10 Incredible Wrestling FIRSTS You Didn't Know About

[@stevegallo8483]

Even Hulk Hogan had slammed Andre before that match at Wrestlemania 3. Per Google, the first known person to bodyslam Andre was the aptly named Strong Kobayashi in 1972 in Morioka Japan. Others to slam Andre include Killer Vashon, Riki Chosu, Antonio Inoki, Stan Hansen, The Wild Samoans (it's listed that it took both Afa and Sika to get him up), Harley Race, Kamala, Hogan (in 1980 at Shea Stadium in addition to that Wrestlemania moment), and the Ultimate Warrior.

[@BlondNirvana]

If I may give a minor correction to a name - Killer Vashon is Paul "Butcher" Vachon.

[@stevegallo8483]

@@BlondNirvana I have no problem with the correction. I used an article I saw on people who had slammed Andre, and that was the name given for Vachon so I used it. Seems there was an error in that article.

[@dice_fumbler4478]

Growing up watching the Memphis promotion, I didn't know how awesome it was at the time. It was low budget, but VERY cutting edge and trend setting. It was truly the birth of the modern era of wrestling. Thank you, Eddie Marlin and Jerry Jarrett. I will treasure those memories forever.

[@tmage23]

Memphis, Mid South and WCCW were all hugely influential in their own way.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

@@tmage23 For sure ! I caught the wrestling bug in the 80s and watched everything I could . And those companies were my go to . I started watching Memphis with my grandparents and thought WWF was phony but CWA and NWA was real LOL !

[@EvaFull]

Cornette went through his & Weasel’s old newsletters & found an even earlier 5 Star Match that they had watched/ranked. He talked about it on his podcast recently. Then they also found other interesting facts from those days about the rating system as they were creating it before Uncle Dave made it his thing. Definitely worth listening to whenever you get some time.

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

Yeah. Weasel Dooley even had a newsletter he would send out. It wasn’t anything special, just the matches, winners and their star rating.

[@bunbreath]

I chanted This is Awesome at an ECW show in Poughkeepsie in the late 90's. was not Daniel/Punk. Love your stuff Simon. GWFL!

[@chrishollister80]

The first empty arena match was Lawler v Funk in Memphis and Terry's live mic shenanigans were just golden. Also, the first to do the top rope walk was by The Spoiler.

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

"We even had Mantaur!" from this video's intro should be the tagine for the entire wrestling industry. "Come watch wrestling, we even had Mantaur!"

[@Brando-Lee3725]

First person to do the powerbomb ? Lou Thesz . Yup . Accidentally , but he did it .

[@TheDogFacedGamer]

First table spot that I remember, which had National coverage, was Terry Funk Vs Ric Flair in an I quit match. I remember watching that at the time and cringing hard for the spot because I’d never seen anything like it before.

[@sepiarain]

Phwoargh... credit to WhatCulture for nailing this...

[@fredos4323]

Watts sounds like he wanted to book towards a War Games at Survivor Series lol

[@robgable2426]

I know the First "Eddy, Eddy" chant for Eddy Geurero happened in Winnipeg and I was part of it.

[@willymassey8273]

Lol 😂 no.

[@kissfanmac]

Maybe in Canada! Eddy? Wrong!

[@OCs_And_Stories]

Fun fact: The first women's tables matches was in WEW in 2002 at Viking Hall in Philidelphia.

[@user-kq7rf6uq4m]

I was literally about to type that I’m pretty sure that it happened at ECW as right when you mentioned this in the video. It happened in ECW before all those other promotions existed, with the exception except of WWE. It happened at ECW events before The Miz and CM Punk were even wrestlers.

[@user-nf6hm2bl3p]

That's crazy, I was JUST watching the "Mr. McMahan goes to Memphis" episodes from CWA TV last night lol

[@c.johnweir182]

When is Simon Miller going to get his first action figure?

[@JLove2000swrestling]

Never nobody wants to see a bald headed Simon miller action figure 😂

[@boyankovachev7982]

@@JLove2000swrestling That's just untrue. We all want one.

[@JLove2000swrestling]

@@boyankovachev7982 Simon is a asshole I don’t lol

[@c.johnweir182]

@@JLove2000swrestling I want one for the nostalgia of the damn thing with him wearing the shirt that says "I've got a warm & fuzzy feeling in my Tum-Tum!" Besides holding a Whatculture Wrestling Belt.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Macho vs Morton was definitely the first time i saw a table break in wrestling by a move ! Then if you call Harley Race falling through a table after Hogan rolled away may be the second time . If that counts .

[@jasonlee3759]

Good List Simon

[@danielholmes-nj5nq]

5:47 Jade Cargill and Taya Valkyrie HAVE each other's finishers, so I don't know if that counts.

[@ShanaynayGosby]

glad that johnny sins is still on what culture wrestling

[@dadirtyhobbit]

Carlito is the first wrestler to have won a championship in 2 debuts the United States Champion in his debut on Smackdown and the Intercontinental Champion in his debut on Raw.

[@morleywilson5684]

Dan Kroffat (Craw-Fit).

[@Bsfnelz20]

Ultimate Dragon the first to hold 8 titles from different promotions and countries and be able to work in other places while having a contract for a top usa 🇺🇸 company 🤷‍♂️ I THINK 🤔

[@AMFL3116]

Hulk Hogan was not the first man to slam Andre The Giant. "THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME, BROTHER!"

[@theskuffedknerd]

Last time I was this early I ate Taco Bell first

[@connorohalloran1636]

1st AEW match was in pommy land, more u know. I'm keen for the Ashes 🇦🇺

[@prj7894]

5-0

[@johnsloss9672]

Rip mantaur at 58 years old!

[@ManMan-nz8uf]

I think it's funny that they always say something about mantar

[@nicolemerrill9167]

Hey getting a slam from Hogan puts you in the grave years before you actually die, whatcha gonna do brother lmao

[@multiyapples]

I find this interesting.

[@GeneHackmansGhost]

Matt Damon brought me here. Not the first time.

[@Kobe24brady12]

gotta make everything about aew lmao

[@Dr_1212]

It would b incredible if WWE FIRED VINCE!!

[@princessarwen9194]

It would be incredible if people would just stop saying that. It’s getting really old & tired. 🤦‍♀️

[@Dr_1212]

@@princessarwen9194 It would be incredible if people would stop being ok with a sexual predator running a company 🤦‍♂️

[@princessarwen9194]

I literally never said that I was. I said that I’m tired of the fire Vince spam. You need to relearn reading comprehension.

[@RyanPerry-lu1mz]

Ye

[@TheNiggler17]

The first women’s money in the bank winner

[@Syd_Fischy]

"this will be around long after we are dead, a bit morbid, but it's true" .. then immediately show a photo of Luke Harper.. wow. Do you guys need a new editor? between this and the "Hulk Hogan was 27 years old in 1991" fiasco a few days ago.. obviously nobody is checking this.

[@keepitfuknmetal]

First ten minutes crew what’s up

[@lycanz3tearz628]

Yeahhhhj

[@arthurj.downeyjr_2013]

💋

[@mpennett]

First intergender match? First woman to hold men's title?

[@mrgonzale0978]

first woman to win a men's world tittle Tessa Blanchard impact world tittle. first woman to hold a mens tittle Chyna the wwe ic tittle.

[@mpennett]

@@mrgonzale0978 that's who I was thinking but I guess I'm surprised

[@ahmadjayyt]

Early gang

[@theskuffedknerd]

First?

[@tiger31623]

Nope better luck next time

[@sepiarain]

Phwoargh... credit to WhatCulture for nailing this...