Very first wrestling show you attended?

[Matt D]

Why the heck did Nick Barberry get a dark match win?

[Log]

Sam Mushnick Tournament - St. Louis, MO - Kiel Auditorium - August 29, 1986 (10,612; sell out)
Opening Round:
Harley Race defeated B. Brian Blair
Don Muraco fought Greg Valentine to a double disqualification
Adrian Adonis defeated King Tonga
The Junkyard Dog defeated Hercules
Brutus Beefcake defeated Lanny Poffo
Pedro Morales defeated Dory Funk Jr.
Billy Jack Haynes defeated Jimmy Jack Funk
Ricky Steamboat defeated Jim Brunzell
Quarter Finals:
The Junkyard Dog defeated Adrian Adonis
Brutus Beefcake defeated Pedro Morales
Ricky Steamboat defeated Billy Jack Haynes
Semi Finals:
Harley Race defeated the Junkyard Dog
Ricky Steamboat defeated Brutus Beefcake
Finals: Harley Race defeated Ricky Steamboat
Non-tournament match: Paul Orndorff defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via disqualification

 

I was 8, so I don't remember a ton. Mostly I remember the main event. This was still in the "smoke-filled arena" days. The Kiel was really smokey that night. When Orndorff won, fans were throwing full cups of beer at him and Heenan.

[Mad Dog]

WCW @ Columbus, OH - October 10, 1998
Psychosis defeated Tokyo Magnum
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman defaeted Prince Iaukea
Eddie Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Alex Wright & Disco Inferno
Wrath defeated Davey Boy Smith
Lex Luger & Rick Steiner fought Scott Norton & Stevie Ray to a no contest
Sting, Lex Luger, & Rick Steiner defeated WCW US Champion Bret Hart, Scott Norton, & Stevie Ray
WCW World Champion Bill Goldberg defeated the Giant

[cowboy hats]

Summerslam 1991

 

My dad was not a wrestling fan, so he not only had to deal with that, but the main event was a f'n wedding. I've never talked to him about that experience.

[Tim Evans]

WWF @ Orlando, FL - Arena - May 10, 1999 (sell out)
Owen Hart pinned Kurt Angle with a spin kick
Raw is War - Monica Seles was in attendance for the event; included an in-ring promo by the Union - Vince McMahon, Mankind, Test, Ken Shamrock, & the Big Show, with three security guards in riot gear - in which Vince called Shane McMahon out until Shane appeared on the stage with the Corporate Ministry; moments later, Commissioner Shawn Michaels interrupted Shane on the Titantron, with Michaels announcing that Vince McMahon would be the second special referee for the Austin / Taker match at Over the Edge, alongside Shane; Michaels then announced matches for later in the night; Farooq would face Bradshaw in a lumberjack match, with the lumberjacks being all the members of the Union, Test vs. Bossman in a nightstick match, Brisco & Patterson vs. the Mean Street Posse in a Loser Leaves the WWF match, Shamrock vs. Chyna, Show vs. Paul Bearer (if any Ministry member interferes, Taker loses his title shot at Over the Edge), Cactus Jack vs. Mideon & Viscera in a handicap hardcore match, WWF Women's Champion Sable vs. Debra in a evening gown match (if Sable fails to show, she's stripped of the title), and Austin, Rock, & Vince vs. Triple H, Taker, & Shane; Michaels then asked that the Union's three security guards to unmask, with one being Pat Patterson, the other being Gerald Brisco, and the third being the special referee for the main event - Shawn Michaels himself; featured a Steve Blackman vignette; included a Beaver Cleavage vignette in which Beaver's mom cleaned up his scraped knee:
Billy Gunn fought WWF Tag Team Champion Kane to a no contest at around the 5-minute mark when the Road Dogg and X-Pac came out to help Kane as he was tied upside down in the ring ripes, with Gunn and Road Dogg fighting into the crowd as X-Pac & Kane were jumped from behind by Mark Henry & D-Lo Brown, with Ivory; Henry & D-Lo were eventually pulled away by officials before being chased backstage by Kane & X-Pac prior to the bout, Gunn was approached by a planted female fan who jumped out of the crowd and hugged Gunn before she was pulled away by security
The Big Show fought Paul Bearer to a no contest at around the 3-minute mark when Show was jumped by all the members of the Ministry after calling them out; moments prior, Show grabbed the microphone and asked if Commissioner Michaels would waive the stipulation that barred the Ministry from ringside after Show had laid Bearer out; prior to the match, Bearer attempted to flee backstage but was stopped by Michaels, who then joined the commentary team; after the bout, the Union made the save for Show wielding 2x4s
Debra defeated WWF Women's Champion Sable (w/ Nicole Bass) to win the title via reverse decision in a bra and panties match; Sable originally won the match at the 50-second mark after Debra became distracted by Val Venis at ringside; moments later, as Val was backing off from Nichole Bass, who seemed to be coming on to him, Jeff Jarrett came out behind Venis and broke a guitar over his head; after the bout, Michael Cole attempted to interview Sable in the ring, with Shawn Michaels - who did guest commentary for the bout - then taking the microphone away, telling Bass to "Step off, mister", and said that the woman who gets her evening gown taken off should be the winner, therefore Debra was the new champion (Sable's last US TV appearance for nearly 4 years)
The Big Bossman pinned Test in a nightstick match at 7:03 after hitting Test in the face with the nightstick as Test attempted a sunset flip; moments prior to the finish, Bossman used a second nightstick when the referee wasn't looking
Cactus Jack defeated Viscera & Mideon in a handicap hardcore match at 4:36 by pinning Viscera following an elbow off the apron to the floor with a chair; after the bout, Cactus threw Viscera into the steel steps
Bradshaw fought Farooq to a no contest in a lumberjack match at around the 2-minute mark when Viscera and Mideon entered the ring and tried to stop the bout, with Farooq and Bradshaw shoving them out of the way until the Big Bossman came out and cooled them down; moments later, Mankind, Test, Ken Shamrock, and the Big Show - who served as lumberjacks for the bout - entered the ring with 2x4s and, after the other Ministry members fled the ring, all four men beat down Viscera with the weapons
Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco defeated Rodney & Pete Gas at 2:09 when Rodney submitted to Brisco's figure-4 as Gas submitted to Patterson's Boston Crab; Patterson & Brisco used "Real American" as their theme music; due to pre-match stipulations, Rodney & Gas were forced to leave the WWF; had Brisco & Patterson lost, they would have had to leave (The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary)
Jeff Jarrett (w/ WWF Women's Champion Debra) pinned Val Venis at 8:03 by hitting him with Debra's title belt after she slapped Venis in the face
Ken Shamrock fought Chyna (w/ Triple H) to a no contest when Triple H and Shamrock began fighting before the bout began, with Shamrock dropping Triple H to the mat and hitting a belly to belly suplex on Chyna before storming off, upset that he was driven to the point where he would strike a woman
WWF World Champion Steve Austin, the Rock, & Vince McMahon defeated the Undertaker, Triple H (w/ Chyna), & Shane McMahon at 4:38 when Austin pinned Shane with the Stunner; moments earlier, Austin hit the Stunner on Shane and a dazed Vince made the cover, only for Austin to pull him off and hit a second Stunner on Shane before making the cover himself; Shawn Michaels was the guest referee for the bout
Shotgun - 5/22/99:
The Godfather defeated Albert via disqualification
Edge & Gangrel defeated Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor
Droz defeated Meat
Super Astros - 5/23/99:
Apollo Dantes & Papi Chulo defeated Taka Michinoku & Sho Funaki
El Merenguero defeated Jose Estrada Jr.
Super Loco defeated Miguel Perez Jr.

 

I don't remember much about this show except the place came unglued for the Main and HBK and Sable. I also remember Owen vs Angle a little bit. This was WWF's return to Orlando since June 1996 and i went with my uncle and friend.

[jdw]

US:

 

August 28, 1986 JCP @ Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA

1. Hector Guerrero pinned the Barbarian
2. Jimmy Valiant defeated Shaska Whatley in a streetfight
3. Wahoo McDaniel pinned National Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard to win the title
4. Dick Murdoch fought NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson to a 20-minute time-limit draw
5. The Road Warriors defeated Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev in a double Russian chain match
6. Magnum TA fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a no contest
7. NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
8. NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification

 

Japan:

 

March 26, 1995 AJW Wrestling Queendom III @ Yokohama Arena

1. Rie Tamada pinned Kumiko Maekawa (10:37).
2. Chaparita Asari pinned Candy Okutsu (15:33) to win the AJW Junior Title.
3. Noriko Tsunada and Kaoru Ito battled to a draw (5 rounds) in a "shootboxing" match.
4. Jaguar Yokota & Lady Apache beat Mariko Yoshida & Felina (17:58) in a "lucha libre rules" match.
5. UWA Tag Champs Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda beat Tomoko Watanabe & Suzuka Minami (19:01)
6. Sakie Hasegawa pinned Bison Kimura (10:05).
7. Toshiyo Yamada beat Takako Inoue and Reggie Bennett (20:43) in a "triangle" match to win the vacant All-Pacific Title.
8. Yumiko Hotta KO Lioness Asuka (22:53) in an "ultimate fight" match.
9. WWF Women's Champ Bull Nakano pinned Kyoko Inoue (17:07).
10. Manami Toyota pinned Aja Kong (23:21) to win the WWWA Title.

 

Really cool cards... really lucky in that sense.

 

I'd have to sift through WONs to figure out the first card I saw in Mexico. Probably a TJ card in late 1993, maybe a TV taping... drawing a blank. Probably no later than right before the Nov 1993 Sports Arena card. Seem to recall they did a tv taping in TJ a day or two before that. Might have gone to a card between the Aug and Nov cards, though.

[Strummer]

WWF @ Albany, NY - Knickerbocker Arena - February 18, 1990
Debut at the venue
The Genius defeated Hercules after Mr. Perfect interfered
The Red Rooster defeated Bob Bradley
Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty defeated the Powers of Pain via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes defeated Randy Savage via count-out
Bret Hart fought Greg Valentine to a draw
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Mr. Perfect

[ButchReedMark]

ORIG WILLIAMS, PLAS MADOC LEISURE CENTRE, 93-94

 

Tournament: Tony St Clair b PN News

Tournament: I forget vs Dunno

Legend of Doom b Stone Crusher (Skull Murphy)

Dynamite Kid b Fit Finlay

Tournament final: Tony St Clair b Someone

 

They had a WCW ring. Being an Orig show the ones I've forgotten are likely Drew McDonald (I think. I'm pretty sure it was him) and he was probably against Gary Welsh or Boston Blackie as they were local to the area. The card might be jumbled up too.

[clintthecrippler]

Estimating around July/August 1987. I was nine years old living in small-town Northern Michigan at the time, a few hours drive from any town that WWF or NWA was coming to. But I still remained glued to the TV on Saturdays for WWF Wrestling Challenge, NWA Worldwide, NWA World Championship Wrestling, and more.

 

When my father wanted to talk to me about serious stuff, or just needed to get out of the house to sort some things out, he would go for a drive and take me with him. The slang term he used to describe these drives was "going crazy". One Sunday evening he pulled me out of my bedroom to go for one of these drives, and he picked up a couple of his drinking buddies that lived down the street.

 

He drove to a town that was about an hour away from ours. The drive seemed like nothing out of the ordinary, until he pulls into the parking lot of Ogemaw Heights High School in West Branch, MI, a school off of Michigan Highway #33 surrounded by nothing but trees and fields. The letters on the sign of the high school simply said "WRESTLING". I got super-excited, and at first my father and his friends tried to rib me by saying "nah, that's tomorrow night, we're going to bingo tonight!" But sure enough, once we're inside the school we head into the gym and there's a wrestling ring in there. My dad frigging surprised me on a random summer night by taking me to a wrestling show.

 

I don't remember a lot of specifics. I think the league was called Michigan Championship Wrestling. It had some of the guys that I found out years later were part of the final days of the Sheik's Detroit territory, guys like Irish Micky Doyle and Ricky Cortez. And a young Al Snow was part of a heel tag team calling itself the Fantastics (which confused me a little since I had seen the Fulton/Rogers version on World Class TV by that point) against a tag team called The Flying Tigers. The Fantastics cheated to win their match, but sure enough there was a battle royal at the end of the night, with the final four being the Al Snow version of the Fantastics and The Flying Tigers, and the Tigers got their revenge by winning the battle royale.

 

But the biggest actual name of the show was a very long in the tooth by that point Bobo Brazil, once again defending a belt that was billed as "The United States Championship." Bobo was into his sixties by then, but I had read his name in grocery store magazines as a legend of the sport enough to know that he used to be something back in the day and that I was seeing a legend in the ring that night.

 

But the major punchline of the night came when Bobo Brazil came down to the ring. My dad never watched WWF wrestling with me, and would always talk about how phony Hulk Hogan was. He never did it in a mean way because he knew it was something I loved watching, would always be more in a joking manner. But that night, when Bobo came to the ring, my Dad pulled me aside and said the following words..."I used to watch him wrestle when it was real!"

 

It would be ten years before I would witness another wrestling show live again (that would be the ECW debut in Detroit where Pee Wee Moore offered to sell me ECW tickets for weed, but that's another story for another thread), but thank you Dad for that awesome night.

[topropepodcast]

It was a WCW show in Corpus Christi, May 1991.

 

I don't have the full show and it's not on Graham's site, but the main event was Flair vs El Gigante. Next match down was Sting vs Arn Anderson, and Pillman was there (maybe vs Windham), he slapped my hand and I thought it was the coolest thing. Steve Austin, before he'd debuted on TV, squashed Sam Houston.

[UKWildcat]

August 3, 1982 at the Louisville Gardens

 

Dennis Condrey and Norvell Austin beat Carl Fergie and Terry Taylor

 

Dutch Mantell beat the Angel (Frank Morrell)

 

Stan Lane went to a draw with Sweet Brown Sugar (Koko Ware)

 

Bill Dundee beat Mid American Champ Bobby Eaton by DQ

 

Southern Champ Kimala (didn't change the spelling to Kamala until after leaving here) beat Ron Bass

 

Jerry Lawler beat JJ Dillon

[peachchaos]

I was on thehistoryofwwe.com and came across the card for the very first wrestling show I attended.

 

WWF @ Brockville, Ontario - Memorial Centre - May 26, 1993

 

Owen Hart defeated Terry Taylor

 

This looks extremely appealing.

[Matt D]

There's a Red Rooster vs Blue Blazer match out there.

[parvenu]

WWF @ Jackson, MS - State Fair - October 4, 1986 (4,500)
The 1st WWF show in Jackson
Koko B. Ware defeated Iron Mike Sharpe
Hillbilly Jim defeated Steve Lombardi
Dick Slater defeated Kamala via disqualification
Mike Rotundo & SD Jones (sub. for Dan Spivey) defeated Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Hercules

 

I was pretty young and can basically only remember being horrified by Kamala's tribal mask.

[Mad Dog]

The coolest thing about the show I went to was Goldberg did the Jackhammer on the Giant. I don't think I've ever seen anything top that.

[peachchaos]

WWF @ Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena - May 19, 1992
WWF Superstars taping:
Col. Mustafa defeated Reno Riggins
WWF on Tele5 (German TV): Nailz defeated Reno Riggins via submission at 1:32 with a choke; after the bout, Nailz brutally attacked Riggins with the nightstick until officials were able to drag Riggins out of the ring and place him on a stretcher
Prime Time Wrestling - 6/8/92: Jim Powers pinned Barry Horowitz at 5:55 with a powerslam
Prime Time Wrestling - 6/8/92: Owen Hart & Koko B. Ware defeated the Brooklyn Brawler & Skinner when Owen pinned Brawler with a splash after a missile dropkick from the top rope at 7:59
Prime Time Wrestling - 6/15/92: Kerry Von Erich defeated Repo Man via disqualification when Repo used his hook as a weapon at 4:45 after Von Erich applied the claw hold
The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) & the Legion of Doom (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated the Beverly Brothers (w/ the Genius) & the Mountie (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 13:31 when Road Warrior Animal pinned Beau following the Doomsday Device (WWF Wrestling's Fan Favorite Matches)
Tito Santana won a 40-man battle royal
The Natural Disasters defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS via count-out
WWF IC Champion Bret Hart defeated Shawn Michaels
The Ultimate Warrior pinned Papa Shango at 5:29 with a flying shoulderblock and splash (The Ultimate Warrior)
WWF World Champion Randy Savage pinned Ric Flair
6/6/92 - hosted by Vince McMahon & Mr. Perfect; included an 'Update' segment showing footage from last weeks WWF Superstars where Nailz debuted and brutally attacked the Big Bossman; featured a promo from the WBF Championship on 6/13; included Gene Okerlund conducting an interview with Papa Shango in which he caused black goo to begin dripping from Okerlund's jacket sleeve:
WWF IC Champion Bret Hart defeated Tom Stone via submission at 1:55 with the Sharpshooter; during the bout, Shawn Michaels & Sensational Sherri cut an insert promo on Hart
The Nasty Boys (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Reno Riggins & Major Yates at 1:57 when Saggs pinned Yates following the running powerslam / flying elbowsmash combo; during the bout, High Energy cut an insert promo on the Nasty Boys
Kerry Von Erich pinned Mike Collins at 1:22 with the Tornado Punch; during the bout, Von Erich cut an insert promo picking David Dearth to win the WBF Championship next Saturday
The Beverly Brothers (w/ the Genius) defeated Mike Samples & Scott Bailey at 2:40 when Beau pinned Samples following the head spike; at the beginning of the bout, the Beverlys took a toy LOD shoulderpad from a kid in the front row and painted "LOS" on the front, to stand for "Legion of Sissies" before putting it back on the kid; after the bout the Beverlys painted Samples' face, as well as "LOS" on his chest before putting a mohawk wig on his head to make him look like Road Warrior Animal and to add further insult took the same LOD shoulderpad away again and put it on Samples
Crush defeated George Anderson via submission at 1:28 with the head vice
Owen Hart & Koko B. Ware defeated Kato & Kevin Kruger at 2:29 when Owen pinned Kruger following a missile dropkick off the top from Koko as Owen held him in the air; during the bout, the Nasty Boys & Jimmy Hart cut an insert promo on High Energy
Repo Man defeated Dan Robbins via submission at 1:36 with a half crab; during the bout, Repo cut an insert promo on Davey Boy Smith; after the bout, Repo hogtied his opponent and dragged him around the ring
6/13/92 - hosted by Vince McMahon & Mr. Perfect; featured an 'Update' segment showing highlights of the Ultimate Warrior / Papa Shango feud; included the first vignette promoting the debut of Razor Ramon; featured Mr. Perfect speaking to the injured Big Bossman on the phone where Bossman said he would be coming back soon, with Perfect thinking Bossman was ridiculous and then hanging up on him; included Gene Okerlund conducting an empty arena interview with WWF World Champion Randy Savage, with Savage saying he would do whatever it takes to keep his title after it was brought up that Ric Flair & Mr. Perfect had said Savage had only won the title by bending the rules; the UK telecast included Gene Okerlund conducting an empty arena interview with WWF World Champion Randy Savage, in which he discussed his title defense against the Ultimate Warrior at Summer Slam; the UK version also included the announcement that WWF IC Champion Bret Hart would defend against Davey Boy Smith and WWF Tag Team Champions Money Inc. would face the Legion of Doom at Summer Slam and that the show would take place 8/29 at London's Wembley Stadium:
Tatanka pinned Barry Horowitz with the Samoan Drop at 2:24
Shawn Michaels (w/ Sensational Sherri) pinned Craig Brown with the side suplex at 1:41
The Natural Disasters defeated the Executioners when Typhoon scored the pin with a splash after a sit-down splash from Earthquake at 2:34
The Mountie (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Bill Koby with a dropkick at 1:26; after the match, the Mountie threatened Koby with his shock stick until Koby ran backstage
Kamala (w/ Harvey Wippleman & Kimchee) pinned Dale Wolfe at 1:26 with a splash to the back
Tito Santana pinned Mike Samples with the flying forearm at 1:27
Nailz defeated Ron Cumberledge via submission at 1:07 with a choke; after the match, Nailz attacked Cumberledge with the nightstick, causing him to be taken backstage on a stretcher (Nailz' in-ring debut)
6/20/92 - hosted by Vince McMahon & Mr. Perfect; included an 'Update' segment, hosted by Gene Okerlund, showing last weeks empty arena interview with Randy Savage, discussing Ric Flair, with comments from Flair & Mr. Perfect afterwards; featured Gene Okerlund conducting an interview with Shawn Michaels & Sensational Sherri, discus; featured a vignette promoting the debut of Razor Ramon; included highlights from the previous Saturday's World Bodybuilding Federation pay-per-view with clips of Gary Strydom winning the event for the second consecutive year; the UK telecast featured an exclusive 'Update' segment showing last week's other empty arena interview with WWF World Champion Randy Savage, with comments from Ric Flair & Mr. Perfect who were both upset that Flair was not named the #1 contender for Summer Slam; the UK version also featured the announcement that Summer Slam sold out in one day and that the Undertaker would face Kamala at the event:
The Legion of Doom (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Tom Benett & Barry Hardy at 1:42 when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Hardy following the Doomsday Device
Papa Shango fought Chris Hahn to a no contest when Shango cursed Hahn, causing his hand to catch fire, and Hahn ran backstage
Sgt. Slaughter defeated Red Tyler via submission with the Cobra Clutch at 1:37
Repo Man defeated Brian Costello via submission with a half crab at 1:45
Crush defeated the Brooklyn Brawler via submission with the head vice at 1:56
The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) pinned Duane Gill with the tombstone at 2:05
WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Rock Werner & Butler Stevens at 1:42 when IRS pinned Werner following a clothesline; prior to the bout, Howard Finkel announced that Shawn Michaels had left the building

 

 

Out of what was most likely a 3 or 4 hour taping, I only remember the 3 house matches in bold. But those three matches alone made it a very memorable first show with the start of the Shango-Warrior feud and two really fun "workrate" matches (Bret/Shawn, Savage/Flair). I remember my dad taking me and having to sit through all these slow job matches. We left after the World title match and thankfully so from the looks of it.

 

I'll never forgot after his match when they made the announcement: "Shawn Michaels has left the building".