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sticklefifer posted:I was looking at old Wrestlemanias and I remember the crowd for WM9 seeming really small. Caesar's Palace only has a capacity of like 4500, doesn't it? What were they thinking with that venue? They simply started running huge stadiums every single year instead of NHL/NBA arenas starting with 23. WMIX's official live attendance figure is 16,891, which even if exaggerated gives it a solid arena sized crowd.
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The WWF also was well compensated by Caesar's Palace to run there. Also, it wasn't the hall that they run boxing out of but a purpose built, temporary arena (in the parking lot I believe)
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How did Scott Steiner get injured before his Wwe run?
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maxallen posted:The WWF also was well compensated by Caesar's Palace to run there. Also, it wasn't the hall that they run boxing out of but a purpose built, temporary arena (in the parking lot I believe) I don't even think Caesar's has an actual boxing hall. They usually ran outdoor events in the parking lots. sticklefifer posted:I was looking at old Wrestlemanias and I remember the crowd for WM9 seeming really small. Caesar's Palace only has a capacity of like 4500, doesn't it? What were they thinking with that venue? I think you're thinking of the Colosseum at Caesar's, and that wasn't built a decade after WMIX.
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If I was going to have some people over to drink beers and watch fightmans and wanted it to be in theme, what is the best Summer Slam we could watch?
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El Estrago Bonito posted:If I was going to have some people over to drink beers and watch fightmans and wanted it to be in theme, what is the best Summer Slam we could watch? SummerSlam 2014
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Summerslam 2002 is really good
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Summerslam 2013 was pretty great, too.
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2000 is really really good. Also 2013, which was a pretty great event.
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oatgan posted:Summerslam 2002 is really good This is the answer
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The Austin/Angle title match at Summerslam 01 is awesome. You also get to see DDP.
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It was held outdoors at Caesar's Palace and the claimed attendance was 17K. e: wrong page
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I was just reading the thread about the latest RAW and someone mentioned that Sting has never been in the WWE/F? I remember watching matches with blonde surfer Sting as a kid on regular TV but I do not remember it being WCW at all.
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Well it was so remember better.
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Lodin posted:I was just reading the thread about the latest RAW and someone mentioned that Sting has never been in the WWE/F? I remember watching matches with blonde surfer Sting as a kid on regular TV but I do not remember it being WCW at all. It probably was an early Clash of the Champions. Sting wrestled in the CWA, moved to UWF which became part of JCP, and then stayed with them as they became WCW all the way until the end. After that he never really did anything important until signing sone deal with WWE this year.
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Well then I've watched a bunch of WCW as a kid while just remembering it as WWF. Those are the only two promotions that have been on TV over here. That's kinda cool actually. I know I saw him in matches against Frank Andersson and Vader.
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ayn rand hand job posted:After that he never really did anything important until signing sone deal with WWE this year. best redaction of a chunk of a career ever.
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AkumaHokoru posted:best redaction of a chunk of a career ever. Better than when Kevin Nash left WWE, died, and came back as a Kevin Nash zombie to powerbomb
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sticklefifer posted:I was looking at old Wrestlemanias and I remember the crowd for WM9 seeming really small. Caesar's Palace only has a capacity of like 4500, doesn't it? What were they thinking with that venue? Their mindset after WM 19 was that Wrestlemania needed to be in a major city and didn't feel like they could/should run outdoor stadiums in places like New York, Chicago or LA. They started to realize it wasn't the fault of Seattle not being a big enough city for WM that caused WM 19 to flop and began running domes and outdoor stadiums. Granted none of those shows are actually getting crowds of 75-80,000.
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Great White Hope posted:Better than when Kevin Nash left WWE, died, and came back as a Kevin Nash zombie to powerbomb ok 2nd best redaction of a career holy poo poo.
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chris benoit
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oatgan posted:chris benoit I've never heard of this man.
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Stallion Cabana posted:I've never heard of this man. Unfortunately this is exactly what the WWE is going for.
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Are you referring to Crispin Wah?
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This is an extremely specific and probably very boring question, but I'm in the midst of a territories/WWF history binge and I wanted to know what the oldest nationally broadcast WWF show is? I know they've had syndicated shows on network affiliates since forever, but what was their first show that would be seen everywhere the way World Championship Wrestling (the show, not the promotion) was seen? Wikipedia is really horrible and contradictory with early wrestling stuff.
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Burt Buckle posted:This is an extremely specific and probably very boring question, but I'm in the midst of a territories/WWF history binge and I wanted to know what the oldest nationally broadcast WWF show is? I know they've had syndicated shows on network affiliates since forever, but what was their first show that would be seen everywhere the way World Championship Wrestling (the show, not the promotion) was seen? Wikipedia is really horrible and contradictory with early wrestling stuff. Their first show was Heavyweight Wrestling from Washington. The McMahon obsession with big men dates back to the beginning! Edit: I am not sure how I made that mistake. The first nationally televised show I am pretty sure was All American Wrestling.
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Thauros posted:Their syndicated shows had pretty wide distribution, but if you don't count those or Black Saturday the answer would almost certainly have to be Saturday Night's Main Event which began in 1986. That seems to be what I can find (both about having a big syndication network and Sat Night Main Event), it's just crazy to think that some NWA Georgia Promotion had them beat by ten years or however long.
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Who showed up on TV with the worst orange spray tan?
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MassRafTer posted:
Ok, You're probably the most knowledgeable guy regarding wrestling history on here, more info please? Not familiar with that one.
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Luigi Thirty posted:Who showed up on TV with the worst orange spray tan? Christian or Miz, probably.
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Christian has looked like a Simpsons character for like 3 years or more.
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Thauros posted:Ok, You're probably the most knowledgeable guy regarding wrestling history on here, more info please? Not familiar with that one. All American was their first show on USA, it was the A show at first but by the time Raw came around it was mostly irrelevant. I think this is the show that Vince used the gimmick of having other promoters send their tapes in for "exposure." In reality he was using those tapes to help scout his talent raid and expose to the public how much better his production values were.
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MassRafTer posted:All American was their first show on USA, it was the A show at first but by the time Raw came around it was mostly irrelevant. I think this is the show that Vince used the gimmick of having other promoters send their tapes in for "exposure." In reality he was using those tapes to help scout his talent raid and expose to the public how much better his production values were. Oh duh, that one. The name's generic enough it slipped my mind and I was thinking it was something from before my time. I also erroneously assumed it was another syndicated show like Superstars.
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So I wasn't watching at the time and Wikipedia offers no help. Why did noted Ohioan Brian Pillman end up in the anti-American Hart Foundation stable with Bret and Owen and such? Was it just "He hates Austin more than he loves America"?
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projecthalaxy posted:So I wasn't watching at the time and Wikipedia offers no help. Why did noted Ohioan Brian Pillman end up in the anti-American Hart Foundation stable with Bret and Owen and such? Was it just "He hates Austin more than he loves America"? He was Dungeon trained.
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I Before E posted:He was Dungeon trained. We should have had a Hart Dungeon vs Dungeon of Doom feud at some point.
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Thauros posted:Oh duh, that one. The name's generic enough it slipped my mind and I was thinking it was something from before my time. I also erroneously assumed it was another syndicated show like Superstars.
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