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Ghost town
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Favorite moment as a kid
I grew up watching anything that had the term wrestling in it. Now in my early 20s, 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? |
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ELF ANGEL
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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. |
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They're eating the dogs..
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When Ted Dibiase kicked the ball away from that kid
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Snow Mexican
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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. |
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Doin' It Right
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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
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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Finding out how to fix the cable box so I could get great audio but not very good picture of PPVs.
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The Undertaker returning and scaring the shit out of Yokozuna.
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Doin' It Right
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Quote:
Not that I haven't liked him since, but I was a HUGE Taker mark in the mid-90's as a kid |
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#9 |
Doin' It Right
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Him, HBK and Bret made the early/mid-90's awesome to me
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Celestia's Left Hand
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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."
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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
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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. |
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One Shall Stand One Shall
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demolitions music turned me into a monster as a kid
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Ser Taker Maplesap
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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.
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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probably that time when Kane came back and stopped the Un-Americans from burning the American flag
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EATER OF HOT POCKETS
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Seeing Shawn Michaels win the IC title from the Bulldog on SNME.
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Tξm Defaid
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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. |
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Goldberg winning the title on Nitro. That kept me bouncing around for a good hour.
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Resident drug enabler
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HBK beating Bret at WM XII. Definitely.
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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. |
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Da Gif/Pic Pimp
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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.
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Samurai Rocker
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#23 |
Ser Taker Maplesap
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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. |
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#25 |
it's really real meat
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i was a huge fan of the goldberg streak
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God of Warnicane
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The first ppv I saw was Summerslam 99 and I marked out huge when Mankind won the title from Austin.
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Spammy Certified
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Mankind beating the rock for the title the first time
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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. |
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#29 |
it's really real meat
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Cranky Kong
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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.
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Cranky Kong
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I think I may have cried when The Undertaker locked The Ultimate Warrior in a casket, too. Don't tell anybody though.
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Cranky Kong
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Pretty gutted when Earthquake killed Damien, too.
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Cranky Kong
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Not to mention when Damien (or was it Lucifer at the time?) bit Randy Savage's arm.
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I'ma gonna win
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Foley winning the big belt for the first time. Truly magnificent stuff.
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I love my brick
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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!!!
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As over as Crystal Pepsi
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The Rockers breaking up.
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▒▓▀▄WINNER▄▀▓▒
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Bret v Bulldog match
Hogan lifting Andre Snuka jumping off the cage First time I watched ECW The whole fucking Attitude era |
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Former TPWW Royalty
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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. |
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"Ask him!"
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- 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. |
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Last of a Dying Forum
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