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I had a TV that I could fine tune and I could almost get the line to move over just enough to make out what was going on. Very static-y and would change every hour or so. I remember watching SummerSlam 88 that way and I remember the line came back just as Liz took off her dress... I was scrambling to tune that damn line out because Monsoon and Billy Graham made it sound like she was naked!
They went straight to the finish and I missed it all! Had to wait 6 months for the tape to come out and to the rental store!
LOL. My favorite PPV used to be Survivor Series when it was on Thanksgiving and they had the classic matches. My brother and I would be at my Dad's for the morning and lunch and then go to my Mom's for dinner/evening. Her family was usually at my uncles and he had a satellite. He was too cheap to buy it but the whole family was wrestling fans. There was a preview button on the receiver where you could view a program for 5 minutes without buying it and he figured out you could keep hitting it every 5 minutes and watch a whole ppv with only like a 1 or 2 second interruption while repushing the button. As the youngest fan in the room, I was nominated to sit in the front row on button pushing duty for the night. I could have cared less though. It was still real then, and I was all about seeing it.