Jeff
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Jeff on Dec 11, 2007 18:34:05 GMT -5
The one after Kane won the title and Stone Cold challenged him to a rematch. I was 7 or 8.
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Corporate H
Grimlock
He Buries Them Alive
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Post by Corporate H on Dec 11, 2007 18:39:07 GMT -5
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. (I THINK) Kwang. I didn't have cable at the time so I watched from my neighbors set. I didn't get to watch it regularly until about '96 which was a year or so before it became a huge phenomenon. I was stuck watching Superstars and Shotgun for quite some time.
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Crappler El 0 M
Dalek
Never Forgets an Octagon
I'm a good R-Truth.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 11, 2007 18:44:02 GMT -5
The first episode.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2007 19:02:15 GMT -5
i think it was a Cage match while Randy was champ against Evolution or something... may have even been before he was champ... all i know is he hit an RKO and i didnt know what it was only that it looked cool The episode that got me hooked though was the gold rush with HBK vs Shelton
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erik316wttn
Samurai Cop
Wrestlecrap's #1 SUNNY mark
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Post by erik316wttn on Dec 11, 2007 19:13:12 GMT -5
I very vaguely remember Razor Ramon winning the IC title by beating Rick Martel in October of 1993. I remember watching the match after earlier that day a friend told me about wrestling and how I should check it out. I know at the time I kept meaning to, and I either forgot to do it or never knew when it was on.
My first really vivid Raw memory is Crush's heel turn on Randy Savage on the October 18, 1993 edition of Raw, where he just beat the piss out of him, then Yokozuna came down for I think two banzais. It was at that moment I fell in love with professional wrestling.
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Post by somedensefish on Dec 11, 2007 19:21:21 GMT -5
I remember perhaps watching the first Nitro, I was really little and just remember a Hogan match that I got really into. Then, I didn't watch any wrestling till '98. I started catching Shotgun Saturday Night after Mad TV/SNL. The very first RAW I watched was in March '98, two weeks before Wrestlemania, in my parent's room while they were downstairs watching the Oscars. It kinda sucked, neither DX nor Austin were there. But I remember a Vince interview, an Owen Hart match, and some segment with the Rock and the Nation.
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Post by Asics Johnson on Dec 11, 2007 20:03:05 GMT -5
I saw the first episode of Monday Night Raw: Uncooked, Uncut, and Uncensored back in '93. I remember The Undertaker raped Damien Demento in the main event, and Michaels/Moon... but that's about it.
... but my favorite early memory was when Shawn Michaels returned as a face after Sid powerbombed him thrice on Raw a month prior. Awesome s***.
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Dean-o
Grimlock
Haha we're having fun Maggle!
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Post by Dean-o on Dec 11, 2007 20:58:33 GMT -5
1st Raw on TV: Very first episode, and haven't missed one yet! 1st Raw Live: 12/26/05 in Bridgeport, CT
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Post by Topher is Human on Dec 11, 2007 21:08:28 GMT -5
First Raw I really saw was the episode after the Taker/HBK HIAC. I had seen bits of pieces prior to it and the concept of this Kane character had me hooked.
I stopped watching Wrestling for a bit in the dawn of the new millenium, and I only started watching again in 2004, that episode was the episode where Bischoff let the "inmates run the asylum".
Good stuff all round really.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2007 21:21:08 GMT -5
The first thing I remember seeing on Raw was Vince McMahon interviewing Lawerence Taylor about Bam Bam shoving him at the Royal Rumble.
As for my first Raw match, I believe it was The Undertaker V. Jeff Jarrett.
My first full Raw featured the following lineup:
The 1-2-3 Kid pinned Mike Bell. Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly beat The Brooklyn Brawler. Henry Godwinn beat Barry Horowitz(I think was like 2 or 3 weeks before "HOROWITZ WINS!!!) Waylon Mercy beat Jeff Hardy. Sid defeated Bam Bam Bigelow.
I'm pretty sure this was the Raw where they hinted at an alliance between Godwinn and the Million Dollar Corporation, and they announced the first 3 matches for the second In Your House:
Shawn Michaels V. Jeff Jarrett for the Intercontinental Title. The Allied Powers(Lex Luger and The British Bulldogs) V. Owen Hart and Yokozuna for the Tag Team Title. Sid V. Diesel for the World Title in a Lumberjack Match.
And they announced the first ten lumberjacks: Bam Bam HBK Billy Gunn Bart Gunn Adam Bomb Kama Tatanka Mable King Kong Bundy IRS
Ah, the good ol' days.
I actually have a few episodes from 1995 on tape somewhere. I'll dig 'em out and review them, maybe next week, when I have more time.
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bobolebowski
Don Corleone
The Future....Of....THE WORLD!
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Post by bobolebowski on Dec 11, 2007 21:32:27 GMT -5
My first Raw was the one where Mr. Perfect threw Shawn Michaels through the car windshield.
Then Shawn Michaels came back on crutches because he was supposed to face Hacksaw Jim Duggan in a Lumberjack match (Lumberjacks were like Yokozuna, Bob Backlund, Tatanka, Mr. Perfect, Bam Bam Bigelow, Mike Sharpe, Damien Demento, Typhoon, Terry Taylor, Mr. Hughes, I think Lex Luger, and some others that I cant remember right now.) for the IC Title.
Shawn says he cant defend the title and goes to leave but Mr. Perfect grabs him and throws him in the ring and Shawn forgets to act hurt and is caught for faking an injury and then the match starts.
And Shawn and Hacksaw have a really good match. One of Hacksaws better matches and Shawn makes Hacksaw look really strong. I swear I thought Hacksaw was gonna win the IC Title.
Thats also the match that got me hooked on wrestling.
Ends with all the lumberjacks getting in the ring and beating each other up. Hacksaw cleans house with the 2X4.
Then the very next week The 1-2-3 Kid pinned Razor Ramon for the first time and Marty Jannetty beat Shawn Michaels for the IC Title. Then I was totally tuning into Raw every week.
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kasey
Tommy Wiseau
yes plz
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Post by kasey on Dec 11, 2007 23:11:55 GMT -5
i think the first one that stuck in my mind was the kid/razor, although i started watching it in march 1993.
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Post by Candyman's surprise on Dec 11, 2007 23:42:01 GMT -5
1st raw I ever saw live was when Kane lit the stagehand on fire. I watched the first raw on TV. I remember conning my parents to stay up
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Dec 12, 2007 0:06:10 GMT -5
It was some RAW in late 97 with Mankind hiding out in the boiler room. That's all I remember.
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Post by soultsukino on Dec 12, 2007 0:15:48 GMT -5
The first one. I had been a fan of Prime Time going back to 1990 (before I even had cable and had a relative tape them for me) and remember the talk of the live 1 hour show every week. I remember liking it since it didn't seem to drag on as much as Primetime did (which by that point had lost its charm).
The one that sticks out in my mind the most was the only live RAW they ever did in Maine. I was there it it was fun (The night featured Sable in a potato sack, The nugget chant starting, and Austin losing the IC title to the Rock with no actual match). I still pop it in and watch it occasionally
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BrianZane
Team Rocket
The Finest Fibers All The Way From France
Host of Wrestling With Wregret
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Post by BrianZane on Dec 12, 2007 0:41:33 GMT -5
I think my first Raw experience was watching it the night after KOTR 98. One of the matches was a triple threat between Triple H, Owen Hart and that years tournament winner Ken Shamrock to see who was the "King of Kings" or something like that (we can see where Triple H got the idea for one of his most recent taglines years later...), as well as the WWF Title rematch between Austin and Kane. Good stuff.
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Post by Loki on Dec 12, 2007 5:35:33 GMT -5
The first one
Never been to a live RAW (unsurprisingly...)
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Post by undertakerfan4life on Dec 12, 2007 8:04:06 GMT -5
The earliest memory of Raw was i think in mid july 1993 Hogan or someone else was on the kings court.
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"Magic" Mark Hurr
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Here, have some chili dogs
Now featuring half the brain that you do.
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Dec 12, 2007 9:39:22 GMT -5
My first RAW was the very first episode. and that wacky flashing red light that would flash in the building after the intro.
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Squirrel Master
Hank Scorpio
"Then the Squirrel Master came out of left field and told me I'm his bitch!"
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Post by Squirrel Master on Dec 12, 2007 10:18:42 GMT -5
My first Raw was the one where Mr. Perfect threw Shawn Michaels through the car windshield. Not my first Raw viewing, but I recall being with my boyz at a Colombian whorehouse on W.36th St. in NYC that night (only $15.00!) and later watching Raw on my VCR and thinking "Damn, Curt and Shawn were brawling in the street just a few blocks away!" More useless trivia: Does anyone remember the first Nitro where they introsuced "Rey Mysteric"? While we're on the subject of Latina poontang, here's Daisy Fuentes:
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