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Post by The Brain on Jul 18, 2022 19:12:09 GMT -5
These are still runnin' wild so here we are! Philly-Home of ECDub and heel capital of the world...And the home of yours truly  NYC- Home of MSG. No brainer Chi-Town- Rowdy bunch for sure. Hosted ton of great shows/matches SSeries 89,Chi Town Rumble, SStampede 94 also Bret/Austin WM XIII enough said Memphis-The crowds back in the day were RABID. Ton of great cities missed the cut but I'm happy with my 4 |
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Post by bWo on Jul 18, 2022 19:16:41 GMT -5
Any list without Toronto, is not a list.
T.O.
Philly
New York
ChiTown
Few cities in the world would have found a way to turn Hogan and Rock.
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Post by Grenouille on Jul 18, 2022 20:22:44 GMT -5
Boston
Montreal
NYC
Chicago
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Post by LA Times on Jul 18, 2022 21:34:40 GMT -5
Tokyo
Philadelphia
Mexico City
Orlando
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Post by hbkjason on Jul 19, 2022 3:41:40 GMT -5
Great idea for one of these my good sir, New York: Clearly this has to be first choice, MSG is a place I would love to go to, I did walk past it when I worked in the USA for a summer back in 2001, but this was before cameras on phones and I have nothing to commemorate it with  I also loved the early Monday Night Raws from the Manhatten Center too. Glasgow: A strange one I know, but I have been to the majority of WWF shows that were held in Glasgow from 1991 to 2002 and it was always an amazing time, hot crowd, good likeminded folks and always a fun time. It is such a shame that in all the years the WWF did their UK PPVs they never did one in Glasgow. London: Another personal one, but many of the UK PPV events I went to were in London and it is probably as close to a "New York" style crowd as we have had here in the UK. Chicago: This is a really nuts kind of crowd (meant in the most complimentary way possible) and I was torn between this and Philadelphia. |
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Post by PJ on Jul 19, 2022 5:14:47 GMT -5
NYC
Philly
Montreal
Chicago
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Post by JokerFC on Jul 19, 2022 11:31:15 GMT -5
NYC Philly Montreal Chicago Agreed 100% 👌 |
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Post by The Brain on Jul 19, 2022 13:08:44 GMT -5
Montreal is a good shout
The never ending ovation for Hogan after Mania XVIII and HBK trolling on em to big heat in 05 immediately come to mind
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jul 19, 2022 20:10:02 GMT -5
Being Canadian, I gotta pick a Canadian city....
Toronto
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
That is the WWF 1984 - 1990 circa right there for WWF Coliseum Video matches too! Ha ha
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Post by The Brain on Jul 20, 2022 5:31:24 GMT -5
Being Canadian, I gotta pick a Canadian city.... Toronto Philadelphia New York Boston That is the WWF 1984 - 1990 circa right there for WWF Coliseum Video matches too! Ha ha The 4 meccas for the WWF back in the day for sure. Each got a show every month I miss the Spectrum |
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 21, 2022 12:45:48 GMT -5
New York
Greensboro
Tokyo
Knoxville
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Post by MKSavage on Jul 21, 2022 22:56:09 GMT -5
This one is kind of hard,
New York - for sure, the mecca of wrestling.
Memphis - they kept coming back week after week. And if you watch a lot of the matches, the crowd was always amped-up, they never sat there quietly.
I guess all go with these two to round them out:
Chicago and Philly. Both have a great history, but I kind of blame these two cities for the state of the fans today. The chanting, the trying to take over the program, all this seemed to have come from/started from these two cities. Fans do the chanting all the time now, and it's really annoying to watch.
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Post by The Brain on Jul 21, 2022 23:28:06 GMT -5
This one is kind of hard, New York - for sure, the mecca of wrestling. Memphis - they kept coming back week after week. And if you watch a lot of the matches, the crowd was always amped-up, they never sat there quietly. I guess all go with these two to round them out: Chicago and Philly. Both have a great history, but I kind of blame these two cities for the state of the fans today. The chanting, the trying to take over the program, all this seemed to have come from/started from these two cities. Fans do the chanting all the time now, and it's really annoying to watch. I cant comment on modern Philly wrestling crowds but I know back in the day they were great. Yeah there were a$$holes but what city doesnt. We just appreciate good rasslin. It was so much fun booing the faces and cheering the heels lol Paul Heyman summed up Philly perfectly''if you mess up you will hear it in spades but if you give them a good show you will get praised to no end'' something along those lines 100% spot on |
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Post by MKSavage on Jul 21, 2022 23:36:37 GMT -5
This one is kind of hard, New York - for sure, the mecca of wrestling. Memphis - they kept coming back week after week. And if you watch a lot of the matches, the crowd was always amped-up, they never sat there quietly. I guess all go with these two to round them out: Chicago and Philly. Both have a great history, but I kind of blame these two cities for the state of the fans today. The chanting, the trying to take over the program, all this seemed to have come from/started from these two cities. Fans do the chanting all the time now, and it's really annoying to watch. I cant comment on modern Philly wrestling crowds but I know back in the day they were great. Yeah there were a$$holes but what city doesnt. We just appreciate good rasslin. It was so much fun booing the faces and cheering the heels lol Paul Heyman summed up Philly perfectly''if you mess up you will hear it in spades but if you give them a good show you will get praised to no end'' something along those lines 100% spot on Yeah, the comment is more so on the fans over the last 20 years from those cities. Watching matches from the 70s/80s/ and 90s, the crowds were hot, and always involved in the matches. They just didn't chant; they cheered, they booed, they played along. Though, they did favor the bad guys a bit more, but that's okay. It's the chanting and trying to take over the program/event nowadays (and the past 20 years or so) that annoys me. And to be fair, that has become the norm in all cities nowadays. It just seemed to have started out of these two cities - but I could be wrong. |
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Post by The Brain on Jul 21, 2022 23:41:25 GMT -5
I cant comment on modern Philly wrestling crowds but I know back in the day they were great. Yeah there were a$$holes but what city doesnt. We just appreciate good rasslin. It was so much fun booing the faces and cheering the heels lol Paul Heyman summed up Philly perfectly''if you mess up you will hear it in spades but if you give them a good show you will get praised to no end'' something along those lines 100% spot on Yeah, the comment is more so on the fans over the last 20 years from those cities. Watching matches from the 70s/80s/ and 90s, the crowds were hot, and always involved in the matches. They just didn't chant; they cheered, they booed, they played along. Though, they did favor the bad guys a bit more, but that's okay. It's the chanting and trying to take over the program/event nowadays (and the past 20 years or so) that annoys me. And to be fair, that has become the norm in all cities nowadays. It just seemed to have started out of these two cities - but I could be wrong. I still love watching Havoc 92 to hear Jesse put us over for cheering the heels. Made me proud as a Philly wrestling fan |
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Post by bWo on Jul 21, 2022 23:44:09 GMT -5
If you can, try to pull up a video of your favorite moment from your number 1 town. I'll go back and edit mine.
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Post by The Brain on Jul 21, 2022 23:58:13 GMT -5
The ovation Gorilla got during his last on screen appearance at WM XV. Even though he was in bad health to hear the Philly faithfull cheer em was a touching sight.He was beloved here for sure as he lived right over the bridge in Jersey.So glad he got that to experience that before he passed. I remember Howard Finkel talking about this moment,He was like'' the ovation seemed like it went on forever''
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Post by The Brain on Jul 22, 2022 0:04:34 GMT -5
Some other great moments in Philly wrestling history...
The POP KVE and Harts got for winning gold at SSlam 90
Funk winning the World Title one more time at Barely Legal
Midnights defeating Arn/Tully for the belts in 88
Andre getting revenge on Killer Khan in the stretcher match
HBK/Mankind putting on a banger at Mind Games
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Post by MKSavage on Jul 22, 2022 1:12:59 GMT -5
The ovation Gorilla got during his last on screen appearance at WM XV. Even though he was in bad health to hear the Philly faithfull cheer em was a touching sight.He was beloved here for sure as he lived right over the bridge in Jersey.So glad he got that to experience that before he passed. I remember Howard Finkel talking about this moment,He was like'' the ovation seemed like it went on forever''
Such a beautiful moment, indeed. |
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Post by The Brain on Jul 23, 2022 14:17:10 GMT -5
Good ol' Prism days  |
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