Best house show you've been to?

[King Kamala 0]

WWF @ Portland, ME - Civic Center - July 13, 1996 (4,536)

Justin Bradshaw pinned Bob Holly with a lariat

Skip & Zip defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Smoking Gunns, Marty Jannetty & Leif Cassidy, and Henry & Phinneas Godwinn in a non-title elimination match

Marc Mero pinned Hunter Hearst Helmsley

Steve Austin pinned Savio Vega in a No DQ match

Owen Hart pinned Jake Roberts

Goldust defeated WWF IC Champion Ahmed Johnson via reverse decision; Ahmed pinned Goldust with a spinebuster but continued to beat him up after the match which resulted in the disqualification

Psycho Sid (sub. for the Ultimate Warrior) pinned Davey Boy Smith with the powerbomb at around the 1-minute mark

The Undertaker pinned Mankind

WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels pinned Vader with the superkick

 

One of the first shows I ever went to. I was marking out the whole night. It's probably the best for nostalgia purposes only. The only A house show I've been to, the other ones I got were B shows.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

WWF @ Las Vegas, NV - Thomas & Mack Center - August 17, 2001 (5,469)

 

William Regal defeated Justin Credible

 

WWF IC Champion Lance Storm pinned Edge after Christian's interference backfired

 

WWF Hardcore Champion Jeff Hardy defeated Rob Van Dam

 

Chris Jericho defeated Rhyno via submission with the Walls of Jericho after avoiding the Gore

 

The Big Show, Billy Gunn, Albert, Scotty 2 Hotty, and Hardcore & Crash Holly defeated Sean O'Haire, Chuck Palumbo, Tommy Dreamer, Shawn Stasiak, Mike Awesome, & Hugh Morrus

 

Matt Hardy & Lita defeated Hurricane Helms & Ivory after hitting simultaneous Twist of Fates and pinning their opponents

 

The Acolytes & Spike Dudley defeated the Dudley Boyz & Test

 

WCW Cruiserweight Champion X-Pac pinned WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Tajiri in a non-title match after hitting him with the title belt

 

Kurt Angle, the Undertaker, & Kane defeated Diamond Dallas Page, WCW US Champion Kanyon, & WWF World Champion Steve Austin when the Undertaker pinned Kanyon with the Last Ride

 

My first house show 2 days before SummerSlam, it was so awesome!

[SamoaRowe 0]

WWE (Raw) @ Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena - October 17, 2003

 

WWE IC Champion Rob Van Dam pinned Scott Steiner with a Van Daminator

 

Val Venis defeated Steven Richards via submission with a modified figure-4

 

Lita & Ivory defeated WWE Women's Champion Molly Holly & Gail Kim when Lita pinned Molly with the Twist of Fate; Jazz was scheduled to be the guest referee but didn't appear

 

Mark Henry pinned Tommy Dreamer with the powerslam

 

WWE Raw Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz defeated Rene Dupree & Rob Conway in a tables match when Bubba put Conway through the table with a Bubba Bomb off the top after Spike Dudley interfered

 

Lance Storm pinned Rico

 

Shane McMahon pinned Kane with the Van Terminator in a streetfight

 

WWE Raw World Champion Bill Goldberg & Booker T defeated Triple H & Randy Orton (w/ Ric Flair) when Goldberg pinned Orton with the spear / Jackhammer combo.

[Coolclint 0]

WWF @ Tallahassee, FL - May 12, 1999

Matt & Jeff Hardy defeated Too Much

Steve Blackman defeated Darren Drozdov

WWF Hardcore Champion Al Snow defeated Hardcore Holly

Kane & Test defeated Skull & 8-Ball

Mankind & Ken Shamrock defeated the Acolytes; the Acolytes played the faces for the match due to Farooq being a Florida State alum; to help in that effort, Mankind & Shamrock wore University of Florida jerseys to the ring

The Big Show defeated the Big Bossman in a steel cage match

WWF IC Champion the Godfather defeated Goldust

Val Venis & Jackie defeated D-Lo Brown & Ivory

Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett defeated Christian & Edge

The Rock defeated Billy Gunn

[Aero 0]

WWE (Smackdown!) @ Trenton, NJ - Sovereign Bank Arena - October 6, 2003

WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champions - US Champion Eddie Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Doug & Danny Basham at 9:53 when Eddie pinned Doug with the frog splash; after the match, the Big Show came to the ring and hit a chokeslam on both Guerreros

Spanky, Paul London, & Orlando Jordan (sub. for Sho Funaki) defeated Nunzio, Johnny Stamboli, & Chuck Palumbo at 6:39 when Jordan pinned Nunzio with the swinging neckbreaker

Charlie Haas (w/ Shelton Benjamin) pinned Billy Kidman at 6:05 following a DDT from the top rope after Benjamin prevented Kidman from hitting the Shooting Star Press

WWE Smackdown! World Champion Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle and John Cena at 2:16 by pinning Angle with the F5

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri pinned Rey Mysterio Jr. at 9:12 with a roll up after spraying green mist into the challenger's eyes

Bradshaw pinned Rhyno with the Clothesline from Hell at 2:23; after the bout, the Basham Brothers attacked Bradshaw

Torrie Wilson defeated Sable, Dawn Marie, and Nidia in a bikini contest; Sho Funaki was the guest MC

Chris Benoit defeated Albert at 5:29 via submission with the Crippler Crossface

 

The only house show I've ever been to, and it was actually disappointing for the most part, especially because of the 3-way between Brock, Angle, and Cena that lasted 2:16. It was the three of them just hitting each other's finishers for two minutes.

[Placebo Effect 0]

I've only been to two, and the second featured Scott Steiner vs. Triple H warming up for their Royal Rumble match.

 

So yeah, the first one by default.

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

I've only been to a few, and I can't be bothered to remember what happened. I only remember Bret/Yoko in a super-hot cage match at the Cow Palace in 93.

[cawthon777 0]

I only remember Bret/Yoko in a super-hot cage match at the Cow Palace in 93.

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I've seen most of that show via a fancam. Steiners / Shrinkers, Savage / Gonzalez (dud), Hughes / Taker (dud). But the cage match was pretty solid.

 

This is probably the best all-around show I've been to.

 

WWE (Raw) @ Washington DC - MCI Center - June 28, 2002

William Regal & Christopher Nowinski defeated Bubba Ray & Spike Dudley when Nowinski pinned Spike with a full nelson slam

WWE Women's Champion Molly Holly pinned Trish Stratus by blocking a monkey flip out of the corner and putting her feet on the ropes for leverage

Shawn Stasiak pinned WWE Hardcore Champion Bradshaw to win the title after Steven Richards interfered

Spike Dudley pinned WWE Hardcore Champion Shawn Stasiak to win the title with the Dudley Dog

Steven Richards pinned WWE Hardcore Champion Spike Dudley to win the title with the Steven Kick

Bradshaw pinned WWE Hardcore Champion Steven Richards to win the title with the Clothesline from Hell

D-Lo Brown pinned Justin Credible with the Sky High

Matt Hardy pinned Raven with the Twist of Fate

Brock Lesnar pinned Ric Flair with the F5 after Chris Benoit distracted Flair from ringside

WWE IC Champion Rob Van Dam pinned Eddie Guerrero with the Five Star Frog Splash after Ric Flair prevented interference from Chris Benoit; the bout was to have been a ladder match but was changed to a normal match with no explanation given

Steven Richards pinned Tommy Dreamer by avoiding the DVD and hitting the Steven Kick

Booker T & Goldust defeated the Big Show & X-Pac when Booker pinned X-Pac with the Book End

WWE World Champion the Undertaker pinned Hulk Hogan with the chokeslam after a chair shot

[Grenouille 0]

My first show and still my favorite house show. This makes me remember back in the day when Portland was one of their favorite stops, now we're lucky to get one show a year.

 

WWF @ Portland, ME - Civic Center - November 1, 1987 (8,686)

Lanny Poffo pinned Jose Estrada

Frenchy Martin pinned Siva Afi

Jake Roberts pinned Sika

Davey Boy Smith & the Dynamite Kid defeated Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff

Jim Duggan fought King Harley Race to a double count-out

Paul Orndorff defeated Rick Rude via disqualification

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned the One Man Gang

[Jericholic82 0]

For nostlgia purposes, the first live show I ever attended:

 

 

WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - November 30, 1991 (15,000)

Televised on the MSG Network:

Prime Time Wrestling - 12/30/91: Tito Santana pinned Kato with the flying forearm at 10:04

Kerry Von Erich defeated the Bezerker via count-out

Prime Time Wrestling - 12/23/91: Jim Duggan pinned the Barbarian with the running clothesline at 7:51

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/6/92: Virgil pinned Skinner with a sunset flip at 6:07

Hulk Hogan defeated Ric Flair (w/ Mr. Pefect) via disqualification after Flair used a pair of brass knuckles, given to him by Mr. Perfect

IRS pinned the Big Bossman after the Mountie came ringside

WWF IC Champion Bret Hart pinned the Mountie with an elbow off the middle turnbuckle

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/6/92: The Nasty Boys defeated Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty when Saggs pinned Jannetty with a small package at 16:20 which was originally reversed by Knobbs, and then Jannetty reversed the move himself before Michaels mistakingly reversed the move again, allowing Saggs the pin

 

 

 

I was marking out all night , being there live for the first time. For completists, I was wearing an Ultimate Warrior tshirt and a Hogan cap (depsite being more of a UW fan, the hat was a b-day gift so...)

[Guest jm29195]

One I went to at Birmingham NEC last year:-

 

Edge b. Batista

Trish b. Victoria

Hurricane/Rosey b. La Resistance

Regal/Bischoff interview

Eugene/Jericho b. Cade/Coach

Tomko/Trish b. Hardy/Lita

Orton b. Shelton 2/3 falls

HBK b. Flair

Benoit b. HHH

 

 

 

Fucking awesome Flair/HBK blew everything else away!!!

[Art Sandusky 0]

North Charleston Coliseum, it was a Raw house show about a year ago, with a main event of Flair/Benoit for the title.

[The C Man 0]

WWF Mayhem in Manchester - April 4th 1998

 

Jeff Jarrett defeated Brakkus via submission.

 

Strap Match: The Godwinns (Henry and Phinneus) defeated The Disciples of Apocalypse ( Skull and Eight Ball).

 

Bradshaw pinned Marc Mero.

 

Ken Shamrock and Owen Hart defeated Rocky Maivia and D-Lo Brown when Shamrock forced Brown to submit.

 

Cactus Jack defeated Goldust by Disqualification.

 

World Tag Team Title Match: Legion of Doom 2000 defeated The New Age Outlaws by Disqualification. The New Age Outlaws retain the tag team titles.

 

World Heavyweight Title Match: Steve Austin pinned Hunter Hearst Helmsley to retain the title.

 

The Undertaker (in street clothes) pinned Kane.

 

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First and only one. And to think we drove six hours for that.

[deancoles 0]

One Night Only - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena - September 20, 1997 (11,000)

 

Early versions of the line up included Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, the Undertaker vs. Ahmed Johnson, and Owen Hart vs. Ken Shamrock; featured Jim Ross conducting an in-ring interview with an injured Ken Shamrock in which Billy Gunn interrupted before Shamrock made him tap to the ankle lock

 

Hunter Hearst Helmsley (w/ Chyna) pinned Dude Love with the Pedigree at 12:51 after Chyna put Helmsley's foot on the rope after he sustained the double arm DDT

Tiger Ali Singh pinned Leif Cassidy at 4:06 with a bulldog off the top

WWF Tag Team Champions the Headbangers defeated Savio Vega & Miguel Perez Jr. at 13:34 when Mosh pinned Miguel with the Bombs Away

The Patriot pinned Flash Funk at 8:47 with the full nelson slam

The Legion of Doom defeated Henry & Phinneas Godwinn at 10:42 when Road Warrior Animal pinned Phinneas following the Doomsday Device

Vader pinned Owen Hart at 12:14 by catching Hart coming off the top and hitting a powerslam

WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated the Undertaker via disqualification at 28:35 when the challenger failed to stop beating on Hart after the champion became entangled in the ropes head-first

Shawn Michaels defeated WWF European Champion Davey Boy Smith to win the title at 22:53 when the referee stopped the match as the challenger had a figure-4 applied, with an illegal assist from Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Rick Rude, and Chyna; several minutes prior to the finish, the Bulldog injured his ankle while attempting the powerslam outside the ring and suffered the superkick and Pedigree on the floor; after the match, Bret and Owen Hart made the save for the Bulldog and Diana Smith against Michaels, Helmsley, Rude, and Chyna; the Bulldog's wife, mother, and sister - who was being treated for cancer at the time - all sat ringside for the bout

 

 

Edit: Would have been interesting to see the crowd reaction had Bret/Austin happened,

Edited July 1, 2005 by deancoles411

[The Mandarin 0]

WWF @ Toronto, Ontario - Skydome - October 28, 2000

The Goodfather & Bull Buchanon defeated Too Cool after Steven Richards pushed Grandmaster Sexay off the top as Grandmaster attempted the Hip Hop Drop

The Dudley Boyz defeated Test & Albert in a tables match when Albert sustained a powerbomb off the top through a table

WWF European Champion William Regal pinned WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Dean Malenko with a neckbreaker; only the European title was on the line; Debra was the guest ring announcer for the match

WWF IC Champion Eddie Guerrero pinned Crash Holly; after the bout, Chyna came to the ring and hit a low blow on Guerrero

Billy Gunn pinned X-Pac with the Fameasser after avoiding the Bronco Buster

WWF World Champion Kurt Angle pinned Triple H after Chris Benoit interfered and hit the diving headbutt on the challenger

Perry Saturn defeated Al Snow via submission

Edge, Christian, & Jackie defeated WWF Women's Champion Lita, Matt & Jeff Hardy when Edge pinned Lita; after the bout, Lita hit the moonsault on Jackie

Kane pinned Chris Jericho with the chokeslam

The Rock & Steve Austin defeated Rikishi & Chris Benoit after Austin hit the Stunner; after the bout, Triple H made the save against the other members of the Radicalz

 

It wasn't that great, but the main event was off the charts. I'm pretty sure it was Austin's first full match, and the crowd was insane. First and best house show I've been to.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - March 24, 2001 (17,311)

WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Crash Holly pinned Dean Malenko with a la magistral cradle

WWF Hardcore Champion Raven pinned Billy Gunn with the DDT onto a trash can lid

Edge & Christian (w/ Rhyno) defeated the Acolytes when Edge pinned Bradshaw after Rhyno interfered and hit the Gore

WWF Women's Champion Ivory pinned Molly Holly after constant interference from Trish Stratus; after the bout, Lita and Molly held off Ivory and Steven Richards

X-Pac & Justin Credible (w/ Albert) defeated Matt & Jeff Hardy when X-Pac pinned Jeff after Albert interfered and hit the Baldo Bomb as Jeff came off the top

Chris Benoit defeated Perry Saturn via submission with the Crippler Crossface

WWF European Champion Test pinned Val Venis with a boot to the face

WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz defeated the Goodfather & Bull Buchanon following the 3D on the Goodfather after Spike Dudley interfered

WWF IC Champion Chris Jericho defeated Eddie Guerrero via submission with the Walls of Jericho

Steve Austin, the Undertaker, & Kane defeated Kurt Angle, the Big Show, & Triple H when Austin pinned Triple H with the Stunner; late in the contest, Shane McMahon interfered on behalf of Austin's team

 

Great show, crowd insanely hot throughout. Only House Show I've been to, it was the Road to WrestleMania show, a week before X7.

[Zetterberg is God 0]

WWF @ Calgary, Alberta - May 27, 2000 (11,652)

Bradshaw defeated Bull Buchanon via disqualification when the Big Bossman interfered and hit Bradshaw with his nightstick

WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Dean Malenko defeated Crash Holly via submission with the Texas Cloverleaf

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

Davey Boy Smith pinned Steve Blackman with the running powerslam

Rikishi pinned Kurt Angle after Too Cool fought off an interfering Edge & Christian

Kane pinned the Big Bossman with the chokeslam after hitting the move on an interfering Bull Buchanon

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 when Rock pinned Triple H

[Guest TheGreatWesuke]

The first show I went to:

 

July 7th 1990 In Calgary Alberta:

Shane Douglas defeated Paul Diamond

The Barbarian defeated "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka

Dino Bravo w/Jimmy Hart pinned Tugboat

The Bushwhackers defeated The Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine w/ Jimmy Hart by DQ

Jake Roberts defeated Dino Bravo (Bad News Brown no showed)

Buddy Rose defeated Jim Powers

The Ultimate Warrior pinned "Ravishing" Rick Rude w/Bobby Heenan to retain the WWF Championship

 

This show I probably had the most amount of fun at. The wrestling was great, there were some awesome one time events like E&C reuniting and Lance Storm wrestling (I believe he was Raw at the time)

 

Brock Lesnar vs. Chris Jericho - WWE Title

Edge & Christian vs. Eddie Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero

Chris Benoit vs. Matt Hardy

Lance Storm vs. Reverend D-Von

Jamie Noble (w/Nidia) vs. Rey Mysterio - CW Title

The Big Valbowski vs. Bull Buchanan

Funaki vs. Tajiri

Billy Kidman & Shannon Moore vs. John Cena & Shelton Benjamin

Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie - Bra & Panties Match

[Jingus 0]

The only house show I've ever been to was a WCW show featuring Flair vs. Nash in the main event. This was after Nash had beaten Terry Fun for the "comissioner of WCW" title but before he got hurt (AGAIN), and he declared the figure-4 leglock to be illegal. Despite the referee being Lil' Naitch Charles Robinson, he still DQ'd Flair for using the figure-4. It sucked, and the whole crowd just died. Perfect example of why WCW went out of business, they couldn't even provide a happy ending on a house show.

[Robert 0]

WWF @ Milwaukee, WI - September 29, 1989

Barry Windham defeated Tim Horner

Rick Martel fought Tito Santana to a draw

Dusty Rhodes defeated the Big Bossman

Bret Hart fought Haku to a draw

Bad News Brown defeated Hercules

The Bushwhackers defeated the Powers of Pain via disqualification

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage in a steel cage match

 

Meh, most the matches on the show weren't that great, but Tito/Martel and Hogan/Savage were fun. The place went NUTS for Hogan, and some people chanted "Midnight Rider" at Dusty Rhodes. Fun show where some Packers showed up. Don Majkowski and Sterling Sharpe showed up and shook hands with people. Really nice because I think they played a game the next day.

[Si82 0]

WWF Mayhem in Manchester - April 4th 1998

 

Jeff Jarrett defeated Brakkus via submission.

 

Strap Match: The Godwinns (Henry and Phinneus) defeated The Disciples of Apocalypse ( Skull and Eight Ball).

 

Bradshaw pinned Marc Mero.

 

Ken Shamrock and Owen Hart defeated Rocky Maivia and D-Lo Brown when Shamrock forced Brown to submit.

 

Cactus Jack defeated Goldust by Disqualification.

 

World Tag Team Title Match: Legion of Doom 2000 defeated The New Age Outlaws by Disqualification. The New Age Outlaws retain the tag team titles.

 

World Heavyweight Title Match: Steve Austin pinned Hunter Hearst Helmsley to retain the title.

 

The Undertaker (in street clothes) pinned Kane.

 

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First and only one. And to think we drove six hours for that.

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I was there too. I thought it was a decent card and probably the best house show I've been to.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Can't say I've ever left a house show dissapointed... I'm a mark for being at things live. House shows that I might consider bad today happened when I was a kid and a big mark. The group of us that left the "In High Gear" show at the Palace of Auburn Hills in February 95 determined that while the best match was Bret vs Owen, clearly the 2nd best match was The Headshrinkers vs The Blu Brothers. 3 years later we were all a bit wiser and wrestling was just a "tad bit" more popular. We attended a WCW house show the day before WrestleMania 14. I've never been the biggest WCW fan but this was an absolutely tremendous house show experience. Place was pretty much sold out and hot, something we hadn't seen for the two prior shows in October 94 and February 95 (both very low attendance). Nash and Hall no showed, so instead of Flair persumably jobbing to Hall and Bret Hart working with Nash, we got Flair beating Scott Norton and Bret Hart beating Curt Hennig. The show also opened with what seemed to be a really great Psicosis vs. La Parka match, Jericho doing some great mic work before losing a good match to Booker T, a great "Raven's Rules" match between DDP/Benoit and Kidman/Raven (DDP got on the mic to call Raven a fag post match). There was some crap like Brian Adams vs. Bulldog (though for me it was cool to see Bulldog) and Goldberg vs someone (though a lot of people really loved this... it was the height of Goldberg mania). The main event was Hogan vs Sting in a cage match and we really liked it, though probably moreso as marks. Sting pinned Hogan clean, too. Hogan was lying in the ring selling the Scorpion Death Drop while people tried to pelt garbage over the cage. He left when he got hit with something.

 

I also really enjoyed the 2 house show at Joe Louis Arena in 2003... Benoit vs Angle was the main event for the February one and we had Row 4 seats for the November one. The November one wasn't great work or anything but being that close and yelling at everyone and seeing some react was great. Chanting "Dance! Dance! Dance!" with a group of people behind us at Rene Dupree was pretty great as was cheering Coach (which got a thumbs up from him) and adding "Bill!" inbetween chants of "Golddddberg"