Something I don't get about Wrestlemania VII crowd

true! i saw it! when Hogan picked up Elizabeth and was hugging her, Savage had this...just this unbelieving,evil,pissed off face with his arms stretched out like he was saying "What the hell you doing touching my woman??!!"

all my friends thought i was nuts....NYAH NYAH to them!

Yeah! That was awesome how they did that. It was really slow and subtle, just little looks here and there from Savage, but it was enough to make you think "Woah, did you see Savage?" I remember the end of Summerslam '98 and Survivor Series '99, Savage looking a little pissed both times.

These days they'd have Savage bash Hogan with a chair to make the same point hahaha...

lots of whats on there is true though.I know its an exercise in burial but he did act like a child regularly.

My favourite "classic" Mania not including attitude era and onwards.

Did not know anything about the crowd when I watched it until I got the internet, I'm glad they did change though as I loved everything about the arena.

The card has everything thats needed, all wrestlers on show and good matches placed in the middle of short ones. The emotion in Savage/Warrior was so easy to get into even as a child who had little idea about what was happening between Savage and Liz. Being young I loved Hogan so when he came back after the chair shot with blood pouring from his face was the ultimate kids dream.

The quick paced opener with the Rockers is always fun to watch and the tag title match is definitely underrated.

Only downside is the Short LOD/P&G match but overall this with the star spangled theme and the red white and blue design its definitely one of my all time favourite WM's.

To whoever mentioned Bulldog/Warlord being a good big man match is right. Just went back and watched that match. It was a lot better then I remembered plus the crowd was red hot for it too.

I just now found this thread and got done reading thru every post and had to say that this is one of the best threads I've ever seen on Wfigs. Goddamn I miss my classic wrestling

keep in mind that 1991 was also the beginning of the "downturn" in wrestling,too....

the kids who grew up on it in the 80's with Rock and Wrestling were now in their teens and finding other things more interesting,as most teenagers do....

plus,there was a recession in the country at the time - obviously NOT as bad as the one we just went through - but it was still there,so disposable income for something like WM wasn't as readily available...

plus,i've read books and interviews where it was said that WWF reached the peak from 1987 - 1989/1990 , then started the trend of going downhill...ppv numbers were down , ratings were down,attendance was down... part of that was losing the "casual" viewer too....wrestling wasn't the red-hot thin like it was in the mid-80's anymore,so they moved on to the next thing....

so couple the economy, pissing people off by exploiting a war, kids who watched religiously growing up, and losing it's status as the "hot" thing of the moment i think all added together to make ticket sales lethargic...

now,you can,rightly, bring up WM VIII , selling like 60,000 tickets or so.... how can it be in a downward trend with that many people?

simple : Hogan vs Flair...you already had tickets on sale before the announcement ,so you probably already sold 15,000 - 20,000 tickets to the wrestling fans in the area plus the fans who wanted to go to a WM....BUT putting the "Dream Match" of all time as the main event,the match no one ever though they'd see,i feel really put the asses in the seats,as it were,as you not only attracted wrestling fans all over the world who wanted to see this match,but probably a ton of NWA fans,who wanted to see their guy go against the WWF's #1 guy... in 1991 and well into 1992 fans were STILL chanting "We want Flair!" at NWA events all over the country after he left,so the rabid fanbase for him was still there....so i think THAT is what brought all those fans there....

and then Vince screwed everyone over about a month later and changed it! i remember Hogan saying that Flair vs Hogan at WM was the match EVERYONE felt would jumpstart the WWF again,and get things rolling back to the "good old days" ,and both Flair and himself were astounded and confused when Vince changed it....

I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly. But watching the 'History of Wrestlemania' DVD, they mentioned that Hogan would only work with Sgt Slaughter during that time period. At least for Wrestlemania.

I think I remember hearing that about Hogan (regarding Slaughter) as well. As for the Hogan vs Flair, I think the constant use of them in MSG shows and in tag matches at SNME really dulled the build up (plus after it happened once, ticket sales werent all that amazing). WM8 should have been the very first time both those guys step in a ring together. Even with their egos so big they cant decide an end, I would have settled with a double count out or Hogan winning by DQ (Perfect interfere and beat down Hogan along with Flair until Warrior makes the save).