Swift Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Someone posted the first card they ever attended in the Omnibus thread, and I figured it'd be a fun thread. Mine: WWF @ Dublin, Ireland - Point Depot - April 21, 1993 (4,000)Virgil defeated Terry TaylorDoink the Clown (Keirn) defeated Tito SantanaRick & Scott Steiner defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS via disqualificationThe Bushwhackers defeated the Beverly BrothersTatanka defeated Papa ShangoThe Undertaker defeated Yokozuna via disqualificationBret Hart defeated Bam Bam Bigelow I barely remember much. I ran to the front of the crowd at ringside after the last match, and was just inches from touching Bret's hand. That was my claim to fame for years as a kid. Wrestlers were gods back then. Now of course I happen to live in Calgary, and have seen Bret Hart at a Chapters and Lance Storm queuing up for his flu shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Here was my first one: WWF @ Hampton, VA - Coliseum - November 23, 1997 (8,236)Brian Christopher pinned Taka Michinoku with a powerbomb at 5:27Mark Henry pinned D-Lo Brown with a powerslam at 8:03Crush, Chainz, Skull, & 8-Ball defeated Savio Vega, Miguel Perez, Jesus Castillo, & Jose Estrada at 13:54Kane pinned Vader with the tombstone at 6:06Dude Love (w/ Steve Austin) pinned Rocky Maivia (w/ the Nation) in falls count anywhere match at 10:06 after Austin interfered and hit the Stunner on RockyMarc Mero pinned Flash Funk with a low blow and the TKO at 9:08Ken Shamrock pinned Kama (sub. for Jim Neidhart) with a belly to belly suplex after 8 secondsWWF Tag Team Champions Legion of Doom defeated Billy Gunn & the Road Dogg at 5:30 when Road Warrior Animal pinned Road DoggThe Undertaker defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (w/ Shawn Michaels & Chyna) in a casket match at 13:42 I had wanted to go to some indy shows in the area prior to this (New Dimension Wrestling ran ten minutes from my house a few months before this, but I wasn't allowed to go). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 My first was a 1975 GCCW show. But I was like 8 months old and don't remember it. First I kind of remember was an 81 Mid south show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 This was mine: NWA @ Norfolk, VA - Scope - August 12, 1989 (5,000)The Ding Dongs defeated Al Greene & Lee ScottBrian Pillman pinned NormanSid Vicious pinned Scott HallRon Simmons pinned Curtis Thompson (White Angel in Puerto Rico)Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Jack Victory & Rip MorganSting fought the Great Muta to a drawThe Road Warriors defeated the Samoan Swat TeamNWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Tommy RichNWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Terry Funk I was only five years old (almost six) but I still remember seeing Great Muta, he was my favorite wrestler. Sting and Muta fought in the crowd and they went right by us. That's literally all I remember from the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 WWF @ Toronto, Ontario - Skydome - January 31, 1997 (25,628) Rocky Maivia pinned the Sultan Monday Night Raw - 2/3/97 - featured Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, & Dok Hendrix on commentary: Vader defeated Steve Austin via disqualification at 8:13 after Austin kicked the referee and hit the Stunner; before the match, Bret Hart attacked Austin Savio Vega (w/ the Nation) pinned Flash Funk at 4:21 after Funk missed a moonsault Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith via count-out at 14:30 after Owen seemingly injured himself after Smith accidentally backdropped his partner over the top to the floor; late in the bout, LaFon pinned Owen with a DDT but the referee immediately ordered the match to continue as Owen's foot was on the bottom rope during the cover; as Owen was being counted out of the ring, Smith dropped LaFon with the running powerslam; after the match, Smith argued with Owen over the loss Crush (w/ the Nation) pinned Goldust (w/ Marlena) with the heart punch after Savio Vega interfered and hit a spin kick on Goldust as Goldust prepared to hit the curtain Call WWF IC Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley pinned Marc Mero at 13:57 after using a foreign object; this was mentioned as Mero's last shot at Helmsley's title; both Sable and Mr. Hughes were banned from ringside for the bout The Undertaker & Ahmed Johnson defeated Mankind (w/ Paul Bearer) & Farooq (w/ the Nation) in a No Holds Barred match at 10:29 when Taker pinned Mankind with a tombstone onto a steel chair after Vader's interference backfired; moments earlier, Ahmed chased Farooq and the Nation to the back Dark match after the taping: WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart and Psycho Sid at 11:25 by pinning Hart with a crossbody off the top as Hart attempted to apply the Sharpshooter on Sid; late in the bout, Hard had the Sharpshooter on Sid only for Steve Austin to come out and jump Hart until he was knocked to the floor by security Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 This is the first full show that I can remember. I had been going on and off since 79, but I was five then: January 28, 1983 Harrisburg, Pa. Zembo MosqueRay stevens vs Jimmy SnukaAfa, Sika the Samoans vs Curt Hennig, S.D. JonesMagnificent Don Muraco vs Charles FultonMr. Fuji vs Rocky johnsonBig john Studd vs Mike FelicianoBaron mikel Scicluna vs Salvatore Bellomo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 It was a WWF house show in Victoria, BC. I looked on Cagematch and it must be the 05/03/94 one even though I have absolutely no memory of Luger and Bret vs Owen and Yoko and that's the only match listed. Edit: except Goldust wasn't in the company until the following year. But him vs Sid isn't on the other cards Cagematch lists. Mayhaps my mind is failing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 My first live card: WCW - Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia PA, 4/1/95 (900) Alex Wright defeated Diamond Dallas Page WCW World Television Title - Arn Anderson © defeated Johnny B. Badd via DQ. The Nasty Boys defeated Harlem Heat Jim Duggan defeated Steve Austin (subbing for Vader) Sting and "Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated Avalanche and Big Bubba. My second card a month later was equally awesome: ECW Enter the Sandman @ ECW Arena, Philadelphia PA 5/13/95 (875) Hack Myers defeated Tony Stetson 911 & The Tazmaniac (w/Paul E. Dangerously) defeated Hiroyohi Iekuda & Tsubo Genjin Barbed Wire Baseball Bay vs. Barbed Wire Chair - Axl Rotten defeated Ian Rotten Raven & Stevie Richards (w/ Beulah McGillicutty) defeated Tommy Dreamer & Mikey Whipwreck by DQ (Bill Alfonso's debut) ECW World Television Championship - Eddie Guerrero © and Dean Malenko went to a Time Limit Draw ECW World Heavyweight Championship - The Sandman © (w/ Woman) defeated Cactus Jack ECW World Television Championship - Eddie Guerrero © defeated Marty Jannetty ECW World Heavyweight Championship - The Sandman © (w/ Woman) defeated Shane Douglas ECW World Tag Team Championship Double Dog Collar Match - The Public Enemy © defeated The Pitbulls (w/ Stevie Richards) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Estimating around July/August 1987. I was nine years old living in small-town Northern Michigan at the time, a few hours drive from any town that WWF or NWA was coming to. But I still remained glued to the TV on Saturdays for WWF Wrestling Challenge, NWA Worldwide, NWA World Championship Wrestling, and more. When my father wanted to talk to me about serious stuff, or just needed to get out of the house to sort some things out, he would go for a drive and take me with him. The slang term he used to describe these drives was "going crazy". One Sunday evening he pulled me out of my bedroom to go for one of these drives, and he picked up a couple of his drinking buddies that lived down the street. He drove to a town that was about an hour away from ours. The drive seemed like nothing out of the ordinary, until he pulls into the parking lot of Ogemaw Heights High School in West Branch, MI, a school off of Michigan Highway #33 surrounded by nothing but trees and fields. The letters on the sign of the high school simply said "WRESTLING". I got super-excited, and at first my father and his friends tried to rib me by saying "nah, that's tomorrow night, we're going to bingo tonight!" But sure enough, once we're inside the school we head into the gym and there's a wrestling ring in there. My dad frigging surprised me on a random summer night by taking me to a wrestling show. I don't remember a lot of specifics. I think the league was called Michigan Championship Wrestling. It had some of the guys that I found out years later were part of the final days of the Sheik's Detroit territory, guys like Irish Micky Doyle and Ricky Cortez. And a young Al Snow was part of a heel tag team calling itself the Fantastics (which confused me a little since I had seen the Fulton/Rogers version on World Class TV by that point) against a tag team called The Flying Tigers. The Fantastics cheated to win their match, but sure enough there was a battle royal at the end of the night, with the final four being the Al Snow version of the Fantastics and The Flying Tigers, and the Tigers got their revenge by winning the battle royale. But the biggest actual name of the show was a very long in the tooth by that point Bobo Brazil, once again defending a belt that was billed as "The United States Championship." Bobo was into his sixties by then, but I had read his name in grocery store magazines as a legend of the sport enough to know that he used to be something back in the day and that I was seeing a legend in the ring that night. But the major punchline of the night came when Bobo Brazil came down to the ring. My dad never watched WWF wrestling with me, and would always talk about how phony Hulk Hogan was. He never did it in a mean way because he knew it was something I loved watching, would always be more in a joking manner. But that night, when Bobo came to the ring, my Dad pulled me aside and said the following words..."I used to watch him wrestle when it was real!" It would be ten years before I would witness another wrestling show live again (that would be the ECW debut in Detroit where Pee Wee Moore offered to sell me ECW tickets for weed, but that's another story for another thread), but thank you Dad for that awesome night. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 ECW Enter the Sandman @ ECW Arena, Philadelphia PA 5/13/95 (875)911 & The Tazmaniac (w/Paul E. Dangerously) defeated Hiroyohi Iekuda & Tsubo Genjin Man, watching The Tazmaniac just squash both of these guys with suplexes on the tape of this one of of my favorite "guilty pleasure" watches during my '90s tape-trading days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka-to Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 10/14/1972 Elizabeth (NJ) Armory Pedro Morales - Toru Tanaka WWWF title Mr. Fuji - Sonny King Chuck O'Connor (young boy John Studd) - Gorilla Monsoon Spoiler - El Olympico Buddy Wolf - Joe Turco Blackjack Slade - Bull Pometti I had my program signed by Chuck Richards then and signed again by his grandson Chris Candido 20 some years later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I never got to go to shows as a kid cause my dad hated pro wrestling, so I didn't go to my first show til I was 21. 1/25/98 CoreStates Center - Philadelphia, PA Tag Team Match The Head Bangers (Mosh & Thrasher) defeat Los Boricuas (Miguel Perez & Savio Vega) WWF Light Heavyweight Title Match Taka Michinoku © defeats Brian Christopher NWA North American Heavyweight Title Match Jeff Jarrett © defeats Skull Country Whipping Tag Team Match The Legion Of Doom (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeat The Godwinns (Henry O. Godwinn & Phineas I. Godwinn) Singles Match Chainz defeats TAFKA Goldust Six Man Tag Team Match Battalion, El Torito & Tarantula defeat Max Mini, Mosaic & Nova Tag Team Match Ken Shamrock & Owen Hart defeat The Nation Of Domination (D-Lo Brown & Faarooq) Singles Match Marc Mero defeats Tom Brandi Singles Match Kane defeats 8-Ball Six Man Tag Team Match Cactus Jack, Chainsaw Charlie & Steve Austin defeat The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn & The Road Dogg) & The Rock Fairly uneventful, unlike the second show I ever went to, which was the Raw that broke Nitro's 88-week winning streak...and I'm still kicking myself for not going out to Pittsburgh with friends to see the Taker/Mankind HIAC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Clint's story up there reminds me of some whole experience story someone wrote that I read about his experience going to a show in Texas in the 80's, awesome reads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Mine was probably 1975 Mid-Atlantic at the Norfolk Scope. I remember my future cousin-in-law Tommy drove us at 100 mph in his thoroughly bad ass purple Challenger. All I remember of it was going down to the front for the final match and touching Ricky Steamboat's back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 WWF @ St. Louis, MO - Arena - March 22, 1993 (3,600)Skinner defeated Koko B. Ware after using his alligator claw as a weaponTyphoon defeated Gary Jackson (sub. for Repo Man)Tito Santana defeated Terry TaylorThe Nasty Boys fought the Headshrinkers to a double disqualificationCrush defeated Papa Shango (sub. for WWF IC Champion Shawn Michaels)The Undertaker defeated Yokozuna via disqualification when Yoko used the salt bucket as a weaponWWF World Champion Bret Hart & Mr. Perfect defeated Razor Ramon & Lex Luger when Hart pinned Razor with a small package-----Talked to Gary years later at a local indie show; he said they needed someone to fill in and he had his gear, so he got to work the show. Woo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Despite being a wrestling fan since the early 90s, my live wrestling show attendance is still in the single digits Monday Night Raw, December 27, 1999 from Greensboro, NC- Chyna (w/ The Kat) defeated Crash Holly (w/ Hardcore Holly) (1:15) The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) defeated D-Lo Brown & The Godfather and Christian & Edge and The Acolytes (Bradshaw & Faarooq) in a Four Corners Tag Team Match (with Joey Abs as Special guest referee) (2:33) Kurt Angle defeated The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher) in a Two On One Handicap Match (1:00) Al Snow defeated Chris Jericho © by DQ in a WWF Intercontinental Championship Match (1:15) The Rock defeated Mankind in a Pink Slip On A Pole Match (6:11) Ivory & Prince Albert defeated Gangrel & Luna, and Jacqueline & Viscera and The Kat & Val Venis in an Inter Gender Four Corners Tag Team Match (2:02) X-Pac defeated Jeff Hardy (w/ Matt Hardy & Terri) (4:05) Test defeated Kane (w/ Tori) by DQ (2:59) The New Age Outlaws (Mr. Ass & The Road Dogg) (w/ X-Pac) © defeated Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay & Scotty 2 Hotty) (w/ Rikishi Phatu) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (2:45) The Big Show © defeated Triple H (w/ Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) to retain the WWF Championship (5:56) There were a few dark matches featuring Tracy Smothers, Essa Rios (before Lita debuted with him), and Steve Bradley (who was being touted as the next big thing). I was really looking forward to this as after being a fan for almost a decade I was finally going to see wrestling live, and man this was like the worst bits of the attitude era. The pink slip on a pole match and everything leading up to it were godawful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Yes that is a lot of Attitude. I'm kind of curious to see Kurt squashing the Headbangers. To the YouTube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Pretty Sure this is it, being a day after my birthday and 2 days before my friend Jim's birthday. WWF @ Baltimore, MD - Civic Center - May 4, 1985 (7,800) Tony Atlas defeated Bob Bradley David Sammartino defeated Matt Borne King Kong Bundy defeated Salvatore Bellomo Ricky Steamboat defeated Steve Lombardi WWF Women's Champion Wendi Richter defeated Leilani Kai Ken Patera defeated Ivan Putski WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Jimmy Snuka defeated Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr. More importantly, first nwa show JCP / AWA @ Baltimore, MD - Civic Center - February 20, 1986 (13,000+; sell out) Battlestar 86 Scott Hall pinned Boris Zhukov at 10:15 Tully Blanchard pinned Jimmy Valiant in a lights out match at 8:55 NWA US Champion Magnum TA pinned Baron Von Raschke at 12:10 Larry Zbyszko defeated Nick Bockwinkel via disqualification at the 45-second mark NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson at 19:45 when Condrey pinned Gibson AWA World Champion Stan Hansen fought Sgt. Slaughter to a double count-out at 15:32 NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA National Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes via disqualification at 28:34 The Road Warriors defeated Ivan & Nikita Koloff in a steel cage match at 10:25 when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I honestly don't remember much about this one, but based on the date, it has to be right. I vaguely remember Hennig flopping around like only he could for old man Harley Race. From http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcw97.htm WCW @ Kansas City, MO - November 7, 1997Ernest Miller defeated Brad ArmstrongRay Traylor defeated Dave TaylorRey Mysterio Jr. defeated Juventud GuerreraChris Benoit & Steve McMichael defeated the Barbarian & Meng (sub. for Scott Norton & Buff Bagwell)Eddie Guerrero defeated Dean MalenkoRick & Scott Steiner (w/ Harley Race) defeated Harlem HeatRic Flair defeated WCW US Champion Curt Hennig via disqualification; after the bout, Harley Race came out, repeatedly punched Hennig, and shook Flair's hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVanderlay Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 edit: nevermind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 WWF @ Warwick, RI - Musical Theatre - August 12, 1994 (1,000) Adam Bomb defeated Kwang Ted Dibiase's Undertaker defeated Sparky Plugg Bob Backlund (sub. for Yokozuna) defeated Typhoon Owen Hart defeated the 1-2-3 Kid The 1-2-3 Kid defeated Owen Hart Nikolai Volkoff defeated Virgil The Smoking Gunns defeated the Executioners In addition to what's on TheHistoryofWWE when I got it, I know that there had to be more on this show in particular- I remember seeing here the question of how Randy Savage never fought Shawn Michaels, but while cleaning up, I happened across pictures I took at this event that showed Savage and Michaels in the ring together for a match (there's no other allies on the card anywhere there, and I know it had to be 1994 since my parents took me to this card after being unable to get tickets to the 1994 Royal Rumble closer to my birthday.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 WWF @ Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Arena - February 3, 1991 (matinee) The Barbarian pinned Koko B. Ware The Nasty Boys defeated the Bushwhackers The Undertaker pinned Tugboat Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty defeated Demolition when Shawn Michaels pinned Smash Roddy Piper defeated WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect via disqualification The Big Bossman defeated Haku The Ultimate Warrior & Jim Duggan defeated WWF World Champion Sgt. Slaughter & Gen. Adnan (sub. for Randy Savage) when Warrior pinned Adnan I'd been a fan for quite awhile at that point, but it took years of begging to get my mom to take me to a show. I remember Piper/Perfect being a good match and just being blown away at how huge guys were. Bummed that I never got to see Savage live, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Mine would have been a WWF house show in 87 or 88. Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Dibiase, Killer Bee's, yup...80's WWF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooks Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Even though I have been a wrestling fan since I was about 5 years old or so, my parents never took me to any live shows, and as a result I didn't see wrestling in person until I was in college, around 1995 or 96, which would put me at 20 or 21. It was an IWA Mid South show that me and a few of my college friends went to. After that I would go on to go to TONS of indy shows, WWE, ECW, TNA, etc. Then I got into the business in 2004. My point? That very first live wrestling show I ever attended.....the main event was Madman Pondo vs Ox Harley in a thumbtack deathmatch. And just two weeks ago, at the age of 40, I wrestled (and pinned) Madman Pondo in a bloodbath of a match to retain my LSC Hardcore Championship. It was an awesome and humbling night for me. I've known him for a few years, but that was the first time I got to work with him, and he went out of his way to be gracious and make me look good. And as a footnote, we have a rematch next month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Weak Machine Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I was 4 years old: UWF @ Ft. Worth, TX - Cowtown Coliseum - February 7, 1987 UWF Tag Team Title Tournament First Round Matches:Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams def Bill Irwin & EliTerry Taylor & Sam Houston def Terry Gordy & The Angel of DeathSting & Rick Steiner (w/Eddie Gilbert & Missy Hyatt) def Chavo Guerrero & The Missing Link (w/Dark Journey)Chris Adams & Iceman King Parsons def Michael Hayes & Buddy Jack Roberts (w/Sunshine)UWF Tag Team Title Tournament Semi-final Match: Chris Adams & Iceman King Parsons def Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams. Adams & Parsons split up after the match. Adams won a coin toss and was allowed to continue on with a new partner.UWF Television Champion Savannah Jack def Mike BoyetteUWF Tag Team Title Tournament Semi-Final Match: Sting & Rick Steiner (w/Eddie Gilbert & Missy Hyatt) def Sam Houston & Terry TaylorUWF Tag Team Title Tournament Finals: Chris Adams & Terry Taylor def Sting & Rick Steiner (w/Eddie Gilbert & Missy Hyatt) to win the titles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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