{"id":22557,"date":"2023-09-28T10:35:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/?p=22557"},"modified":"2023-09-28T10:35:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:35:39","slug":"my-1st-wrestling-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/28\/my-1st-wrestling-show\/","title":{"rendered":"My 1st Wrestling Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22557\" class=\"elementor elementor-22557\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7a173d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"d7a173d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9d5108\" data-id=\"f9d5108\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c377448 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c377448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-tv\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Date of Event:  January 14, 1991<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-tv\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Location of Event:  Huntington Civic Center in Huntington, WV<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd8ada elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fd8ada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I grew up loving movies, TV, cartoons, and toys like many kids do.<\/p><p>I also grew up loving wrestling.<\/p><p>My brother Christopher got me into it.<\/p><p>Sadly, I was not aware of a lot of the wrestling promotions as a kid like I do now at 41 when I type this in 2023.<\/p><p>However, I loved watching WWF (World Wrestling Federation, now WWE in 2023) and WCW (World Championship Wrestling) wrestling shows.<\/p><p>My parents bought a lot of the wrestling toys and magazines for me.<\/p><p>My Dad actually built a toy ring for me, which was way better than the one that WWF authorized to be released for kids<\/p><p>I wish I still had that ring, but I do still have the toys and a lot of the magazines.\u00a0 I had to buy some of them again because they were lost, but I have them.<\/p><p>My Dad took me to my first wrestling show when I was 8.<\/p><p>I only went to 1 as a kid.\u00a0 I got out of watching wrestling on a regular basis for many years.\u00a0 I still knew about it and occasionally saw it, but my huge fandom for it went away until the mid 2000s.\u00a0 Then I started going to shows again.<\/p><p>But anyway, back to 1991 when my Dad took me to my 1st wrestling show.<\/p><p>I don&#8217;t remember all of it of course because I was 8.\u00a0 But I do remember most of the wrestlers that were there.<\/p><p>This was a WWF house show, which means it was a non-televised event.<\/p><p>I remember Jake &#8220;The Snake&#8221; Roberts wrestling &#8220;The Model&#8221; Rick Martel.\u00a0 They had a feud at the time, in which Rick &#8220;blinded&#8221; Jake.\u00a0 He actually &#8220;blinded&#8221; him again in this match, but Jake won the match.<\/p><p>I remember my Dad putting me on his shoulders when &#8220;The Texas Tornado&#8221; Kerry Von Erich came out to the ring to face his opponent.\u00a0 That will always stay with me.<\/p><p>I remember seeing The Barbarian wrestle Tugboat there, as well as WWF Intercontinental Champion Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig) wrestling.<\/p><p>According to the match results listed below, courtesy of historyofthewwe.com, he faced Tito Santana, who I was a big fan of.\u00a0<\/p><p>Again, I was 8 so I don&#8217;t remember every opponent so I&#8217;ll go with this, although it does ring a bell.<\/p><p>However, what I do remember about this match is that Mr. Perfect went out of the ring and was seemingly taunting this woman in the front row.\u00a0 And I kid you not, she slapped him in the face and he flipped over mid-fall, selling the slap.<\/p><p>I don&#8217;t know if that was a work or legit, but I&#8217;ll always remember that.<\/p><p>I remember Dustin Rhodes wrestling.\u00a0 He was first starting in the WWF at this point.\u00a0 He is the son of wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes and older brother of current WWE star Cody Rhodes.<\/p><p>I remember seeing Earthquake (John Tenta) and Dino Bravo as a tag team, and according to the results, they faced The Hart Foundation, which was Bret &#8220;The Hitman&#8221; Hart and Jim &#8220;The Anvil&#8221; Neidhart.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t remember The Hart Foundation being there, which is terrible because they were\/are one of my favorite tag teams.\u00a0 But again, I&#8217;ll go on the word of the results.<\/p><p>I wish I could remember more of this and have pictures of it, but I was 8.<\/p><p>But I&#8217;m glad I remember what I do of it and I&#8217;m forever thankful to my Dad for taking me to the show.<\/p><p>I think my friend Brandon Lange was at this show too.<\/p><p>I&#8217;m still a wrestling fan and always will be, but nothing will beat the days of when I was a little kid and watching and playing wrestling.<\/p><p>Again, these results below come from thehistoryofwwe.com web site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-800c9e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"800c9e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Photo Gallery (click on thumbnail to view larger image)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9e19bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9e19bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view\n\t\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-e279b8cfb8d4ec6b7fc730d09657fb3b-1\"\n\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"253\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"253\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"WWF 1991\"\n\t>\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tngg-3-columns\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/wwf-1991\/379614086_326686723362622_7466532529937543904_n.jpg?t=1695915263\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/wwf-1991\/379614086_326686723362622_7466532529937543904_n.jpg?t=1695915263\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/wwf-1991\/thumbs\/thumbs_379614086_326686723362622_7466532529937543904_n.jpg?t=1695915263\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"12990\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"379614086_326686723362622_7466532529937543904_n.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"379614086_326686723362622_7466532529937543904_n\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"379614086_326686723362622_7466532529937543904_n\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"e279b8cfb8d4ec6b7fc730d09657fb3b\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"379614086_326686723362622_7466532529937543904_n\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"379614086_326686723362622_7466532529937543904_n\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/wwf-1991\/cache\/379614086_326686723362622_7466532529937543904_n.jpg-nggid0512990-ngg0dyn-300x300x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1695915263\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"300\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"300\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Event: January 14, 1991 Location of Event: Huntington Civic Center in Huntington, WV I grew up loving movies, TV, cartoons, and toys like many kids do. I also grew up loving wrestling. My brother Christopher got me into it. Sadly, I was not aware of a lot of the wrestling promotions as a kid like I do now at 41 when I type this in 2023. However, I loved watching WWF (World Wrestling Federation, now WWE in 2023) and WCW (World Championship Wrestling) wrestling shows. My parents bought a lot of the wrestling toys and magazines for me. My Dad actually built a toy ring for me, which was way better than the one that WWF authorized to be released for kids I wish I still had that ring, but I do still have the toys and a lot of the magazines.\u00a0 I had to buy some of them again because they were lost, but I have them. My Dad took me to my first wrestling show when I was 8. I only went to 1 as a kid.\u00a0 I got out of watching wrestling on a regular basis for many years.\u00a0 I still knew about it and occasionally saw it, but my huge fandom for it went away until the mid 2000s.\u00a0 Then I started going to shows again. But anyway, back to 1991 when my Dad took me to my 1st wrestling show. I don&#8217;t remember all of it of course because I was 8.\u00a0 But I do remember most of the wrestlers that were there. This was a WWF house show, which means it was a non-televised event. I remember Jake &#8220;The Snake&#8221; Roberts wrestling &#8220;The Model&#8221; Rick Martel.\u00a0 They had a feud at the time, in which Rick &#8220;blinded&#8221; Jake.\u00a0 He actually &#8220;blinded&#8221; him again in this match, but Jake won the match. I remember my Dad putting me on his shoulders when &#8220;The Texas Tornado&#8221; Kerry Von Erich came out to the ring to face his opponent.\u00a0 That will always stay with me. I remember seeing The Barbarian wrestle Tugboat there, as well as WWF Intercontinental Champion Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig) wrestling. According to the match results listed below, courtesy of historyofthewwe.com, he faced Tito Santana, who I was a big fan of.\u00a0 Again, I was 8 so I don&#8217;t remember every opponent so I&#8217;ll go with this, although it does ring a bell. However, what I do remember about this match is that Mr. Perfect went out of the ring and was seemingly taunting this woman in the front row.\u00a0 And I kid you not, she slapped him in the face and he flipped over mid-fall, selling the slap. I don&#8217;t know if that was a work or legit, but I&#8217;ll always remember that. I remember Dustin Rhodes wrestling.\u00a0 He was first starting in the WWF at this point.\u00a0 He is the son of wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes and older brother of current WWE star Cody Rhodes. I remember seeing Earthquake (John Tenta) and Dino Bravo as a tag team, and according to the results, they faced The Hart Foundation, which was Bret &#8220;The Hitman&#8221; Hart and Jim &#8220;The Anvil&#8221; Neidhart.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t remember The Hart Foundation being there, which is terrible because they were\/are one of my favorite tag teams.\u00a0 But again, I&#8217;ll go on the word of the results. I wish I could remember more of this and have pictures of it, but I was 8. But I&#8217;m glad I remember what I do of it and I&#8217;m forever thankful to my Dad for taking me to the show. I think my friend Brandon Lange was at this show too. I&#8217;m still a wrestling fan and always will be, but nothing will beat the days of when I was a little kid and watching and playing wrestling. Again, these results below come from thehistoryofwwe.com web site. 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