This was my first thought. Also this, 55 sec mark.
Damn the attitude era was sweet
Another part of this that's so great is just how perfect JR & Lawler were together. JR, the face, clearly disgusted with Vince & co's antics to make sure HHH wins, and then he just loses his mind when Austin's music hits and starts raising hell. Lawler, the heel, delivering perfect lines like "how can he referee he's fired!?" which both serve its purpose but also is said in such a way that it enhances the excitement of the match. They play off each other great, both knew their roles, and rarely stepped on each others toes.
Just another example of how wrestling back then was night and ****ing day compared to what we get today.
The two that I were there live for (both at MSG) were HHH's return from quad injury (video posted on first page) and Cactus Jack's WWE debut (also against HHH coincidentally).
I didn't watch it but I almost searched for it because I thought so. I imagine it got a huge pop seeing as how it was a house show, Simmons wasn't Vader's scheduled opponent, and it happened in Baltimore.
roughly sept 71 in pittsburgh chief jay strongbow and sonny king win the tag titles from baron sicluna and king curtis ieaka. it was recorded tv and i was in the stands of about 1000 folks and i have never heard a pop like that again when the chief put sicluna to sleep
Those spots do tend to work, but that's one rare area where wrestling bookers tend to show restraint even now. Doesn't feel like the heave-ho really happens in minor matches; it's usually in a big title match or a blow-off match or something, so obviously that helps. It seems more like a reflection of how into the match itself the crowd is. If they didn't care about the match then I wouldn't expect an ejection to register very strongly.
Those spots do tend to work, but that's one rare area where wrestling bookers tend to show restraint even now. Doesn't feel like the heave-ho really happens in minor matches; it's usually in a big title match or a blow-off match or something, so obviously that helps. It seems more like a reflection of how into the match itself the crowd is. If they didn't care about the match then I wouldn't expect an ejection to register very strongly.
IIRC it happened in the main event of RAW this past week in a zero-stakes match between Judgment Day and Rollins/Styles
I know there are a lot of dead links itt, but did Linda Mcmahon getting one of the loudest pops of all time by simply standing up not get a mention here?
Relative to how completely dead the crowd acts throughout both of the Trump Plaza WrestleManias, Savage pinning DiBiase was a downright galactic pop. Four hours into their collective nap, the crowd suddenly wakes up and very successfully cosplays as a real WM crowd.