Childhood Memory

If you were to ask me about some of my earliest childhood memories, I could probably name two.  One was watching a recorded X-Men cartoon.  I remember this because my older brother Pat had helped me record it, and we had recorded over my mom's soaps.  I can't recall much specific about this one other then the room in which it occurred.

My other, much more specific memory, involves the WWF.  Similar to the first situation, I had recorded this pay-per-view event called Survivor Series on a VHS tape - but fortunately for my mom, this was a blank tape.  Well had you asked me this morning about it, I could have told you everything that happened during this match.  My two favorite wrestlers, Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior, survived the odds and beat the other, much larger team, led by Omaha native The Million Dollar Man.

Anyway, for some crazy reason this memory hit me as I was sitting at my computer.  I decided to search for the video on youtube, and lo-and-behold, I found a copy: 

I'm pretty sure I had an ear-to-ear smile the entire time I watched the match (and yes, I sat and watched the entire thing).  It also happened exactly as I remember it. The biggest memory I associate with this video is my friend Ryan and I acting it out.  I would be The Ultimate Warrior, and he would be Hulk Hogan.  We would then wrestle couch cushions and do exactly what they did on TV.

Now this Survivor Series was released in 1990.  I was born in 1987.  In my memories I'm watching a recording of it, so I more then likely was older than 3 years old, but I'm sure not by much.  I just thought this was a pretty crazy thing, that after all these years I was able to locate the source of that memory in about 20 seconds, and it easily made my night.