I mocked him shouting out "I'm taller than Big Show he's not 7 foot" He turned his body towards me and gave me the death stare before saying "Bitch..you're looking at my chin"

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

NXT San Jose might have been the greatest house show of all time.

[chazraps]

I saw Ultimate Warrior vs The Undertaker, and Warrior stand up in the bodybag and burst each arm out through the side of it and then tear it down the middle. Incredible visual that even at age four I still recall in crystal clear quality.

I saw Los Boricuas pin the Headbangers and win the tag titles, and then saw the decision reversed.

Same show I saw Brian Pillman's last match.

I saw what had to have been the original planned February '97 Final Four match with Undertaker winning.

Last year I saw a rare face Brock Lesnar vs The Miz and the Miztaurage with Heyman introducing him as "Fighting Out of the University of Minnesota." Was cool to see Brock go 2003 crowd-machine again.

[Ultimo Gallos]

My first house show was a Mid South show.

First WWf House show was the first time they came to Biloxi. Was summer of 89.

Saw Barry Horowitz pin Boris Zukoff,the place went nuts when Barry won.

Main Event was Ic champ Rude facing Warrior. Warrior won and was handed the title. The next week I was pissed when I watched Superstars and Rude had the belt.

I know the Brainbusters,Dino Bravo and Red Rooster were on the card. Rooster got a loud Terry chant.