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Post by RKing85 on Jul 8, 2014 22:56:48 GMT -5
Just out of curiosity, how many pro wrestling events have you been to in your lifetime?
I've been to only 6. Living in Saskatchewan sucks if you are a pro wrestling fan.
2 WWE, 1 Stampede Wrestling, 1 EVOLVE, 1 Pro Wrestling Superstars, and 1 ROH
Really hoping John and Wai post an estimate for their totals.
and also been to 18 MMA events for the 2 people here who don't hate MMA.
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Post by Doug Lyons on Jul 9, 2014 4:23:18 GMT -5
I've been to 5 wrestling shows 4 wwe (unforgiven 2006, 3 Hamilton house shows) and 1 Indy show in Hamilton.
I may be one of those 2 people who don't hate MMA but that's next on my to do list of events to go to.
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Post by Christian Small on Jul 9, 2014 4:51:10 GMT -5
Only 2 for me. The last ever Pro Wrestling 101 show, it was a very short lived company. And TNA TV tapings from the Wembley arena last year. What's really upsetting is that 101 show was fantastic but it will never been seen as they went out of business weeks after.
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Post by hellfont93 on Jul 9, 2014 5:24:31 GMT -5
I'd say about 10 I think? The first show I ever went to Jake Roberts was on, in like 2002 or 2003. He was in pretty poor health, he even came and sat in the front row because he was so blownup.
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Post by chrisarrant on Jul 9, 2014 9:15:28 GMT -5
10. Two late 1980s WWE House shows, 1993's WCW Battlebowl PPV, one mid-1990s WCW house show, one late 1999 WCW house show (main evented by Hogan vs. Hart), ECW Guilty As Charged 1999, 2 early 2000s WWF shows, an indie show in North Florida, and an NXT taping in late 2013.
Stand-outs for me was my first wrestling event at a WWF house show and my brother and I accidentally wandered into the backstage area and ran into Ted Dibiase and Virgil in the hallway, and they chased us out.
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Post by TolerancEJ on Jul 9, 2014 13:04:50 GMT -5
I've only attended 5 live events. I grew up on PEI. WWF/E went there very rarely. At the time, it was considered a fun trip to attend events in Moncton, NB.
WWF Live Event in Moncton (Sometime between 1988-1989) - Featuring Randy Savage vs Dino Bravo / Ultimate Warrior vs Honky Tonk Man
WWF Live Event in Moncton (Sept 1995) - Featuring Lex Luger & Shawn Michaels vs Owen Hart & Yokozuna / Bret Hart vs Isaac Yankem / Also appearing were Hakushi, Duke Drose, Bob "Sparky Plugg" Holly, Fatu with his Make a Difference gimmick
Survivor Series 1997 in Montreal, which involved the Bret Hart screw job. Also, The Road Warriors, Ken Shamrock, & Ahmed Johnson vs The Nation of Domination (Rock, Faarooq, Kama Mustafa, & D-Lo Brown). British Bulldog was the lone survivor in a traditional SS-style match.
I moved to Vancouver in December 1997.
Rock Bottom In-Your-House in December 1998. The main event was Steve Austin vs Undertaker in a buried alive match. It also featured The Rock vs Mankind for the championship. The rest of the card was decent also.
Monday Night Raw in Vancouver in May 2000. The main event was Rock vs Undertaker in a lumberjack match ending in no contest. Also appearing were Eddie Guerrero vs Kurt Angle in a European Championship match, Too Cool beat Edge & Christian to win the Tag titles.
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Post by Milky on Jul 9, 2014 23:32:04 GMT -5
Too many to remember, but they were all WWE. Everything from non-televised house shows to live RAWs. All in different eras and continents.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 4:12:56 GMT -5
MMA more than 70 i lost track somewhere, but I'm in Vegas. pro wrestling? probably 100. I have a stack of ticket stubs or bands. Most are weekly indie shows. XFL had season tickets, went to 2 games, thought fuck this. It didn't have the same magic as NFL events where people make a day out of it.
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Post by A Long on Jul 10, 2014 7:20:09 GMT -5
I think probably over the years about 15 to 20. Mostly WWE house shows around the Toronto area with a few Raws and Smackdowns. Only seen TNA once in Oshawa like 6 or 7 years ago, wasn't to bad.
I would really like to see PWG or ROH
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 12:15:34 GMT -5
Easily over 30 at this point. I feel pretty spoiled as a fan because I have lived in NYC/Northern NJ my entire life and there is never a shortage of events in the area.
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Post by RKing85 on Jul 10, 2014 21:17:52 GMT -5
XFL had season tickets, went to 2 games, thought fuck this. It didn't have the same magic as NFL events where people make a day out of it. Sam Boyd Stadium will kill the joy of football in anybody. What a horrible stadium that place is. How come John and Wai are ducking this question?
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Post by groovyphoenix on Jul 11, 2014 10:18:45 GMT -5
If I include Indies shows well over 100, and I didn't pay for any of them... Reason being I was their photographer so got in free for the photographs.
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Post by chris138 on Jul 12, 2014 9:19:13 GMT -5
I've been to 7 x WWE house shows 1 x WWE PPV (Insurrextion 2003) 1 x TNA house show 1 x All Japan house show 1 x Big Japan house show
a ton of local indies
And later this month I will be going to day one of New Japan's G-1 climax.
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Post by perogie on Jul 12, 2014 21:21:04 GMT -5
Went to a couple of WWF house shows in Halifax, NS in the late 80's. The only main event I can remember was Macho Man vs Ulitmate Warrior
Grew up in small town in Nova Scotia which was about 1.5 hours from Halifax. So got to go to Atlantic Grand Prix wrestling in the late 80s early 90s when they came to town.
When RAW was televised in Halifax in 1997 I couldn't make it. Same when they came back in 2003 for RAW and Smackdown I couldn't make it.
Moved to Halifax in 1999 so I could go to local indies. The best one was RAW (Real Action Wrestling). They ran shows every 2 weeks for about a year I think and went to all them. The big names would have been Chi Chi Cruz, Kurrgian, Kingman, Kowboy Mike Hughes, Wildman Gary Williams and a young talented guy named Bobby Roode.
Local wrestling hit a dry period for a while but is making a come back here. During the dry period saw a few shows at bars for MSW (mainstream wrestling), 1 atlantic Grand Prix show.
WWE finally came back to town for house shows. Saw 2 Smackdown shows and 1 RAW show.
Went to wrestlemania weekend in New Jersey. Saw ROH Supercard of Honor VII on the Friday night. Went to the hall of fame on the Saturday night. Mania on Sunday. Was part of that crazy crowd at RAW the next night. Highlight was RAW followed by ROH.
Saw about 10 UCW (ultimate championship wrestling) shows locally.
In the last 2 weeks I have seen a TCW ( twin city wrestling) show which had Chris Sabin on it and a no show from Cody Hall.
Then last week I saw My 2nd Wrestlecentre show which was fantastic. It had Colt Cabana's first ever time in Halifax and Christopher Daniel. As well as Curry Man.
Wrestlecentre's first show was a month or so earlier and had AJ Styles on the show. Their next show has Daniels back again and he is facing Lance Storm. I'm going for sure.
So I've been to a few. Not the most by any means but as many as I can.
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Post by RKing85 on Jul 12, 2014 22:45:18 GMT -5
how come John and Wai (and Agnew and Mouth) are avoiding this thread?
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