Memories of first live event

cawthon777 · March 19, 2003

The very first WWF show I attended was at the Capital Centre in May of 1993. Small arena but a regular stop on the tour. I had been watching wrestling for almost a year and was a few weeks removed from the first PPV I saw live (WrestleMania IX). I was not quite 12 years old at the time.

Before the show started, I got my dad to buy me a program (which was basically a smaller version of WWF magazine sold at the arenas that highlighted all the current storylines and rivalries...it also included the night's line-up). The first thing I noticed on the line-up was that the scheduled match between the Nasty Boys and the Headshrinkers had been changed to the Smoking Gunns vs. the Headshrinkers. This kinda pissed me off since I was looking forward to that match after the two had a concession stand brawl on Raw a few months prior. The Nastys weren't there due to their suspension which led to them jumping to WCW a month or two later.

Here's the card as I remember it...

The Brooklyn Brawler vs. Jim Powers

- I wanted Powers to win cause he was cool looking. He didn't. I was temporarily sad, but then I remembered that I didn't come to the show to see this match anyway. Then I was happy.

El Matador vs. Damien Demento

- Demento was pretty cool due to the fact he would regularly have conversations with his hands ... and he was freaky looking. Same finish as Santana / HBK at WrestleMania VIII (as a young kid already well-versed in Coliseum Home Video PPV releases I asked myself "Couldn't Tito have learned to counter that move in the past year?")

Bob Backlund vs. Blake Beverly

- The crowd wasn't really behind Backlund - except for two old fat guys in the front row who seemed to have a love affair with Backlund dating back to his championship days of the late 70s. Opie Taylor picked up the win with some sort of roll up, perhaps into a bridge.

Mr. Perfect vs. Shawn Michaels

- The ad for this show in the Washington Post was built around this particular matchup that I was very much looking forward to. These two put on a great contest, one that to this day may be the best bout I've ever seen in person. Great psychology, Michaels played the perfect cowardly heel, and the crowd could not have been more behind Perfect. Eventually, the champ nails Perfect in the head with the IC title. Before the dazed referee can make the three count, the Gunns and Jim Powers rushed the ring and told the referee what happened. Rather than DQ the champ the referee orders for the match to continue, Perfect makes the Superman comeback ... kicks the tar out of HBK ... gets the 3-count, only for the referee to notice that Michaels' foot was on the bottom rope so the match AGAIN continues. Seconds later, Perfect catches Michaels sleeping and slaps on the Perfect Plex for the 1...2...*ding ding* Oh wow, we have a new champion, right? Nope, the 20-minute time limit had expired. Awesome match. I have pics of it on my website (check the sig at the bottom).

Intermission ... Howard Finkel announces that the WWF will return to this area in late June with a show in Baltimore. The matches signed so far will pit Mr. Perfect against Lex Luger, a rare heel vs. heel match when Michaels puts up the IC title against Razor Ramon, and a rare face vs. face match when Bret Hart meets Bob Backlund. The next Cap Center show would be in July and would have the main event of Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna (which got a huge pop). Hogan, of course, would be a no show after KOTR and would be replaced by Bret.

The Smoking Gunns vs. the Headshrinkers

- This was pretty cool since the Gunns had yet to make their TV debut. Up till this point, they had only been seen on vignettes shown on Raw and the syndies where they're hanging out at their ranch. Their music hits and BAM ... the Gunns come out shooting blanks. My dad thought it was pretty cool but it kinda scared the crap out of me. The Shrinkers use a lot of illegal double teaming, with Afa distracting the referee as often as possible. The Shrinkers eventually picked up the cheap win which would lead to a rematch 2 months later in this same arena - this time with Afa subbing for Fatu.

Yokozuna vs. Jim Duggan

- I wasn't a huge Duggan fan but I like America and I didn't like Yoko, so Duggan got my vote of support. Hacksaw goes for the running clothesline ... Fuji grabs the foot, preventing him from hitting it ... Duggan turns around to jaw with Fuji ... Yoko squashes Hacksaw in the corner and follows up with the Bonzai for the win.

Kamala vs. Bam Bam Bigelow

- This match was supposed to happen at WrestleMania but didn't for whatever reason. I'm going to assume that if it had, Mania IX would not be as highly regarded as it is today (*insert laugh track here*). Not much of a match. Kamala gains the advantage and tries pinning Bigelow with his stomach against the mat. The fans and referee tell Kamala to turn him over. He gets confused and tries to talk to the referee ... Bigelow rolls him up from behind for the pin.

Bret Hart vs. Lex Luger

- Bret was and is my favorite and I had high hopes that he would kick the tar out of Luger for knocking the Hitman out at the WrestleMania IX brunch a few weeks prior. And that's pretty much what happens. Earlier in the night, Luger came out for the match but was told that he would have to wear a protective armband or he would be fined and suspended by Jack Tunney. So the main event is saved for the main event instead of before intermission. Luger comes out with the armband, Bret kicks the crap out of him, uses the 5 Moves of Doom, goes for the Sharpshooter ... and who should run in but Razor Ramon. The two double team Bret and Razor holds the Hitman for Luger to use the running forearm ... Bret ducks ... Luger knocks Razor out cold. Bret sends Luger to the floor. This altercation and others like it around the tour would lead to a brief Razor vs. Luger run before Luger turned face on July 4.

This was a matinee show so afterwards, my parents and I along with a crap load of other people stood outside the arena and watched as wrestlers took off in their cars. What I found odd is that HBK and Razor left together - even though they were scheduled to fight at the show in Baltimore the next month.

March 19, 2003

All I remember were:

Ladder Match: Razor Ramon vs Jeff Jarrett for the IC Title

WWF Championship: Diesel vs Sid (ugh)

EDIT: Oh, and this was in the BOSTON GARDEN~!

March 19, 2003

I have been a wrestling fan for about 15 years. However I live in Australia so my first PPV was a year ago. It was a WWA show. The main event had Nathan Jones in it.

ahem.

March 19, 2003

It was a USWA house show.

Jerry Lawler took on a referee and piledrived him 11 times as the Memphis crowd went wild.

Vince McMahon cut a very anti-Memphis/King promo.

Yokozuna took on Lex Luger- Luger won by count.

I met Miss Texas and the Moondogs- It was a terrific show.

The results-

The American Eagle & Billy McCallahan beat The Hawk & Leon Downs.

Miss Texas beat Luna Vachon.

USWA Tag Champs The Dog Catchers NC Moondogs Spike & Cujo.

Brian Christopher beat Chris Adams.

PG-13 beat Jimmy Valiant & Super Mario.

Jeff Jarrett beat The Vampire Warrior.

Jerry Lawler beat Paul Neighbors in a "stretcher" match.

Lex Luger beat Yokozuna.

J.B. Buzzkill · March 19, 2003

I just remeber all the marks around me hating Kurt Angle and cheering Mark Henry

cawthon777 · March 19, 2003

All I remember were:

Ladder Match: Razor Ramon vs Jeff Jarrett for the IC Title

WWF Championship: Diesel vs Sid (ugh)

EDIT: Oh, and this was in the BOSTON GARDEN~!

I believe they showed clips of that show during the syndies since it was the last card at the Garden.

A Night to Remember - Boston, MA - Boston Garden - May 13, 1995

The Heavenly Bodies defeated the Bushwhackers

Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Phil Apollo

Man Mountain Rock defeated Kwang

Bret Hart & the British Bulldog defeated Hakushi & Jerry Lawler when Bret forced Lawler to submit to the Sharpshooter

WWF IC Champion Jeff Jarrett defeated Razor Ramon in a ladder match; Razor grabbed the title belt but the referee was knocked out; the Roadie attacked Razor, handed the belt to Jarrett to show the ref, and he retained the title

The Undertaker defeated Kama

Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Tatanka

WWF World Champion Diesel defeated Psycho Sid

March 19, 2003

Hogan-Piper in 85. I marked out when Piper got DQ'd for using a chair and Hogan grabbed the mic and said "Piper, get your ass back in here"

I also remember when they announced Ricky Steamboat and I thought how cool his name was.

March 19, 2003

Damn, mine was was late 86/early 87.

It was a Superstars/Challenge TV taping at Glens Falls, NY.

I can't remember everything, but Andre was there, don't remember him wrestling though. Koko w/Frankie, Butch Reed, ( I think) Bushwackers, and a few others.

Only matches I can remember were Can Am Connection upsetting the Hart Foundation in a non-title match.

Tito Santana and Greg Valentine doing their weekly 15 minute draw.

and the Main Event was World Champion Hulk Hogan Vs IC Champion Randy Savage. (Guess who did the job?)

March 19, 2003

I went to Manchester when I was about 10 and all these cool big kids were booing the good guys, and cheering for Haku, Warlord etc, and I thought it was really funny. I joined in to try and impress them. I also wore a fake world title belt the whole time and probably looked like a fool. Most over was Davey Boy. I don't remember anything about any match though.

March 19, 2003

I attended a number of WWF shows in the 80s but was too young to really remmber much. But I did get to see every major WWF wrestler of the 80s live, Andre, Warrior, Hogan, Savage, DiBiase etc. Which is very cool!

As far as solid memories go, I saw a WWF house show at the LaCrosse WI civic center in late 1990(or early 91, damn my memory kicks ass!)

Tony Atlas as Saba Simba the Racist Gimmick beat Playboy Buddy Rhodes.

Paul Roma pinned Marty Janetty after Hercules hit him with his chain. Shawn was there, and the Rockers cleaned house afterwards.

Ronnie Garvin beat Boris Zoukoff.

Ted DiBiase beat Dusty Rhodes in a good match. I liked seeing Rhodes live as I was aware of his popular past. As a lil mark I hated the Million $ Man.

Main Event - LOD defeated Demolition. Live, this match was awesome! :headbang:

I know Im forgetting a few matches.

Cawthon, would you happen to have LaCrosse results up on your page?

March 19, 2003

my 1st was WCW house show in 1996 march or april (after nash and hall signed but still before they debuted in may/june)

flair- savage with sammartino as ref

eddy- benoit

was supposed to be giant- sting but giant no showed so after luger forught arn anderson there was a Luger/Sting vs Benoit/Arn match

bought my IV horsemen shirt go to do the IV sign back and forth with Arn and Flair (which was a huge stupid mark out moment)

ive been into wrestling since jan 86 but never got to go to a live event before that one

second was wwf house show before SSlam 96 with Shawn - Vader

March 19, 2003

My first wrestling event was an AWA TV taping in 1983. My first WWF event was a taping of Superstars/Challenge/Saturday Night's Main Event in 1987. It was like a 6 hour marathon. The only match that sticks out is a British Bulldogs/Hart Foundation Steel Cage match.

March 19, 2003

All I remember were:

Ladder Match: Razor Ramon vs Jeff Jarrett for the IC Title

WWF Championship: Diesel vs Sid (ugh)

EDIT: Oh, and this was in the BOSTON GARDEN~!

I believe they showed clips of that show during the syndies since it was the last card at the Garden.

A Night to Remember - Boston, MA - Boston Garden - May 13, 1995

The Heavenly Bodies defeated the Bushwhackers

Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Phil Apollo

Man Mountain Rock defeated Kwang

Bret Hart & the British Bulldog defeated Hakushi & Jerry Lawler when Bret forced Lawler to submit to the Sharpshooter

WWF IC Champion Jeff Jarrett defeated Razor Ramon in a ladder match; Razor grabbed the title belt but the referee was knocked out; the Roadie attacked Razor, handed the belt to Jarrett to show the ref, and he retained the title

The Undertaker defeated Kama

Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Tatanka

WWF World Champion Diesel defeated Psycho Sid

Yeah, that was it. I definetly remember the "Night to Remember" thing.

March 19, 2003

All I remember is that Sting defended the us title against rick rude.

My 1st wwf show was headlined by a Sid countout victory over the undertaker.

Mecha Mummy · March 19, 2003

I'm kinda embarrassed to say this, but...

You know that Smackdown in Seattle last year with Rock vs. Benoit, the first time Los Guerreros teamed in WWE, Matt Hardy jumping to Smackdown, and Funaki debuting as a backstage interviewer?

Yeah, that was my first event.

March 19, 2003

June 11, 1989 at Maple Leaf Gardens

I had just turned 9, and had been watching for about 16 months at that point. They had come nearby before, but this was the first time I actually went, after my parents decided to take me. My mother has been a wrestling fan about as long as I have.

Two days earlier Hercules had an autograph signing at Oshawa Centre that I went to and since this was the first time I had ever met a wrestler in person I was pretty hyped for this show. Jack Tunney & Billy Red Lyons would make various appearances throughout the show, as they always did in Canada.

The results...

Rick Martel d. Tito Santana

I hated Tito as a kid, so I was quite happy about this one.

Dino Bravo d. Hercules

Bravo cheated by hanging on to the ropes as Herc went for a sunset flip from the outside. Not too happy about this one.

The Bushwhackers d. The Brainbusters

I still don't understand this. The Bushwhackers pretty much squash them and then toss Blanchard on Arn for the pin. How Arn can be pinned by his own partner is beyond me.

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine d. "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin

I don't even remember this match.

Mr. Perfect fought Bret Hart to a 20 minute draw

Bret got the biggest face heat of the night which surprised me. Canada always loved the guy. Bret had Perfect beat (for the first time ever), but the time limit ran out. This was the best live match I had seen up until 2000.

Paul Roma d. Boris Zhukov

The crowd shit on this match after the last one. Very loud boring chants. I wonder why they just didn't do Stallions/Bolsheviks.

WWF Champion Hulk Hogan d. "Macho Man" Randy Savage

Usual 1989 match from these guys. Decent and fun. Hogan beats up Sherri & finishes with the usual. I still don't know why it wasn't the main, considering Hogan won. This is the only time I have seen Hogan win. Every other time I've seen him he's been on job duty.

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition d. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers

The Rougeaus were traitors at this point, and thus hated. I still loved them though. Jimmy Hart gets involved towards the end, but Demos still win with the Decapitation.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts d. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase

This was the match I came to see. This is just prior to the Dibiase injures Jake's neck angle. Even I could tell the finish a mile away as they set up a chair outside prior to the match. Sure enough, Dibiase is DQd for nailing Roberts with the chair. Virgil gets the Damien treatment.

End of show.

March 19, 2003

I vaguely remember the card, but it was a May 92 house show at the Spectrum. The matches were (from what I can remember):

Warrior Vs Papa Shango: Was originally supposed to be Sid, but he left the WWF before the event. Anyway, Warrior won with Flying Shoulderblock/Big Splash combo.

LOD Vs the Beverly Brothers: Was the final match on the card. The Beverly Brothers' theme song was loud as hell from what I can remember. Anyway, LOD won with a modified version of the Doomsday Device (Blake or Beau got caught in like a spinebuster position and Hawk came off the top with the clothesline).

Bret Hart Vs HBK for the I-C Title: Shawn got a surprisingly good pop from what I can remember (though most of them were probably from women). At one point, Bret got Shawn in the sharpshooter and back then I SWORE Shawn broke the hold, but now that I look back on it, it's more likely that he grabbed the ropes. The match ended after Shawn accidentally hit Sherri and Bret pinned him.

Owen Hart and Jim Powers Vs The Nasty Boys: Nastys won but Powers actually got some good offense in. What ever happened to him, anyway?

Crush Vs Kato: This was prior to Crush's TV debut. He pretty much squashed Kato, but won with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker I think.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan Vs Repo Man: I don't even remember who won this one. All I can remember is Hacksaw knocking Repo to the floor and him hiding beside the ring apron to ambush Hacksaw...and he said "SHHH!" to the crowd...used the finger and everything. It's that kinda fan interaction that's sorely missing from wrestling these days.

Rick Martel Vs Tito Santana: Again, I can't even remember who won. All I know is that it was very similar to a match between the two that aired on PTW earlier in the week. Martel won the televised match (I think), so Tito probably went over here.

There may have been one more match, but I don't remember. I do know that the crowd and music were both loud as hell, and had my ears ringing for a few hours. That and I bought a pair of Bret Hart sunglasses and an I-C belt...both of which I lost within a span of 2 months.

March 19, 2003

The first wrestling event I attended was kind of depressing looking back on it... imagine Ravishing Rick Rude and the Honky Tonk Man in 1992... both men unemployed, working an indy event in the small hick city of Wichita Falls Texas... in front of, I swear, 30 people IF that. It was the perfect definition of a bomb scare. I was 9 at the time, and even though it must have been depressing for these guys to go out and perform in front of just a few people, I remember having a great time. I was a huge wrestling fan and I would've gone anyway, but what really excited me was getting to see Rick Rude... one of the very few heels that I liked as a mark. He seemed like a nice guy, but you could tell that he didn't want to be there. I remember getting an autograph from him, and he never looked up. He just kept his head down the whole time. I can't say I blame him.

The scheduled main event was the Honky Tonk Man vs. Greg the Hammer Valentine, but Valentine didn't show up. Honky's excuse was that he had chickened out... so he was just going to take his money and leave, because he had better things to do than to be here. Then, out came WCCW legend Ice Man King Parsons. This was exciting for me, because growing up in texas during the 80's and early 90's, I got to see a little bit of WCCW and USWA wrestling, and I remember watching Parsons when he was the Texas champion. The match probably wasn't a classic by any means, but in something I'll never forget... afterwards, Ice Man invited all the kids to come up and shake his hand, and we all did (all 10 of us) After shaking his hand, he put his hand on my shoulder and said "How'd you like the show red?" (I have red hair)

Of course, this event was nothing compared to the other events I've been to over the years, but it's probably the most special for me, not just because it was my first, but because I actually got to see Rick Rude in person, which is something that obviously will never happen again

March 19, 2003

WWF In Your House: International Incident in July 1996. The PPV sucked ass, but I had so much fun.

March 19, 2003

It was in May 1993, the main event was Money Inc. vs. The Steiner Brothers for the tag belts. I only remember a few other matches, like Tatanka vs. Razor Ramon, Doink vs. Crush, Undertaker vs. Giant Gonzalez, and Owen Hart vs. Terry Taylor (the only time I saw Owen Hart wrestle live).

March 19, 2003

WWF @ Calgary, Alberta - May 27, 2000

Bradshaw defeated Bull Buchanon via disqualification

WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Dean Malenko defeated Crash Holly

WWF Tag Team Champions Edge & Christian defeated Too Cool and Test & Albert

The British Bulldog defeated Steve Blackman

Rikishi defeated Kurt Angle

WWF European Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Perry Saturn

WWF IC Champion Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho in a No DQ match

The Rock & the Dudley Boyz defeated Triple H, X-Pac, & Road Dogg

The main event was pretty bad, I was a huge Triple H fan back then and he was the only guy keeping me in my seat. After the match Rock went on a really long promo and I left about 2 minutes into it.

The Jericho/Benoit match was really great but what else would you expect?

Oh and because I'm a total dumbass I took my bathroom break when the Bulldog was wrestling...I really regret that now.

March 19, 2003

The one thing about the first show I saw.. that sticks out in my mind the most is when the Undertakers music hit, the lights went out and the lighters came out. Jeeezz I almost pee'd my pants I was so afraid. I was small and it was such a surreal situation cuz 'he' was actually there. Oh the memories!

March 19, 2003

I don't remember my first all that Hot...I remember meeting Bossman but that's about it.

I However, Clearly remember Going to a show around 1996, and it was Owen/Shawn and JUST before the match...I went with my Aunt whom was a Resident Advisor, whom took care of Handicaped Retards. She managed to get us backstage and We supposed to meet Undertaker but according to my aunt said

"No Thanks, Sweetie" but OWEN (remember he was a heel) promptly out of Nowhere walked out and Hugged those guys and handed them Undertaker and HBK shirts (which is kinda ironic) and He shook my hand and I asked "Who You Wrestling tonight?" He smiled and said "Some Pretty Boy, Shawn Micheals or something" and smiled and waved bye to us. It was amazing...I was the only one at the arena cheering Owen on...Him and Shawn gave a GREAT match.

Another COOL thing was in 1996 as well (different show), The Main was HHH/HBK and I was a HBK mark at the time...I made a Sign with HBK pics all over it...I had front row seats.

Well, Come showtime...Hening (whom was managing HHH at the time) walked by and talked trash about how pathetic I was. Shawn came out. Shawn and HHH went at it for a few minutes...As Hening taunted the fans (me in particular) I got bumped and I dropped the sign right by the ring...

Perfect takes notice of that....He walks over and Grabs it...I protested...Henning shows it to HHH, whom stepped out and they started laughing at it...Shawn was laid out...Henning imiated Pissing on it...As Shawn saw that and did a Plancha...RIGHT in FRONT of me...He picked up the sign looked at it...Smiled and Rubbed my head. He got back in and Superkicked Hunter for the Win.

Henning walked by before they left and Winked at me...

and now it's sad to think both those guys are gone forever...

cawthon777 · March 19, 2003

Cawthon, would you happen to have LaCrosse results up on your page?

I checked and although I do have results from Madison and Milwaukee in that timeframe, nothing from LaCrosse.

March 19, 2003

Stolen from another thread:

December 14th, 1991.

"Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich defeated The Great Kabuki.

Superfly Jimmy Snuka defeated "The Model" Rick Martel.

Tenryu defeated Haku.

Rowdy Roddy Piper defeated Ted Dibiase via disqualification (Sherri inteference).

Nasty Boys defeated The Rockers.

British Bulldog defeated the Berzerker.

LOD defeated Natural Disasters (Tag Title Match)

Hulk Hogan defeated Ric Flair via countout.

It was a split-card houseshow (with the other show in Boston that night), so the lack of starpower in the undercard is understandable.

In a funny note, Bobby Heenan (Flair's advisor at the time) was "arrested" by local police, after he interfered in the "dream" match. Flair went running after him, causing the countout.

March 19, 2003

A Night to Remember - Boston, MA - Boston Garden - May 13, 1995
The Heavenly Bodies defeated the Bushwhackers

Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Phil Apollo

Man Mountain Rock defeated Kwang

Bret Hart & the British Bulldog defeated Hakushi & Jerry Lawler when Bret forced Lawler to submit to the Sharpshooter

WWF IC Champion Jeff Jarrett defeated Razor Ramon in a ladder match; Razor grabbed the title belt but the referee was knocked out; the Roadie attacked Razor, handed the belt to Jarrett to show the ref, and he retained the title

The Undertaker defeated Kama

Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Tatanka

WWF World Champion Diesel defeated Psycho Sid

Phil Apollo- the first of many

Anyways, I quit my job to go to my very first WWF show back in April 2001. MY ex girlfriend's aunt was taking her (despite the fact she was barely a wrestling fan, only because of me) and some unknown fellow our age was going as well. My jealousy/overprotectiveness kicked in and I went down to see them, and I remember convertign the mark children into complete smarks. It was on the road to Wrestlemania X-7 in 2001, at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, CA. This was the beginning of the "X-Factor" (anyone remember that stable? Albert, Justin Credible, and X-Pac)These are the matches I remember...

Haku vs. Benoit- Noone cared about this match except for me. As a matter of fact, the Anaheim crowd is downright lame.

HHH vs. Kane, Big Show came in an interfered allowing HHH to hit the Pedigree for the win. I marked for HHH's entrance, it is cool to see live.

STEVE AUSTIN VS KURT ANGLE~!!! Yes, I saw their very first meeting. At least on TV. Major markout moment for the match, and the Rock came down for commentary. Stunenrs for everyone Austin picked up the win.

I remember Chris Jericho wrestling somebody but I marked out so much for Y2J I completely forgot who he wrestled.

An interesting note- Of all 3 WWE/WWF events I've been to, Kurt Angle has been in every single main event and Chris Benoit has won every match. A smark's dream, indeed. :wub:

cawthon777 · March 19, 2003

I vaguely remember the card, but it was a May 92 house show at the Spectrum. The matches were (from what I can remember):

I happen to have the full card if you were interested, via PWI.

WWF @ Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum - May 2, 1992

Crush pinned Kato

The Nasty Boys defeated Owen Hart & Jim Powers

Jim Duggan defeated Repo Man via disqualification

The Ultimate Warrior defeated Papa Shango

WWF IC Champion Bret Hart defeated Shawn Michaels

Rick Martel pinned El Matador

The Legion of Doom defeated the Beverly Brothers

March 19, 2003

I remember it was a WCW Saturday Night taping, back in October of 1998. I don't remember every match, but it was mostly the lower carders. Some things I do recall:

Chris Jericho~~! defending the TV Title against Disco Inferno, making him tap to the Liontamer with 2 SECONDS LEFT~!

Konnan (just because as a huge Wolfpac mark I was saying all of K-DAWG~'s gay things)

Scott Hall (same thing...when he did the "Survey says" stuff)

Main Event: Lex Luger vs. The Giant (DON'T GET TOO EXCITED~~!!!!!!!!!) Shit match, shit ending. Yeah.

I was happy with the show (as I had gotten the red Wolfpac shirt with the big wolf on front) but looking back, it SUCKED!

March 19, 2003

Cawthon, thats cool. Thanks for checking for me anyway. I appreciate it.

cawthon777 · March 19, 2003

I went to Manchester when I was about 10 and all these cool big kids were booing the good guys, and cheering for Haku, Warlord etc, and I thought it was really funny. I joined in to try and impress them. I also wore a fake world title belt the whole time and probably looked like a fool. Most over was Davey Boy. I don't remember anything about any match though.

The WWF did a double spot in Manchester back in 91. Might it have been one of these shows?

WWF @ Manchester, England - G-Mex Centre - April 28, 1991 (matinee)

Jimmy Snuka defeated the Brooklyn Brawler

Jim Neidhart defeated Haku

The Barbarian defeated Greg Valentine

Texas Tornado defeated the Warlord via disqualification after the Warlord shoved the referee

The Rockers (w/ Andre the Giant) defeated the Orient Express

Jake Roberts defeated the Bezerker

The British Bulldog defeated Earthquake via count-out

Roddy Piper defeated Ted Dibiase

WWF @ Manchester, England - G-Mex Centre - April 28, 1991

Dave Taylor, Tony St. Clair, & Danny Collins defeated Skull Murphy, Chic Cullen, & Johnny Smith when St. Clair pinned Murphy

Greg Valentine defeated Haku

Jim Neidhart defeated the Barbarian

The Orient Express defeated Jimmy Snuka & Koko B. Ware when Kato pinned Koko

The Bezerker defeated Tito Santana

The Rockers defeated Demolition when Marty Jannetty pinned Smash; Andre the Giant ran Mr. Fuji from ringside before the match

Jake Roberts pinned the Warlord with a DDT

The British Bulldog (w/ the Dynamite Kid) pinned Ted Dibiase

Roddy Piper defeated Earthquake via count-out

Memories of first live event

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