Reznor Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So many great memories. The first one that springs to mind is Marty coming out of the crowd to challenge HBK for the IC title. The exchange between Shawn and Vin-Man is gold; 'Clam up Jack' with Shawn saying he'll defend the title against anyone, anytime, anywhere and then some scruffy looking bloke gets in the ring and Vince is all; 'IT'S MAAAARRRRTTTTYYYY JANNETTY' and then Vince and Marty back Shawn into a corner and he ends up losing the belt.  Coming back off holiday knowing nothing of the previous two weeks' events and seeing Benoit, Malenko, Saturn and Guerrero sat in the front row of RAW.  Another of my favourites is the absolute savage beatdown that Owen, Bulldog, Mabel, Yoko and Dean Douglas hand out to Taker, Shawn and Diesel in 1995. Absolutely all of those. The first one being my absolute favourite 'moment' of RAW.  In addition for me;  The King destroying Stu and Helen Hart on the balcony during Hitman/Bigelow. His patter was class. It usually was pre-Attitude.  The Kid beating Razor.  Pillman returning to attack Austin in April '97 (and his promos in the Goldust feud)  Rick Rude's return as HBKs insurance policy.  Hardys beating the Acolytes for the titles.  The greatest tag team in the world beating the hell out the Steiner babies’ to take home the gold.  Jake getting his retribution on Lawler by playing drunk, hitting the DDT, winning, then setting Revelations loose.  Sunny.  Rockers reunion.  Ahmed debuts and slams Yokozuna. Not the worst first impression.  Perfect turning on Mero. I’ll explain this one, because in hindsight it was shit as nothing came out of it, but at the time, I was all excited by it. It was like a rollercoaster as you anticipated the return for a week, only for the disappointment of the swerve, made up for with the double turn which you assumed would lead to the real Mr Perfect coming back to feud with Mero. Alas it wasn’t to be. Would’ve been brilliant though as Mero was hot in ’96 too, and it had been 5 years since we really saw Mr P in-ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted July 21, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 21, 2012 Santino's Tea Party from 2010 (yes, doesn't seem like yesterday) Â Totally off topic but how class does Kozlov look in that get up. They should have run with that, some sort of odd job type thing even. Anything that kept him in a suit and bowler hat looking cosmic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra1000 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Fuck. I completely forgot about the Rockers reunion! Was that when they wrestled La Resistance? Â The Marty Janetty vs Kurt Angle match from the Smackdown around then was brilliant...but we'll save discussion for the 1000th Smackdown thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Paul's Bin Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Best  Artist Formely Known as Goldust.  LOD Vs Kane & RVD  Big Show Vs Al Snow for the Hardcore Title (Feb 01?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbgxLQOqFEs  Lesnar returns  Mike Awesome debuts and wins Hardcore title  Worst  Cena drafted to SmackDown then back to RAW  Booker T Vs Buff Bagwell  There has been loads but finding images is abit tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair's Divorce Lawyer Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Here are some other best bits of Raw  Bret Hart's heel promo 1997 the night after Wrestlemania 13  Ahmed Johnson joining the Nation (until he got injured again)  Stone Cold stunning Vince for the first time in 1997 at the MSG  Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart bury the hatchet  The excellent Shawn Michaels and Undertaker "Running Up That Hill" video package  Batista quitting in his wheelchair. Very amusing promo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffingtonClyro Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Is that not Rhino in that photo that you think is Mike Awesome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted July 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 22, 2012 LOD Vs Kane & RVD I'd have to disagree. There were better LOD returns on Raw than this. This was pretty shite at the time. The LOD weren't as fondly remembered at the time as they are now. People still had LOD 2000 and all the times Animal and Hawk turned up on shit Indies generally being shit stuck in their head. They were proper relics at the time. When they did that match with RVD and Kane, the reaction was like "don't hire these fuckers, please". Hawk no selling RVDs finish was quite stupid as well. Â Is that not Rhino in that photo that you think is Mike Awesome? Awesome is the bloke in the background charging towards Rhino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted July 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 22, 2012 Is that not Rhino in that photo that you think is Mike Awesome? Â Awesome is the blur in the background about to fuck Rhino's shit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffingtonClyro Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Ahhh. Never noticed the guy in the background. I was a proper mark for Awesome when I was younger. I think it was his Awesome Bomb table spot. I also loved The Wall and his apron chokeslam. Thinking back it was probably the tables I was a proper mark for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra1000 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 The Stalker reveals himself  Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTXRussomark Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 LOADS OF PHOTOS Dunno why but as I was scrolling through this post I caught myself thinking "dead, dead, fucked up, dead...." as I went through the photos. The Quebecers photo is about the only exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted July 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 22, 2012 Â Â Not him, just the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnybgoode82 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Agree with most of those in Reznor and Twinn's posts. Â The Jerry Lawler in the stands with Stu and Helen one was a classic because it was the first time he'd thrown out some of those classic lines. I can still hear him now: Â 'Hey boy, I'm up here with your parents' Â 'Ur, what? Why don't you put your false teeth in backwards and eat yourself to death?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra1000 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Falls Count Anywhere for the WWE Championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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