Irish WWF Tours in the 90s/00s

Kolido wrote: »

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WWF @ London, England - Earls Court - August 4, 1993
Tito Santana pinned the Predator
Brutus Beefcake pinned Terry Taylor
Tatanka pinned Bam Bam Bigelow
WWF Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Headshrinkers
Owen Hart pinned Papa Shango
Jim Duggan pinned Bastion Booger
Hulk Hogan defeated WWF World Champion Yokozuna via disqualification

WCW @ Dublin, Ireland - The Point - March 17, 1993 (3,000)

Johnny B. Badd pinned Scotty Flamingo
Davey Boy Smith pinned Vinnie Vegas
Rick Rude pinned Cactus Jack

Deleted User wrote: »

I have the whole show on DVD. I got it off a chap in America that I buy DVDs off.

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

I have this on DVD too. Really good quality for the time too.

The money that World Championship Wrestling spent to acquire the services of the Bulldog was worthwhile from the return received on its investment in Europe alone. By the time we reached England for what was billed the Real Event Tour, Smith’s and Rude’s faces were splattered across national magazines and every major newspaper in the cities where we played. A description from Dublin’s Evening Herald on March 17, read:
He stands 6 ft. 3 inches, weighs in at 253 lbs, moves like a snake in the ring before trundling across to devastate his tremulous opponents. Ravishing Rick Rude, champion wrestler and glistening monster of meat and muscle, has them all at his feet, begging for mercy from his vice-like grip.

The British Bulldog’s established strongman routine against Rick Rude’s arrogant sex-pistol persona thrilled the throngs in every arena we played. The Real Event drew 9,204 for a gate of $195,000 at London’s Wembley Arena, sold out the 9,200 seat nec Arena in Birmingham and played to 8,000 fans at the G-Mex Centre in Manchester. Aberdeen, Scotland, and Belfast, Northern Ireland, each drew 4,000 strong before the tour wound down the tour at the Pointe in Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day. In addition to the large gates, merchandise sales were at an all-time wcw high of six dollar per person, totaling $55,000 for our one show in London alone.

We experienced only one minor glitch during the six-city tour. The day before our arrival in Belfast, terrorist members of the ira bombed a police car on a city street in broad daylight. This only added to our concern for the safety of the British Bulldog, whose top billing in the politically volatile city was risky from the start. The decision to travel to Dublin immediately after the Kings Hall show, instead of remaining in Belfast for the night, allowed us to escape without incident. But even this potentially dangerous scenario could not dampen the intense feelings of friendship our success each night sustained.