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Post by Bazzy on Sept 16, 2006 1:55:42 GMT -5
English wrestling magazine "Powerslam" says these are the most famous 12 wrestling venues past and present . Which is the best one ?
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Post by blueraider1 on Sept 16, 2006 5:36:06 GMT -5
madison square garden.
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Post by Darth Turkish on Sept 16, 2006 6:18:10 GMT -5
Every American Wrestler wants to wrestle a big one in MSG.
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Post by LWPD on Sept 16, 2006 7:29:15 GMT -5
 I went with Budokan Hall...so many great matches for so many years inside 'the same' building. MSG is great...but has been moved and rebuilt so many times over the years that I wouldn't count it's lineage just under one name. Honorable mentions go out to The Omni, Greensboro Coliseum, Saint Paul Civic Center and (on occasion) Comiskey Park.
LWPD (one of the main factors that changed the US pro wres landscape was asset inflation...which pushed rental costs of venues like those listed above beyond the margins of feasibility) |
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Post by gatekeeper on Sept 20, 2006 9:37:02 GMT -5
Madison Square Garden. It's the Mecca of Pro Wrestling.
I agree with LWPD, how can you not have The Omni or Greensboro Coliseum?
But the Chase Hotel makes it? WTF?!
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Post by theace4ever on Sept 20, 2006 11:02:19 GMT -5
Madison Square Garden, I'd rank Mid-South Coliseum a close second
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Post by behindthebook on Sept 20, 2006 11:31:31 GMT -5
I went with the Sportatorium. Yes, it was a dilapidated rat hole, but dang nabbit, it was our rat hole! God, I miss that place.
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Post by gwffantrav on Sept 20, 2006 23:26:55 GMT -5
Since I'm the big Memphis mark...I'm going with the Mid South Coliseum!!!
Where else where would you find the greatest angle ever in Lawler piledriving Andy Kaufman!!!
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Post by Tournament Master on Sept 21, 2006 10:10:03 GMT -5
I'm biased because I live in the area, but I voted MSG. Nothing beats seeing an event in the heart of NYC. Sure it may have been rebuilt a couple times, but the current building has been around for all of the recent history that most of us have followed. Seeing Wrestlemania in there a couple years ago was awsome...even though most of the card sucked.
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Post by Pete on Sept 22, 2006 11:28:48 GMT -5
Just for the record, the Chase Hotel was the home base of the St. Louis territory when it and "Wrestling at the Chase" was *the* #1 territory in the country, and the Missouri Heavyweight title was basically a springboard to the NWA World title. Seeing Johnny Valentine wrestle in the middle of a fancy hotel with people dressed up at restaurant tables around the ring, and Joe Garagiola announcing...well, it was a unique atmosphere, I'll say that.
MSG as it currently stands has been around for all but 2 years of the WWF's existence, and it has the best atmosphere of the bunch (on TV, at least).
I went with the Olympic Auditorium second...behind MSG it probably had the most star power of the list.
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Post by GrumpyBigBee on Sept 22, 2006 13:13:09 GMT -5
gotta go with the garden. everything is always there... maybe Ill get to it some day.
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Post by inquisator2 on Oct 11, 2006 20:56:25 GMT -5
I'm biased towards Boston Garden........but MSG is something special
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Post by daytondave on Nov 3, 2006 13:35:42 GMT -5
I visited the Sportatorium once before it was levelled. A slice of Americana!
MSG was the site of some of the greatest matches, but it also runs hockey and basketball and everything else. I like the Sportatorium, Mid-South Coliseum and other more exclusive "wrestling" venues.
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IPPON!!
