Members EricJohn Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 I'm always told "it's fake" and "it's a soap opera for men," to which I reply "yeah, so what!" I've loved pro wrestling since the mid 70's when I watched a local wrestling show called "Wrestling Hawaii." Bobby Heenan was on it, a very young Roddy Piper, Mr. Fuji (who's actually from Hawaii, not Japan). Then there was the legendary Georgia Championship Wrestling with Gordon Solie on the mic (anyone remember the phrase "Pier 6 Brawl"). Of course there's the golden era of the eighties with Hulkamania in the WWF and the Nature Boy Ric Flair in the NWA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 I love it. Sure the outcome of matches are fake and the punches are too but tell me it doesn't hurt when you get a chair hit on your back. And I love how some wrestlers are incorporating MMA submission holds in their matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members this is paul Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 I was into it for a whole in HS. Went to a few events, got Wrestlemania on PPV, etc... Sort of fell out of it. I saw they released a new video game that is getting rave reviews. Made me wonder if I should give it another shot. Then I remember I don't have time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 I was big into WCW my first two years in college 98-00. After that I sorta got busy with other stuff and haven't paid a lick of attention since. It was lots of fun though. About 8 of us from my floor got together every Monday night to watch...Nitro? Whatever the monday night WCW was. We watched a lil WWF, but for me, during that era, the wrestlers to watch were all WCW and the guys in the WWF all seemed gimmicky as hell to me. Even for wrestlers. Played the HELL out of the WCW game for N64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Abouttreefitty Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 Still love wrestling. This is one of my favorite wrestling videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Ks90kH6aY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vaguelee Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 If I wanted to watch big, sweaty men pretend to hurt each other, I'd... I dunno, insert punchline here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dgstandard Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 Don Muraco was my idol when I was a fifteen year old kid. Man, he was a beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundgardener75 Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 Still watch it to this day. Spaced Out Ace and chriscb (sp?) are fans too.Been watching since I was 8, year later Wrestlemania happened. Has changed over the years, I watch it for the finishing moves, teh LULZ, and the Divas/Knockouts. Coming from the 3rd World, I've told people that I've recorded wrestling videos and pretended to be a commentator, that's how I improved my English diction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kardula Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 Still watch it to this day. Spaced Out Ace and chriscb (sp?) are fans too. Been watching since I was 8, year later Wrestlemania happened. Has changed over the years, I watch it for the finishing moves, teh LULZ, and the Divas/Knockouts. Coming from the 3rd World, I've told people that I've recorded wrestling videos and pretended to be a commentator, that's how I improved my English diction. I saw this thread and immediately thought of you...no homo lol. I used to watch it a lot in the mid 90's Diesel was the man, then I stop paying attention after a few years but my best friends in high school were huge into it, even going so far as to wear the chuck and billy headbands during a debate tournament. Coolest pro-wrestling story I have; I was at an airport in philly and I see this massive shadow next to me and I look to my left and see this dude's forearm right in my face...I look up and this dude is huge, but he also looks familiar. I turned to my little sister and asked her to look and see if she recognizes him. She does and I take another look and it turns out this massive dude is Kevin Nash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edge11 Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 I'm a very big fan of Adam Copeland aka edge who recently retired to prevent further injury with the belt. He'd always been the only good thing about the pg era (aside from c.m. punk). He had good ring skills and was second only to chris jericho when it came to mic skills.He had great moments and epic feuds, from the wrestlemania super spear to slapping john cenas dad.He has too many moments but i'll post up a couple.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBJtF4SaoocAll you guys that are out of the loop should check out c.m. Punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hapless Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 I remember several years ago, one of my uncles entered a contest for the hell of it that, I think, TNT or TBS was having. Participants were supposed to finish the following statement with 5 words: I love professional wrestling because _____ ______ ______ _____ ______. The winners would get free tickets to a match. He sent in "duh, I got no brain," as a joke. He won. He said it looks even more fake in person than it does on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edge11 Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 I remember several years ago, one of my uncles entered a contest for the hell of it that, I think, TNT or TBS was having. Participants were supposed to finish the following statement with 5 words: I love professional wrestling because _____ ______ ______ _____ ______. The winners would get free tickets to a match. He sent in "duh, I got no brain," as a joke. He won. He said it looks even more fake in person than it does on TV. Dude some guys wrestle better at house shows. I remember shelton benjamin and christian wrestled their hearts out at a house show once (This was the same show were edge got his ligament injury). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LA-Ü-RA Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 My kids love it. They always want to wrestle me when they watch it though... I have to put the smack down on them so I can sit in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundgardener75 Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 BWAHAHAHAHAAA! I remembered that skit with Joe C. Edge11! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted November 27, 2011 Members Share Posted November 27, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTNyKIGXiI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted November 28, 2011 Members Share Posted November 28, 2011 It was all we watched growing up. Back when they had characters you could really get into and stuff. I'm kinda glad they cleaned it up some too. I don't know if I'd have been happy with some of the "Attitude" era stuff they were putting out and my kids were watching honestly. But I realize they were competing with WCW at the time so it made sense to get more edgy. I don't watch much anymore just b/c 2 hours 2x a week is a lot for my schedule but I hope my kids get into it. It's a blast. I've probably been to a dozen live events including Wrestlemania here in Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sleewell Posted November 28, 2011 Members Share Posted November 28, 2011 used to watch in HS for a bit... stone cold steve austin, HHH, the rock, mankind, the undertaker, cane good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted November 28, 2011 Members Share Posted November 28, 2011 Still love it. Don't watch as much as I used to, and I usually fast forward through most of Raw. But it's still {censored}ing great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted November 28, 2011 Members Share Posted November 28, 2011 The original TLC matches Undertaker vs. Kane Undertaker vs. Mankind The Rock vs. Stone Cold D-X great era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerEvil Posted November 28, 2011 Members Share Posted November 28, 2011 Loved wrestling for decades. I got into it way back in the early 80's. Loved the whole Iron Sheik / Bob Backlund era, Jimmy Snuka, Mr. Fuki & Saito. Those were great ties in wrestling. I remember the first Wrestlemania. Got out of it for a while when the WCW came around. Got back into when The Rock and Mick Foley were big but it lost it's shine back in maybe 1999 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spärk Posted November 29, 2011 Members Share Posted November 29, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cougar Hunter Posted November 29, 2011 Members Share Posted November 29, 2011 This thread made me think of Brolando, also. Me and Ladyslinger were watching it a few weeks ago, and agreed, it was still pretty entertaining, I was watching the pay per view when Owen Hart died. I saw Triple H live when he was still Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Sable was HAWT,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cougar Hunter Posted November 29, 2011 Members Share Posted November 29, 2011 I called my band "shattered dreams" for a while as a tribute to Golddust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Abouttreefitty Posted November 29, 2011 Members Share Posted November 29, 2011 This was my Christmas present to my cousin last year. I burned it to a DVD and wrote on it with a sharpie, "play me". He put this on in front of our entire family. Best $50 I've ever spent. No way I could ever top it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mhr74 Posted November 29, 2011 Members Share Posted November 29, 2011 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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