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Post by dkm on May 19, 2016 18:28:00 GMT -8
Who was the first person who knew to be the "World Champion?" Doesn't matter what fed.
For me it was Ric Flair. We got cable three months after he won the title.
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Post by josephd32 on May 20, 2016 1:15:03 GMT -8
I started watching right about the time Iron Sheik beat Bob Backlund for the WWF title, but really got hooked when Hogan won it.
So, Iron Sheik, I guess...
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Post by MKCS on May 20, 2016 6:37:44 GMT -8
Became a fan in 2003 and Triple H was always dominating the World Heavyweight Title picture so him.
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Post by gmellos on May 20, 2016 12:35:49 GMT -8
Who was the first person who knew to be the "World Champion?" Doesn't matter what fed. For me it was Ric Flair. We got cable three months after he won the title. Good Question, I've been watching wrestling since I was 3 (my dad took me to a NWA Hollywood show at the old San Diego Coliseum in 1976) BUT my first World Champ I would notice has to be Iron Shiek, Nick Bockwinkle or Hulk Hogan in early 80s? Till then I remember HATING Roddy Piper. I told him that when I met him and Adam Pearce at SD Comic Con. It gets hazy when I think back to then cause I remember WWF being part of the NWA cause the The Brisco Bros(I think to think that they were NWA TAG Champs at the time but I can't 100% remember) being a WWF show challenging the WWF Tag Champs. |
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Post by NWA Fanatic on May 20, 2016 13:19:01 GMT -8
First World Champion to me was Bob Backlund, as I live in the Northeast and Didn't have any other way to see other promotions other than WWWF, WWF. Not until we got cable til 1990 and boom i was in wrestling heaven at he time lol.
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Post by cwfhmarquez on May 20, 2016 15:27:21 GMT -8
I don't know about a World Champion, but for me the first Champion I remember was Fred Blassie.
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Post by ZEKE on May 20, 2016 16:38:20 GMT -8
Hulk Hogan around WM2... didn't think he could beat Bundy... We didn't know any other wrestling in the Northeast until TBS appeared on our cable systems.
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Post by JADEN on May 21, 2016 12:28:33 GMT -8
I live in New Jersey but I knew the NWA before I knew the WWF.. NWA Came on PHL 17 at 12 noon& I think Dusty was champion at the time & was about to lose it to Flair
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Post by damienwayne on May 21, 2016 16:38:29 GMT -8
I wanna say it was Harley Race
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Post by fairfax on May 22, 2016 2:03:26 GMT -8
I vaguely remember my Dad, who isn't much of a fan and had I not gotten so into it he'd have probably never watched much, watching the match were Steamboat defeated Flair. I can't really say that is my first recognized champion though because I don't think I really even watched that for more than a minute or two. The first champion I really remember well is Randy Savage. I remember the Saturday Nights Main Event match with Ahkeem and the Boss Man and I must have watched Mania 5 at least 100 times. I rented that damn thing every weekend! I loved Savage as the underdog. I still really like the Demos vs Colossal Connection match too.
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Post by shawn on May 22, 2016 14:24:00 GMT -8
I am a Hogan baby.
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Post by Fred Richards on May 25, 2016 4:02:59 GMT -8
Pat O'Connor.
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Post by Jay Cal on May 31, 2016 7:51:35 GMT -8
Hogan for sure. We were a WWE family for a long time. But when we finally did get hooked into the NWA/WCW my mom absolutely hated Ric Flair and the Horsemen. Dad didn't care much, he was always about the guys like George the Animal Steel. I'll never forget my mom screaming at the Television when the Horsemen jumped Lex Luger and kept the belt on Flair. Mom says, we're never getting one of those damn pay per views again... they always cheat. But guess what, we'd always get the next ppv.
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Post by gmellos on May 31, 2016 9:07:22 GMT -8
I'll never forget my mom screaming at the Television when the Horsemen jumped Lex Luger and kept the belt on Flair. Mom says, we're never getting one of those damn pay per views again... they always cheat. But guess what, we'd always get the next ppv. I don't know about a World Champion, but for me the first Champion I remember was Fred Blassie. LOL, My mom told me a story about the time while she was dating my dad a couple of years before I was born. My dad took her to see wrestling and she lost her voice screaming at Classy Freddie Blassy cause he was cheating so much. My Godson's Grandfather got so pissed at the Iron Shiek that he rushed the ring. He got grabbed by security before he could get into the ring. He got 86'd from the arena. |
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Post by WWLTD on Jun 1, 2016 0:01:22 GMT -8
Ahhh...the days of REAL heat. The older ladys were always the most passionate fans to me here in STL. Momma was on 4'9"" tall but had a pen knife out waiting for Crusher Blackwell to walk back from the ring she hated him so much..lol. Glad I saw it before she saw him.
Many years later I informed her of his passing.
Her response.. " Good..I hope he burns in hell"
As for my first world champion.. Terry Funk
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