WWF - 1987 vs 1997

[ripsta619]

Scouts honor. Join vc

 

[IloveTHIS]

97 easily

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

I catch a lot of shit for saying surfer sting > crow sting

Crow sting was good for a while but surfer sting had the best rivalries. Flair, Lugar, big van Vader and one of the best heels ever as far as I’m concerned Rick Rude

 

[gspieler]

97 was the GOAT year in wrestling...

Height of Monday Night Wars
Bret's heel run in US, but face everywhere else
Austin emerges as a white hot controversial babyface
HBK's antics(loss his smile, starts DX, screws Bret)
Montreal Screwjob
Birth of Mr Mcmcahon character
Hogan one of the best heels of all time
NWO is super over as a faction
Hall and Nash cutting great promos
Buildup to Hogan/Crow Sting
Vanilla midgets consistently putting on 5/5 matches on Nitro midcard
Heel King and JR commentating Raw
Schivani/Heenan/Zybysko commentating Nitro

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

97 was the GOAT year in wrestling...

Height of Monday Night Wars
Bret's heel run in US, but face everywhere else
Austin emerges as a white hit controversial babyface
HBK's antics(loss his smile, starts DX, screws Bret)
Montreal Screwjob
Birth of Mr Mcmcahon character
Hogan one of the best heel of all time
NWO is super over as a faction
Hall and Nash cutting great promos
Buildup to Hogan/Crow Sting
Vanilla midgets consistently putting on 5/5 matches on Nitro midcard
Heel King and JR commentating Raw
Schivani/Heenan/Zybysko commentating Nitro

Also the debuts of Goldberg, Kane and Ken Shamrock.

 

[gspieler]

Also the debuts of Goldberg, Kane and Ken Shamrock.

True. The list goes on and on…

Chyna
DDP getting himself over as a upper card worker
Half the Fed roster having Sunny Days
Jerichoholics
Raven’s Flock
Loose Canon Brian Pillman
Nitro Girls
Taker having a run with the strap
Etc

 

[bufetadanacara]

87, because it was still real then.

 

[ModernMatt]

I catch a lot of shit for saying surfer sting > crow sting

you can thank Scott Hall for giving the Crow Sting birth

 

[the ambush]

97 was the GOAT year in wrestling...

Height of Monday Night Wars
Bret's heel run in US, but face everywhere else
Austin emerges as a white hot controversial babyface
HBK's antics(loss his smile, starts DX, screws Bret)
Montreal Screwjob
Birth of Mr Mcmcahon character
Hogan one of the best heels of all time
NWO is super over as a faction
Hall and Nash cutting great promos
Buildup to Hogan/Crow Sting
Vanilla midgets consistently putting on 5/5 matches on Nitro midcard
Heel King and JR commentating Raw
Schivani/Heenan/Zybysko commentating Nitro

Was Austin a white hot controversial babyface in 97 or 98?

 

[gspieler]

Was Austin a white hot controversial babyface in 97 or 98?

Both. It wasn’t until about summer of 97 that Vince realized he probably had the next big thing on his hands, IMO. 97 Austin was SUPER-OVER, and felt much more organic than it would in 98, because the company hadn’t really endorsed him yet as “the guy”.

 

[Clark Rogers]

'Mania 3, enough said lol

 

[Blunderbuss]

My viewing of wrestling starts with Survivor Series 87. That is the earliest tape that my brother had when I started watching in 94. I would watch all the PPVs over and over again, but my fandom mostly starts in 88 (he had a bunch of shows taped from that year). I would like to go back and watch all of 87 in order though, but having said that, 97 is my favorite year in all of the wrestling that I've watched. Being Canadian and having my favorite wrestler become the way that he was was awesome. Also I was 9 in 97 so the increase in edginess was so cool to me. I'll never forget the post cage match meltdown from Bret

 

[Max Power]

Been going through 1997 WWF over the past few weeks. Incredible stuff. To see the pieces of the puzzle being put into place has been fascinating. The way they built stars, main event feuds and the "attitude" (heh) of the show is so good to watch again.

There was a teeny tiny bit of me that was worried that it might not be as good as I remembered it, rose coloured glasses as it were, but nope - brilliant.

 

[SammyPops]

89 vs 99 is way easier.

 

[Powerpunchkick824]

1997 was a great year for wrestling, but 1987 might have been even better. Hulkamania running wild, Randy Savage, Andre, Jake Roberts, Rick Rude and others. The WWF was on fire back then.

 

[Powerpunchkick824]

Million dollar man Ted Dibiase was a great gimmick back then. It worked better, and can't be duplicated the same way. He had Virgil as well. "Everyone has a price for the million dollar man Ted Dibiase"

 

[Thai Domi]

In any league or any promotion, 80s > 90s