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  1. Hulk Hogan at the Hall of Fame! Or Hogan that night at Montreal where they had to go to a break because they popped for 5 minutes. That pop for Hogan in Montreal was insane and is on the short list of biggest pops ever. I really think Hogan got bigger reactions during that little nostalgia tour in 2002 than he did during that 80s run. Of course it wasn't sustainable but still. As far as best pops go, I will pile on the Austin run in during the Mankind title win in 99. The place really comes unglued.
  2. It is tough for me to separate this match from the Spring Stampede match because I like both so much. I guess the post match destruction of the Nastys put this one over the top. Man, that crutch shot and guitar shot was something. Awesome all around. On a side note, 1994 was such a great year for WCW. I would put it right behind 92 for the decade. Spring Stampede and Slamboree were such great ppvs and BATB was really good too. I would say Fall Brawl was the end for wcw with Cactus leaving,Steamboat retiring and Austin jobbing in 30 seconds to Duggan.
  3. I know I am going to repeat much that has been said already but this was the quickest and most enjoyable 60 minute match I have ever seen. Top 10 wwf MOTD for me. You can't say enough about what a great performance this was by flair. The post match interview was almost as good as the match. Heenan gave one of the best announcing jobs ever as well. While I think the 90 rumble had even more stars than 92, what puts this over the top is the final four participants. Looking through the eyes of kayfabe, Hogan,Flair,Sid and Savage were all legit contenders to win and while it's obvious now that Flair was going over, you had no idea who was winning at the time. The fact that the title was on the line added to the intensity. Anyway, best rumble ever. One of the best wwf matches ever. One of Flair's best matches.
  4. Is the Funks vs Abby/Sheik tag from 78 online anywhere ? Having just seen the 77 tag, I really want to see thenext match now. Man do they carv up Terrys arm in that 77 match. Just wow.
  5. For my money, this is the biggest moment in raw history and near the top of biggest wrestling moments ever. The wwf was on its way to overtaking wcw anyway, but this is what got them over with the mainstream public. Best use of a celebrity ever.
  6. Count me in as liking this more than the mania match. This is top 5 wwf MOTD for me. Just fantastic. I would like to see the wwf 80s project redone with all of the footage that has been made available since it was done. While the guys went with what footage was available at the time,the original set is missing some truely great matches. This match, Tito/Valentine,Backlund/Patera, and the 6 man tag from right before mania 3 to name a few.
  7. I have been checking out some WCW from the yearbooks lately and I have seen quite a bit of wrestling I haven't seen since it aired. What occured to me is how much more the pre Hogan wcw holds up compared to the nitro era. I would take stuff from the DA days over most of these lucha matches to the point where my top 100 MOTD would be totally different if I were to redo it now. My question to everyone is: Do you rather the DA/Sting/Vader/early 90s wcw or the Benoit/Malenko/Rey Jr etc nitro era matches ? BTW, early 90s wcw saturday night is where it's at.
  8. I always liked the Survivor Series tags. It was something different. As noted already, the 20 man tags with all of those tag teams the first two years are my favorite. I also want to throw a shoutout to the Hogan/Andre match from 87. Whether you watch the clipped version or the full version it is so much better than you would expect. Bigelow was the star of the match but there was some good performances in that match that would surprise you. Only other one not mentioned that I liked a bunch was the Piper/Flair teams from 91.
  9. What was going on in that Invaderer 3 match ? Was it planned for him to throw up all of that blood because it was completely unnecessary. The only time I think an over the top blade job is ok is if the match is stopped for blood loss. The Eddy one is the worst one I remember but I have prabably seen worse.
  10. I only know of the website solie wrestling that has a month by month collection of wwf/nwa/wcw rosters. I don't know if it's accurate but it is the only one I know of. I am interested in finding rosters for pre 87/post 97 wwf/nwa and 80s rosters for the old territories like awa,mid south etc. Any help would be great. Thanks.
  11. I know Hebner liked drawing attention to himself but I cracked up during the In Your House ppv from 5/97. The main event was Austin/Undertaker and they kept doing the spot where Austin cheats but Hebner doesn't technically catch him. Then finally when Undertaker low blows Austin to gain advantage, Austin yells at Hebner to DQ him. Hebner, who knows that Austin had been cheating behind his back, turns to Austin and loudly says NO FUCK YOUUUUUU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! while shaking his head and giving the double finger.
  12. That list for Jumbo in 76 looks awesome. I can't argue with any combination of Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi/Taue in the 90s. They were just on a different level. I would put Flair's run in the 80s up against anyone's in North America, especially 85 and 89. The Steamboat/Funk matches are considered among his best of his career and they were both in 89. I think he had the widest range of opponents in 85 though. You have good matches with Martel,Butch Reed,Dibiase,Taylor,Kerry Voneric,Wahoo,Magnum,Garvin. He also had matches with Lawler in Memphis, Billy Jack Haynes in Portland, Sgt Slaughter in AWA and I could go on. Flair was all over the place that year. This isn't to take away from his other peak years through the decade but 85 was his best imo. Also, I don't know the date of the match but there is a Flair/Wahoo match from 85 where they just stiff the shit out of each other. It's not the 2/3 falls match. It is just a singles match. Always been one of my favorites.
  13. I know this must have been answered at some point earlier so forgive me. My first question is about the length of wwf ppvs up until 1992. Wrestlemania 2/3 were 3hrs each plus longer intermissions. I believe intermission was between 15-30 minutes for these shows. That means they would need to secure 4hrs of ppv time. WM 4-7 ran about 3hrs 45 minutes with shorter intermissions so they would have had to secure 4 hrs 30 minutes with the pre show. They also ran long at Royal Rumble 91 with a ppv length of about 3hrs 20 minutes which meand another 4hrs of ppv time. In 1992 all ppvs were under 3hrs and it would stay that way until they expanded wrestlemania at wm16. My question is : what happened that made them shorten thier ppvs in 1992. Why did they only have wrestlemania run long every year ? Why no extended summerslams. Why have the Rumble extended one year and not others ? My second topic is Wrestlemania 2. How was this produced for ppv ? I heard once that the matches were taped ahead of time and that they were being shown on pretape. It all looked live with all of the mass confusion throughout the show. Was the idea to have a card with 4 matches and for the live crowd to watch the rest on live circuit ? I can't see anyone paying to go see Piper vs Mr T have a fake boxing match with 3 of the poorest excuses for wrestling prior to it.
  14. Since it's that time of the year again, what are your top 20 wrestlemania matches ? There is no wrong answer here. Just having some fun.
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