On this day in professional wrestling history...

[Majingir]

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Forgot these two moments happened 10 years apart, almost to the exact day!

[UFCMPunk]

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Feb 12th, 2017. Bray Wyatt captures his first WWE Championship by defeating John Cena, AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, The Miz and Baron Corbin inside the Elimination Chamber.

[dubcity]

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Probably an easy question, but did the Hulkamania name come before the Wrestlemania name?

That's actually a good question. I know that when he returned to WWF in Jan 1984 he had a shirt with Hulkamania written on the back, and commentators started using the term regularly as soon as he won the title from Sheik. It's possible he started using that name in the AWA in 1982/1983, because that's when he started making his own shirts.

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Already mentioned on Raw, but today is 40th anniversary of the birth of Hulkamania.

Probably an easy question, but did the Hulkamania name come before the Wrestlemania name?

Hulkamania was a couple years before Wrestlemania. In fact, if it wasn't for Howard Finkel we would have been watching The Colossal Tussle. Vince originally suggested that name before Finkel told him about Beatlemania and suggested Wrestlemania as a play off that.

[Majingir]

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25 years ago today

https://twitter.com/OTD_in_WWE/status/1757767188490879139?t=l41yhwOkyyTdwN0bqVBobQ&s=19

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10 Years Ago.... NXT Arrival was the first NXT Special and the first Live Event on the new WWE Network.



Full Card:
Cesaro vs Sami Zayn
Mojo Rawley vs CJ Parker (Future Juice Robinson)
The Ascension vs Too Cool (NXT Tag Team Championship)
Paige vs Emma (NXT Women's Championship)
Tyler Breeze vs Xavier Woods
Adrian Neville vs Bo Dallas in a Ladder Match for the NXT Championship

[Majingir]

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10 Years Ago.... NXT Arrival was the first NXT Special and the first Live Event on the new WWE Network.



Full Card:
Cesaro vs Sami Zayn
Mojo Rawley vs CJ Parker (Future Juice Robinson)
The Ascension vs Too Cool (NXT Tag Team Championship)
Paige vs Emma (NXT Women's Championship)
Tyler Breeze vs Xavier Woods
Adrian Neville vs Bo Dallas in a Ladder Match for the NXT Championship

As good as the black and gold era was, this NXT I miss also.

0 expectations, main roster crowd not as familiar with it. For a while this NXT was one of WWEs best kept secrets/hidden gems.

Paige vs Emma quickly led to the 4HW taking over once Paige and Emma made their ways to the main roster. And of course we'd see the likes of KO and others follow Zayn to NXT.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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12 years ago today…

https://youtu.be/sxlSWOSINGk?si=ezuQfneL8Qm6uUwN

Ain’t never see Rock look that bothered during a promo like he did for this one lol

[Majingir]

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12 years ago today…

https://youtu.be/sxlSWOSINGk?si=ezuQfneL8Qm6uUwN

Ain’t never see Rock look that bothered during a promo like he did for this one lol

12 YEARS.

Rock was gone for 7 years between when he last competed in 2004 and his 2011 return, and that felt like forever. It's been 11 years since his last actual match.

This doesn't even feel like so long ago.

But the entire Cena/Rock feud was Cena going at Rock for real and never telling Rock because he wanted to make it realer and bring out more emotions. Something Cena says he regrets because Rock was genuinely hurt and mad at him over it.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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15 years ago today

https://youtu.be/0DhLHBQHwQ4?si=qni0ux41gY5Sgf37

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15 years ago today

https://youtu.be/0DhLHBQHwQ4?si=qni0ux41gY5Sgf37

Great segment for a very, very disappointing match. Should've made it a Street Fight and allowed them to add a little color. Neither of which I think (or remember) actually happened.

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On this day in professional wrestling history...

Double post

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Great segment for a very, very disappointing match. Should've made it a Street Fight and allowed them to add a little color. Neither of which I think (or remember) actually happened.

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Was that the match where HHH threw the sledgehammer through the glass as part of his entrance? Awesome entrance

[Majingir]

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15 years ago today

https://youtu.be/0DhLHBQHwQ4?si=qni0ux41gY5Sgf37

The match was underwhelming and put in a no win spot (following HBK-Taker), but the build for that match and most WM25 matches is one of my fave RTWMs ever.

Orton punts Shane and Vince, kisses Stephanie, HHH breaks into Ortons house, it was so good.

Jerichos feud with the HOFers was a great story too. That Piper promo with Jericho was so good. Forget promo class, you could do an entire promo course just from Piper's promos.

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I don't know what's crazier, the fact he died at only 33, or the fact that he was only 23 when he debuted in the attitude era (or the fact he dated Stacy AND Kelly Kelly)

Vince was obviously high on him and tried making him the next Kevin Nash, but obviously the lack of experience hurt him along with fans not caring and then HHH getting involved in the Stephanie story too (Vince wanted to end it anyways since he didn't see Test as a good fit anymore).

Makes you wonder what could've become of him if he was in OVW for a few years and debuted with or right before the 02 class (he's only 2 years older than Cena/Lesnar).

That time in developmental definitely could've helped him out rather than being thrown into the middle of the attitude era with only a year of training under his belt