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Post by WarToad on Apr 13, 2005 23:50:43 GMT -5
My first live NWA..hmm, I was about 11 and it was in Valley Forge PA. It wasn't a long card and I remember all or most of the matches. I still have the pics around here somewhere.
Ron Bass vs. Black Bart
Pistol Pez vs. Tully (run in by Valiant)
Ivan/Barbarian/Baron vs. Ron Garvin/Sam Houston/Manny
*Tijo Kahn was there, but I don't remember if he had a match or just hung around watching the 6 man?
Midnight vs. RnR
Nikita vs. Magnum (main event)
After that I was hooked and attended a number of shows at the Philly Civic Center.
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Post by ssteward on Apr 13, 2005 23:56:02 GMT -5
post those pics if you get a chance!
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Post by anerrorhasoccured on Apr 14, 2005 0:14:47 GMT -5
osnwafan here (under a different name,forgot my password)  anyways,I was very lucky in that my first card ever was the US title tournament to decide the new champ after the Wilmington plane crash. my hero at the time was Paul Jones,and my Dad took me to go see this card..........well,that rascal Terry Funk won it all,beating Paul Jones in the final match and totally ruining my night!!! that card was a virtual who's who of professional wrestling superstars of the day..............Wahoo,Dusty,Funk,Blackjack,Race,the Andersons,Paul Jones,Rufus R jones,the Andersons,Malenko,Patera,Weaver.............just totally loaded. and I was hooked for life ever since!!! |
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Post by ssteward on Apr 14, 2005 0:36:38 GMT -5
osnwafan here (under a different name,forgot my password) your password is "The Andersons failed to defeat the Rock N Roll Express at Starrcade 86" ;D |
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Post by flair1 on Apr 14, 2005 8:28:30 GMT -5
Good thread.
Growing up in upstate NY, living in farm country, the only wrestling show I got in tv was World Class from Texas. It was there that I discovered Ric Flair, when he came in to defend against one of the Von Erichs. I could see a little WWF at the neighbors house on a UHF channel.
My first ever event was the WWF in Troy (near Albany), NYin 1986, and the main event was Greg Valentine vs. Tito Santana.
Shortly thereafter in 1986, World Class actaully brought a show to Albany, and it was headlined by Kerry Von Erich vs. One Man Gang. They came back the next summer with Kevin vs. Abdullah the Butcher.
My first NWA show was also in Troy, NY in 1989. After Turner bought things up, they came to NY to do a preliminary show before the famous Clash which had the Flair-Funk "I Quit" match. The show was headlined by Flair and Funk. The one thing that made it memorable was that I saw Ole Anderson sitting in the next section over (it was empty) watching the matches. Then Flair appeared in the tunnel right next to me, dressed up like usual, watching the match. I went up to him, shook his hand, and told him he was the greatest.
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Post by The Hammer on Apr 14, 2005 10:34:16 GMT -5
The first one I remember, hmm.. would have had to have been around 72 or 73 in The Winston Salem Memorial Coliseum. The only match I remember was The Anderson Brothers (Ole and Gene) verses The Scott Brothers (George and Sandy). I don't remember who won, but I do remember that Ole Anderson scared me just about to death.
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Post by spacemountain on Apr 14, 2005 10:42:16 GMT -5
I was at an NC State Basketball camp in the summer of '70 and the camp was held at Dorton Arena. So on Tuesday night of that week we got the opportunity to see wrestling. I believe the main event was the Andersons vs the Scotts. Other than that, I don't remember much.
I want to slip this in. I was at a match many years later at the old Charlotte Coliseum. The main event was Harley Race vs Ricky Steamboat. That place ERUPTED when initially Ricky won the title but as you can expect, the referee reversed the decision. I have not heard anything like that since either!!
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Post by cwh47 on Apr 14, 2005 11:54:21 GMT -5
SpaceMountain, was this the date of your first card?
June 16,1970 Raleigh,NC
Scott Bros. beat Ole & Gene Anderson dq
Brute Bernard & Bronco Lubich beat Ron & Terry Garvin
Nikita Mulkovitch beat Peppy Gomez
Luther Lindsey beat Tinker Todd
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Post by spacemountain on Apr 14, 2005 12:20:24 GMT -5
SpaceMountain, was this the date of your first card? June 16,1970 Raleigh,NC Scott Bros. beat Ole & Gene Anderson dq Brute Bernard & Bronco Lubich beat Ron & Terry Garvin Nikita Mulkovitch beat Peppy Gomez Luther Lindsey beat Tinker Todd CWH47, Gosh!!! It has been so long ago, but I vaguely recall Brute Bernard being there. That was one dude that really scared me in my younger years! Thanks! SpaceMountain |
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Post by gene05 on Apr 14, 2005 16:42:02 GMT -5
Hi,
I'm knew to the board. My first match was at East Burke High School in Icard, NC. Bobo was there and i remember Igor v.s Greg Valentine. I believe it was the late 78 or 79.
later,
gene05
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Post by gene05 on Apr 14, 2005 16:42:44 GMT -5
Hi,
I'm knew to the board. My first match was at East Burke High School in Icard, NC. Bobo was there and i remember Igor v.s Greg Valentine. I believe it was the late 78 or 79.
later,
gene05
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Post by gene05 on Apr 14, 2005 16:43:10 GMT -5
Hi,
I'm knew to the board. My first match was at East Burke High School in Icard, NC. Bobo was there and i remember Igor v.s Greg Valentine. I believe it was the late 78 or 79.
later,
gene05
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Post by acezappa on Apr 19, 2005 16:45:34 GMT -5
Hi, I'm knew to the board. My first match was at East Burke High School in Icard, NC. Bobo was there and i remember Igor v.s Greg Valentine. I believe it was the late 78 or 79. later, gene05 You still in this area? I work at Broughton Hospital. |
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Post by acezappa on Apr 19, 2005 16:48:28 GMT -5
Well, shucks, I guess I could've mentioned that the first match I can remember seeing was Starcade 85, though I'm not certain that this was the very first time I saw wrestling live. We may have been to a couple of things before this, but that was sucha big event I guess it sticks out the most for me.
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Post by RowdyRoddy on Apr 19, 2005 19:37:02 GMT -5
Growing up in New York and New Jersey, we did not see JCP since Crockett had cards in Virginia, North Carolin, and South Carolina. The NWA did come, with the AWA, to NJ in May 1984 with a Steamboat/Flair main event.
Here are the match listings for my first three cards. The third one is of course the snowstorm that hit Northern NJ. The 19000 seat Brenden Byrne Arena was probably 1/3 full for the title change between Flair and Sting...
April 25, 1990
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Continental Airlines Arena
The Road Warriors vs. Doom
World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner vs. The Samoan Swat Team
US Tag Team Champions Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk vs. The Midnight Express
US Champion Lex Luger vs. World Champion Ric Flair
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August 24, 1990
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Continental Airlines Arena
Big Van Vader pinned Dr. X with a splash at 1:25
Brian Pillman pinned Buddy Landell with a flying bodypress at 9:09
Stan Hansen defeated Terry Taylor at 9:57
US Champion Lex Luger pinned Mark Callous with a roll up at 14:56; after the bout, Callous and Paul E. Dangerously argued with each other
World Tag Team Champions Doom defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express at 15:23 when Butch Reed pinned Ricky Morton following a clothesline
Tom Zenk pinned Dutch Mantel with a backslide at 8:17
Sid Vicious, Barry Windham, & Arn Anderson defeated El Gigante, Paul Orndorff, & The Junkyard Dog at 16:46 when Anderson pinned Orndorff
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated US Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express to win the titles
World Champion Sting pinned Ric Flair with an inside cradle at 19:57, despite interference from Arn Anderson and Barry Windham
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January 11, 1991
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Continental Airlines Arena
TV Champion Tom Zenk pinned The Black Angel with a missle dropkick.
Brad Armstrong pinned The Cuban Assassain with a Russian Legsweep.
Michael Wall Street pinned Terry Taylor by using the ropes for leverage in a pinfall.
Sid Vicious pinned Brian Pillman with the powerbomb.
El Gigante, Tommy Rich, & Ricky Morton defeated Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin, & Bobby Eaton when Gigante pinned Garvin. After the bout, Hayes & Garvin attacked Eaton.
US Champion Lex Luger (with Lawrence Taylor) defeated The Big Cat (with Paul. E Dangerously) in a "Football Challenge Match".
US Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated The Master Blasters when Scott pinned Blade after the Frankensteiner.
Ric Flair pinned World Champion Sting to win the title at 20:38 with his feet on the ropes after pushing the champion’s foot off the bottom rope.
Arn Anderson & Barry Windham defeated World Tag Team Champions Doom in a non-title steel cage match when Windham pinned Ron Simmons.
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