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Reading back through the thread a number of posters mention watching Wrestlemania on TV. I don't remember ever seeing a Wrestlemania on TV, I can only remember them on video and having to book them out. IIRC Wrestlemania was already a couple of years old when WWF Superstars of Wrestling started on TV in NZ. (Looking at Wrestlemania 1 on wiki and not many of the wrestlers are still alive. Mr T is the only one from the main event.
Is my memory faulty or others?
Hart Foundation and Bret Hart were always my favourites, even when they were heels.
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@Nepia said in Pro Wrestling:
Reading back through the thread a number of posters mention watching Wrestlemania on TV. I don't remember ever seeing a Wrestlemania on TV, I can only remember them on video and having to book them out. IIRC Wrestlemania was already a couple of years old when WWF Superstars of Wrestling started on TV in NZ. (Looking at Wrestlemania 1 on wiki and not many of the wrestlers are still alive. Mr T is the only one from the main event.
Is my memory faulty or others?
Hart Foundation and Bret Hart were always my favourites, even when they were heels.
you're right, the only way you could watch those big events was to wait for them to come out on VHS
im not sure if there was PPV back thenThe posts would have meant the weekly show they had on tv here, was late on a friday night from memory
Its why it was great going back to watch Wrestlemania on Netflix earlier this year, alot of that stuff i never watched back in the day.
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Wrestlemania 2 - within the first 10 minutes, Rowdy Roddy Piper says this:
"And another thing, you know Mr T, I know you're a smart alec - you come out with a kilt, but let me tell you something - never will I shave my hair like an Indian and paint myself black".
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@Kruse said in Pro Wrestling:
Wrestlemania 2 - within the first 10 minutes, Rowdy Roddy Piper says this:
"And another thing, you know Mr T, I know you're a smart alec - you come out with a kilt, but let me tell you something - never will I shave my hair like an Indian and paint myself black".
Class.WrestleMania really came into its own the following year.
Fresh from challenging Hogan the year before King Kong Bundy did what we all have felt like doing from time to time and squashed the hilariously named midget little beaver.
Jesse Ventura’s commentary makes it even better.
1.37 in.
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@MN5 I've tried to download ALL the WrestleManias from the raging rivers, with limited success thus far.
The one thing that jumped out at me from watching about half of WM2 thus far... the format hasn't changed. I'd assumed the random unnecessary celebrities, and weird crossover matches, were a fairly recent thing. Nope... there from the start. -
@Kruse said in Pro Wrestling:
@MN5 I've tried to download ALL the WrestleManias from the raging rivers, with limited success thus far.
The one thing that jumped out at me from watching about half of WM2 thus far... the format hasn't changed. I'd assumed the random unnecessary celebrities, and weird crossover matches, were a fairly recent thing. Nope... there from the start.Wrestling turned to absolute shit right about the time the Rock and Bautista became movies stars
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@Nepia said in Pro Wrestling:
Reading back through the thread a number of posters mention watching Wrestlemania on TV. I don't remember ever seeing a Wrestlemania on TV, I can only remember them on video and having to book them out. IIRC Wrestlemania was already a couple of years old when WWF Superstars of Wrestling started on TV in NZ. (Looking at Wrestlemania 1 on wiki and not many of the wrestlers are still alive. Mr T is the only one from the main event.
Is my memory faulty or others?
Hart Foundation and Bret Hart were always my favourites, even when they were heels.
TV2 had golden era PPVs for about 18 months - SummerSlam 89 to Royal Rumble 91, including Wrestlemania VI which had the main event of Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior, title for title (WWF and intercontinental titles). Later (1997-2002 or so), TV2 had WCW PPVs while TV4 had WWF/E including Wrestlemania starting with Wrestlemania 14 (main event of Stone Cold vs Shawn Michaels, special guest referee Mike Tyson). As the Attitude Era tapered off after WWF/E bought WCW, it all moved to Sky.
Loved Bret and the Hart Foundation generally as a kid. Hart Foundation winning the tag team titles from Demolition at Summerslam 90 is still one of my favourite matches - they get a great pop when Bret pins Crush in the third fall.
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@MN5 said in Pro Wrestling:
@Kruse said in Pro Wrestling:
Holy shit.
Wrestlemania 1 - StarSpangledBanner sang by Mean Jene Oakland
When I went in 2017, the USAF was involvedKing Kong Bundy beat Special Delivery Jones in 9 seconds
That Valentine / Junkyard-Dog ruling was outrageous. Never seen the like.
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@MN5 said in Pro Wrestling:
@Kruse said in Pro Wrestling:
Holy shit.
Wrestlemania 1 - StarSpangledBanner sang by Mean Jene Oakland
When I went in 2017, the USAF was involvedKing Kong Bundy beat Special Delivery Jones in 9 seconds
Had to rewind to find that... and yeah...
Did Daniel Bryant v UnderTaker take that record?
I tried to google... but A"I" has broken the internet, and I can't be arsed to disable it.
Might have had a joint. Can't believe that it would be professional wrestling to finally tip me over the ... fuck it... -
WT..A...F... original Wrestlemania - finally got to main event - Liberace "guest timekeeper (???)", Muhammad Ali "assistant refereee", Mr-T tag-team partner with Hulk Hogan... I shouldn't be baked about to watch this... already overwhelmed
Edit: confirmed - shouldn't have watched that baked -
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@Kruse said in Pro Wrestling:
WT..A...F... original Wrestlemania - finally got to main event - Liberace "guest timekeeper (???)", Muhammad Ali "assistant refereee", Mr-T tag-team partner with Hulk Hogan... I shouldn't be baked about to watch this... already overwhelmed
Edit: confirmed - shouldn't have watched that bakedTo be fair the Wrestlemanias improved hugely, then declined.
Hogan was a MASSIVE draw despite contemporaries like Randy Savage, Rick Rude and Curt Hennig all being far better ‘wrestlers’ than he ever was ( those three making up 75% of my own personal Mt Rushmore ) and his finisher was lame as fuck ( Hulking up, punch punch punch, into the ropes, big boot, leg drop, pin )
He was the man though.
Wrestling was so fun in that period.
Just watched this, an even worse wrestler than Hogan and sounded like a bit of an arsehole.
But he made amends late in life and by golly I had tears in my eyes watching that bit where he was in the ring for the last time knowing he died so shortly afterwards.
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@Frank said in Pro Wrestling:
Ultimate Warrior promo lines.
Genius cocaine inspired madness"Come on in, where nightmares are the best part of my day"
"In my final meeting with the gods from heaven above"
"The family that I lives for only breathes the air that smells of combat"
No sleep no food, just Maniacism
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Wrestlemania III - 30 minutes in, we have King Kong Bundy + 2 midgets vs Hillbilly Jim + 2 midgets.
Solid entertainment.
Rowdy Roddy Piper giving Adonis a haircut. After what was presumably a Brutus-Barber-Beefcake heel->face turn triggered by previous match?
Classic.
That Hart Foundation win... outrageous
Smoked some weed... comments from here on in...
"The Birdman" - Coco B Ware - I never got this guy. I seem to remember even as a kid, I was "huh?". How/why is this guy a favourite? Weird bird-fetish-guy. -
@Kruse said in Pro Wrestling:
Wrestlemania III - 30 minutes in, we have King Kong Bundy + 2 midgets vs Hillbilly Jim + 2 midgets.
Solid entertainment.
Rowdy Roddy Piper giving Adonis a haircut. After what was presumably a Brutus-Barber-Beefcake heel->face turn triggered by previous match?
Classic.
That Hart Foundation win... outrageousWhat an understatement.....
Jesse the Bodys commentary makes it even more awesome. When King Kong Bundy slammed the hilariously named Little Beaver even the midgets on his team turned against him !!!!
Like a lot of "heels" Bundy sounds like he was a great guy in real life. After wrestling he was a stand up comedian and he also owned 10 cats that had to be rehomed after he passed.
Moved pretty damn well for a huge guy too.
