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What's crazy is there were 5000 in attendance for the Lawler-Hart match and a year later there were almost 18,000 for the Stone Cold experience but believe me every one of those 5000 were losing their shit. The 11/16/98 RAW is on the Network, by the way.

strong dislike for faces and announcers unable to pronounce "Kernodle" properly in Mid Atlantic it doesn't even seem like a rib, they just generally think his name is "Kernoodle" up there with "Wahoo McDaniels"

Two moments where Rupp Arena came unglued while I was in attendance: - The night after Survivor Series '98 for Austin vs. The Rock (I thought I was close to losing my hearing tbh) - Jerry Lawler vs. Bret Hart in the summer of '97 when Bret was the biggest heel in wrestling and Jerry Lawler was the local hero

This sounds incredible. Have you seen any of the footage of Spinks' Memphis stint in 1990?

Great stuff!

it does not in fact Denying the existence of widespread rape is a huge part of Rape Culture, in fact.

No, I get it. If this was just a Young Bucks/Cody show without any of the hype to draw a huge crowd, I wouldn't be going either. Does the possibility of other big names working do anything for you? Jericho? Any New Japan talent? Who's to say a GWE contender like Casas won't be booked?

This is 20 minutes from where I live and yeah I'll probably go, but I'm going to feel like an outsider. We should organize a PWO section somehow, maybe someone can order an entire row of seats?

Yes, the crowd for the July 1979 Funks-Arabs is off the charts.

just watched this and along with Lawler-Snowman it's absolutely my favorite shoot fight http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/17545-jushin-liger-vs-masaji-aoyagi-njpw-061290/

Bruno Sammartino (1970) vs. The Rock (1999) Stone Cold Steve Austin (1997) vs. Hulk Hogan (1985) Brock Lesnar (2012) vs. Shawn Michaels (1996) Randy Savage (1987) vs. CM Punk (2011)

Austin really does trump all for this thread. The pop he got at Rupp Arena the night after Survivor Series 1998 when he came out for a rematch with The Rock after dropping the belt to him the night before will never be topped as a live experience for me.

Jerry Lawler in the ECW Arena.

"Wait a minute...that's the Warrior's music!"

The Houston episode is something I would suggest an avid lover of the territory avoid. It's almost entirely about Bruce's personal experience in the area with hardly any mention of workers, programs, or angles. He even goes to great lengths to shit-talk the NWA Classics website. I'll check out 5 hours on Goldust, though.

here's the last few from Will's comp: Jerry Lawler vs. Andy Kaufman (11/14/83) - should be 11/21/83 Jerry Lawler vs. Buddy Landell (11/19/83) (Andy Kaufman on Commentary) Jerry Lawler Interview (on Andy Kaufman's Death) (5/19/84)

ok then