Favorite moment as a kid
 

I grew up watching anything that had the term “wrestling” in it. Now in my early 20’s, I wanted to see what all of you consider to be your favorite or most nostalgic moment from when you were a kid.

Kane and X-Pac teaming up and winning the titles is mine. What's yours?

The Rock hitting the Rock Bottom on Stephanie McMahon.

This was where I went from a casual viewer to one who watched it religiously for years.

When Ted Dibiase kicked the ball away from that kid

Most vivid memory was seeing Steve Austin defeat the Undertaker for the WWF Championship on RAW. I remember sitting on the floor in front of the TV and jumping up when he won the belt.

I recall this because two handymen were installing some electrical stuff or lights or something in my dad's little bar and they looked over and were even saying "Yeah Stone Cold!"

That's the first thing that came to mind.

Might have been when Ultimate Warrior beat Hogan at WrestleMania VI. Although I remember marking out pretty hard when I saw a clip of Bret Hart beat Ric Flair for the WWF Championship on some weekend show and when Undertaker returned at SummerSlam 1994

Finding out how to fix the cable box so I could get great audio but not very good picture of PPVs.

The Undertaker returning and scaring the shit out of Yokozuna.

That was good too. That and the SummerSlam moment I mentioned was probably the peak of my Undertaker markness.

Not that I haven't liked him since, but I was a HUGE Taker mark in the mid-90's as a kid

Him, HBK and Bret made the early/mid-90's awesome to me

Undertaker vs Mankind specifically The Post Summerslam betrayal of Paul Bearer interview on RAW I literally l cared for nothing else on the summerslam Card I remember sitting saying "Why aren't they talking about What Paul did to Taker? That was really bad."

i think my fav moment was when i attended a smackdown taping here in tucson, and it was during the height of a rock/austin fued. right as the cameras were cutting out, the rock ran out and had a staredown with stonecold, heading into sunday with their match at the ppv..anyways the camera cut off as they stared each other down. after they faded to black, stone cold did his usual turnbuckle beer chug thing. after one go of that, he was tossed four beers, and threw two to the rock. long story short, it ended with the rock and stone cold going from corner to corner slamming beers and cheersing each other. that was such an awesome moment

Man, there's a lot of great moments. My most vivid memory of watching wrestling on TV as a kid is when The Undertaker finally came back after Kane and Paul Bearer locked him in the coffin and lit it on fire at the 1998 Royal Rumble. As soon as he appeared, I was so stoked that I woke up my little brother and made him watch too. The two of us were so fucking excited watching Taker tell Kane he'd walk through the fires of hell to fight him and couldn't wait to see Wrestlemania that year. (Note: Fuck, I miss the old black cable boxes that got free PPV!)

Also, I'll never forget my first live Raw, which was two weeks before Wrestlemania 14 and after the above mentioned Taker/Kane event. I went nuts seeing The Undertaker light a Kane dummy on fire. I was pissed when I saw Triple H beat Owen Hart for the European Championship with the help of Chyna. Oh, and the interview where McMahon responded with the famous "OH HELL NO!" when asked if he wanted Austin to win the belt happened too. Talk about heat! Haha. When Austin finally showed up for the dark match main event that night was icing on the cake. That crowd went fucking insane. Great night.

demolitions music turned me into a monster as a kid

Jose Lothario pointing to the heavens. Scott Hall appearing on WCW then the Outsiders. The Stalker, think that's who it was, pooping / finding a poop slash payday bar in the Summerslam pool and then eating it.

probably that time when Kane came back and stopped the Un-Americans from burning the American flag

Seeing Shawn Michaels win the IC title from the Bulldog on SNME.

Probably The Rock winning the title at Backlash 2000. I really hated Triple H, Stephanie, Vince and the rest of that faction with a passion, and I was genuinely pissed off with how Wrestlemania had ended. When you're a kid time lasts forever so it seemed like Triple H had had the title for years by that point. All felt right in the world when The Rock won it. It was also my first experience of witnessing Stone Cold on live TV as I'd only began watching in December 1999, just after his "hit and run" angle.

Also Shane falling off the titantron at Summerslam 2000 is one of my most vivid memories. I was stunned they'd pull a stunt like that.

Another big vivid moment was Kurt Angle winning the title at No Mercy 2000. At the time it was surreal as hell to see anyone other than like Triple H, Stone Cold or The Rock win it.

Goldberg winning the title on Nitro. That kept me bouncing around for a good hour.

HBK beating Bret at WM XII. Definitely.

That for me was the saddest day as a kid wrestling fan. I was so relieved that Bret kept the title, that i went to sleep with the image of Bret leaving the ring with the belt. In the morning, my dad tells me, "You should have stayed awake a bit. They continued the broadcast, and Shawn Michaels is the new champ."

Worst breakfast ever.

Diesel winning at WM 11. Loved Nash to death when he was in WWE. I was the tallest kid in my school at the time so it was easy to relate to.

No, that was T.L. Hopper, who was a plumber.

YES!!!!!

T.L. Hopper, lol. Someone on this board has a great story of meeting him in real life, hopefully he can tell it to us :drool:.

When I saw the thread's title, I took a minute and thought about it before reading. I'm with Mr. C, which is funny. Loved when Kane and X-Pac teamed. X-Pac was my favorite and Kane was my brother's. I was heart broken when they broke up.

That was as a kid. As an adult, I was heartbroken when I read the spoilers 2 days after Christian won his title and then lost it.

i was a huge fan of the goldberg streak

Mankind beating the rock for the title the first time

I agree with Mr Sheep here, defo one of my fave moments as a kid is The Rock winning the WWE title at Backlash coz I hated HHH and was sick and tired of seeing him with the title and wish The Rock or anyone else to dethrone him, and it was awesome to see Austin help The Rock.

Other moments to me was Kane and X-Pac winning the tag titles from APA (I started watching wrestling in July 99) and Big Show winning the WWE title at Survivor Series 99 because I was shocked that he became champion when he wasn't advertised in the main event.

i sat in the upper section at that show :cool:

I'm not sure about favorite, but I remember being actually affected emotionally when Shawn Michaels threw Marty Jannetty through the Barber Shop window. The Rockers were my favorite team, and I really thought they had worked out their problems, but it was not to be. I was devastated.

I think I may have cried when The Undertaker locked The Ultimate Warrior in a casket, too. Don't tell anybody though.

Pretty gutted when Earthquake killed Damien, too.

Not to mention when Damien (or was it Lucifer at the time?) bit Randy Savage's arm.

Foley winning the big belt for the first time. Truly magnificent stuff.

Rix 1024 and Mr Sheep. Damn rite - Backlash 2000. I had jus started watchin around No Way Out wen HHH retired Foley, then the Mania and it was first ordinary PPV i watched from start2 finish.we wore off school on the Monday and it was on Channel 4 at 1am. the build up2 it was brilliant aswel.the first time i ever seen Stone Cold on television was when he destroted the DX Express the night before Backlash. The whole Fac-gime (thank you Edge n Chrisitan) beatin on the Rock n the crowd slowly builds...Austin....Austin....Austin. That was me hooked!!!

The Rockers breaking up.

Bret v Bulldog match
Hogan lifting Andre
Snuka jumping off the cage
First time I watched ECW
The whole fucking Attitude era

Hogan taking Miss Elizabeth to the backstage and Macho Man flipping out.
Stone Cold tossing Rock over a bridge after teasing Rock about throwing his IC belt over earlier.
US-Canada feud involving HBK and Bret Hart.

- Sting returning in 1999 to beat DDP for the World Title in the first match of the night. I utterly spazzed out and broke my remote control. And then when DDP won the thing back at the end of the night, I lost it again. My two favorite wrestlers in the world going back and forth for the World title in the same night. Awesome.

- Rey Mysterio Jr. almost beating Ric Flair for the World Title at one of the last Spring Breakout editions of Nitro. Flair was just so damn good at making it seem like he was going to lose the belt, but in the end, Mysterio got screwed by Arn Anderson and Flair. But that night is when I started to believe that Rey could be a world champion someday.

- Jeff Hardy almost beating Undertaker for the Undisputed Title on RAW. I must have re-watched that match 3 or 4 times right after RAW ended, it was just that good.

The Ultimate Warrior saving hogan at WM8, that would be kind of amusing today though haha

Goldberg beating hogan
Scott Hall tazering Goldberg
Rey Mysterio v Flair for the world title
Jericho v HBK
And I wasn't a kid but the miz winning the title 9 hours after my daughter was born

Wrestlemania 10 which featured Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon in a ladder match and Owen upsetting his brother Bret in the opener.

mine too, Heenan makes that.

"His friends won't save him, Hogan hasn't got a friend left!" and Warrior's music hits. Amazing.

i have several that are tied in the E as well as WCW.

wcw

Segmentwise;

the whole silent sting angle, though my favorite moment in that was the end of clash of the champions 97, where sting was shown in the rafters with the vulture and the audio, made me have chills that rivaled the chills I still get when I hear Takers music. My other favorite segment was Arn Andersons retirement speech. It was a sad event, but it was beautifully done and made the twist at war games even more effective for me. (there were many good yet sad events for me growing up, but that was my favorite).

Wrestlingwise; goldberg jack hammering big show at (show was so heavy at that time i thought either 1: he wouldnt be able to do it , or 2: shows singlet would rip, and I had this same concern when show faced akebono at wm in their sumo match), and goldberg winning the title from hogan, along with luger partially racking show at ww3 in either 96 or 97, (again due to big show being so heavy).

The E;

segmentwise, there are too many for me to mention, but the raw segments where taker gave the kayfabe family history of him and kane i think in 97, and his return to i think challenge kane at wm 14 in 98 are standouts for me.

Wrestlingwise; bret vs michaels at wm 12 is still the best match ive ever seen, with the following matches coming in at a close second for me: angle/and "the nameless one" (for the sake of sparing feelings I'll go along with the, to me, ridiculous idea of not mentioning his name) at RR and taker/michaels at wm 25 & 26

some honorable mentions for being impressed with strength are lesnar f 5 ing show at survivor series and when cena lifted both show and edge (even though edge slid off) for an AA during their WM match.

(I know its long but f it).

I'll also add my favorite ECW moment, which was when Raven returned to ECW to win the tag titles with dreamer in 99. I was a big Raven mark back then and was shocked and elated that this happened, especially since I remembered the epic madons they had for each other years before and wars those two fought in

The Silent Sting, I think the first show I remember watching as a choice and not just parents channel surfing was around the time when it was the who will Sting side with at Wargames dealio.

After that I was hooked on the Sting story.

The Macho Man snake incident.

Macho Man holding Nitro hostage.

My 1st wrestling memory was the MegaPowers / Twin Towers tag match where Hogan took Liz to the back. My mom almost turned the TV off because I was yelling at it :(

I was a casual watcher before, but the 1992 Royal Rumble and The Real *dramatic pause* World's Champion Ric Flair made me a lifelong addict.

Jake Roberts training Ultimate Warrior to be evil.

for something more recent, I loved when Rhyno made Chris Benoit wrestle Doink the Clown on Smackdown.

X-Pac and Tori turning on Kane was freaking great, and the drama between them was right up my alley.

undertaker vs mankind hell in a cell match at king of the ring 1998

As a kid? Hmm. Probably Bret Hart and Lex Luger both winning the 1994 Royal Rumble. It was just so different, and it was cool that both were the top faces in WWE. I was hoping there'd be a one-on-one match between them at Wrestlemania that year. I never understood why there wasn't.

In chronological order

Sting beating the fuck out of Nwo with a bat
(Heat) flair getting killed by Nwo
Glacier
Shawn randomly superkicking Booker t

Hogan beating Andre at WM 3. That was the first bit of wrestling that I can recall seeing and I became a massive Hogan fan as a kid after that.

Next one would be Survivor Series 91 when Undertaker beat Hogan for the WWF title. It was like a passing of the torch for me in terms of favourites. I also remember being annoyed when Hogan won the title back on Tuesday in Texas or whatever that one PPV was called.

Favorite moment as a kid:

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Check out Luger's face

If they continued booking Henry like they did Yokozona, whoever beat him would have had a title win like that.

jimmy snuka leaping off the steel cage,don't think anyone else did that before then.

The Rockers breaking up.

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For those of you here who are too young to have ever seen that...

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I HAD SO MANY MOMENTS IT HAS HARD TO PICK OUT JUST ONE. FROM THE AMAZING KENNEL FROM HELL MATCH TO SEEING VINCE RUSSO WIN THE WORLD TITLE. GUN TO MY HEAD I WOULD SAY SIGNING UP HERE TO DISCUSS WRESTLING WITH AN OUTSTANDING LINE UP OF LADIES AND GENTLEMAN WOULD BE THE BEST IF I HAD BEEN A CHILD WHEN I DID THAT.

GOING TO GO WITH HEADBANGER MOSH REUNITING WITH HEADBANGER THRASHER FOR THEIR SECOND RUN.

Probably when Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura defeated Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Tag Team Championship at the Tokyo Dome to an attendance of 62,500 on January 4, 1997.

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That had me mark the flying f*** out. Austin went from irreverent renegade to hero in my book when I saw this. And I can't forget about this one, either:

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For about 10 minutes, I was the happiest kid alive when this happened.

Savage and Liz reuniting at WMVII.

unfortunately, probably Goldberg beating Hogan.....

favorite moment has to be when 1-2-3 kid(waltman) was in a fued with razor ramon, and it lead to the match where razor offered $5,000 saying 1-2-3 kid couldn't beat him again, then he hit the moonsault while razor was still standing, landing on him, getting the 3, swiping the bag of cash, and making his exit, it was like, oh my god he did it!!!!!

Demolition beating the Colossal Connection at Wrestlemania 6. I will never forget that pop.

Mr Perfect deciding to team with Randy Savage during that episode of Prime Time Wrestling or Bulldog beating Bret Hart at Wembley Stadium.

I don't think he actually pinned him in that match. I think he just swiped the cash abruptly during the match and ran away into a waiting car outside. lol

Yeah he took the money and ran like a bitch. He won the first match and then Razor goated him to fight him again for 5000 bucks.

Flair pinning Hogan via submission in the epic 15 foot high barbwire steel cage match at Uncensored. As a kid I thought it was the most awesome match I had ever seen. Also, the 1997 with Austin comming ou of nowhere to dominate it, then the look on his face and the pop from the crowd when Bret Hart's music hit.

My favorite mark-out moment as a kid was Sting defeating Ric Flair at the 1990 Great American Bash. Bought the PPV in the hopes Sting could do what I thought was impossible which was take down the no good cheating Nature Boy....

Lol, that would make a good pic for a caption thread