Warner2BruceTD...you and I have a mission...

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

This better be good.... I dont wanna see no lame Flying Akiyamas vs Los Bandidos Locos live from kenya crap here.

I want my ppvs mainstream and roided.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Next up for debate...Summerslam 1998

HHH v. The Rock - a match that kind of moved them both up the card as top guys.

Good, but not great Austin-Undertaker and a good Owen Hart-Ken Shamrock match.

Only reason for inclusion here is the historical significance of the HHH-Rock match. Thoughts?

Awesome match between those 2, but debatable historical significance IMO.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Awesome match between those 2, but debatable historical significance IMO.

 

[EmpireWF]

It was still awhile after SS98 that HHH became a main event player. So the only historical significance you can place on that match is any impact it had on Rock. Don't remember really whether it had much, but Rock did go off the feud to becoming the corporate champ a few months later.

The build to Austin/Taker was fucking awesome though.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

The bigger moment for Rocky was Survivor Series 98.. which was a fucking great PPV, and has more historical significance then the SS show.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I've been convinced...off the board.

Not putting Survivor Series 98 on there, that was not a fantastic PPV.

I think once we get a good, solid definitive WWE list, the rest will work itself out. The E just has the largest volume of these shows to get through.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

The Survivor Series show was a bit of a clusterfuck but it was a fun PPV, and really helped launch Rocky to that next level.

 

[EmpireWF]

No doubt it was a fun show but it was the very definition of one of those hectic attitude era events.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Is there a year cutoff?

The "Showdown at Shea" shows were the biggest shows the WWF ran in the pre-Vince Jr days. Held every four years, the 1972 show was largely forgettable, but the 1976 and 1980 shows are very memorable.

1976 - Andre The Giant vs. Chuck Wepner (wrestler vs. boxer)
Bruno Sammartino vs. Stan Hansen (WWF title match, plus Bruno's revenge for broken neck)
Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali (legendary match that ended up a shoot fight, shown via clsed circuit from Japan)

1980 - Andre vs. Hulk Hogan
Bob Backlund & Pedro Morales def. Wild Samoans for WWF Tag Team Titles (Backlund was WWF Champ, Pedro was IC champ, so they held all the belts. They later vacated tag titles)
Bruno vs. Larry Zbyszko (famous grudge match steel cage blow off to feud)

1976 drew 32,000, 1980 drew 36,295.

 

[EmpireWF]

76 was also one of the most disastrous closed circuit shows ever thanks to the abomination that was Ali/Inoki.

How about the January 84 MSG where Hogan beat Sheik?