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WWF @ Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena - June 29, 1996 (5,930) WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Vader via disqualification when Goldust interfered; following the match, Davey Boy Smith, Ahmed Johnson, and Psycho Sid did run-ins Psycho Sid (sub. for the Ultimate Warrior) pinned Owen Hart with a chokeslam and powerbomb; Owen put up no offense (Sid's return match) The Undertaker pinned Mankind with a chokeslam and tombstone I remember being mad that Ultimate Warrior was replaced by some guy I never even heard of. Ended up thinking Sid was pretty cool after he started showing up on Raw. Glad I got to see both of the Rockers (Marty was in a tag match), and a Undertaker/Mankind match. EDIT: Found out what I was doing fifteen years ago from today. WWF @ Detroit, MI - Cobo Arena - March 8, 1997 (9,565) WWF IC Champion Rocky Maivia pinned the Sultan (w/ the Iron Sheik) with a roll up Hunter Hearst Helmsley pinned Flash Funk with the Pedigree Goldust pinned Mankind after hitting him with the urn WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & WWF European Champion Davey Boy Smith defeated Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon when Smith pinned LaFon as Owen held the challenger’s legs down from outside the ring Ahmed Johnson defeated Vader via disqualification when the Nation interfered Farooq (w/ the Nation) defeated the Undertaker via disqualification when Taker used a chair; Ahmed Johnson made the save for the Undertaker after the match WWF World Champion Psycho Sid defeated Bret Hart in a steel cage match by escaping out the door as Hart attempted to escape over the top EDIT 2: Realized that Stone Cold didn't wrestle at either one, but I remember watching him watch the second event from behind a gate that lead to the back. Open Marriage Night fucked around with this message at 12:49 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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Rebellion 01 - Manchester, England - Evening News Arena - November 3, 2001 (15,612; sell out) Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo defeated Lance Storm & Justin Credible when Palumbo pinned Credible with the Jungle Kick at 5:00 Pay-per-view bouts - included Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Hugh Morrus attempting to interview the Divas backstage; featured a backstage segment in which Vince McMahon forced Chris Jericho and the Rock to shake hands and bury the hatchet; they did shake hands but moments later were involved in a pull-apart brawl: WWF IC Champion Edge defeated WWF European Champion Christian in a steel cage match at 12:49 by escaping over the top after trapping the challenger's feet between the ring ropes and cage bars, then tying his feet together with Edge's wrist tape; only the IC title was on the line Scotty 2 Hotty pinned the Hurricane with a bulldog and the Worm at 8:55 The Big Show pinned Diamond Dallas Page with the at 3:15 by catching Page running off the ropes and hitting the chokeslam; after the bout, DDP grabbed the microphone and said that his loss wasn't a bad thing, it was a good thing because now he could leave the country WCW Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz defeated the Acolytes and Matt & Jeff Hardy in an elimination match at 12:01; Matt pinned Farooq at 5:28 with the Twist of Fate after the Dudleyz hit a reverse necbreaker on Farooq; D-Von pinned Matt following the 3D after Jeff failed a Swanton attempt and was thrown to the floor William Regal defeated Tajiri via submission with the Regal Stretch at 5:55 after Tajiri missed a moonsault off the top; prior to the bout, Regal grabbed the microphone and said that he was a much better role model for the English youth than David Beckham or anyone from Manchester United; after the bout, Tajiri sprayed Regal in the face with green mist before kicking him in the head WCW World Champion Chris Jericho pinned Kurt Angle at 14:55 by reversing the Olympic Slam into a roll up; after the match, Angle attacked the champion from behind and hit two Olympic Slams Lita & Torrie Wilson defeated Molly Holly & Stacy Keibler at 4:16 when Lita pinned Molly with the Twist of Fate after Torrie catapulted Molly into Stacy in the corner; Trish Stratus was the guest referee for the match; after the bout, Stacy argued with Trish over the decision before Trish dropped her with a bulldog WWF World Champion Steve Austin pinned the Rock at 22:09 with the Stunner after Kurt Angle hit the challenger in the face with the title belt as Rock ran the ropes in preperation for the People's Elbow; minutes earlier, Angle came to the ring and hit Rock in the back with a steel chair as the referee was down; moments later, Chris Jericho came out to make the save, stealing the chair away from Angle, and sending him to the floor; when the Rock came to and saw Jericho with the chair, he assumed Jericho was the one who had hit him and knocked him to the floor; after the bout, Austin and Angle embraced before leaving the ring together as the show came to a close I can't remember what exactly they sang but Austin and Rock had a singing contest crammed full of jokes. WWE (Raw) @ Nottingham, England - Arena - June 6, 2003 The Hurricane pinned Lance Storm with the Shining Wizard Maven pinned Al Snow with a roll up Goldust pinned Rico with the powerslam Test pinned Val Venis with the boot to the face after shoving Val into Stacy Keibler who was on the ring apron Christopher Nowinski & Rodney Mack defeated the Dudley Boyz when Nowinski pinned Bubba Ray after hitting him with the facemask; after the bout, Spike Dudley helped make the save WWE IC Champion Christian pinned Booker T with a roll up and holding onto the ring rope for leverage WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Rob Van Dam & Kane defeated Sylvian Grenier & Rene Dupree with the chokeslam / Five Star Frog Splash after Grenier accidentally hit his partner with one of the title belts WWE Women's Champion Jazz defeated Trish Stratus and Victoria by pinning Trish with a roll up and using the tights for leverage Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner (w/ Shawn Michaels & Stacy Keibler) defeated World Heavyweight Champion Triple H & Chris Jericho (w/ Ric Flair) when Nash pinned Triple H with the powerbomb after Michaels hit the superkick on an interfering Flair I have picture from this one because we were sat front row and loads of cool moments including Rico blowing us a kiss because we cheered him so much.
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The first wrestling event I attended was Spring Stampede '99. Suck it, Wrestlehut.
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WWF @ Little Rock, AR - December 15, 1997 Kane defeated Chainz The Undertaker defeated WWF IC Champion Rocky Maivia in a non-title casket match Marc Mero defeated Flash Funk Henry & Phinneas Godwinn defeated the Headbangers in a country whipping match Jeff Jarrett & Jerry Lawler defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Road Dogg & Billy Gunn via disqualification I was so excited to see Kane. I didn't care about anyone else.
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I'm going to a house show tomorrow, I hope they do Rock vs Taker in a casket match.
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triplexpac posted:I'm going to a house show tomorrow, I hope they do Rock vs Taker in a casket match. Hey are you going to Chikara on the 24th in Vaughan? http://www.chikarapro.com/events.php
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WWF @ East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands - December 12, 1993 (7,000) Owen Hart defeated Bastion Booger The Headshrinkers defeated Men on a Mission Rick Martel defeated Virgil Doink the Clown defeated Bam Bam Bigelow Randy Savage fought Crush to a double count-out IRS defeated Marty Jannetty WWF IC Champion Razor Ramon & the 1-2-3 Kid defeated Johnny Polo & Adam Bomb Lex Luger defeated Ludvig Borga I enjoyed it at the time because I was nine and it was my first show, but god almighty, this sounds like a wretched show.
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flashy_mcflash posted:Hey are you going to Chikara on the 24th in Vaughan? I thought about it, but nah I think I'll be skipping that one.
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triplexpac posted:I thought about it, but nah I think I'll be skipping that one. Yeah, it's a bit of a trek. Would be nice to see Archie in person though. My first WWF show. Look at this card. Just look at it: quote:WWF @ Toronto, Ontario - Maple Leaf Gardens - October 9, 1988 Three days after my 8th birthday, I took the free ticket I was entitled to from my WWF Fan Club subscription (which I had to dig through the garbage to find since I accidentally threw it out) and my mom and I went to see some graps, because she loved it and my dad could not stand it. I got a Macho Man foam finger and it was basically the best day ever.
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I would have killed to go to wrestling when I was a kid superfan. I can only imagine getting to see Bret live at that point in my life. But noooo I had to live on a farm in the middle of nowhere
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triplexpac posted:I would have killed to go to wrestling when I was a kid superfan. I can only imagine getting to see Bret live at that point in my life. But noooo I had to live on a farm in the middle of nowhere I feel the same way about my family not moving to Greensboro, NC until after the NWA's incompetence killed the town. Growing up there as a kid would have been AWESOME during the boom where the Coliseum sold out all the time.
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The last live event I went to was the ECW taping which ended up being Chris Benoit's last match ever (with Elijah Burke!)
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WWF @ Syracuse, NY - War Memorial - November 17, 1991 (matinee) Chris Chavis pinned Skinner The Undertaker pinned Davey Boy Smith after hitting him with the urn The Beverly Brothers defeated the Bushwhackers Roddy Piper (sub. for Sid Justice) defeated Jake Roberts WWF IC Champion Bret Hart defeated the Barbarian (sub. for the Warlord) after about 15 minutes The Big Bossman pinned IRS with a roll up; IRS had originally won the match by holding onto the ropes but the referee had the bout continue The Nasty Boys defeated Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty after using a foriegn object For the last 20 years I was sure that Piper fought Flair when thinking back on this show, turns out he was fighting Hogan in Anaheim and San Diego that day. we had great seats, on the entrance aisle 3 rows back, I got like 10 high-fives. Also the Rockers/Nasty Boys match spilled outside the ring and when one of the Rockers had Jerry Saggs against the railing I put my program around his head so he couldn't see the punches coming at him. He ripped it off his face, turned around, grabbed me by the collar and yelled 3 inches from my face. Being 7 years old rules!
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My first live event was Wrestlemania 18.
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THE GAYEST POSTER posted:WWF @ Little Rock, AR - December 15, 1997 Ten year old me was so excited to finally see Taker live. AND KANE. BAHGAWD. I remember the tag match being kinda boring, even though I liked King at the time.
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I feel like I have a pretty drat cool one to share.quote:WWF @ Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena - May 19, 1992 Somehow I do not remember seeing Bret/Shawn, which in retrospect blows my mind. I had been to a few house shows at Rupp in the two years prior, and had no idea it was a Superstars taping until we got there. As you can tell by the rundown, it was such a different atmosphere and card, and made for one of the longest shows I've ever been to. Plus, I was relatively close to the aisle and got to 'five' a few of the wrestlers, including Kerry Von Erich. And look at all those classic jobbers! Brooklyn Brawler, Barry Horowitz, Reno Riggins, Mike Samples, and GILLBERG! nasboat fucked around with this message at 14:35 on Mar 9, 2012 |
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Not sure if there's anyway to answer this, but the beer bath that Austin did with the beer truck... Was that real beer? It was a pretty high powered hose and I would imagine that some got into the crowd, so WWE could probably, technically get into trouble if it hits people under 21.
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How much does 100 gallons of beer cost?
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Chilly McFreeze posted:How much does 100 gallons of beer cost? Less than the thousands of Austin 3:16 shirts they sold that night.
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Was it real gasoline that Kane poured all over the place?
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rotinaj posted:Less than the thousands of Austin 3:16 shirts they sold that night. Don't forget the cost of de-smelling everything!
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triplexpac posted:Was it real gasoline that Kane poured all over the place? JR and King immediately talked about the smell just permeating the entire arena. Cuz when you open a gallon container of gasoline in a huge 18000 person arena it instantly overwhelms you and your senses to the exclusion of everything else.
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oldpainless posted:JR and King immediately talked about the smell just permeating the entire arena. Cuz when you open a gallon container of gasoline in a huge 18000 person arena it instantly overwhelms you and your senses to the exclusion of everything else. I bet Jerry Lawler wears really smelly cologne and too much of it. Also I bet JR smells like meat.
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Those old Superstars tapings seem just awful! Sitting and watching 50 matches all afternoon. For every Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels match, you had to sit through: The Nasty Boys vs. Reno Riggins & Major Yates The Beverly Brothers defeated Mike Samples & Scott Bailey Crush defeated George Anderson Owen Hart & Koko B. Ware defeated Kato & Kevin Kruger Repo Man defeated Dan Robbins Tatanka pinned Barry Horowitz with the Samoan Drop at 2:24 Question to the people that went to these shows, like a Superstars taping, or even worse! a WCW Saturday Night or Worldwide taping, what was it like? How borrrrring was it and who was there?
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Another random question: When stealing finishers was all the rage in the Attitude era, did Triple H ever eat a Pedigree?
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loving whippersnappers. WWF @ Boston, MA - Boston Garden - June 3, 1989 (12,000) The final Boston Garden show televised on NESN - featured Tony Schiavone & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary: Prime Time Wrestling - 6/12/89: Tim Horner pinned Barry Horowitz at 11:55 with a reverse roll up into a bridge The Warlord (w/ Mr. Fuji) pinned Jim Neidhart at 4:35 with a clothesline to the back of the head as Neidhart was distracted by Fuji on the floor Dusty Rhodes (sub. for Jake Roberts) pinned Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) at 8:30 with a roll up after Dibiase collided with Virgil on the ring apron Paul Roma pinned Boris Zhukov with a powerslam at 11:36 Randy Savage (w/ Sensational Sherri) defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out at 12:56 after ramming Hogan into the steel barricade on the floor after Hogan became distracted by Sherri; after the match, Savage and Sherri celebrated in the ring and Savage strapped the title belt around his waist until Hogan cleared him from the ring, reclaiming possession of the belt, and then knocked Sherri to the floor with an atomic drop (Hulk Hogan: The Unreleased Archives) Bret Hart fought Mr. Perfect to a time-limit draw at 18:53; after the bout, Hart grabbed the microphone and challenged Perfect for 5 more minutes; moments later, Perfect slid back in the ring and assaulted Hart from behind but was eventually crotched on the top rope and knocked to the floor Dino Bravo pinned Hercules at 8:42 by holding onto the ropes for leverage as Herc attempted a sunset flip into the ring; after the bout, Hercules applied the full nelson on Bravo WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated the Big Bossman & Akeem at 10:33 when Ax pinned Bossman after Akeem accidentally hit his partner; after the bout, the Twin Towers argued with one another; Ron Garvin was the guest referee for the match This was when I freaked out during Hogan's match (I despised loud noises as a kid and the crowd went loving nuclear) and Dibiase was wandering by after his match and checked on me. 
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Critical posted:Bret Hart fought Mr. Perfect to a time-limit draw at 18:53; after the bout, Hart grabbed the microphone and challenged Perfect for 5 more minutes; moments later, Perfect slid back in the ring and assaulted Hart from behind but was eventually crotched on the top rope and knocked to the floor All I can picture is Gary Chapetta saying, "This match is scheduled for one fall with an eighteen minute and fifty three second time limit." Paper Jam Dipper fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Mar 9, 2012 |
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Orgophlax posted:Another random question: When stealing finishers was all the rage in the Attitude era, did Triple H ever eat a Pedigree? I recall Owen hit him with a couple, as well.
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Iskanderson posted:I recall Owen hit him with a couple, as well. Speaking of Owen, listening to a recent Observer Radio Meltzer said a possible plan going forward (had HBK not been injured) after HBK vs Austin at Mania was for HBK to work a program with Owen. This would play off the heat from Montreal and position Owen as the new Canadian hero. Not sure how serious they were about doing that considering how they treated Owen after Bret left, but it's a fascinating "what if" scenario.
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sexy_trash posted:Those old Superstars tapings seem just awful! Sitting and watching 50 matches all afternoon. For every Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels match, you had to sit through: They certainly could drag on. I had been to a handful of normal WWF house shows between 1990 and 1992 prior to the Superstars taping I posted about, and had no idea the May '92 one was a TV taping until we got in. I didn't think it was too bad, though, but you have to remember that squash matches were a much bigger part of wrestling back then. Really, the "cool, I'm getting to be in the crowd for what's going to be on TV!" factor overshadowed the "I can't believe I'm watching a bunch of squash matches" factor. Plus, they did try to sprinkle things in there to help keep the crowd up. I know the 40-man battle royal that Tito Santana won had the crowd popping, not only for the match itself but for the introduction of many of the wrestlers who were in it (which was a majority of the guys who worked that show).
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triplexpac posted:Speaking of Owen, listening to a recent Observer Radio Meltzer said a possible plan going forward (had HBK not been injured) after HBK vs Austin at Mania was for HBK to work a program with Owen. This would play off the heat from Montreal and position Owen as the new Canadian hero. Seeing how well Owen vs. HHH went (not well), I wouldn't have much confidence in that program.
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Lone Rogue posted:Seeing how well Owen vs. HHH went (not well), I wouldn't have much confidence in that program. Nothing beats being a program, burying a guy on the mic, dropping the title, without actually wrestling the guy, then beating the guy back for the title. Early Hunter really pisses me off. Also, Hunter when he was working with the top guys, but wouldn't put a guy "under him" over him (ie: Jericho: "Everybody knows this piece of crap isn't on my level!") annoyed me too.
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Oh man, I can't believe I found my first one! My dad took me and one of his coworker's kids as a favor. He's not big on wrestling, but when he has anything to do with something I like, he enjoys it and tries to research a bit. So in a week he went from "ha, what's the big deal" and laughing at me to "wow, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels put on a show!" I asked him last year about that comment and he said he meant it because he recognized that there are some awesome athletes doing this. ***=Nostalgia  with my personal memories. Keep in mind I was 10 at the timeWWF @ East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands - July 11, 1992 (12,500 paid) The return to the arena after nearly 18 months; the WWF stopped using the arena over protest of the Meadowlands allowing WCW to use the venue Tito Santana pinned Skinner ***"oh man this is an easy win for Santana. Skinner is so bad") The Mountie defeated Sgt. Slaughter via count-out ***"I hate the Mountie SOOOOOOO much  "WWF IC Champion Bret Hart pinned Shawn Michaels *** My dad got me a foam IC belt AND Bret Hart shades!The Legion of Doom & Paul Ellering defeated the Beverly Brothers & the Genius ***some idiot chanting D-O-D instead of L-O-D and my dad goes "It's 3 letters and you can't get THAT right?" The match itself, I don't recall much Virgil pinned Kato ***Nobody, and I mean NOBODY cared. My dad took us to the bathroom. In hindsight, this was the proper call. I'm amazed that he was able to do the  smart fan move with just what he looked at on taped shows for a week to prepare for this experience and let us enjoy the matches otherwise.The Big Bossman defeated Nailz via disqualification (Bossman's return after a 2-month absence) ***This one...it was Nailz beating up Bossman then he used the nightstick, and the ref called for the DQ, then Nailz kept wailing on him until other staff broke it up. I have no idea what it was meant to accomplish. The Ultiamte Warrior pinned Papa Shango with a clothesline and splash ***at the time, it was awesome because WARRIOR RULZ YEAAAAAAAH over Shango's voodoo powers he used IN THE MATCH. Hindsight, holy crap was that match bad.
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I don't remember what my first live show was but my last WWF/WWE one for many, many years (until the 2008 Rumble) was King of the Ring 1995:quote:King of the Ring 95 - Philadelphia, PA - CoreStates Spectrum - June 25, 1995 (16,590; 14,181 paid) After that I swore off WWF live events.
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quote:Savio Vega (w/ Razor Ramon) defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Yokozuna (w/ Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji) via count-out at 8:24 after Yoko ran into the ring post as Razor Ramon held off WWF Tag Team Champion Owen Hart from ringside This sounds far more hilarious than it probably was.
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LividLiquid posted:The first wrestling event I attended was Spring Stampede '99. Suck it, Wrestlehut. WCW House Show in 1989. Main Event Flair vs. Funk in a No DQ match.
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God Of Paradise posted:WCW House Show in 1989.  I guess the only thing that could top that would be a Flair v. Steamboat house show main event, but even then it would be a photo finish.
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My first, and, to date, only WWE (or pro wrestling of any kind) event:quote:WWE (Smackdown!) @ Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center - May 28, 2011 (3,900) I'd say the attendance was a lot less than 3,900. Christian and Natalya were insanely over.
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quote:WWF @ Seattle, WA - March 6, 1994 (4,700; sell out) I also got to go to the Smackdown! where Ashley Massaro unveiled her Playboy cover. Unexciting, sure. During the part of the TV coverage where she goes, "When I was a little girl, I couldn't figure out what I wanted to put my finger on to do," I reached my arm over to 'put my finger' on her, to do. Daaaadddd, you ruined my joke -edit, guess they don't want embedding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1s91xtVsDw8#t=53s Also got to see Goldberg jackhammer the Giant live, awesome
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