When did having a "Wrestlemania Moment" become a thing?

[PortCityProphet]

I never remember it being something back in the day when i used to watch religiously but I come back and pay a little bit of attention and now everybody needs to have their Wrestlemania Moment. Announce teams and fans alike all saying it. Who came up with this corny shyt and when?

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Who came up with this corny shyt and when?

 

[THE 101]

WM moments used to feel organic....like Hogan slamming Andre, Macho and Liz reuniting, the Austin and Bret double turn. Now it's too self conscious. It's over engineered like everything they do now.

 

[NYSTATEOFMIND]

WHAT THE

 

[Breh Obama]

Being on the card for Wrestlemania is their biggest paycheck of the year. That's the "Wrestlemania moment" they're talking about




Ain't nothing real but the money and the miles

 

[Superkick Party]

WM moments used to feel organic....like Hogan slamming Andre, Macho and Liz reuniting, the Austin and Bret double turn. Now it's too self conscious. It's over engineered like everything they do now.

>Zack Ryder wins IC Belt at mania

OH MY GOD WHAT A WRESTLEMANIA MOMENT, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN

 

[THE 101]

wrong thread

 

[RammerJammer]

I could've sworn it started around WM 28 when Cody was shyttin on Big Show cause he never had a "WrestleMania moment".

 

[8WON6]

yeah i don't like that now "wrestlemania" is considered the storyline for alot of the matches. It used to be they made storylines that ended at mania. Now you got Cena running around trying to be on the card and that's the "story". Like where is story of like two dudes fighting over a girl. Or somebody fighting for their career. Or a simple hair vs hair match or something.

 

[R=G]

yeah i don't like that now "wrestlemania" is considered the storyline for alot of the matches. It used to be they made storylines that ended at mania. Now you got Cena running around trying to be on the card and that's the "story". Like where is story of like two dudes fighting over a girl. Or somebody fighting for their career. Or a simple hair vs hair match or something.

The last two years are vivid reasons why Cena just isn't top 50 historically.

 

[NYChase718]

Everybody and their mother
Pointing to that fukkin wrestlemania logo is the worst tho

 

[YAYU]

Everybody and their mother
Pointing to that fukkin wrestlemania logo is the worst tho

madd cringeworthy n forced, i get embarrassed everytime i see it. same thing wit them acknowledging the Raw after WM.

 

[NYChase718]

madd cringeworthy n forced, i get embarrassed everytime i see it. same thing wit them acknowledging the Raw after WM.

I think alot of this shyt started with the taker michaels feud didnt it?

Including the spam finisher shyt

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

*points to ICOPRO banner*

 

[FunkDoc1112]

2004. After WrestleMania XIX flopped they turned WM into a bloated legacy show.