Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted January 4, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 4, 2020 The greatest night in the history of our sport. A proper UKFF fun night had by all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted January 4, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) The best in my book. I wish we still had a transcript of the group chat that night. I remember having streams of both playing side by side, the historic return of Bret to Raw and TNA going mental debuting everyone. I was single and only semi-employed back then and could afford the time to do such things at 3am on a Tuesday morning! https://bleacherreport.com/articles/562588-return-of-the-wars-january-4th-2010-flashback-analyzing-the-aftermath Edited January 4, 2020 by garynysmon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divorced Dad Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 This was one of the only times I've ever stayed up and watched wrestling live. Was at uni at the time and watched Raw and Impact side by side on my laptop while my girlfriend slept next to me. Vividly remember Homicide failing to climb out of that stupid domed cage thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted January 5, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 5, 2020 I remember they announced Rhino and Abyss in a barbed wire match and the Machine Guns vs Doug and Magnus. Then tore the format up and said "we arent having shit like that on the show" or something. Those two matches would have been quite good to have on the show actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 One of the more baffling memories for me was the fact Hulk came out to that NWO rip off theme when there was no restrictions to them using American Made, only to later down the line give it to fucking Abyss as a theme during that angle where he had the power of Hulk's HoF ring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Chat was buzzing that night. I think just about all of us watched the Bret segment and then switched over immediately to TNA. That's where the UKFF's flagpole was. The writing was already on the wall by the time Hall and Nash came out and done some mumbling, overlong "hey it's not about us anymore!" bit. Then you had Bubba the Love Sponge being a recurring character, the Hulkamania plants in the front row and ditching the six sided ring to open Genesis. I still followed it every week up until Aces & Eights, though. The chat was still a draw for most big events. The last I remember was WrestleMania XXX. The place was hopping that night, too. I remember being so shocked and in love with wrestling again following the streak ending that I just stayed up watching old matches for the rest of the night. I don't even stay up for WrestleMania now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I was one of those few who fucking loved the Hogan era of TNA. Â I completely understand why it wasn't right for the modern audience (just for old WCW fans like me) but it felt... big to me. Â Sting, Hogan, Nash, Steiner, Angle... great roster. That night it genuinely felt like the wrestling industry was back to its best. Â The ratings came in for TNA and it looked really promising. Â So for about a week it was the Attitude era all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Loki said: I was one of those few who fucking loved the Hogan era of TNA. Â I completely understand why it wasn't right for the modern audience (just for old WCW fans like me) but it felt... big to me. Â Sting, Hogan, Nash, Steiner, Angle... great roster. That night it genuinely felt like the wrestling industry was back to its best. Â The ratings came in for TNA and it looked really promising. Â So for about a week it was the Attitude era all over again. I completely agree re the Hogan TNA era, I loved it. I still maintain Hogan ripping the shirt off at Bound For Glory is one of the greatest moments in wrestling this century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 https://youtu.be/lCINhc9cce0 An amazing match, proper The Wrestler stuff, the crowd went absolutely BALLISTIC for that shirt moment. Â Was that Hogan's last match? Â Pretty much I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted January 7, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, Loki said: https://youtu.be/lCINhc9cce0 An amazing match, proper The Wrestler stuff, the crowd went absolutely BALLISTIC for that shirt moment. Â Was that Hogan's last match? Â Pretty much I think. Hogans last matches were on house shows on a UK tour. His last being in the MEN, Manchester. I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted January 7, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 7, 2020 The audience peaked at 3.4Â million for that January 4th show. 3.4Â million! For Impact. That's mental to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted January 7, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, air_raid said: Hogans last matches were on house shows on a UK tour. His last being in the MEN, Manchester. I was there. Snap. I genuinely marked out like a little girl. I even got a photo with the Hulkster the following year during the meet and greet. The Hogan Bischoff era in TNA will always hold a special place in my heart. Generally the only thing that piques my interest these days is nostalgia, which is why I quite like the NWA and even AEW's attempt at a WCW Nitro arena last week. So a product that had, albeit washed up, Hogan, Sting, Flair, the Outsiders etc on every week was pretty bang on for me. It was the end of an era in many ways as each and every one of them are too old by now to even have a passable match on TV and are long since retired for various reasons. Edited January 7, 2020 by garynysmon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMPACt! Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I had no idea about the 3.4 million rating. That's nuts. I don't think we will ever see that again for another company. I don't know why but I love the bit where Flair gets out of the limo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Loki said: I was one of those few who fucking loved the Hogan era of TNA. Â I completely understand why it wasn't right for the modern audience (just for old WCW fans like me) but it felt... big to me. Â Sting, Hogan, Nash, Steiner, Angle... great roster. That night it genuinely felt like the wrestling industry was back to its best. Â The ratings came in for TNA and it looked really promising. Â So for about a week it was the Attitude era all over again. It was the last great era of wrestling in my opinion. Maybe it's just my age, but todays stuff doesn't even come close, and never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMPACt! Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, David said: It was the last great era of wrestling in my opinion. Maybe it's just my age, but todays stuff doesn't even come close, and never will. 100% this. Unless the industry moves away from pleasing the smarks and replaces today's 'stars' with tall roided up god's who aren't performing acrobatic moves every two seconds, we'll never get anything like it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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