overbooked Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Royal Albert Hall.,, and whatever the town hall was called at Gravesend. I belive it was/is just Gravesend Town Hall It is the Woodville Halls (and was since the early 70s, I think). It still runs wrestling now. I used to go along frequently in the late 90s/early 2000s, during that strange era when you had as much chance of watching Steve Grey as you had of watching Bryan Danielson. A really fun venue, and was still full of fans who really believed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTLL Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Rosemont is top five for the US at worst. From Cawthon's listings, in chronological order... March-April 1984: AWA draws three near-sellouts in eight weeks with Japanese guests (including Baba & Tenryu) and matches like Bockwinkel/Hansen vs. Bruiser/Crusher, Patera/Blackwell vs. Lawler/Mulligan, Tsuruta/Lanza, Saito/Ventura vs. Crusher/Baron (2x), Bockwinkel/Robinson, Bockwinkel/Tsuruta, Robinson/Zbyszko, and Crusher/Bruiser/Baron vs. Blackwell/Saito/Ventura in a cage. August 31, 1985: The first WWF card at the Horizon is a sellout headlined by Hogan/Volkoff, and WWF runs every 4-8 weeks until 1992, with shows from all running tours. November 7, 1985: The first widely available WWF pay-per-view, the Wrestling Classic, features a 16-man tournament for $50,000 and a Rolls Royce won by Junkyard Dog, and Hogan/Piper. April 7, 1986: One-third of WrestleMania 2, highlighted by Bulldogs/Dream Team and Andre winning the WWF/NFL battle royal, draws a half-full 9,000. December 14, 1986: The first and last JCP card at the Horizon draws a healthy 12,500 for a $50,000 (cage-free) Bunkhouse Stampede won by Animal, Flair/Tully vs. Dusty/Nikita, and Road Warriors/MX. JCP shows move to UIC Pavilion. May 2, 1987: WWF headlines a B-show with Steamboat/Savage in a cage, nailing a spot on my mental list of wish-tapes. February 18, 1989: Hogan/Bossman in a cage draws the first listed sellout since the WWF debut. November 24, 1989: Survivor Series "features" several no-shows and firings, topped by Bobby Heenan subbing for Tully Blanchard and stooging his ass off for Ultimate Warrior. November 29 and January 3, 1992-93: Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair in a pair of title matches that are probably good but draw dreadfully, continuing a 1992 trend of 2-3,000 crowds, perhaps aided by the fact that the rematch was shuffled from Flair/Razor vs. Bret/Perfect the day of the show. April 17, 1994: WCW makes a push into Rosemont with the inaugural Spring Stampede, which is of course one of the best PPVs of the era--Flair/Steamboat, Boss/Vader, Buck/Dustin, Nasties/Cactus & Payne, Rude/Sting, Pillman/Regal. July 23, 1994: AAA runs the Horizon, drawing 4,425 paid to see Los Gringos Locos defeat Octagon and Hijo for the tag team titles. October 9, 1995: WCW runs one of the first Nitro episodes from the Horizon, with a TV main event of Arn/Flair in a cage. June 9, 1996: WWF draws a strong 13,650, its biggest in 5 years, for a house show topped by Michaels/Goldust and Taker/Mankind. March 23, 1997: WrestleMania 13 sells out, topped by the legendary Austin/Bret submission match (my personal Venue MOAT) and Sid/Taker for the title. December 26, 1997: A WWF house show headlined by Taker/HBK sells out, beginning a streak of eight that lasts until May 1999 (and resumes shortly after), including Judgment Day 1998. All sorts of crap-in-retrospect draws insanely. August 9, 1999: Chyna wins the #1 contendership for the WWF Title from HHH in a no-DQ FCA match that also includes Taker. April 29, 2001: Backlash, featuring Austin/HHH over Taker/Kane in titles vs. titles vs. titles, Show/Shane LMS, and Benoit/Angle "Ultimate Submission." Around this point, every show hereafter is at least announced as a sellout. June 25, 2002: SmackDown! with Cena's TV debut and no-respect loss to Angle, and Jericho beating Hogan with a chair. September 29, 2003: Raw leads with RVD over Christian in an IC ladder match, as seen on RVD's DVD and Ladder Match 2. April 12, 2004: Raw features (what I recall as) another fun main event as Benoit/Foley/HBK/Benjamin vs. Evolution gets over 20 minutes. April 12, 2005: SmackDown's main event is a strong 25-minute Angle/Eddie match, available on the Eddie DVD Viva La Raza. April 2, 2006: WrestleMania 22, featuring Cena/HHH, Shawn/Vince no-DQ, Rey/Angle/Orton, and the pretty wild Edge/Foley no-DQ, is a fun but oddly forgettable show compared to 20, 21, and 23. October 23, 2006: 700th Raw episode. October 7, 2007: No Mercy, with the Orton/HHH "double" switch in response to a Cena injury, and Batista/Khali in the PUNJABI PRISON. May 17, 2009: Judgment Day, featuring Edge/Hardy, Cena/Show, Orton/Batista, and Mysterio/Jericho. September 19, 2010: Night of Champions, with Orton/Sheamus/Cena/Jericho/Edge/Barrett in an elimination match and Kane/Taker part 26. July 17, 2011: Money in the Bank, easily the moment of the decade so far and one of the biggest in Horizon history, as the famous Cena/Punk main event wins near-universal acclaim--and WON MOTY. April 29, 2012: Extreme Rules comes near to matching MITB, at least in match quality, with Cena/Lesnar. September 3, 2012: Raw leads with Del Rio/Cena FCA. June 16, 2013: Payback, featuring Cena/Ryback 3 Stages of Hell, Punk/Jericho, and The Shield vs. Orton/Bryan. September 23, 2013: The Shield vs. Bryan/RVD/Usos/PTP/Ziggler/Gabriel/Ryder in a 3-on-9 elimination match on Raw. June 1, 2014: Payback, featuring The Shield vs. Evolution in a NHB elimination match. April 29, 2015: Was a mere six weeks ago and, as you probably remember, Extreme Rules highlighted by Rollins/Orton, Show/Reigns, and Cena/Rusev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted June 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Bret/Austin, Cena/Punk and Cena/Brock give that building a pretty big top 3 without even going into the depth at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Olympic in LA Yeah, a pretty good run going back to 1925. It's a little tricky since they did run some outdoor stuff for big cards in the 30s, and Hollywood Legion had it's own promotion of interesting stuff going on in the 30s and 40s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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