What match did you watch repeatedly as a kid?

McIrish_

I have a few....

Brock Lesnar Vs Big Show from Survivor Serious, 2002. Awesome match with the Paul Heyman interference.

Vince McMahon Vs Stone Cold, St. Valentines Days Massacre, 1999

Hardcore Holly Vs Al Snow (same event)

Triple H Vs Cactus Jack from Royal Rumble 2000

Omackeral

Cactus and HHH from the rumble is a belter of a match. Great choice.

Mine was the Battle Royal from Albert Hall won by the Bulldog. Had it on tape and watched it at least once a month. Bonus part was that it had ads from 1991 on it, great nostalgia!

SureYWouldntYa

Summerslam 2002 was the only wrestling source i had for about 3 years. I thought all PPV's would be that standard :rolleyes:

Machismo Fan

I had a video of WCW Souled Out 2000 which I watched at least five times.

Bounty Hunter

HIAC 98 - Taker vs Mankind

i'd imagine many were like me, I just couldnt stop watching that match. For 13yr old BH that crossed over into being more than just PW

sockmo

Razor Ramon v Shawn at summerslam 1995, I've seen it so many times I never get sick of it I think it's better than their WM10 one.

ShagNastii

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

HIAC 98 - Taker vs Mankind

i'd imagine many were like me, I just couldnt stop watching that match. For 13yr old BH that crossed over into being more than just PW

I had VHS tapes for both KOTR 93 and WM8 which got played weekly when I was a young sprog.

But the one BH pointed out is definitely a match that has stayed with me. I remember watching it live when I was 12. I'll never forget just how far my jaw dropped to the floor. It was probably the first huge bump I'd (probably anyone had) seen in wrestling. I just was in awe and looked at my friend with a stunned "did that just really happen?". Completely and utter unexpected.

I actually show it to a lot of people and they never fail to be shocked and intrigued by the match.

Charisteas

Hulk Hogan vs Sgt Slaughter from Wrestlemania VII.

Tramps Like Us

Hogan Vs Ultimate Warrior

RobbingBandit

Owen vs Bret Summerfest 94, the blue cage. Wish they had given Owen a run with the title.

BohsJohnny

Mankind vs Rock Royal Rumble 99 yep too young to know any better my 10 year old self thought all the chair shots were great not anymore i can tell you.

Alfred Borden

I remember i got a lend of Fully Loaded 1998 of a friend, didnt give it back to him for years, was such a great ppv. I couldnt stop watching the dungeon match, Sable :pac: , and the two out of three falls between HHH and the Rock. But the one i was constantly glued to was this beauty,

RobbingBandit

BohsJohnny wrote: »

Mankind vs Rock Royal Rumble 99 yep too young to know any better my 10 year old self thought all the chair shots were great not anymore i can tell you.

Beyond the Mat and Foleys book ruined this match for me, seeing Foleys family grimace everytime The Rock hits him with the chair and the heartbreaking line in the book where Foley says everyone from the locker room paid tribute after the match except The Rock was so sad.

Moneymaker

Owen vs Bret, WM10

I was blown away and fell in love with wrestling after that match. Must have watched it 500 times on videotape as an over-excited 7 year old :pac:

Ruu

Had it on tape but The Model V Jake the Snake in the blindfold match with all the footage leading up the match.

beakerjoe

Royal Rumble 94..... it was epic.

Wrestlemania 12, the ironman match was simply a work of art.

chopperbyrne

I had King of the Ring '95 (I think?) on tape that I watched repeatedly. Savio Vega vs Mable in the final.

Don't know why I watched it so often.

Mr.Saturn

Told this one a bajillion times, but Flair/Vader at Starrcade '93. HMV were clearing their backlog of WCW stuff in late '01, and there was compilation video that was originally exclusive to those who subscribed to WCW magazine; not anymore, seemingly. Grand sum of about 2 quid. Whole decade's run of WHC contests, but Flair/Vader just wipes the walls with'em. Flair desperately fighting off the monster to keep his job, and Vader looking like a gargantuate throughout; unreal stuff.

Andy_rse

Too many to name but summerslam 93 was one of the first videos I had, bought for my birthday from my aunt, I watched that so many times. Was a Bret mark and hated Lawler lol

Reganio 2

HBK vs Taker at Badd Blood 97. A random VHS that ended up in the house no one knows how. Great match and the beginning of Kane. Was the start of me liking wrestling I'd guess. Another one was Survivor Series Im gonna say 98 when Austin *spoiler :P* gets run over, but the VHS to that annoyed me as it had Big Show on the cover instead of Austin when really you weren't meant to know that before seeing the show.

fermanagh_man

Summerslam 92

Bret Hart vs British Bulldog

gerrybbadd

Bret Vs Road Piper at Mania 8, & Flair vs Savage same event.

Iron Man Match Mania 12

Original Hell in a Cell (was a massive Kane fan)

Taker / Mankind Boiler Room Brawl, Shawn vs Vader Summerslam 96

Bret vs Taker, Owen Vs SCSA Summerslam 97

Those are just some of the main ones. I used to Vhs every event back in the day, and always had a stock of 3 hr blank tapes at the ready!

ShagNastii

beakerjoe wrote: »

Royal Rumble 94..... it was epic.

I had this taped. Loved the Taker/Yoko match and all the heels "killing" Taker.

My mam taped over it with Princess Diana's funeral. Caused a considerable amount of sulking.

gerrybbadd

ShagNastii wrote: »

I had this taped. Loved the Taker/Yoko match and all the heels "killing" Taker.

My mam taped over it with Princess Diana's funeral. Caused a considerable amount of sulking.

I'd be raging too... I feel your pain!

eh i dunno

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Summerslam 92

Bret Hart vs British Bulldog

This and Rumble 92

irish_stevo815

I remember buying Summerslam 2000 on VHS....watched it to death, especially the TLC match

rovert

Match list:

The Undertaker v Razor Ramon
WWF Intercontinental Title Ladder Match: Bret Hart v Shawn Michaels
40-Man Battle Royal
Tatanka v Rick Martel
Six-Man Tag Team Match: The Genius and The Beverly Brothers v Paul Ellering and The Legion of Doom
Money Inc v Tito Santana and Virgil
WWF Title Match: Randy Savage v Repo Man
The Ultimate Warrior and The Undertaker v Papa Shango and The Berzerker

Used to fake a million sickies from School to watch it.

Omackeral

ShagNastii wrote: »

I had this taped. Loved the Taker/Yoko match and all the heels "killing" Taker.

My mam taped over it with Princess Diana's funeral. Caused a considerable amount of sulking.

There's a major irony here!!!

Darkglasses

Hardy boys against edge and christian, tornado tag in a cage. Unforgiven 2000. Absolutely brilliant.

Charisteas

Omackeral wrote: »

There's a major irony here!!!

Oh dear, can you imagine watching a tape of poor Diana's coffin being driven towards Westminster, then all of a sudden, the image turns to -

GTR63

Charisteas wrote: »

Oh dear, can you imagine watching a tape of poor Diana's coffin being driven towards Westminster, then all of a sudden, the image turns to -

Imagine if it was RR 1998 & Kane lighting the Casket with JR shouting "My God, Kane set the casket on fire!"

bigwormbundoran

TLC at Wrestlemania 17, back when all the PPVs were included in the regular Sky packages bar the Brit ones I recorded them all on tape, but that TLC was watched to absolute death, so so perfect.

A Rogue Hobo

My Godfather got me In Your House: Beware of Dog on VHS, was obsessed with the strap match with Austin/Savio, then after that it was probably all of Royal Rumble 2000 when I taped it off Channel 4, still is one of my favourite shows.

CSF

In 10 years time this thread will be full of people talking about The Miz and Kofi Kingston...

Penn

The Rock Vs Triple H at Backlash 2000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYF6r22UjKU

Had only been watching WWF for a few months. Taped Backlash off Channel 4, and when I finally did tape over it (for Armageddon 2000), I got the official WWF video of Backlash 2000 as a present about a week later by pure coincidence.

Still one of my favourite matches ever, and Austin arriving is one of my top moments.

beakerjoe

Penn wrote: »

The Rock Vs Triple H at Backlash 2000.

Thats what a great PPV card looks like and thats with both Austin and Taker out of the picture

LOTD

The match I watched a lot was Jericho vs Benoit at the Royal Rumble 2001.

Clemantis

Backlash 2001. Purely because it was the only PPV tape I had. The main event was the Power Trip versus the Brothers of Destruction, but my favourite match was Raven vs. Rhyno for the Hardcore Championship. I wasn't a big fan of hardcore matches, but that bout had some amazing set-piece elements that really added to the story they were telling. Also featured Shane McMahon jumping off the stage onto the Big Show, the Duchess of Queensbury match between Jericho and Regal, and an awesome ironman submission match between Angle and Benoit.