r/WWFera

It’s wild how much WWF history happened in this fairly unknown building that today is called Hyvee Arena (and looks nothing like it used to). I’ll list them below:

- October 6, 1997 Raw: several things happened on this episode
- Brian Pillman memorial show with the awkward interview with his wife
- Bret Hart calls HHH and Shawn Michaels degenerates which led to their official faction name the next week
- Kane makes his raw debut

- Over the Edge 1999: unfortunately not a good memory but it’s the location of Owen Harts death

- another user pointed out it hosted the first official Smackdown in August 1999

- February 22, 2001 Smackdown: first time the crowd starts chanting “you suck” at Kurt Angles theme. Unfortunately it wouldn’t catch on until the next year.

- Backlash 2002: the last American PPV under the WWF name. And Hulk Hogan wins the title against HHH to become the last WWF champion.

I’m sure other arenas have way more history but I just find it fascinating that this building was rarely visited by the WWF but it had so many memories.