Get A Rhythm™
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Post by Get A Rhythm™ on Mar 7, 2008 22:36:08 GMT -5
Well, I'm going to a SmackDown taping and ECW in early April, and I know a lot of you are going to Wrestlemania this year, so I thought it would be good to share some of our live event experiences and reminisce, if you willll.
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I was 10 years old when my mom took me and my brother to our first WWE live event - Wrestlemania 14 at the FleetCenter in Boston. I had just started watching about 2 months prior, right before Michaels & Taker had their casket match at the Royal Rumble. I've been to a SmackDown taping in 2002 where Austin used a net gun on the nWo and the main event was something like Triple H & Kane vs. Chris Jericho & Kurt Angle - Wrestlemania opponents face off against each other in a tag main event. Then I went to the Royal Rumble in 2003. Then 3 years later, it was SummerSlam 2006. A year later, it was Raw on August 27, 2007, a night remembered for Randy Orton kicking John Cena's dad in the head. Thennn it was a SmackDown taping and ECW live event on December 11th, 2007 with my friend Brendan. This year, I've already attended 3 shows - Raw on January 7th, remembered for Jeff Hardy jumping off the steel cage onto Umaga, a SuperShow in Providence, RI the night before the Royal Rumble, and the Royal Rumble itself in Madison Square Garden, the first time I have ever been to NYC - quite an experience.
I've been pretty lucky, and like MondayRaw said, I still get excited for each show like it was my first. I can't wait for the SmackDown taping and ECW I'm going to in a few weeks. I'll also hopefully be going to the Great American Bash becaus my friend lives about 30 min. from there, and we're both going to Survivor Series. Not to mention about 2 house shows in Mass and 1 in NH this July. Definitely my best year for WWE events yet.
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Post by nyk9327 on Mar 7, 2008 22:47:02 GMT -5
I got into it with John Morrison verbally in front of like 10,000 people. It was funny as hell and you could tell both of us were doing it in good fun but my knees were shaking because it made me so nervous about halfway through when I realized what was going on.
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Post by Gussy on Mar 7, 2008 22:53:03 GMT -5
I have been to over 20 live events both in florida and north carolina. The best live event experience was a raw on feb of 2006. It was michael's retirement and vince came out and started talking and like always, vince insulted the fans by saying "dont listen to these north carolina hip rednecks!" and seconds later, a guy on my row was "howdy vince, im a redneck but i still love you" and it was a had to be there halarious moment.
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Post by MondayRaw on Mar 7, 2008 22:56:32 GMT -5
Ive been to over 30 events in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Columbus...Some noteable shows include: InVasion 2001, No Way Out 2005, Wrestlemania 23 in Detroit, Armageddon 2007. The Raw when Shane bought WCW....countless house shows, Smackdowns, and Raws. I still get excited for each show like it was my first.
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Post by Irish Ghost on Mar 7, 2008 22:58:52 GMT -5
Ive been to numerous live events from florida,georgia & alabama they were all awesome. I think one of the best live events I went to was when Hogan fought boss man in a steel cage. Also the rock vs triple h they were all awesome matchs. I also seen the 4 horseman vs lod/sting and dusty I think...I cant remember if it was dusty or not .... Also the GAB...when Vader beat Sting for the championship
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Post by doink317 on Mar 7, 2008 23:01:58 GMT -5
I've been to a nice amount of shows myself too.
My best live event would probably be the 10-8-2001 RAW, which was very cool. The main event was Stone Cold vs. Kurt Angle, in which Austin won the title again from Angle, plus it was smack dab in the middle of the Invasion angle.
Some other live events I've been to was the Smackdown from 2-13-03(right before No Way Out 03), which was The Rock spitting on Hogan... I'd say my favorite live event I've attended though was the 11-8-05 Smackdown tapings, in which was Eddie Guerrero's last match against Kennedy, but it also had matches like Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton, JBL vs. Chris Benoit, and it was right during the SD/RAW feud.
The last event attended was last week's RAW (3-3-08), and it was a great show too. I'd say it was up there with my best live shows.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2008 23:16:36 GMT -5
ive been to two (this weeks ECW/SD! and Armageddon 07) and they were both awesome experiences.
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Post by mcjoshuav1 on Mar 7, 2008 23:28:54 GMT -5
i've prolly been to about 10 events at the Mellon Arena. Even though i never really had the best seats, they were all awesome experiences. prolly one of my favorites was a house show i went to back in the early 2000's i think when i ran up to the barracade at the end of the show when RVD was hi-fiving people and i got a hi-five. it was syk. Armageddon was pretty dope too, it was my first PPV. have fun in April.
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Post by DeadMan9O™ on Mar 7, 2008 23:37:14 GMT -5
I've been to quite a few live events.. All of which have been amazing fun. One of my favorites though was a Raw House Show on 7/22/06. This is an excerpt from a blog I typed about said show: " Also, Matt Striker. Is GOD. There was about 200 people outside waiting for the wrestlers to show up. Striker signed for EVERYONE. He came over to me and I started saying how cool I thought it was for him to do that. Then I Made the joke "You know what would be hilarious? Seeing as Matt wears argyle sweaters to the ring, is if he did the "Carlton" You know, The dance that carlton does on the fresh prince. He turned and pointed to me and said "I promise, I'll do it tonight just for you!" I was like HELL YES! then me and my buddies starting singing "It's not Unusual" and he did the carlton dance in the parking lot! it was soo ing funny to see him do it. I got a picture with him and he was ing incredibly nice. Great guy to meet. There's not much to say about the show other than Matt Striker DID do the Carlton on the way to the ring. I was on the guard rail and he pointed to me and said with a huge smile on his face "How'd ya like that!?" It was also HBK's birthday, so after they revealed that Flair was the "new" member of DX for one night only, Flair came out wearing a DX shirt. He informed us that it was HBK's birthday. So we all sang Happy Birthday."
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Post by B.D. & El G. on Mar 7, 2008 23:52:11 GMT -5
I have been to one RAW, it was last year on August 20th in Fayetteville North Carolina in the Crown Coliseum, I'll never forget it, the first match Melina and Beth Phoenix Vs. Mickie James and Candice Michelle. And the Main event, John Cena vs.....Snitsky. What a let down, all that money to see that. this was while Jeff Hardy was out after that sick fall he took against Kennedy, HHH was out with his knee energy, and Shawn was still out with his "head injury" thanks to Randy Orton, speaking of which was also there. This was also before Hornswoggle was there every week, so no fun there really. For those of you who don't know which one it was you'll probably remember it as the RAW were Mr. Mcmahon got slapped for saying that he might have 'done' Cena's mom. After that, Booker (thats right still with the WWE) beat up a guy impersonating HHH, and made JR kiss his ring. Btw, Tazz was there in place of Jerry, because of Booker T's beating the week before. But the best match of the whole night was Mrrrrrr. Kennedy....Kennedy Vs. Carlito for the I.C. #1 contenders spot against Umaga at Summerslam, which of course ended in a tie and the title match became a triple threat. But Jeff Hardy was back the next week (which felt like a kick in the b***s, because he is my favorite wrestler), so was HHH, and King. So you can take what you want out my one and only WWE live experience, sorry that I have begun to ramble, but I hope you live event is more exciting than mine. I sure do hope the highlight of your night isn't a midcard match.
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Post by WalterF on Mar 8, 2008 0:09:49 GMT -5
I've been to many, many events since 1997 so I can't possibly remember all of the details but some that stick out ...
I was ringside for Summerslam 1997 and I think it's one of the best WWE PPV's ever so I still get excited thinking about it. Just to know I was live at ringside to see Bret Hart win his last WWE title makes me happy I was a fan during that era.
I also went to the RAW in 1997 where Cactus Jack debuted in WWE when they had the segment with all three of Foley's character's on screen and Cactus came out to have a street fight w/ HHH. That was cool.
I went to Summerslam 1998 which was a great event, especially the HHH v. Rock ladder match and Austin v. Rock.
I know I went to a bunch of RAW's, SD!'s and house shows, most of them I can't remember, but I was at the RAW where Mae Young gave birth to the hand lol. That's all I can remember about that RAW, oddly enough.
I was at Survivor Series 2002 which was amazing. I was psyched to be there for the first Elimination Chamber and to see HBK's last major WWE/World title reign.
I also went to Wrestlemania 20 at the Garden and that was, of course, awesome with an amazing main event.
After 2004 I began to lose interest in pro-wrestling for a few years. I'm not sure why but the product didn't grip me anymore, but I got back into it full-fledged at the end of 2006.
Since falling back in love with WWE, I've been to a SD! house show December 27th 07 which was awesome to be at since it had been over 3 years since being at a live event. Taker v. Khali was suprisingly a solid match and the Edge v. Batista last man standing was a great match of PPV quality going about a half hour.
Maybe my favorite event I've been to was Royal Rumble this January. I had good seats and I was so psyched for the PPV. It was just an amazing experience, an amazing card and there is a shot of the crowd during HBK's entrance on the DVD that my girlfriend and I are in so I feel very happy to actually be on a DVD in my favorite wrestler, HBK's entrance.
So far I'm going to three events next month. A RAW house show in Trenton April 6th or 7th, RAW April 28th and SD/ECW April 29th so I can't wait to have many more experiences.
... as a side note I was just looking through some photos the other day and found pictures I took from a house show I went to in 2002. The card seemed pretty good with Hogan v. Taker, Eddie v. RVD in a ladder match, and Flair v. Brock Lesnar. Pretty neat. I have very little memory of the event, but seeing the pictures makes me happy to know I was at it.
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Get A Rhythm™
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Post by Get A Rhythm™ on Mar 8, 2008 0:16:36 GMT -5
I've been to many, many events since 1997 so I can't possibly remember all of the details but some that stick out ... I was ringside for Summerslam 1997 and I think it's one of the best WWE PPV's ever so I still get excited thinking about it. Just to know I was live at ringside to see Bret Hart win his last WWE title makes me happy I was a fan during that era. I also went to the RAW in 1997 where Cactus Jack debuted in WWE when they had the segment with all three of Foley's character's on screen and Cactus came out to have a street fight w/ HHH. That was cool. I went to Summerslam 1998 which was a great event, especially the HHH v. Rock ladder match and Austin v. Rock. I know I went to a bunch of RAW's, SD!'s and house shows, most of them I can't remember, but I was at the RAW where Mae Young gave birth to the hand lol. That's all I can remember about that RAW, oddly enough. I was at Summerslam 2002 which was amazing. I was psyched to be there for the first Elimination Chamber and to see HBK's last major WWE/World title reign.I also went to Wrestlemania 20 at the Garden and that was, of course, awesome with an amazing main event. After 2004 I began to lose interest in pro-wrestling for a few years. I'm not sure why but the product didn't grip me anymore, but I got back into it full-fledged at the end of 2006. Since falling back in love with WWE, I've been to a SD! house show December 27th 07 which was awesome to be at since it had been over 3 years since being at a live event. Taker v. Khali was suprisingly a solid match and the Edge v. Batista last man standing was a great match of PPV quality going about a half hour. Maybe my favorite event I've been to was Royal Rumble this January. I had good seats and I was so psyched for the PPV. It was just an amazing experience, an amazing card and there is a shot of the crowd during HBK's entrance on the DVD that my girlfriend and I are in so I feel very happy to actually be on a DVD in my favorite wrestler, HBK's entrance. So far I'm going to three events next month. A RAW house show in Trenton April 6th or 7th, RAW April 28th and SD/ECW April 29th so I can't wait to have many more experiences. ... as a side note I was just looking through some photos the other day and found pictures I took from a house show I went to in 2002. The card seemed pretty good with Hogan v. Taker, Eddie v. RVD in a ladder match, and Flair v. Brock Lesnar. Pretty neat. I have very little memory of the event, but seeing the pictures makes me happy to know I was at it. You mean Survivor Series 2002, right? Lol, but yeah, sounds like you've had quite the experiences. There have been a lot of PPVs in NY that I wish I had gone to, but it wasn't until this year that I got to make my first trip up there. It was a great experience and i hope I can go back again real soon.
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Post by WalterF on Mar 8, 2008 0:19:49 GMT -5
I've been to many, many events since 1997 so I can't possibly remember all of the details but some that stick out ... I was ringside for Summerslam 1997 and I think it's one of the best WWE PPV's ever so I still get excited thinking about it. Just to know I was live at ringside to see Bret Hart win his last WWE title makes me happy I was a fan during that era. I also went to the RAW in 1997 where Cactus Jack debuted in WWE when they had the segment with all three of Foley's character's on screen and Cactus came out to have a street fight w/ HHH. That was cool. I went to Summerslam 1998 which was a great event, especially the HHH v. Rock ladder match and Austin v. Rock. I know I went to a bunch of RAW's, SD!'s and house shows, most of them I can't remember, but I was at the RAW where Mae Young gave birth to the hand lol. That's all I can remember about that RAW, oddly enough. I was at Summerslam 2002 which was amazing. I was psyched to be there for the first Elimination Chamber and to see HBK's last major WWE/World title reign.I also went to Wrestlemania 20 at the Garden and that was, of course, awesome with an amazing main event. After 2004 I began to lose interest in pro-wrestling for a few years. I'm not sure why but the product didn't grip me anymore, but I got back into it full-fledged at the end of 2006. Since falling back in love with WWE, I've been to a SD! house show December 27th 07 which was awesome to be at since it had been over 3 years since being at a live event. Taker v. Khali was suprisingly a solid match and the Edge v. Batista last man standing was a great match of PPV quality going about a half hour. Maybe my favorite event I've been to was Royal Rumble this January. I had good seats and I was so psyched for the PPV. It was just an amazing experience, an amazing card and there is a shot of the crowd during HBK's entrance on the DVD that my girlfriend and I are in so I feel very happy to actually be on a DVD in my favorite wrestler, HBK's entrance. So far I'm going to three events next month. A RAW house show in Trenton April 6th or 7th, RAW April 28th and SD/ECW April 29th so I can't wait to have many more experiences. ... as a side note I was just looking through some photos the other day and found pictures I took from a house show I went to in 2002. The card seemed pretty good with Hogan v. Taker, Eddie v. RVD in a ladder match, and Flair v. Brock Lesnar. Pretty neat. I have very little memory of the event, but seeing the pictures makes me happy to know I was at it. You mean Survivor Series 2002, right? Lol, but yeah, sounds like you've had quite the experiences. There have been a lot of PPVs in NY that I wish I had gone to, but it wasn't until this year that I got to make my first trip up there. It was a great experience and i hope I can go back again real soon. Ah, you're right. I also mix those two up when typing. Yeah, it's great to be a WWE fan and live in central Jersey because WWE is basically based out of this area so we get so many good events. And WWE always go out of their way to make MSG shows special too which is cool.
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Post by BcBlingin- Scooter Glenwood on Mar 8, 2008 1:07:33 GMT -5
I have been to about 50 WWE events and counting and love it every time. I remember going to my first event in 1994 the WWF Hart Attack Tour. I was in awe seeing Undertaker live. He fought Yokozuna in a casket match that night. I have seen tons of house shows and those are great but going to a TV event is just unbelievable. I have even made some friends with people within the WWE in production from going to so many shows.
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Post by Rant Casey on Mar 8, 2008 1:20:24 GMT -5
I've been to around 20 events, most of which have been at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY. Some other events at Freedom Hall in Louisville and the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Plus the Royal Rumble this year at Madison Square Garden. Some of my favorite moments are.
Being there live for when Hawk "Fell off the Titan Tron"
Stone Cold driving a blood mobile into Rupp on the Raw before Fully Loaded 1999 where he wrestled in a First Blood match with the Undertaker.
Forgetting Kurt Angle had pyro two nights in a row when I caught Raw at Rupp and a Smackdown taping at Freedom Hall in back to back nights.
Sitting in the 3rd row for a house show at Rupp and having RVD do his "R..V..D" pose thing beside me since I was the only kid wearing a RVD shirt in that area, plus getting to watch a cage match live at the same show. RVD took a choke slam from Kane off the top of the cage.
Shaking HBK's hand after a dark match main event at in Cincinnati.
The entire Rumble, everything about that trip up to NYC was epic, and seeing Roddy Piper live was something I'll treasure for the rest of my life.
I've been pretty lucky I guess.
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Post by fallenhero on Mar 8, 2008 1:23:47 GMT -5
I was at KOTR 2002, what a night that was. Had a lot of fun, and marked the hell out when Lesnar won KOTR.
But last Saturday Night (3/1), I went to a SD/ECW house show in Ft. Wayne, and had an awesome time. The crowd was great, there was maybe one assclown out of the bunch, and honestly, he wasn't as bad as some of the people at KOTR 02. One of the most fun parts of the show was the main event, and chanting "Taker's Gonna Kill You" at Edge, and then Taker picking up the WHC and looking at it before leaving the ring. There were a couple of kids behind me, who whenever I'd try to start a chant, and it'd go nowhere, they'd chant the same thing and it'd sorta catch on. Definitely worth the money, especially considering I saw Matt Striker leaving Hooters and talked to him for a couple of minutes. Really nice guy.
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Post by smackdown4life™ on Mar 8, 2008 1:42:50 GMT -5
My first live even I went too was about a month afer WM20 it was a RAW house show and I have to say it was really awesome Triple H and Eric Bischoff totally played great heels.
My second was a SD! house show which was really kinda bland, Undertaker wrestled Heidenreich. And Booker T didnt make it, so Undertaker wrestled JBL in the main event and that was really cool.
And my third was a SD!/RAW SuperShow and that was the Eddie tribute show, and I must say it was really emotional, but was still a great show.
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Post by Rant Casey on Mar 8, 2008 2:12:43 GMT -5
I forgot one more awesome thing that happened to me.
At the same house show I saw RVD in the cage, Ric Flair called me a fatso while cutting a promo before a Randy Orton match.
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Post by kingkongbundy on Mar 8, 2008 3:01:42 GMT -5
My first event was at the Omni in Atlanta,Georgia, a house show which had Hogan, earth quake and Jake the Snake Roberts on the card.This would be it for me until 98 cause vince seemed to hate Atlanta for some reason and would not come here.
When they did return I went to alot of Raws. One that sticks out is when The Rock , Rock bottemed the British Bulldog in poo.
I went to the Royal Rumble in 02 and enjoyed seeing Triple H come back from the first quad injury to win the Rumble.Total mark out moment.Seeing Mr. Perfect one last time was nice also.
Last year I went to Backlash. The last man Standing match beteen Taker and Batista was my favorate match.
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Post by the hell demon on Mar 8, 2008 5:19:36 GMT -5
Last house show I went to Candice Michelle's boob popped out for a good 5 seconds (I was third row guardrail). And the dude next to us was yelling at Shelton Benjamin "Shelton where's your mama???". To which Shelton replied "She had a stroke". Pretty funny
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