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Post by JokerFC on Oct 3, 2023 23:05:59 GMT -5
Was talking about this yesterday in work with one of the lads...he went with Hall but for me it was Flair in 1991.
In 1991 it was difficult for me to see WCW here in Ireland but I knew Flair from PWI magazine & my mind was blown as an 11 year old to see Heenan with that belt on TV.
I remember being crazy excited. Other jumps got me revved up too btw but looking back? This was the one.
What about yourselves?
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Post by dixol on Oct 3, 2023 23:26:00 GMT -5
Probably Ultimate Warrior showing up on WWF tv. Me and my friends all yelled ‘That’s Dingo!’. We knew him from TX.
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Post by hbkjason on Oct 3, 2023 23:37:21 GMT -5
Flair and the big gold for sure! It was more the WCW side of things that shocked me in the mid to late 90s. It was like which one of Hogan's buddies was going to show up next  The big one for me had to be The Ultimate Warrior showing up in WCW! I legit never thought we would see him wrestle again, I know his run was a bust and this will sound crazy, but I was more excited for him showing up in WCW than I was Bret Hart! In hindsight with how bad they botched Bret Hart in that opening year, I probably should have had my expectations a great deal lower! The Radicalz was a pretty big one too, seeing them sitting in the crowd. X-Pac showing up on RAW and dishing out that what felt like a shoot promo was massive too. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Oct 4, 2023 0:04:44 GMT -5
I remember being utterly shocked to hear that the following week on Superstars of Wrestling that the Legion of Doom would be debuting. Vince said it so casually at the end of an episode like, "next week we get have the debut of the Legion of Doom" and it was pretty much that.
Flair jumping was huge too, I remember Bobby Heenan showing up on Challenge with the big gold belt and Monsoon and Anvil looking at it in shock.
Hall showing up in WCW was shocking cause I didn't know anything about him leaving the WWF at the time. I wasn't on the internet so I had no idea he signed with WCW. Same with Nash a few weeks later.
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Post by JokerFC on Oct 4, 2023 4:29:17 GMT -5
Hall didn't surprise me too much because I hadn't seen him on TV forever and I hadn't seen his last IYH appearance. I was savvy enough then to realise once you hadn't been on TV for a while you had probably left. But Bobby Heenan & the big gold blew my socks off.
LOD was more of an "oh cool" moment for me as I hadn't really seen that much of them in the magazines but I knew them and liked their look. But because my exposure to them was still through that? I always call them The Road Warriors rather than LOD.
The Radicalz is another good shout. I had no clue they were going to bolt and I was "whoa" its Revolution
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Oct 4, 2023 4:43:57 GMT -5
Haku I wasn't expecting. Especially since he was a champion when leaving
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Oct 4, 2023 9:12:51 GMT -5
flair, sid, LOD, Luger, powers of pain to wwf
luger back to wcw
hall/nash to wcw
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Post by MKSavage on Oct 4, 2023 9:15:26 GMT -5
Hall and Nash were the big ones for me. Back then on Raw, it was only an hour, so it was common for stars to miss episodes of Raw and still be with the company. Also, I didn't have the internet in my house at that time, so I was unaware they were no longer with WWF. I was really surprised when Hall showed up on Nitro, especially from the crowd, that made it more realistic with the storyline they were telling. Davey Boy showing up in WCW in 1993 was pretty surprising. I know he hadn't been in the WWF for a bit, but I just thought he was injured. Ah, the good ol' days before the internet came along and ruined everything...
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Post by MKSavage on Oct 4, 2023 9:15:59 GMT -5
flair, sid, LOD, Luger, powers of pain to wwf luger back to wcw
hall/nash to wcw Great call, that was pretty shocking considering he was on their most recent PPV the night or week before. |
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Post by fabulous1971 on Oct 4, 2023 9:17:44 GMT -5
Definitely Flair going to the WWF. Like it was said, when Bobby showed that belt on tv and mentioned the name "Ric Flair", I just got goosebumps typing that. After all these years I still do. That was one of the biggest moments ever that wasn't ruined by anything.
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Oct 4, 2023 11:07:04 GMT -5
Definitely Flair going to the WWF. Like it was said, when Bobby showed that belt on tv and mentioned the name "Ric Flair", I just got goosebumps typing that. After all these years I still do. That was one of the biggest moments ever that wasn't ruined by anything. for sure. when he came out and started messing with piper and even was saying crap to savage in the booth i still get goosebumps watching that. all rthose years of the mags saying flair was the best we finally were going to see him vs some of wwf's best. |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Oct 4, 2023 14:34:02 GMT -5
Jericho and Big Show to WWF were shockers for me
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Post by 2sweeeeet on Oct 4, 2023 15:13:46 GMT -5
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Oct 4, 2023 16:22:22 GMT -5
I knew who Hall was but I didn't know why he was there
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Oct 4, 2023 17:07:18 GMT -5
Hall,Nash, Hogan jumping will always be crazy
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Post by LA Times on Oct 4, 2023 17:36:16 GMT -5
Lex Luger to WCW, Sept 1995
Ric Flair to WWF, Sept 1991
Rob Van Dam to WWF, July 2001 although he didnt really jump from one company to another.
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Post by Papi Joker on Oct 4, 2023 17:38:07 GMT -5
Bischoff GM
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Post by theafricandream on Oct 4, 2023 19:21:47 GMT -5
This is the answer for me. Just wish they wouldn’t have given it away with that backstage vignette. |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Oct 4, 2023 19:35:14 GMT -5
Bret was a big one and a weird one since he always seemed like a WWF lifer
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Oct 5, 2023 9:42:55 GMT -5
When the Big Boss Man made his WWF debut. At the time, he was Big Bubba Rogers & was the UWF champion. Later on that Saturday, the UWF showed Dr. Death Steve Williams beating Big Bubba Rogers for the title.
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