TEW 2020 Giveaway

[Halo]

<p>CM Punk beating John Cena at Money Bank.</p><p> </p><p>

Amazing storytelling despite the awful follow up.</p>

[1-2-3 kid]

Hogan as the 3rd man is easily the most bananas moment in wresting

[TomSellecksMustache]

The best moment for me is always going to be Hogan slamming Andre at WM3

[lionsden03]

For me, it's Jeff Hardy finally winning the title at Armageddon 2008.

[gmsubzer]

<p>For me, god, their has been so many memories that Wrestling has given me. The ones they've created and done the most for me. But i always get sentimental when i see someone realize a dream and their emotions show. To me, the best moment in recent history for me, Kevin Owen's debut on NXT. Even though he tried to hide it. Just seeing his face and the raw emotion he displayed. </p><p>

ANd the biggest pop ive ever had, was A.J. debuting at the Rumble. I still watch the Reaction video's to it from time to time and it brings goose bumps every time.</p>

[Bobby Brown]

Saturn beats Raven at Fall Brawl 1998 ... it still gives me shivers when i watch it!

[Bonafide_Bluffa]

just a heads up guys, i'll be closing submissions this friday at midnight! just so i have time to go through the thread and get everyones name (might have bit off more than i could chew here lol). so if you or your friends need to submit still you have until friday!

[Ghetto Anthony]

My favorite wrestling moment is probably "watching" Triple H/Rock from Backlash 2000 on scramblevision. Finding out about scramblevision as a 9 year old and being able to see what's going on for a split second every 30 seconds...I'll never forget it.

[Leion]

Eddie winning against Brock at No Way Out for the title was one of my fondest memories as a kid.

[DeathZone2]

The best moment wrestling has given me was Daniel Bryan winning at 'Mania XXX, after Undertaker losing the feeling of joy was amplified.

[brasry]

Thanks for doing this!

 

Some great moments in here.

 

I have so many favourite moments, which one to choose?

 

Let's go with Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth reuniting at WM7, right after Savage's career vs career match with the Ultimate Warrior.

 

The build up to this was huge. It began at The Main Event in November, when Savage interfered in Warrior's match against Ted DiBiase, and lasted all the way to Wrestlemania.

Warrior was WWF champion. Savage wanted a title shot. Sgt.Slaughter got the title shot at Royal Rumble instead, but Savage interfered again, costing the Warrior the championship.

Sensational Sherrie was in her prime as a valet.

The 'Macho King' was at his heelish best.

At that point the career vs career match was rare in the WWF, and both competitors were insanely over. A young me was upset that one of these men was going to retire!

The match itself was great with a finish unusual for those days.

 

The huge payoff with the emotional reunion was well worth the build. There was barely a dry eye in the house. I myself was almost crying.

Everyone came out of this looking good.

 

This match was the true main event of WM7

[Olback]

<p>Very generous.</p><p> </p><p>

CM Punks original pipebomb was the best moment for me</p>

[tyrone]

dude... I "watched" so many PPV's in the early 90's like this.

[tyrone]

<p>Got another moment...</p><p> </p><p>

This probably won't register as "special" to a lot of you, but my first wrestling memory was watching Ric Flair vs. "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton at the Clash of the Champions... no idea which number it was. But I remember laying on the floor while my dad sat on a chair next to me as we watched on one of those old floor model televisions made of wood. I didn't know a thing about wrestling, but I knew I hated Ric Flair (he was clearly the bad guy)... the match was 2 out of 3 falls (i didn't know what that meant either...was so young). When Bobby won the first fall after hitting the Alabama Jam, I jumped up cheering thinking he had beaten the evil Ric Flair and had won the world title! My dad quickly explained to me that he hadn't won yet, and that he had to win 1 more time. I remember thinking there's no way Ric Flair could win 2 times before Bobby could win one more... well, I was wrong lol. Anyways, this was special to me because I discovered my passion while spending time with my dad. Will never forget it.</p>

[zerfer]

<p>Best moment. So many to choose from. </p><p>

Ill go with Wrestlemania 8 </p><p>

There is a story here:</p><p> </p><p>

I live in Denmark, so wrestling wasn't easy to come by in the 1990's. We did somehow get WCW Thunder on local tv in 2000, but the less said about that shitshow, the better. </p><p> </p><p>

Either way. My cousin somehow had gotten a VHS of WM8 during a stay at relatives south of the border (Germany that is). This was in '93, so apart from me only speaking passable german at the time (i was seven years old) it was a blast. </p><p> </p><p>

Hart vs Piper was a great match</p><p>

Savage vs Flair looked amazing with the storyline involved. </p><p>

Hogan vs Sid Justice sucked, but it was 1992 Hogan so nobody cared. </p><p> </p><p>

But it was what opened my eyes to pro wrestling. And i've been on it ever since</p>

[Spartacus]

My favorite wrestling memory of all time was Hulk Hogan turning heel and dropping the leg on the Macho Man. At the time, I was one of those young marks that was a die hard Hogan fan. And this was pre mainstream internet spoilers. I didn't come from a rich family so I almost never watched a ppv. I always had to get caught up on Monday. But, one of my dads friends was watching it and I got my dad to drop me off over there to watch it. Seeing Hogan come down, I was convinced that he was going to take down Hall and Nash. When he dropped the leg on Macho Man, everyone over there went crazy. They didn't like Hogan and were all loving throwing it into my face that my "hero" just turned on "me". And that is what it felt like at the time. He turned on me personally. I had always been more into the bad guys in wrestling with exceptions like Hogan. So, after I got over the shock, I realized it was the best thing ever. This is definitely my favorite moment of all time. The most I've ever felt watching wrestling.

[Forrest01]

<p>This is a pretty cool thing to do, dude!</p><p> </p><p>

I'd say my favourite moment has to be watching Pete Dunne beat Eddie Dennis and Wild Boar, only to lose his 24/7 title minutes after the match to the referee.</p><p>

I'd rank it highly just because of how long I'd followed the feud/story. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[cappyboy]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="tyrone" data-cite="tyrone" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47448" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Got another moment...<p> </p><p> This probably won't register as "special" to a lot of you, but my first wrestling memory was watching Ric Flair vs. "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton at the Clash of the Champions... no idea which number it was. But I remember laying on the floor while my dad sat on a chair next to me as we watched on one of those old floor model televisions made of wood. I didn't know a thing about wrestling, but I knew I hated Ric Flair (he was clearly the bad guy)... the match was 2 out of 3 falls (i didn't know what that meant either...was so young). When Bobby won the first fall after hitting the Alabama Jam, I jumped up cheering thinking he had beaten the evil Ric Flair and had won the world title! My dad quickly explained to me that he hadn't won yet, and that he had to win 1 more time. I remember thinking there's no way Ric Flair could win 2 times before Bobby could win one more... well, I was wrong lol. Anyways, this was special to me because I discovered my passion while spending time with my dad. Will never forget it.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Doesn't need to be special to anyone else. Is to you because of that personal connection. Kind of like me watching guys like Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf with my dad. Tony Garea teaching me to appreciate the quick guys and how to enjoy tag team matches. As more recognizable periods of wrestling history took hold, Dad drifted away. Too much showmanship and too many Nasty Boy style "let's just scream because we can't project real intensity" promos for his taste coming from the days of Wild Red Berry, Johnny Valentine and Dick The Bruiser. But that late pre-WrestleMania era watching with him was awesome because we were sharing the experience together.</p>

[JJArocho]

I'm no longer in the giveaway, but...

 

The only TNA show I've ever been to was in St. Louis at the Chaifetz Arena back in Sept. 2013. It was a double shot taping -- the first being the No Surrender episode of Impact where AJ Styles beat Magnus in the finals of the Bound For Glory Series and Bully Ray beat Mr. Anderson to retain the TNA World title and the second being the follow-up taping where EGO beat Main Event Mafia 2.0 in the main event. I was sitting two rows behind a guy who was dressed like Hogan's slimmed-down "brother." LOL.

 

Ironically enough, this was also what would be Hogan and Bischoff's final month in TNA. Hogan left at BFG after a write-off angle with Dixie and Bischoff left, I believe soon after that.

 

I also attended the WWE Live show ten days later in Springfield, Illinois (where I live now.) In that show, RVD beat Alberto Del Rio by DQ and the main event saw a relatively freshly-turned face in CM Punk taking on the Paul Heyman-led Intercontinental champion, Curtis Axel in a No-DQ match. Ironically enough, Heyman came out to the entrance area and somehow convinced the judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit Court of Springfield to make this match a non-title match. I was laughing my a$$ off at that one.

[nerodragomir1]

Doesn't need to be special to anyone else. Is to you because of that personal connection.

 

SO true! Just like Melina vs Alicia Fox at Summerslam for me! Changed my life!

[adam.TEW]

<p>Kind move, tough question. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p>

I have to go with a Japanese piece of wrestling history and that is Mitsuharu Misawa hitting a Tiger Suplex off the stage onto the concrete floor (there's only a super slim mattress there) against Kenta Kobashi in what has to be one of the best wrestling matches of all time. </p><p> </p><p>

Later it was said that Misawa (who executed the suplex) told officials he felt like dying and staff surrounding both were panicking for a moment. I don't know how Kenta Kobashi even survived this move, let alone how they figured they could safely pull this off. They both weren't seriously hurt and this spot happened early into the match. (They went on to go beyond the 30 minute-mark, it was Meltzer's Match Of The year I believe too.)</p><p> </p><p>

You can find the spot here:</p><p> </p><p>

 

</p><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="150" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SjgRBscjQj0?start=195&feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="大激闘！　2003年ベストバウト　三沢光晴 vs 小橋建太 他"></iframe></div></div><p> </p><p>

Completely unrelated to this moment:</p><p> </p><p>

Years later, Misawa (green attire) tragically died from an in-ring accident with terrible consequences to the wrestler who executed the move on him (a backdrop that damaged his neck). He faced lots of criticism of fans online and experienced major depressions, but overcame his problems when he received a letter that Misawa wrote in case he would die in the ring, that was meant to be given to the very one wrestler who he faced last. The letter said: "I am sorry [...] It may be painful, but I want you to continue." A tragic and moving story in my opinion, that gives us a glimpse into the perspective of such incredible artists who sacrifice everything for us.</p><p> </p><p>

Sorry for mistakes here and there, </p><p>

not a native English speaker and it's literally 2:37 AM. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[BoredomTM]

My favorite moment in wrestling? I could go with so many, but I have to go with, just before this crisis, debuting in front of, what, 20 people in my local promotion, and having a blast getting an ass beating from my trainer. Even if it's not as grandiose as a Wrestlemania moment, it's my favorite wrestling memory in recent years.

[javier_83]

ufff my favorite wrestler from all the time is Rey Mysterio Jr..

 

and it's funny because i remember when he beat kidman for the wcw cruiser weight title and then both won the wcw tag team titles

[Piston Honda]

Favorite moment in wrestling. Just seeing the Undertaker's Deadman entrance live. Literally the thing that really got me into wrestling was some rando promo with Undertaker and Paul Bearer 20 + years before that on one of the weekend shows. I'd even seen him as Big Evil, but Deadman making his return going into Mania season was the most awe-inspiring feeling I've ever had at a wrestling show.

[thiagofjv]

<p>I'm brazilian and here we don't have much fans of professional wrestling.</p><p> </p><p>

I came to GDS because WMMA around 2011/2012, Anderson Silva was a beast and MMA has come mainstream again here.</p><p> </p><p>

And only 4 years later I've downloaded the TEW 2013 Demo and wow, this is incredible!</p><p> </p><p>

Played so much, don't understand some basic concepts of wrestling but the diaries helped a lot!</p><p> </p><p>

I've watched some WWE stuff but i'm really not excited about this.</p><p> </p><p>

But in 01/04/2016 my life has changed, i trying to find something interesting to watch and BAAAAMMM, Wrestle Kingdom 10!!</p><p> </p><p>

I've watched only Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles and the great main event...</p><p> </p><p>

Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi!</p><p> </p><p>

Man!</p><p>

36 minutes of pure technical wrestling, the intensity, the atmosphere, THE RAINMAKER!</p><p>

The icing on cake is when after the pinfall, the wrestlers are exhausted, the announcer very excited says:</p><p>

"History has just been made here in Tokyo Dome... and now The Rainmaker... the ace of New Japan"</p><p> </p><p>

That was what i have imagined about a wrestling fight when i play with Pride and Glory and book a Yoshimi Mushashibo vs. Kozue Kawashima!</p><p>

From this day, Kawashima is the "Okada" of my CornellVerse!</p><p> </p><p>

Later i've watched much of the japanese puroresu and fell in love, mainly with AJPW 90's stuff, watched better matches and have deeper moments watching puro but this fight, my first NJPW fight really have a sentimental value forever for me!</p><p> </p><p>

(Sorry if have some mispell in my English, i'm not good at that)</p>