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Sadly, even special event shows aren't special anymore.
I used to love 3 hour shows because they were the shows where they went all out for with big surprises. I even taped some on my VCR lol (this was around 2005-2006).
But seeing how Smackdown 1000, Raw 25, Raw Reunion and other things have fared, it's sad to see these big shows feeling less special.
Next up I believe is Raw 30 in a year and a half, and then Smackdown 25 in 3 years.Comment
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July 24
ROH Salvation 2010
Tyler Black defends the ROH World Championship against Kevin Steen
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Monday Night Raw 2000
Shane and Stephanie McMahon team up to take on Big Show and Lita.
It's more of a segment than a match and definitely not worth looking up, but is the only time Shane and Steph teamed up so it's random enough to mention here.
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Yesterday and today was the start of the "new era" 5 years ago with the first Raw and SD after the 2016 draft.
Raw unveiled the Universal Title (and accepted all the jokes that came with the name as soon as it was announced).
What a roster SD had
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I have no recollection of an Iron Man match happening on Raw, but one did on July 26, 2004.
Also on this show, Linda McMahon attended the Democratic National Convention to encourage 18-30 year olds to Smackdown their vote.
...and the Diva Search continued.
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That was when they were still so overloaded with superstar talent that they were doing PPV main events every week like they were nothing. So there were a ton of those forgotten matches. The Monday night war was long over but they were still booking like it wasn't. I guess they still do that to a certain extent, but there is way less incentive for them to deliver on PPVs now compared to then, which sucks.Comment
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That was when they were still so overloaded with superstar talent that they were doing PPV main events every week like they were nothing. So there were a ton of those forgotten matches. The Monday night war was long over but they were still booking like it wasn't. I guess they still do that to a certain extent, but there is way less incentive for them to deliver on PPVs now compared to then, which sucks.
I never knew the HHH vs Benoit match happened. I only remember ones like Rock vs HHH ironman and the Cena/HBK one.Comment
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July 31st, 1996. Atlanta, GA. Only known as an Athlete competing in the Olympics, future WWE Hall of Famer and would become one of the best Pro Wrestlers in the last 20 some years. He did the impossible, he won a Gold Medal.... WITH A BROKEN FREAKING NECK!
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Forgot to mention it yesterday.
20 years ago, we saw The Rock come back, to the W..............WF!
One of my fave moments in WWE history. One of my earlier wrestling memories too (this was the first summer I got into wrestling)
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Smackdown, August 8th, 2002. Then rookie Brock Lesnar put his title shot at Summerslam on the line against Hollywood Hulk Hogan.
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I guess there's a box of random pics at my parents' house because of course there is. Mixed in among those...some pics from Raw on this day in 1999. So I scanned a few and here we go.
Val Venis making his entrance
Test jumping on Joey Abs
Jesse Ventura's interview interrupted by Triple H and Chyna
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Summerslam 2019! Was the first major event to be held at this building since the Raptors won the NBA finals.
I remember how much fun that whole time was. Seeing diff parts of the city decked out in Summerslam posters, and even going to the Fan Axxess stuff was cool. Spent more than I was planning to at their Summerslam shop.
I'll still say it though, Toronto won't host a WM anytime soon. Royal Rumble at Rogers Centre however is definitely a real possibility imo. A domed building that isn't in southern USA that can seat around 50,000 people for a January PPV, it would be great.
Can't wait for the next wrestling shows here. WWE was literally days away from a house show here before everything shut down, and AEW no doubt would've ended up in Canada too.
To this day I think that week was the last Raw/SD outside the US. By time everything's all said and done, it could be 2.5 years without any real international tour on WWEs end.Comment
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