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Post by Burke on Dec 5, 2011 17:56:47 GMT -5
*Wrestling show. Couldn't fit it in the title, lol. Whether it was a PPV or a TV show. Or even just a specific moment/character you remember seeing but can't pinpoint exactly when it was. I vividly remember being really young (like probably 3 or 4) and seeing The Ultimate Warrior and Papa Shango on TV. Once I started watching properly the first show I remember watching was this one: I had to Wikipedia it to refresh my memory. It was from September of 1998. It looks pretty bad overall but I remember liking the triple threat cage match with Rock, Mankind and Ken Shamrock. It was weird watching it and not really knowing anything about any of the characters though. |
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Post by Tiarnán on Dec 5, 2011 18:12:11 GMT -5
I watched WCW back in the day, and I remember The Wall (who I never heard from or saw again) attack and injure someone. And I also remember Hulk Hogan and Sting in the ring with lots of balloons falling down.
My first WWF PPV was Royal Rumble 2000. I remember thinking Cactus Jack was supposed to be the bad guy cause of his name. And I remember Prince Albert and Chyna in the RR itself. Then I remember Survivor Series 2000, with Stone Cold and Triple H fighting. I started properly paying attention before RR2001.
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Post by Tarry on Dec 5, 2011 18:24:34 GMT -5
I remember random episodes of Sunday Night Heat with the terrible English commentators instead of the Americans on Channel 4.
I watched a lot of episodes of SmackDown! and Raw with my cousin back during the height of the Attitude Era, but I can't remember much. The first WWF event I watched in it's entirety was Judgment Day 2000 and the second was SummerSlam 2000.
Royal Rumble 2001 was the first event I watched live.
I used to watch WCW on nights when my parents left me with a babysitter. DDP was my favourite to watch in WCW and coincidentally, the first RAW I watched live was the night he revealed himself as Undertaker and Sara's stalker.
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Post by jayzero42690 on Dec 5, 2011 18:25:05 GMT -5
I remember seeing the Undertaker on my TV. That's my earliest memory of wrestling. But I was introduced to wrestling through the Sega Genesis with these:   Then I remember Rock throwing Stone Cold off a bridge. And I was introduced to the attitude era with this:  Then when my brother moved and took that with him, I went to buy it, but the guy at Toys R Us told me to get this:  Cause it had the Hardy Boyz. I had no idea who the fuck he was talking about. After that game, I finally started actually watching the show, and seen this: And I've been watching ever since. EDIT: Oh and like T, Royal Rumble 2000 was my first PPV. Wrestlemania XX was my first live Wrestlemania, even though I had seen IX and X on VHS. |
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Post by Burke on Dec 5, 2011 18:29:50 GMT -5
My first WWF PPV was Royal Rumble 2000. I remember thinking Cactus Jack was supposed to be the bad guy cause of his name. And I remember Prince Albert and Chyna in the RR itself. Holy crap, Royal Rumble 2000 was the first PPV I ever watched live. I didn't have Sky Sports at the time so the others I had seen before that I watched the replays at my friends house. This was on Channel 4 though so I could stay up and watch it live (even though I had to get up for school just a few hours after it finished, lol). Ever since then the Royal Rumble match has always been the match I most look forward to each year. I loved the Triple H-Cactus Jack match too though. Little 12 year old Burkie was left speechless by Miss Kitty's bubblewrap bikini in the Miss Rumble 2000 swimsuit contest. And that Mae Young moment also left me speechless for less pleasant reasons. WCW on Channel 5 around 2000 was also some of my first wrestling memories. The Batman style "boom!/kapow!/bang!/etc" censor bars when someone used a weapon were hilarious. EDIT: Lol @ that WCW 2000 video filled with clips of people who are in TNA in 2011. |
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Post by Tiarnán on Dec 5, 2011 18:30:28 GMT -5
I loved the Attitude game! I used to have so much fun changing the entrances and rope colours and stuff.
Lol, I remember when Channel 4 showed Royal Rumble 2001 and they cut to an ad break just as "Wellllll, it's the Big Show!" hit. He was the surprise entrant that year too.
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Post by jayzero42690 on Dec 5, 2011 18:38:35 GMT -5
And that Mae Young moment also left me speechless for less pleasant reasons. lol I remember watching that segment. I didn't know my grandma was watching it in her room to make sure it was appropriate, spyin on me and shit. And as soon as she took her top of, I just heard my grandma start laughing her ass off. So that will always be one of my favorite wrestling moments just because of my grandmas reaction. |
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Post by jayzero42690 on Dec 5, 2011 18:43:52 GMT -5
I loved the Attitude game! I used to have so much fun changing the entrances and rope colours and stuff. That was one of my favorite things about that game. That's why I thought I would love Create-an-Arena in WWE 12. But I just don't  |
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Post by Burke on Dec 5, 2011 18:52:46 GMT -5
WWF War Zone for PS1 was the first wrestling game I had.  I hadn't been watching much so I still didn't know exactly who all the characters in the game were. In particular, I remember scratching my head and wondering just who the hell Ahmed Johnson was. |
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Post by Brandon on Dec 5, 2011 21:17:10 GMT -5
I don't remember the exact first show, but I started watching with my Dad around WrestleMania 14. The earliest match that I can remember seeing was Aguila vs. Taka Michinoku, but once I saw Sable's feud with Luna that's when I started watching on my own. A lot of people at school watched it too, so it was kind of a big thing.
I fell out of it for a while after Sable disappeared, but then in 2001 I played SmackDown! 2 and it peaked my interest. Anytime that I saw it on after that I would watch, and I remember a few matches like Lita vs. Molly Holly and Trish Stratus vs. Terri where Torrie and Stacy did a run in, but I started watching full time again the night that Trish and Torrie had their arm wrestling contest. That was such a fun segment and I thought it was awesome that Trish and Lita beat up Nick Patrick.
My first PPV was InVasion, which I made my parents order.
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Post by Burke on Aug 2, 2012 9:14:59 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure I’ve narrowed it down and worked out that the first RAW/SD I ever watched in full was the August 17th 2000 SmackDown! I had just gotten Sky and could finally start watching properly rather than watching bits and pieces at my friends house or seeing the little highlights they showed on Heat.
Fitting that one of my all-time favourite rivalries was the main event. That and Trish managing Val Venis/feuding with Chyna are the only things I can really remember though.
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