The bushwhackers and the legion of doom

Only thing decent in modern wresetling is the Diva's

Warrior, Legion of Doom and The Rock

Recently : HBK, Y2J

Now : CM Punk

"Recently"



people still watch it?

I only watch it now because one of my friends wrestles on the independent circuit and I go to events in the UK.

I know quite a few that have secured developmental contracts with WWE & TNA so I guess that explains it.

People that enjoy wrestling don't need a reason to enjoy it. People that don't like wrestling, will find any reason not to like it. I heard that quote on some british wrestling documentary.

Anyway...

late 80s / early 90s: Hogan + Macho Man + Undertaker

attitude era: Stone cold + the rock + kane

modern day: cm punk + edge + daniel bryan

makar

cant see a problem with it myself.

the first pay per view i watced on sky was the 1990 summerslam and i was hooked!!

i didnt have sky at the time, so my next door neighbours would tape in and leave it in my bin shed the following morning when they went to work.

i used to get up at 5 and run down to get it, then watch it before i went to school.

nearly 25 years later i now have a nine year old son who watches it and loves it like i did all them years ago.

sometimes i'll sit and watch it with him and think how its changed.

back when i was a kid it was all larger than life cartton style characters like hogan, warrior, bossman, andre, perfect, savage, jake the snake etc.

nowadays its nothing like that, and not as good.

It's cool to not like wrestling, people think it makes them better people.

"It's fixed"

Yeah nice one genius. There was me thinking it was real.

Fact is, american wrestling doesn't allude to being a genuine sport, hence the sports 'entertainment' tag line. I watch it because its like a soap, just with steel chairs instead of Deirdre Barlows neck. I fast forward through many matches just to watch the promos then sit thru the entire subsequent PPV where the scores generally get settled.

My Mrs loves it for the same reason, that and the obvious eye candy aspect.

It's pointless feeding the trolls, they seem to think that knocking the interests of others indeed makes them superior as SuperNovak alludes to above.

Duncanedwards

Got the bug about the same time. First thing I ever saw was Wrestlemania VI which I think was also 1990. My dads business partner taped it on Sky Movies and I remember my 10 year old mind being blown away.

I can still remember the Hart Foundation beating the Bolsheviks in under 20 seconds, Rowdy Roddy painted half black, half white and Mr Fuji smashing Ax from Demolition with his cane.

Get this though. Warrior v Hogan was the main event, biggest fight in years apparently. Dads mate put it on an E180 and it cut off just as both wrestlers faced up. Noooooooooooooo!!

I actually only got to see that fight in its entirety about 12 months ago, but having witnessed the madness of the Attitude era and ECW it never had the same affect that it could and should have had. I put it up there with being too young to see the Roses at Spike Island as life's biggest disappointments

novak,

its part of growing up though mate.

watching the attitude era it was so much "cooler" compared to the early 90's, but not as cartoony.

late 80s / early 90s: Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior, Ricky Steamboat

attitude era: Steve Austin, Dwayne Johnson, Bret Hart

post attitude - Batista, Brock Lesnar, Edge

modern day: cm punk

Special mention to Eddie Guerrero too.

the undertaker forever and brock lesnar