10 Best WWE Audience Members

2. Vladimir

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Vladimir was another familiar face throughout much of the 1990s that still makes appearances at shows and conventions to this day, often as the star of another fan's picture thanks to how well known he became attending shows across several eras.

A North East regular, Vladimir was permanently positioned ringside at Madison Square Garden shows and later extended his patronage to ECW during its own rise to popularity.

A pair of 1996 pictures tell a wonderful story of his investment in the wrestlers as well as the fundamental failures of the Shawn Michaels WWE Championship run that year. The above shows him congratulating 'HBK' for his herculean effort at WrestleMania XII, whilst the below highlights his support for Sycho Sid at 'The World's Most Famous Arena' the night the 'Boy Toy' was dethroned.

Shawn's matches were exceptional, but white meat Michaels was never it, chief - the loyalist supporters wore the reality of the reign.

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