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Red posted:I'd be interested in seeing a graph/chart that showed when PSPers started watching wrestling. I'd wager most started in the Attitude Era, with some coming in during the InVasion or just after. I watched Hulk Hogan lose to that freak Ultimate Warrior live from Skydome and it was more than my 10 year old Hulkamaniac brain could take.
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Red posted:I'd be interested in seeing a graph/chart that showed when PSPers started watching wrestling. I'd wager most started in the Attitude Era, with some coming in during the InVasion or just after. If people are actually interested in this I would do a survey thing and put something together.
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Red posted:I'd be interested in seeing a graph/chart that showed when PSPers started watching wrestling. I'd wager most started in the Attitude Era, with some coming in during the InVasion or just after. 1983 buddy 
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sk posted:If people are actually interested in this I would do a survey thing and put something together. This would be really cool, actually. I say do it.
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Red posted:I'd be interested in seeing a graph/chart that showed when PSPers started watching wrestling. I'd wager most started in the Attitude Era, with some coming in during the InVasion or just after. This is probably right, but most of the people who would reply to something like this will claim the early 80s.
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sk posted:If people are actually interested in this I would do a survey thing and put something together. Do it!
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I think the first wrestling related thing I can remember is Akeem making Elizabeth go splat off of the ring apron, so that would have been, what...1988?
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Nov 18, 2013 22:47
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If someone's doing a survey it might be cool to add what promotion got you in wrestling. I'm sure it's WWF for the vast majority of people om here, but I'm sure at least a few started by watching WCW or their regional promotion. I know there's at least a couple people on here from Memphis who can remember the CWA/USWA.
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If you're from the UK and didn't get hooked on wrestling by watching fat guys run into each other in front of a crowd of grannies who were swinging their handbags around in rage on world of sport then I'm not sure I want to know you.
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ncumbered_by_idgits posted:1983 buddy 1981. My lawn... [e] quote:I know there's at least a couple people on here from Memphis who can remember the CWA/USWA.
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1990 or so the first time. Stopped around 93 and picked up in 1998. Stopped again in 2004 and picked up once more in 2011.
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My first wrestling memory is the green NWA ring, I didn't watch much during that period and got hooked in July of 97.
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Perfidus posted:1990 or so the first time. Stopped around 93 and picked up in 1998. Stopped again in 2004 and picked up once more in 2011. Almost identical for me. Watched from '89-93 and picked up again in '98. Stopped watching regularly in 2006 due to no longer having cable although I still kept up with the major news and events online. Started watching again in 2010 when I discovered ROH iPPVs and online streams of Raw.
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If we ignore, just for a second, the unfortunate title of this video, it has some pretty cool clips. At around 2:09, Sherri does this amazing kick spot by the ring apron. I'm wondering: Have other wrestlers done it? Who and when? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxFrFGzAz1Y&t=129s
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One thing I'd also be curious to see is who the first heel you ever liked was. It may be less relevant to those who started watching as an adult, but I'd still find it interesting. Probably at least a few Jake Roberts answers.
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I remember renting PPV's from Blockbuster when i was about 6/7 so that would mean i started watching around 1990. I went to a house show (free tickets through a friend) in 1994. Wasn't great looking back but I got to see Bret hart and Hakushi have a very good match. Main Event was Karma vs Undertaker. So it might have been 1995? It was after the urn had been melted and Karma was wearing it as a chain. I got regualr access to WWE in 1998 (as in i got sky tv) and here we are now.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:One thing I'd also be curious to see is who the first heel you ever liked was. It may be less relevant to those who started watching as an adult, but I'd still find it interesting. Probably at least a few Jake Roberts answers. Macho Man for me. I'm a weird case in that, I started watching in '96, but we couldn't afford satellite TV, so every week, my dad bought me VHS copies of old PPVs, starting at WM1.
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The first wrestling memory I have is catching an episode of WCW Monday Night Nitro a few weeks after Bash at the Beach in '96. Then Wrestlemania 13 and the Undertaker got me into WWF in '97.
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The first wrestling memory I have is Vince in his office bringing in the nWo, and Scott Hall duct taped to an office chair. When I started really watching, Austin, Rock and Brock had all left so I never got to see them in their prime. I remember really liking The Hurricane and watching Carlito debut. I picked a really weird time to start watching.
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sk posted:If people are actually interested in this I would do a survey thing and put something together. Awesome, I hope you do. This could be interesting. It's probably important to separate "What was the first match you ever saw?" versus "What got you into wrestling?". If you asked me the first part, I'd say King Kong Bundy vs. Hillbilly Jim in like 1985 or 1986. The second part would be Hulk Hogan losing to The Undertaker. So it might help to ask? 1. What was the first match you remember watching? 1a. What year (estimate) did this take place? 2. What was the first angle you remember? 2a. What year (estimate) did this take place? 3. What match/angle got you interested into following wrestling closely? 3a: What year (estimate) did this take place? 4. How old are you? 5. If you watched wrestling as a kid, who were your top 3 favorite wrestlers (rank favorite to least favorite, 1 to 3, with 1 being most favorite). Just a suggestion.
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I think I started regularly watching just before Royal Rumble 2008. I'm pretty sure it was the episode where Jeff Hardy did a swanton offf some impossibly high thing (the rafters maybe?). I then watched until about when Cena feuded with Sheamus in I think 2010 and my friend got me back into it just before Summerslam this year. Edit: as for the questions, 1. I honestly forget, but I wanna say when I was a bit younger I caught some Rey Mysterio match but I don't really remember it. 1a. I have no clue, 06 maybe? 2. As said, Orton/Hardy. 2a. 2008 obviously 3. That'd be the aforementionned swanton off the rafters. 3a. Same as above 4. 19 now, so I was 13 back then 5. Does 13 count as a kid? If so, I was already aware that wrestling was fake by then, so I was never a mark, but my favourites were probably... 1. Jeff Hardy (That swanton left a real impression on me) 2. Edge (This may have been because I liked his theme music a lot) 3. Either Taker or (please don't hate me IWC) John Cena Junpei Hyde fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Nov 18, 2013 |
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1. I think it was Paul Wight vs Mankind in a Boiler Room Brawl, Owen and Jarrett were also on that card if i remember 1a. 1999 2. Jessie the Body Ventura Summerslam referee stuff. 2a. 1999 3. Hardyz vs Dudleys 3a: RR 2000 4. 23 5. 1, Chris Jericho 2, Jeff Hardy 3, The Rock
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I don't remember if it's my first wrestling memory or first WWE memory, but I seem to recall the Undertaker fighting some jobber and then putting him in a body bag. Does this ring a bell with anyone, and could tell me around when this was?
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Red posted:Awesome, I hope you do. This could be interesting. This is fun. 1. Bret Hart vs HBK ironman match WM 12. 1a. 1996. 2. Tie: nWo & Mankind vs Undertaker 2a. 1996 3. The Undertaker between the Royal Rumble and WM 13. 3a. 1997 4. 27 5. Undertaker, Mankind, Sting.
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1. 3.0/Fist, CHIKARA 1a. 2012 2. Gran Akuma fighting his way back into CHIKARA 2a. 2012 3. CM Punk's title reign 3a: 2012 4. How old are you? 19 I got into wrestling pretty recently.
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Red posted:Awesome, I hope you do. This could be interesting. 1. Hogan/Boss Man in the old blue cage... I think from some Colliseum 'exclusive' match rented from the video store. 1a. 91-92? 2. The first one I clearly recall was probably Shawn/Razor and the two IC titles 2a I know the blowoff was WMX so I assume late 93. 3.The Shawn 'post-concussion' angle and subsequent Rumble is what totally hooked me. 3a Again, knowing when the payoff was, it must've been around 95. 4. 27 5. 1: Shawn Michaels. 2: Bret Hart 3: I want to say Taker, but possibly Waltman or the Smoking Gunns (I had a crush on Sunny)
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The Senator Giroux posted:I don't remember if it's my first wrestling memory or first WWE memory, but I seem to recall the Undertaker fighting some jobber and then putting him in a body bag. Does this ring a bell with anyone, and could tell me around when this was? Could have been right after his debut, as he started doing that in Superstars squashes a few matches in. Actually, I remember that he steadily got more weird with his post match antics, creeping the announcers out. One match he'd just Tombstone someone, the next he threw some kind of dust on them. Then came the body bag.
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1. Probably the 2000 Royal Rumble. 1a. Umm, 2000. 2. This is an embarrassing one. Vince Russo telling Goldberg he had to win 176 matches in a row or he'll fire him. In my defense, I was 7. 2a. 2000 3. Goldberg killing dudes. 3a: Roughly 1998. 4. 20 5. Sting, Goldberg, Booker T.
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1. Hogan and Beefcake vs. Macho Man and Zeus 1a. 1989 2. Zeus screaming "HULK . . . HOGAN!!!! BEEFCAKE . . . BARBER!!!!" into the camera. 2a. 1989 3. I guess that one? I've watched wrestling for as long as I can remember because my older brother did. The first time I got really hyped up for wrestling was Warrior vs. Hogan. My brother mercilessly made fun of me when Hogan lost. Later that year Warrior was supposed to make an appearance at our local mall, showed up for 10 minutes and hosed off. The first PPV I bought with allowance money was In Your House 1. 3a: 1989, 1990, 1995. 4. 27. 5. 1) Bret 2) LOD 3) Hogan The first heels I ever cheered for were Bret during his Austin feud and the NWO. Gaz-L posted:1. Hogan/Boss Man in the old blue cage... I think from some Colliseum 'exclusive' match rented from the video store. While checking out the wikipedia page for Summerslam '89, I saw that the Hogan-Zeus feud really got going when Zeus attacked Hogan before a steel cage match with the Big Bossman on a Saturday Night Main Event. That could have been your match. Tokelau All Star fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Nov 19, 2013 |
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 GOON PROJECT CLICK ON THIS LINK HOLY poo poo When I stop getting responses I'll put the data together in a pleasing way! your friend sk fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Nov 19, 2013 |
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Red posted:1. What was the first match you remember watching? 1. I think Sting against some jobber. 1a. 1989 2. Evil Yokozuna's rise to the top of the WWF, starting with the cold blooded murder of Jim Duggan. 2a. 1992-93 3. I honestly don't know, I just know it came before the Yokozuna angle. I was hooked, despite real strong storylines at the time. 3a. ~1990. 4. 29 5. Owen Hart, Mick Foley, Stone Cold
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Actual wrestling question: Why is gorilla and all that stuff immediately behind the stage in a large tented tunnel? e: Why is it in a tent? UltimoDragonQuest fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Nov 19, 2013 |
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:Actual wrestling question: The spot by the entrance 'tunnel' is called the "Gorilla Position." Supposedly because Gorilla Monsoon was usually stationed there when he was still around.
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:Actual wrestling question: Theres a couple of reasons, the most notable being it's a completely controlled enviroment that they can take from any venue to any venue without the need of trying to find appropriate facilities. Also the tent acts as an added sound buffer between the stage and backstage.
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i watched from 1999-2001 and then stopped and started watching again when *Bryan alvarez voice* chris benoit killed his family
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The Shaman of Cum posted:i watched from 1999-2001 and then stopped and started watching again when *Bryan alvarez voice* chris benoit killed his family I had stopped watching for about 18 months until Raw is Chris Benoit, having been woken up at like 2am by my friend phoning me up to breathlessly tell me that Kevin Sullivan had murdered the Benoits and no it was not a storyline.
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Red posted:1. What was the first match you remember watching? 1. Vader and Sid Vicious murdering the living hell out of some jobbers. 1a. Around 1993 or so. 2. God help me, it was the angle where Vader powerbombed Cactus Jack on the pavement, and then somebody (Tony Schiavone?) went around trying to find Cactus Jack and it turned out he was in Cleveland and had amnesia.  2a. Wikipedia says this was also in '93, so there we are. 3. Having returned from Cleveland, Cactus Jack shows up in the WWE even crazier, wearing a mask, and calling himself Mankind, and proceeds to get into this bizarre war of attrition with the Undertaker. My young mind found all the crazy psychological stuff and how the violence escalated more and more and more as it went on to be pretty awesome. 3a. 1995 and, um, onwards. Taker and Mankind kinda feuded on and off for the rest of the Attitude era, almost. 4. 27. 5. 1) Sting 2) Cactus Jack 3) Legion of Doom (they were past their prime at this point but I sure as hell didn't know) Honorable mention: Kensuke Sasaki, my favorite Worldwide mainstay. Man, was I in for a shock when I got into puro ten years later. Re: the first heel I liked, it was definitely Vader. As a kid Sting was my hero who could do no wrong, but I totally respected Vader for being able to maul him and also for being a huge scary motherfucker. I used to think it'd be the coolest thing ever if he became a good guy.
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I Before E posted:that does not seem to be a link  JESUS CHRIST HERE'S THE LINK SO EXCITING
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I embarrassed myself by telling you things. Thanks for letting me do that!
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