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Your first Pro-wrestling tv memory

  • 05-11-2008 09:12PM
    #1
    Vince135792003
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,045 ✭✭✭


    This topic has been done twice in the last few years but with some new members I thought it might be fun to it again.

    So what's your earliest pro-wrestling tv memory?


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  • #2
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,078 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Jeff Hardy with short hair as a jobber


  • #3
    ShawnRaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭ShawnRaven


    Hogan vs Orndorff in a cage when both guys hit the floor at the same time.
    Ah yes, WWE was truly awesome stuff back then. :)


  • #4
    gimmick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Randy Savage going off the top with the ring bell to "lacerate the larynx" of Ricky Steamboat.


  • #5
    Kid Nothing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭Kid Nothing


    HBK beating Bret Hart in the IronMan Match at Wrestlemania 12..... technically PPV but you know what I mean!


  • #6
    Bubs101
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    One of the Brood's blood baths. Watched for a while before hand but that's the one that really stand out for me


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  • #7
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Vader doing a moonsault onto Sting is one of my first from American wrestling.

    Before that probably Giant Haystacks fueding with Big Daddy.


  • #8
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 15,853 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    HHH marrying Steph


  • #9
    Vince135792003
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,045 ✭✭✭Vince135792003


    Furious-Red wrote: »
    HHH marrying Steph

    What did you think of it? It's quite an interesting introduction to WWE!


  • #10
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Hulk Hogan v Andre the Giant. WM 3. I'm old school.


  • #11
    mattieco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭mattieco


    The big boss man Vs skinner on WWF superstars in the very early 90's


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  • #12
    Headshot
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    i remember a couple of stuff but not sure whats the oldest

    mr perfect promos

    Hart Foundation

    screw job on bret(gave up watching wrestling then)(but came back a few yrs later,so i acutally never saw cena make his first appearance,thank god:D)

    diesal and razor

    lex luger

    Smoking Gunns


  • #13
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    WM4 onward, and its a bit of an odd one but Warrior and Dino Bravo doing a test of strenght lol


  • #14
    RAMPAGE1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 271 ✭✭RAMPAGE1


    Sting hitting the splash on JJ Dillion to begin his first feud with the Horsemen. He hit the splash and the Horsemen hit the ring and it forced flair to agree to his first match with Sting, I remember Flair going bananas in the ring worst than the WCW promo, It was great back then


  • #15
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    I think my first was the Undertaker/Ultimate Warrior/Hogan/Jake Roberts angle with the coffin. Or it could have been the Jake Roberts/Randy Savage angle with the snake biting Savage's arm. They were what ? 1991 ? Well the coffin stuff was. What was it called ? Paul Bearer's parlour or something.
    But then Sky 1 disappeared for a few years so I missed out on 92/93 I think. First PPV was the final third of Survivor Series 95. First full PPV was Royal Rumble 96 (it was on during the day on Sky Sports when we finally got it). First live PPV was wrestlemania, well I didn't stay up but I recorded it and watched it first thing next morning.

    One of my first Raw memories was possibly the IYH 3 "triple header" lead in. I think it was the week before and it was a 6man tag match between Diesel,HBK and Taker vs. Yoko, Hart and I can't remember. Either Bulldog or Mabel.


  • #16
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    {(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »
    i remember a couple of stuff but not sure whats the oldest

    mr perfect promos

    Hart Foundation

    screw job on bret(gave up watching wrestling then)(but came back a few yrs later,so i acutally never saw cena make his first appearance,thank god:D)

    diesal and razor

    lex luger

    Smoking Gunns


    Lex Luger in the WBF ? Heh, awful.....

    Remember when Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn split ? Didn't they do some angle where Billy broke his neck or something?


  • #17
    Fozzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭Fozzy


    {(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »
    so i acutally never saw cena make his first appearance,thank god

    Cena's first appearance was great, Kurt Angle helped make him look amazing. Probably the best debut match from any WWE wrestler in a long time. I'm going to search the board out of interest to see what people's reactions were :pac:

    I can't pinpoint my earliest memory. Possibly something to do with Hogan. My earliest memories are very vague


  • #18
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    I had a look too, can't find anything. But I did find this funny thread:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=57511

    I remember watching that a few times on sky 1


  • #19
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 15,853 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    Vince135792003 wrote: »
    What did you think of it? It's quite an interesting introduction to WWE!
    Well tbh i just seen that episode and then just left it there and then started watching it really just around summerslam 2000. Yea i wasnt even sure what it was when i seen it first until i seen the wwf logo in the corner.


  • #20
    JohnJericho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭JohnJericho


    my 2 earliest memories were Nailz vs some jobber on Sky 1 on a Fri night [great memories as a kid watching WWF on a Fri night with 'Flash' on beforehand. I also remember Hogan v Sid at 'Mania as one of my first memories


  • #21
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    Oh yeah Nailz. I remember him. Bit scary to a 7year old :o


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  • #22
    rossie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,410 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    would have been an old english wrestling match on itv, i clearly remember haystacks and big daddy but not sure on the exact first match

    first wwe match i saw years later, hulk hogan and bob orton


  • #23
    rossie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,410 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    Fozzy wrote: »
    Cena's first appearance was great, Kurt Angle helped make him look amazing. Probably the best debut match from any WWE wrestler in a long time. I'm going to search the board out of interest to see what people's reactions were :pac:

    fine match but strange that a short while after that they pushed cena right down to the bottom of the card. i remember at rebellion in manchester a few months after that (the first time i saw cena live in person) cena was relegated to jobbing to torrie wilson and kidman :eek:


  • #24
    ShawnRaven
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    rossie1977 wrote: »
    fine match but strange that a short while after that they pushed cena right down to the bottom of the card. i remember at rebellion in manchester a few months after that (the first time i saw cena live in person) cena was relegated to jobbing to torrie wilson and kidman :eek:


    He was a heel, and a largely untested one at that. He wasn't even that much over as a heel until the beginning of 2003 anyway. He'd a funny rap gimmick but that was it. He got over with the Vanilla Ice parody but that was it.

    I actually thought that heel turn would spell doom for Cena, boy was I wrong?

    But I thought they tried to push him to the moon in the beginning, he was given a PPV win over Jericho, who had been their champion a few short months beforehand.


  • #25
    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    His raps were real bad but in that car crash kind of way.


  • #26
    rossie1977
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    ShawnRaven wrote: »
    He was a heel, and a largely untested one at that. He wasn't even that much over as a heel until the beginning of 2003 anyway. He'd a funny rap gimmick but that was it. He got over with the Vanilla Ice parody but that was it.

    I actually thought that heel turn would spell doom for Cena, boy was I wrong?

    But I thought they tried to push him to the moon in the beginning, he was given a PPV win over Jericho, who had been their champion a few short months beforehand.

    he was outside the arena in manchester a few hours before the show that night and the crowd around him was very large for a guy that low down the card. the crowd were clinging to his every word, they were doing one of those on location report things
    alan dunne 27 wrote:
    His raps were real bad but in that car crash kind of way.

    they were funny and that was the point, he can make them up on the spot too, i have one on video of him in new york hilton


  • #27
    Bubs101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    rossie1977 wrote: »


    they were funny and that was the point

    My favourite bit was that time he got outrapped by kendrick before he was anybody


  • #28
    ShawnRaven
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    rossie1977 wrote: »
    he was outside the arena in manchester a few hours before the show that night and the crowd around him was very large for a guy that low down the card. the crowd were clinging to his every word, they were doing one of those on location report things

    He got insanely over during that period, but he was still pretty much a scrub heel by that stage. There are so many things wrong at that period of time, like pairing him with Bling Bling Buchannan for a start. He had been the babyface of 2002 that people wanted to see on the rise. I felt the timing of that heel turn was horrible.


  • #29
    rossie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,410 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    ShawnRaven wrote: »
    He got insanely over during that period, but he was still pretty much a scrub heel by that stage. There are so many things wrong at that period of time, like pairing him with Bling Bling Buchannan for a start. He had been the babyface of 2002 that people wanted to see on the rise. I felt the timing of that heel turn was horrible.

    he wasn't doing the rap gimmick then (october 2002) so it must have came soon after that. i remember he came down to the ring in the same gear he wore to the ring against angle in his debut (except in green)


  • #30
    ShawnRaven
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    rossie1977 wrote: »
    he wasn't doing the rap gimmick then (october 2002) so it must have came soon after that. i remember he came down to the ring in the same gear he wore to the ring against angle in his debut (except in green)

    He started on the rap gimmick after he dressed up as Vanilla Ice around Halloween on Smackdown. So it would have been not long after. I don't think he was on television much either in weeks leading to it.


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  • #31
    Ruu_Old
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    WCW on Saturday afternoon (a repeat from late Thursday nights but had school so couldn't stay up :)). Sting, Buff Bagwell, Vader, Hollywood Blondes and Barry Wyndham with that wrist taped up all the time.


  • #32
    [Deleted User]
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    Got to see Big daddy and Kendo Nagasaki when on holidays in the UK but saw them on TV before that. Still have the pictures i think .


  • #33
    DRakE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,810 ✭✭✭DRakE


    I remember the Rockers vs LOD where the finish was Jannetty dropkicking Animal while he was holding Shawn and then he fell on him and got the pin.. it led to:

    First big memory:

    Shawn Michaels smashing Marty Jannetty through the window on the barbershop :(
    I HATED Hbk after that, scribbled all over him on my WWF Annual and scratched an X over him on my Rockers poster with a knife :(


  • #34
    D-FENS
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    I'll do a rovert - see my previous post people, i'll not repeat myself! :D

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=281257&highlight=lORD+aLFRED+hAYES


  • #35
    MikeHoncho
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    When Akeem through Savage on to Miss Elizabeth and Hogan carried her to the back leaving Savage on his own. In other words the end of the mega powers.


  • #36
    Headshot
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    Fozzy wrote: »
    Cena's first appearance was great, Kurt Angle helped make him look amazing. Probably the best debut match from any WWE wrestler in a long time. I'm going to search the board out of interest to see what people's reactions were :pac:



    angle can make anybody good tbh



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  • #37
    rovert
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    {(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »
    angle can make anybody good tbh

    You must not have seen much OVW or remember Cena's early WWE career then.


  • #38
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,452 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    rovert wrote: »
    You must not have seen much OVW or remember Cena's early WWE career then.

    nope never seen ovw or cena's early career

    why


  • #39
    ShawnRaven
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    {(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »
    nope never seen ovw or cena's early career

    why

    Because it wasn't Angle that made Cena look good at that period of time. Less than a month after that Cena had a killer match with Jericho at Vengeance.

    Cena was probably better in 2002 than he was in 2003 and most of 2004. Even in his early career, Cena was more than capable of holding his own.

    Overexposure made Cena boring, not a lack of moves.


  • #40
    Headshot
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    ShawnRaven wrote: »

    Cena was probably better in 2002 than he was in 2003 and most of 2004.

    could that stupid rapper gimmick make him worse too?


  • #41
    ShawnRaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭ShawnRaven


    DRakE wrote: »
    I remember the Rockers vs LOD where the finish was Jannetty dropkicking Animal while he was holding Shawn and then he fell on him and got the pin.. it led to:

    First big memory:

    Shawn Michaels smashing Marty Jannetty through the window on the barbershop :(
    I HATED Hbk after that, scribbled all over him on my WWF Annual and scratched an X over him on my Rockers poster with a knife :(

    You forgot the bit in between there as well, where at the 1991 Survivor Series, Janetty tried to pick up one of the Nasties and ended up accidently kicking Shawn with Knobbs leg, sending him to the canvas for the pin, which resulted in the argument and another tease for a split.

    Definitely one of the better setups for splitting a team.


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  • #42
    DRakE
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    ShawnRaven wrote: »
    You forgot the bit in between there as well, where at the 1991 Survivor Series, Janetty tried to pick up one of the Nasties and ended up accidently kicking Shawn with Knobbs leg, sending him to the canvas for the pin, which resulted in the argument and another tease for a split.

    Definitely one of the better setups for splitting a team.
    that was '91? Wow that was a long time ago.. I was 7!

    edit: now that you mentioned it I do remember it, wouldnt have remembered if you hadnt mentioned it tho ;D


  • #43
    Tricity Bendix
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    The earliest memory that really stands out is Randy Savage versus Jake Roberts.


  • #44
    nuts86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭nuts86


    bret hart and lex luger going over top rope together in royal rumble... lead to two title matches at possibly my favourite mania ever.............W X


  • #45
    ShawnRaven
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    DRakE wrote: »
    that was '91? Wow that was a long time ago.. I was 7!

    edit: now that you mentioned it I do remember it, wouldnt have remembered if you hadnt mentioned it tho ;D

    I was 15 at the time. I remember being completely disgusted at that PPV, as the mark in me was hoping for a Savage reinstatement in time for the PPV.

    Of course, that didn't happen, Jake was pulled from the PPV and we got a crappy 3v3 match with Bossman and the LOD vs IRS and the Natural Disasters. But the Savage v Jake match would come to us a few days later. Not a patch on the match they had in 86, but a good match none the less.


  • #46
    ShawnRaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭ShawnRaven


    nuts86 wrote: »
    bret hart and lex luger going over top rope together in royal rumble...

    Funny you mention this, i was watching Royal Rumble 95 recently. And the following stood out in commentary

    King: I'm changing my prediction this year to Lex Luger... and Crush
    Vince: Lex Luger and Crush? You can't have two, only one can win the rumble!
    King: Why not? It happened last year!!

    And Vince just pauses for a second in utter embarrassment before
    Vince: That'll NEVER happen again.

    Of course, it pretty much did happen again in 2000 only they ruled Rock with the victory.


  • #47
    D-FENS
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    ShawnRaven wrote: »
    I was 15 at the time. I remember being completely disgusted at that PPV, as the mark in me was hoping for a Savage reinstatement in time for the PPV.

    Of course, that didn't happen, Jake was pulled from the PPV and we got a crappy 3v3 match with Bossman and the LOD vs IRS and the Natural Disasters. But the Savage v Jake match would come to us a few days later. Not a patch on the match they had in 86, but a good match none the less.

    I was more disgusted that Sid pulled out of that SS team because of injury in the first place (I was also 15, and thought Sid was the mutt's nuts, still kinda do, gimmick wise anyway)


  • #48
    brick tamland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,548 ✭✭✭brick tamland


    ShawnRaven wrote: »
    You forgot the bit in between there as well, where at the 1991 Survivor Series, Janetty tried to pick up one of the Nasties and ended up accidently kicking Shawn with Knobbs leg, sending him to the canvas for the pin, which resulted in the argument and another tease for a split.

    Definitely one of the better setups for splitting a team.


    I also remember a match from around that time. michaels won a tag match on his own refusing to tag janetty in for the whole bout. cant remember who its was against mind.


  • #49
    ShawnRaven
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    brick tamland wrote: »
    I also remember a match from around that time. michaels won a tag match on his own refusing to tag janetty in for the whole bout. cant remember who its was against mind.

    Two jobbers by the name of Paul Perez and Bob Wisseman. It was on a Challenge taping if memory serves me correctly. Shawn then spent about 2-3 minutes posing his ass off and Jannetty walks off.


  • #50
    tonc76
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    dlofnep wrote: »
    Hulk Hogan v Andre the Giant. WM 3. I'm old school.

    +1 :pac:


  • #51
    thedrunkleader
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭thedrunkleader


    Two things stick out, although they could be years apart:HBK turnin on Marty Janetty in Brutus' Barber shopRandy Savage and Miss Elizabeth getting married (around Wrestlemania 8?)


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