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True Brit Grit

07-15-2007 03:44 PM

Best UK PPV

Two things really - what do UK fans - or US fans who have seen the latter DVDs - think is the best UK Only PPV?

Sadly there aren't many to choose from and the majority of the events were worse than the last few GABs, but I'll have to go for One Night Only (1997) or Insurrextion 2001....

#BROKEN Hasney

07-15-2007 03:51 PM

Summerslam 1992

True Brit Grit

07-15-2007 03:53 PM

Ok, well, I'll clarify and say UK ONLY PPV.

Otherwise I certainly would have agreed with you. Bobby 'King of England' Henan and all that.

#BROKEN Hasney

07-15-2007 03:55 PM

Oh yeah, shit, missed out the only.

Never really bothered watching the UK only ones as the only titles to ever change hands was the European and womens.

Disturbed316

07-15-2007 03:57 PM

The hardcore title changed hands at Innsurextion 2000, Bulldog beat Crash for it. I was there and marked like a bitch.

Rob	07-15-2007 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hollywood Hasney

Summerslam 1992

Mooияakeя™

07-15-2007 04:12 PM

Yeah, they don't do nearly as many lol. I enjoy the shows here, but we booed Regal! he's meant to be cheered here! hahaah

NoRoolz

07-15-2007 07:19 PM

Insurrextion 2001, me front row 10 year old kid in between Paul Heyman and Michael Cole, on T.V several times, so naturally that wins for me.

Capital Carnage 1998 was really good too. Jacquelines boobs made it great.

CSL	07-15-2007 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by True Brit Grit

One Night Only

NeanderCarl

07-15-2007 09:26 PM

One Night Only '97, or Rebellion 2000. The rest sucked.

mrslackalack

07-15-2007 11:26 PM

One Night Only hands down.

mrslackalack

07-15-2007 11:27 PM

Id say the 3 best UK PPVs (SS 92 included are)

1. SS 92
2. One Night Only
3. Insurrextion 2001

The Mackem

04-22-2008 06:47 AM

I loved the one where Gillberg opened up against Tiger Ali Singh. Gilberg looked indestructible.

I don't know if it was the same one but there was one with Austin's title on the line in a triple threat match against Triple H and The Undertaker during the Corporate Ministry days. I remember it seemed better than the PPV that was around the same time may have been a Backlash where it was simply Austin versus Undertaker.

What about Battle Royale at the Royal Albert Hall for a UK only event from October 1991? Good old Bulldog.

Outsider

04-22-2008 06:49 AM

Do you think they will ever do a proper PPV in the UK again?

The Mackem

04-22-2008 06:53 AM

Well let's face it, having Raw or Smackdown over here is more prestigious and we kind of get it for free.

Mr. Nerfect

04-22-2008 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Outsider (Post 2130091)

Do you think they will ever do a proper PPV in the UK again?

I think it's going to happen, eventually. Titles are changing hands in the UK, more and more British wrestlers are turning up and getting bigger roles within the company. The British market is no longer as "niche" for the WWE as it used to be.

I say just go all-out and have WrestleMania XXVI in England, or something.

Fabien Barthez

04-22-2008 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by The Mackem (Post 2130090)

I remember that!
Had 2 really good tag matches. Rockers vs Nasty Boys and LOD vs Power and Glory!

Everybody in matches, then all in the battle royal at the end. How every small time wrestling show in this country was booked for well over 10 years afterwards!

Either that, or One NIght Only. That was the one with HBK vs Davey at the end right? Ive been to alot of House shows and PPV's when thay have been here, but I just don't seem to remember the details of them.

I remember the last one I went was in Manchester, and opened with Edge vs Christian in a cage match. Thats all I got. :-\

Fabien Barthez

04-22-2008 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 2130190)

I agree. Wembley, Millennium Stadium Eastlands, Old Trafford, Emirates.... All plenty big enough to put the show on.

And given the close proximity of the European market in comparrison to The States, It would sell out no matter what price the tickets were, in minutes.

The Mackem

04-22-2008 10:24 AM

I don't think I could imagine a Wrestlemania being held outside of the States, for some reason. Another major PPV would be good.

Fabien Barthez

04-22-2008 10:32 AM

Rumble! :love:

Loose Cannon

04-22-2008 10:45 AM

One Night Only.

But there was a couple of earlier ones I liked that Coliseum put out in the early 90's. I want to say Rampage.

Outsider

04-22-2008 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The Mackem (Post 2130211)

I don't think I could imagine a Wrestlemania being held outside of the States, for some reason. Another major PPV would be good.

I agree. But I would be happy with a minor PPV.

Fabien Barthez

04-22-2008 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Loose Cannon (Post 2130223)

One Night Only.

But there was a couple of earlier ones I liked that Coliseum put out in the early 90's. I want to say Rampage.

Yeah, UK Rampage. Was Davey Boy doing a hip toss on the cover. Hogan/Slaughter was the main event.

The 93 tour was called European Rampage. That wasn't filmed though I don't think.

NoRoolz

04-22-2008 12:57 PM

I'm pretty happy with Raw and Smackdown twice a year. That's not BAD.

The Royal Rumble in the U.K somewhere would be a dream though!

also lol @ nearly year old thread. I still agree with my previous comment though.

Carnage 98, Insurrextion 2001.

NoRoolz

04-22-2008 12:57 PM

...and Jacquelines boobies.

NeanderCarl

04-22-2008 06:00 PM

Here's the review I wrote a few years ago (2002, as I just discovered) on Amazon about Capital Carnage.

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Originally Posted by NeanderCarl on Amazon.co.uk

Please do not condone WWE's treatment of their underappreciated British fans by paying good money for this trash. All the grudges/feuds settled on this show failed to be relevant as far as viewers of the US shows were concerned weeks prior to the show, the wrestling was shoddy and Vinnie Jones was a very pointless exercise. On top of that, the show's running time was somewhere around (or under) 2 and a half hours which is disgraceful to UK pay-per-view customers who shelled out for a promised 3hr show. I'd certainly recommend the WWF's previous UK show, One Nite Only... it was a great effort. But this abysmal show is a slap in the face of the British based fans, whom the WWF only seem to consider when the time comes around to run a show over here, and then they insult us with the kind of meaningless matches and various other c**p displayed on Capital Carnage 1998 (as well as Mayhem In Manchester, No Mercy UK 1999 and all the other poor UK shows). The only reason to buy this would be as a keepsake if you were actually at the show. If not... don't bother.

But if you do purchase this video, ask yourself this... do you honestly believe WWE would ever put a show like this on pay-per-view in front of their "real" audience, the Americans?? Not a chance.

NeanderCarl

04-22-2008 06:03 PM

By the way...

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do you honestly believe WWE would ever put a show like this on pay-per-view in front of their "real" audience, the Americans?? Not a chance.

It took them half a decade, but boy did December To Dismember ever prove me wrong!

Tornado

04-22-2008 06:06 PM

I've been to The Royal Albert Hall recently, and although it's got a small capacity, (5,222) I kept thinking it'd be an awesome place to have a WWE event just for the atmosphere alone.

NeanderCarl

04-22-2008 06:08 PM

They held a taped show there in 1991. The setting was amazing.

Look up Battle Royal At The Albert Hall (in which Davey Boy Smith won the Royal Samovar Trophy - a tea urn- in his "hometown") on YouTube. The aesthetics are sweet.

NeanderCarl

04-22-2008 06:10 PM

NeanderCarl

04-22-2008 06:12 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmmTQ...eature=related

I like the entrance way, the way they lit up the organ.

The Mackem

04-22-2008 07:11 PM

I mentioned it earlier in the thread, way to no-sell me Carl.

NeanderCarl

04-22-2008 08:25 PM

Ah, I was just responding to Tornado's post. Sorry for treading on the old toes there, Macca.

Pardeep 619

04-23-2008 04:54 AM

I always thought Rebellion 1999 was the best PPV. That was the one with Rock vs HHH in a steel cage match and they teased Rock having won the title

NeanderCarl

04-23-2008 04:27 PM

I'm sure I meant to say Rebellion 1999 when I actually said 2000 earlier in this post. If Rebellion99 was the show where Davey Boy gave Stephanie amnesia (my God, a storyline on a UK only PPV that carried over into the "real WWE world"!) then that's the one I meant.

The Mackem

04-23-2008 05:12 PM

Damnit Carl!

SuperSlim

04-24-2008 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by The Mackem (Post 2130211)

I don't think I could imagine a Wrestlemania being held outside of the States, for some reason. Another major PPV would be good.

Skydome... twice in Toronto.

RVDmark

04-25-2008 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Fabien Barthez (Post 2130208)

I remember the last one I went was in Manchester, and opened with Edge vs Christian in a cage match. Thats all I got. :-\

I was there, that was awesome. The old blue cage too.

I missed half the cage match because parking in machester is a nightmare.

But on the plus side Rock v Austin live. There's nothing better.

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