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I figured they would not have my spot that I still remember because anything pre AE seems to not exist unless it is WM III or a video about how terrible early 90's stuff was (I liked it at the time grr,).
But they included it.
And its this one.
Ultimate Warrior and Hogan last 2 men left 1990. This is the 1st time I have watched it again in over 20+ years.
In early 1990 I would have been 11 years old. Since I live in New Zealand I may have seen it late in the year or even 1991 IDK I think I stopped watching Wrestling in 1991 for a bit (it went of free to air TV).
Why did it rock so much that I still remember it 26+ years later?
1. It was face vs face. The Royal Rumble was about the only place you saw this.
2. It was between the 2 biggest super stars of the era (I liked Warrior, got bored of Hogan fast even while young).
Also one has to remember the context of the time. TV WWF in the 80's/90's was mostly crap. Jobber squash matches. Even seeing the mid card fight each other was a main event type thing and that meant Wrestlemania (the others came later, check the network). Face vs face was almost unheard of (at least in the WWF).
Now Hulk and Warrior at the time were massively over. Think Rock/Austin over or Cena/Undertaker levels of over. Note this is also before The Undertaker debuted (I remember him as well- he got a big push 1991).
To put this in context this would be like WM XIV Austin vs 2000's The Rock for the 1st time ever with both of them being faces where you did not get to see face vs face. You may read about Hogan pre NWO, or tributes to The Warrior but they were crazy big. You might miss that if you watch it on the network now.
I was also a rocker fan, never expected to see Shawn in the main title scene. Pre HBK he is in this match and he lasts around a minute if that.
So that is my RR memory, feel free to share yours below with or without explanations.
I figured they would not have my spot that I still remember because anything pre AE seems to not exist unless it is WM III or a video about how terrible early 90's stuff was (I liked it at the time grr,).
But they included it.
And its this one.
Ultimate Warrior and Hogan last 2 men left 1990. This is the 1st time I have watched it again in over 20+ years.
In early 1990 I would have been 11 years old. Since I live in New Zealand I may have seen it late in the year or even 1991 IDK I think I stopped watching Wrestling in 1991 for a bit (it went of free to air TV).
Why did it rock so much that I still remember it 26+ years later?
1. It was face vs face. The Royal Rumble was about the only place you saw this.
2. It was between the 2 biggest super stars of the era (I liked Warrior, got bored of Hogan fast even while young).
Also one has to remember the context of the time. TV WWF in the 80's/90's was mostly crap. Jobber squash matches. Even seeing the mid card fight each other was a main event type thing and that meant Wrestlemania (the others came later, check the network). Face vs face was almost unheard of (at least in the WWF).
Now Hulk and Warrior at the time were massively over. Think Rock/Austin over or Cena/Undertaker levels of over. Note this is also before The Undertaker debuted (I remember him as well- he got a big push 1991).
To put this in context this would be like WM XIV Austin vs 2000's The Rock for the 1st time ever with both of them being faces where you did not get to see face vs face. You may read about Hogan pre NWO, or tributes to The Warrior but they were crazy big. You might miss that if you watch it on the network now.
I was also a rocker fan, never expected to see Shawn in the main title scene. Pre HBK he is in this match and he lasts around a minute if that.
So that is my RR memory, feel free to share yours below with or without explanations.
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