 What's good Josh Boy Rocks back again with another video so we're gonna check out ten biggest wrestling hometown pops ever by what culture? Wrestling it's always cool when a wrestler is able to go back to their hometown Born and raised and they get that standing ovation and where they get that pop from the crowd Just knowing that they're from that city. It's always a good time Always a good moment even heels get it and sometimes they gotta you know kind of play into it because it's like You know, it's it's sometimes hard to ignore that love and adulation from the fans within that city So we're gonna check this out. Appreciate all the love and support you guys shown on channel We're gonna get right into this one It's one of the most important things in wrestling for bookers and writers It can show them how their work is being received and for performers. It's the adulation that they strive for A star getting a better crowd reaction to a matter of timing Love her a key storyline moment with the perfect location creates atmospheres that transcend most others I'm sorry for what culture comm and these are the ten biggest wrestling hometown pops ever number ten Trish Stratus in Toronto Unforgiven 2006 you don't get a memorable part without a strong emotion behind it The reaction of a live crowd is the greatest demonstration of emotional investment in this soap opera with super kicks and spandex Trish Stratus is quite rightfully lauded as one of the most important women in sports entertainment history and as such She had a connection with the WWE audience in August 2006 long-time rival Lita kayfabe leaked Stratus's intentions to retire Which Stratus confirmed the time was right for Trish as in the next month the WWE were heading to Canada for the Unforgiven pay-per-view their Trish and laser had their final showdown for the women's championship Whilst they only had 11 minutes with which to work the Toronto crowd was invested throughout Ebbing and flowing the bout ended with Trish cinching in a sharp shooter prompting certainly the loudest cheer during a women's match to that point Stratus left Toronto and the WWE for the time being claiming the prize for the seventh time and fans were truly Stratified number nine just in Boston Survivor Series 2008 seen his ability to routine the comeback from devastating injuries in half the predicted time or less is Legendary the first time this occurred was October 2007 with a torn pectoral muscle Cena had been predicted to be out for six months to a year returning instead in three months at the Royal Rumble to the sound of George hitting the floor in August of 2008 Just just that moment him turning back at the Royal Rumble so quick Was even the crowd, you know at that point the crowd was mixed with John Cena But when he returned the crowd went crazy the pop he got when his music hit Jim Ross selling it like just everybody in the ring stopping what they're doing Was put on the shelf with a herniated disc again WWE statement said that he'd be out of action for a year So naturally he was back in less than three months at Survivor Series Which is he had already spent a few years dividing fans as he was catapulted into the position of the face of the brand here However in front of the red hot Boston crowd. He was given a superhero's welcome Survivor Series 2008 is remembered as an extremely lacklustre events But the highlight is certainly the adulation of the crowd for the super athlete winning his first ever World Heavyweight Championship number eight Taz in New York City Royal Rumble 2000 as the first man to instigate a tap out in wrestling the creator of the extreme championship wrestling logo and a wrestler of lesser stature in the era of giants Taz truly has left his mark on the business It's these things and his long-serving loyalty to Paul Heyman's counterculture that made his debut elsewhere such a big deal Taz began his career in ECW before it was extreme under the original banner of Eastern Championship Wrestling over the course of 13 years He became a fixture of the show rising to the top of the card before finally looking for greener pastures at the turn of the Millennium in December 1999 teases of Taz's incoming to WWE were trumped through his trademark orange lighting and his logo appearing on the Tron Royal Rumble in 2000 emanated from Madison Square Garden just 30 minutes away from his home of Red Hook Brooklyn He he filled the unannounced opponent slot for the oblivious heel curt angle to a roaring crowd that got even louder when he tore The towel off of his head to stare down the Olympic The match was short of issues and shocking as the human suplex machine ended angles thus far undefeated streak in front of an Elated home crowd number seven Michael's in San Antonio Royal Rumble 1997 Michael's time with the belt in 1996 wasn't as big of a success as the WWE hoped as such Vincent company decided to have their top baby face drop the belt to psycho Sid this way He could return once more to the scrappy underdog role and eventually reclaim it to make this even more special This redemption would occur at the Royal Rumble in Michael's home of San Antonio, Texas San Antonio showed up in their droves with a reported attendance of 60,000 fans that were more than ready to lose their minds for the heartbreak kid the Hebner special super slow mo count created a Pregnant tension that released a cacophony of crowd noise when Michael's scored the three counts number six Sammy Zane in Montreal Smackdown twin this Man just just ah I don't even have words for it. That smack down was Ridiculous just Ridiculous how White hot at that point Sammy Zane was it I My words will never do it justice. Just go watch it. Just go watch a snippet of Sammy Zane coming out there. He doesn't even have to he barely had to say anything Just Sammy Zane being out there crowd just went crazy. It was beautiful in 2023 when Sammy Zane answered John Cena's United States title open challenge in 2015 in his home province the ovation was massive furthermore Zane put in an incredible show in this might blowing out his shoulder Soaking in the atmosphere before the bell sadly in the years since then his WWE career has tended to be rather up and down as it can be in the company's mid card However starting from April 2022 Zane began to align himself with Roman Reigns in the bloodline bringing us eventually to our most Recent moment on this list Sammy Zane on Smackdown in Montreal wasn't a Revolutionary moment. This wasn't a debut a return or even a great match He cut a simple promo that is after five minutes of constant crowd noise However, it's in the wider context just a few weeks previous Zane had finally turned on his supposed allies by Intervening on their attack on Kevin Owens putting the target on himself in the weeks leading up to this moment He had minimal TV time But the year-long story was so well built it was all anyone could talk about as such walking out in front of a raucous Montreal crowd just 24 hours before elimination chamber and the biggest match of his career against Roman Reigns Zane was Vindicated for a moment the underdog from the underground was the hottest commodity in wrestling and Montreal made sure he felt that way Okay, this is one of my favorite WrestleMania moments of all time Don't know how I feel about this one. I don't even you know me you watch this channel for long enough You already know what's up When talking about huge crowd reactions something would be a mess without the mention of stone cold Steve Austin Austin absolutely wasn't the only person of his era with a sort of front bumper at the start of his music But the sound of glass shattering is so iconic It is surely the reason almost all theme songs today in WWE start with something designed to immediately generate a reaction Because quite simply that sound routinely sent shockwaves throughout audiences with Austin's biggest hometown reaction coming at WrestleMania 17 as he stepped out for the night's main event Austin's music was drowned out by the hometown Houston crowd Reacting to the sound of breaking glass the midpoint of the rock and Austin WrestleMania trilogy is often called the best But it's not just about match quality the coming together of the two biggest stars in the world and the undeniably perfect pairing with Limp Biscuits my way video package made this the culmination of an era fans in the atrodome Audubly relished their part to play in wrestling history before CM Punk money in the bank Courses have to be on the list if this wasn't on the list is this would be a climb that that I Don't think we'll ever See or hear that type of reception like we did and money in the bank 2011 Even though he got a massive pop when he came back to wrestling in 80w that Arena there was not it was just straight CM Punk or nothing. It didn't matter. They were chanting CM Punk the entire night. I just The pay-per-view that brought me back to to wrestling and I ain't gonna lie to you. I love it Evan ever since the wwe kicked off the attitude era and gave themselves a counterculture slant It's been hard to come back from as such fans who stick with the sport are also drawn to underdogs dark horses and Alternatives so when the company cements a clean-cut baby face like John Cena as their pride and joy It starts like CM Punk who find themselves as the voice of the voiceless This was the perfect backdrop to the summer of Punk 2011 a storyline Which saw the second city-saint cut through the pristine PG product of wwe to work shoot a break in the story Punk threatened to win the company's top prize and walk out the door with it capturing the imagination of fans who were Disillusioned with wwe's tired product best of all he would do this in front of his home crowd of Chicago Who were 100% on Punk's side it's blurred the line of reality further and added an atmosphere that has made the match one of The best of its decade the crowd from his first steps onto the stage to him skirting over the barricade to leave never let's up Exploding like a grenade when their hero claimed the belt British Bulldog in London Summer Slam 1992 the United Kingdom's country with a starving wrestling audience who often know how to make their Presence felt across the late 90s and early 2000s UK fans were positively spoiled by today's standard with annual or even twice annual WWE pay-per-view events as such many UK fans have fond memories of the likes of rebellion and the crime against English dictionaries everywhere insurrection 1992 remains the high point of the company's events in old blighty like a domino effect the WWE's growing popularity in the UK led to moving the event from the US to London In turn the excitement of the promotion's first major event outside of North America meant a huge crowd all too keen to fill out Wembley Stadium and at the top of the card Davey Boy Smith competed for the Intercontinental Championship from Bulldogs entrance to the finish the capacity crowd got hotter and hotter Throughout a match that is the personal favorite of both workers and thousands of fans when the three-count finally came Wembley Erupted brilliantly Smith's music doesn't play instead. His victory is marked with one of the loudest pops in WWE history number two the Heart Foundation in Calgary in your house Canadian stampede It's one thing to get deafening cheers as an over baby face But to get one of the biggest positive reactions of the year as a heel is something else entirely WrestleMania 13 famously featured almost certainly the greatest double turn in the business It's what the alignment of stone cold allowing him to begin his ascent to the top and Brett Hart whose act needed a refresh Later that year the hitman adopted an anti-american persona as part of the Heart Foundation stable every week Hart would talk smack about the United States and bathe in the booze However, he was still and would always be Canada's golden boy WWE knew it so when in your house Canadian stampede rolled around they lent into it a video package starts the event Discussing the company's shades of grey characters and the paradox this show would represent Embraced as hometown heroes every member of the heart foundation Brett Owen Night heart's Davey boy and Pylmon was met with main event a level cheers the hitman's entrance in particular was deafening And it continued into the five versus five tag match to get which makes sense because you know you're back at home Even if you're here we seen it with edge when he was facing John Cena I believe it was that unforgiving it was in his hometown in Toronto. He was the heel John Cena was the babyface, but it didn't matter They all win it edge to win all unfortunately. He didn't win that match, but it just proves that When the heel comes home it doesn't matter things switch at that point just even recently the eyes remember when MJF Went home. It was like I think it was last year He was feuding with CM Punk and he went home back to I believe he's from Rhode Island or whatever when he went home Anytime he's in Rhode Island. It doesn't matter. He's gonna be cheered There's nothing that they can he can say or do that will make the crowd just boo him like that So when he went home and then the rose kind of switch CM Punk was booed heavily, but it just it's it happens. There's nothing you can do except play into it So against various American superstars Brett never badmouth his home country and this and Calgary in particular being the home of the hearts meant that the crowd had no reason not to cheer so loud that the hard cam shook and CM Punk in Chicago a W rampage the first dance there are few wrestlers quite so evenly divisive as CM Punk on the one hand some fans simply Can't see the appeal of the man's work and style and are turned off by his demeanor that can sometimes Charitably be described as sour those that love him love him and again Chicago has made their devotion to the voice of the voice That's known to such a great moment It was impossible not to include two specific moments on this list after spectacularly burning his bridges with WWE and going into relative hiding it felt like a CM Punk return would feasibly never happen in 2021 the rumour bill began to turn and even as a W-Nendon August edition of rampage the first dance itself a Chicago reference to spell things out There was still a certain degree of apprehension that it was actually happening Q a pop that was one part excitement and one part collective sigh of relief as the second city saint finally bought onto the ramp An emotional punk and an equally emotional home crowd made that moment something incredibly special It felt like time stopped as the audience hung on his every word The future of the Chicago native is still a mystery his return to wrestling has become one of the most unifying moments in history And that's the list. Let's know what you thought big facts me personally. I do love that moment I think that's a moment that will always stand the test of time in wrestling history But me personally just because of the impact it had on me Getting back into wrestling and catching that first pay-per-view Getting back into wrestling money in a bank 2011 and just that atmosphere that entire night For me, it's it's higher up on the list if I had to compare CM Punk Money in bank 2011 to pair to see a punk coming back to wrestling They're both high up there. It's just I think even though that arena was, you know a little bit smaller there Bro, they were just a lecture you had grown man clown. It was a beautiful moment beautiful moment, but CM Punk winning the WWE Championship that atmosphere to match itself Him walking out as the champion the crowd went crazy. It was Oh Man They're both legendary moments. So I want to know I'm gonna ask y'all this comment down below. Let me know which Moment CM Punk moment crowd pop moment. Did you guys enjoy the most? Was it money in the bank? 2011 The poppy got there. Who was it when he returned back to wrestling on a DW rampage to pop that he got there be personal I'm gonna go with 2011 because it just is he has a special place in my heart But that is a close second very close second only because Seeing him come back to wrestling was a beautiful thing as well. I want to know your opinion You know, I know something I don't like seeing punk for the but those who are fans of simple Let me know which one Made you get the feels more, but I appreciate all of sport you guys shown on channel row 250k And I'm seeing you on speedy YouTube residency world. Appreciate it. I can give me see our next one