House show memories
By Scott Keith on 29 January 2021
Hello again,
Here's another query I'd like to open up to the forum: what are some crowd reactions/interactions from house shows that stuck in your memory for one reason or another? Here's mine:
It was a 1987 show at Copps Coliseum (Hogan v. Butch Reed was the main event). A few rows in front of me was a guy who loudly cheered all the heels all night (when a heel hit a move: “devastating!” One of the faces got pinned: “he ain't gonna fight no more!”).
I was seven years old then, and as such, a dyed-in-the-wool mark who dutifully supported all babyfaces. I HATED that guy. And he wasn't too popular with a girl sitting a few rows back from me either, who periodically shouted insults back at him when he did
his routine. That was the thing that stuck with me most from my house show goings, besides the finish to the Hogan/Reed match (Hogan was throttling Slick on the apron, Butch tried to sneak attack from behind, Hogan dodged and Reed collided with Slick, Hogan
hit the legdrop and got the pin).
For me it’s always the way that Canada hated Ken Shamrock so much. That and not really being able to grasp on a fundamental level the reaction that the Hardy Boyz and to a lesser degree Edge and Christian got from a certain vocal segment of the audience until actually having the chance to sit and hear it live.