2008 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

[KevinmH9]

I don't remember the last time I heard Shawn Michaels gett boo'ed out of the ring that badly. Last time I can really remember is WrestleMaina XIV in Boston when he wrestled Austin for the WWE Championship in 1998.

I remind you of 2005...one of the great heel turns of all-time (heck, it was one of my favorite feuds of all time and really helped bring WWE back after a lengthy creative lull) when Michaels turned on Hogan at the end of an episode of Raw.

This was right after that. One of the best promos ever... and in MONTREAL of all places. Those guys love Michaels!

WHOOPS here it is...

Wow. This was seven years after Bret got screwed and Montreal is still booing him?

Montreal boos Michaels every time he comes there. Not that Micahels will be around much longer, but Michaels will always be booed in Montreal. They won't let it go. I haven't read Micahels autobiography, but Ric Flair bashed Bret Hart for his comments against both Michaels and Vince after the incident and then after Owen died in Kansas City.

To the original question, though, one of the funniest things I saw was when I went to a TNA house show last summer and my friend with me was a huuuggee Rhyno fan and had a t-shirt on. We were right near where the wrestlers entered the arena and my buddy got the attention of Jeremy Borash and asked him to get Rhyno to get him an autograph. To my suprise, Borash left and I thought he was going to get Rhyno, but Borash came out with a pen ready to sign his OWN autograph, but my buddy looked at him and said, "No. I meant Rhyno." I felt bad for Borash...

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

That's outstanding Kevin

 

[Claws for Concern]

Wow/mark out factors for me over the years include:

Foley and THE BUMP ... if you don't know what I'm talking about you shouldn't be posting on this thread.

The return of New Jack (w/o Moustapha) and The Eliminators to decimate The Dudleys at Born 2 Be Wired

Seeing Jeff Hardy (sitting ringside) do a spot off the top of a steel cage.

Meeting and getting my picture taken (autographed too) with Mick Foley

Being live for the WWE debut of Cactus Jack vs. HHH (before DX) in Orlando

CM Punk winning the World Title on Raw

Getting up close and personal with Bubba Ray Dudley at ECW house shows.

Punk's world title win on Raw is the best/saddest thing for me. One, I was happy to see Punk get the gold, but sad that my friend James (Tripp McNeely) who was a HUGE CM Punk fan passed away four days before it happened. He had lamented WWE's treatment of Punk as he was a a big ROH fan, too. If only James could have seen Punk's win. When it happened, I marked out big time and, for me, it's my favorite moment of 2008 in terms of pro wrestling. Jericho's work with HBK and his continuing heel persona is a close second in terms of a WOW factor.

 

[Omar_dont_scare]

My list of markout moments, in no particular order:

-Seeing Flair's WCW belt on WWF Superstars for the first time.

-Ric Flair winning the 1992 Rumble

-Chris Benoit winning the world title at Mania 20

-Foley coming back as Cactus Jack at a 1997 Raw and beating the dogpiss out of Triple H in a falls count anywhere match

-Meeting Jim Cornette

-Meeting Bryan Danielson

-Meeting Terry Funk, and setting it up for my dad to do the same

-Putting Bobby Eaton in a headlock

-Drinking beer with Dustin Rhodes

Those are all the ones that immediately spring to mind.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Seconded on the debut of Big Goldie on WWF Superstars.

Biggest moment was Nikita Koloff's face turn after Magnum TA's accident. He followed Dusty Rhodes to the ring for a cage match against two of the Four Horsemen, and everyone assumed Koloff was stalking him to put the beatdown on him, because Dusty hadn't looked back yet. He hits the ring, Nikita stays behind. Horsemen start double-teaming hom. Koloff enters the ring ... then beats the unholy shirt out of the Horsemen. Crowd goes apeshirt. Nobody saw it coming. And the explanation afterwards -- that Koloff was teaming with Dusty out of respect for TA, with whom he had just finished that awesome feud -- made perfect sense. That's how you play on real life in an angle.

Undertaker turning on Jake Roberts was pretty awesome.

Shawn Michaels superkicking Shelton Benjamin to heck as he was bouncing off the top ropes was probably the spot I marked out for the most. Either that, or the time the Eliminators taped someone (either New Jack or one of the Pitbulls) between two tables, then hit Total Elimination (spinning heel kick/sweep kick double-team combo) on him.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

Seconded on the debut of Big Goldie on WWF Superstars.

Biggest moment was Nikita Koloff's face turn after Magnum TA's accident. He followed Dusty Rhodes to the ring for a cage match against two of the Four Horsemen, and everyone assumed Koloff was stalking him to put the beatdown on him, because Dusty hadn't looked back yet. He hits the ring, Nikita stays behind. Horsemen start double-teaming hom. Koloff enters the ring ... then beats the unholy shirt out of the Horsemen. Crowd goes apeshirt. Nobody saw it coming. And the explanation afterwards -- that Koloff was teaming with Dusty out of respect for TA, with whom he had just finished that awesome feud -- made perfect sense. That's how you play on real life in an angle.

Undertaker turning on Jake Roberts was pretty awesome.

Shawn Michaels superkicking Shelton Benjamin to heck as he was bouncing off the top ropes was probably the spot I marked out for the most. Either that, or the time the Eliminators taped someone (either New Jack or one of the Pitbulls) between two tables, then hit Total Elimination (spinning heel kick/sweep kick double-team combo) on him.

Total Elimination is still a damn sweet finisher. I'm surprised one of the younger squads hasn't stolent it yet.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Some for my markout list:

Seeing Sabu dive off the top rope through a table for the first time in 1994. After watching the crap that had been WWF and WCW, I thought to myself, 'Now this is something to watch!'

Ultimate Warrior beating Hulk Hogan: I was so tired of Hogan, and I was glad to see him lose. Plus, babyface vs. babyface matches were very rare.

Scott Hall invading Monday Nitro

Eric Bischoff disguised as an old preacher during Billy and Chuck's wedding.

Foley/Taker in heck in a Cell. 'Nuff said.

The first match between Benoit and Triple H after the Radicalz invaded WWF. It was almost like the real Invasion.

Vince McMahon appearing on both Raw and Nitro simultaneously.

The Rock's entrance during the Owen Hart tribute show. It was the loudest entrance pop I've ever heard.

 

[NDub]

Shawn's superkick of Shelton.

 

[SlickWillie71]

Just a few...

Hogan joining the nWo. Still my most memorable "Wow" moment.
JYD losing a Loser Leaves Town match to Ted DiBiase (then returning as Stagger Lee).
Paul Bosch selling his wrestling organization to Vince McMahon.....just a jarring moment since Houston wrestling in the early to mid 1980s was the shirt.
The phone call from a friend to tell me Owen Hart died.
Stephanie McMahon's boob job.
Lillian Garcia signing the national anthem at Toyota Center two days after 9/11.
Eric Bischoff on Raw for the first time.

 

[Batman]

The Foley-Taker heck in a Cell match was one of mine. Somehow, somewhere, someone pressed a button that allowed us to get that pay-per-view for free and I was watching it live. I happened to turn it on right before that match, and I hadn't even watched WWF in a while. Seeing Foley plummet off the cage, I think my exact words were "Holy shirt!"
Then, seeing him get back up and return for another 10 minutes of mayhem (including ANOTHER fall from the top of the cage and a fall onto the thumbtacks), I didn't know what to make of it. I thought it was a work until I read his book years later and realized how badly hurt he really was.

Another one, a small one, was Jericho's win over Batista in the cage match a few weeks ago. I thought for sure Batista was going to win to set up his feud with a returning Cena, and had resigned myself to that fact. Seeing Jericho fall to the floor for the win made my jaw drop.

 

[bostonbred]

Shawn's superkick of Shelton.

I was there for that one.

Epic holy-shirt moment. People were going crazy.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Some of my favorite moments: