Professional Wrestling, brother dude

[horseboy]

Are there any other wrestling fans in the house? I catch a lot of flack from just about everyone (ie parents, wife) because I still enjoy getting my weekly wrestling fix. I have been a fan my entire life, though, and I just don't feel like it is that big of deal. To be honest, it is pretty much the only TV I watch anymore aside from a couple of select shows. I have a feeling that I need to put on my fire-retardant jumpsuit for this one. Let me have it guys.

[JeepMonkey]

I grew up watching wrestling, but now that I am older, I rarely watch it.  Every once in a while I will get in a mood and catch it for a few weeks.  I did see that DX is back together.  HHHs character was really getting old.  It seems the number of ladies grows each time I turn it on.

I guess as long as you aren't laying around in an uber old recliner with your dog and a 6pack of Old Milwaukee's Best, you should be ok.

[ChadTower]

Same here.  You're not alone, Hulkamaniac.

[sez]

Same here.  You're not alone, Hulkamaniac.

Indeed.  I'm off to the wrestling this Friday night in Sydney.  There's quite a few of us going, including my kids.  I blame my kids for getting me back into wrestling as when they were babies, I'd get up in the wee hours and do some channel surfing.  I must admit I was surprised when I saw it back on the telly.  That was about 8 years ago now.

I find it entertaining and my kids love it.  We stress to them that it's "pretend" and they're cool with that.  I guarantee you though that I'll get the biggest, loudest, drunkest redneck sit right next to me who will swear to God Almighty that it's real.  Weirdo's find me in crowds.

[ChadTower]

Erm, I seem to remember a certain crowd of weirdos that you found.

Maybe you secretly need the weirdos.

[sez]

Erm, I seem to remember a certain crowd of weirdos that you found.

Maybe you secretly need the weirdos.

I was lead to the weirdos and yes, I took a drink.

[AtomSmasher]

My old roommate was really into wrestling.  He spent a couple months growing out his moustache so it would be perfect when he dressed up as Hulk Hogan for halloween.  I have to admit, it was a pretty good costume, here he is getting interviewed on local tv.
http://www.atomic-train.com/misc/IVTV-Holloween%202K%20-%20Tom%20as%20Hulk%20Hogan.mpg

[JackTucky]

Are there any other wrestling fans in the house? I catch a lot of flack from just about everyone (ie parents, wife) because I still enjoy getting my weekly wrestling fix. I have been a fan my entire life, though, and I just don't feel like it is that big of deal. To be honest, it is pretty much the only TV I watch anymore aside from a couple of select shows. I have a feeling that I need to put on my fire-retardant jumpsuit for this one. Let me have it guys.

You only like wrestling because you're an idiot like all the jim belushi fans
 

Jacktucky

[JeepMonkey]

Has anyone been watching Hogan Knows Best?  I am not a reality tv fan, but this is pretty cool.

[sez]

Are there any other wrestling fans in the house? I catch a lot of flack from just about everyone (ie parents, wife) because I still enjoy getting my weekly wrestling fix. I have been a fan my entire life, though, and I just don't feel like it is that big of deal. To be honest, it is pretty much the only TV I watch anymore aside from a couple of select shows. I have a feeling that I need to put on my fire-retardant jumpsuit for this one. Let me have it guys.

You only like wrestling because you're an idiot like all the jim belushi fans
 

Jacktucky

Jim Belushi is hawt.

[shardian]

I was a fan as a kid during the late 80's, early 90's. I remember seeing the wrestlemania when Hulk and Warrior wrestled the main event. Boy that was great. Then I was a fan during the Raw/Nitro wars. I lost interest once WWF became WWE.

[pointdablame]

I used to watch a lot of wrestling when I was younger, but I haven't watched any in at least 5 years I'd say.  I just kind of fell out of it I guess, and it never grabbed my attention again.

It always was pretty entertaining though.

[shardian]

I do have one question - what ever happened to Brock Lesnar? He was the main guy and then disappeared.

[CCM]

I do have one question - what ever happened to Brock Lesnar? He was the main guy and then disappeared.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Lesnar




I used to be a huge wrestling fan, but I lost interest after WWF gobbled up WCW and ECW...  no competiton is no good.  However, I have found myself watching some TNA as of late. 

[shardian]

I do have one question - what ever happened to Brock Lesnar? He was the main guy and then disappeared.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Lesnar




I used to be a huge wrestling fan, but I lost interest after WWF gobbled up WCW and ECW...  no competiton is no good.  However, I have found myself watching some TNA as of late. 

Very interesting read. Thanks! i didn't realize I hadn't watched wrestling regularly for that long. Jeez, I'm only 24 and I feel old...

[Matthew Anderson]

Personally I think of wrestling as "post-post-post modern" theatre for the masses. Drama, revenge, love, hate, friendship, betrayal, it's all in there.

Not that it's Shakespeare but it could be. I lost interest when things started getting recycled over and over again.

Now I prefer to watch UFC. But I respect the theatre that is pro wrestling.

[shardian]

Personally I think of wrestling as "post-post-post modern" theatre for the masses. Drama, revenge, love, hate, friendship, betrayal, it's all in there.

Not that it's Shakespeare but it could be. I lost interest when things started getting recycled over and over again.

Now I prefer to watch UFC. But I respect the theatre that is pro wrestling.

UFC is too organized now. It was much more entertaining when it was a tournament with minimal rules, varying fighting styles, and best...no weight classes.

Come on, the rush of when Keith hackney whooped emanuel yarborough and then had to withdraw after shattering his hand on the guys head just isn't there anymore.

One last note- I used to be a Ken Shamrock fan...before he embarrased himself twice to Tito Ortiz.

[Effayy]

For many years now, myself and 3 friends get together every Monday to watch RAW.  It's become more of a "thing to do with the guys" rather than a sake of being an avid wrestling fan.

That said, We've been to a few PPVs.  Wrestlemania X8 in Toronto and XX in NYC. No Way Out in Montreal a couple of years back...  At one point, The Rock had this schtick where he was acting all Hollywood, and he'd do Satellite interviews etc... On one of those interviews he looks off-camera and asks his assistant to go get him some tofu to eat (he says it in heel fashion of course)...  Anyway, we enjoyed that segment, so when we went to No Way Out, we made up a huge TOFU sign...

That night when The Rock entered the ring and went up on the rope to hail the crowd, he was posed in a perfect position that the cameras caught him with the huge TOFU sign behind him... It was televised on the PPV which is cool, but even cooler is that they used the clip during the RAW intro for a while...  I was pretty stoked about that.

- FA

[ChadTower]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Lesnar

Dude married Sable?!  She was old and used up before she left TV... damn, she must look like a Golden Girl by now.

[NinjaEpisode]

Ah, wrestling, the modern man's soap opera.

[shardian]

I guess Little Richard...I mean Marc Mero... couldn't cut it anymore.

[clanggedin]

I was a fan when I was ten, but then when I found it was was a male soap opera I stopped watching it.

I am a huge fan of the UFC, PrideFC, King of the Cage, and the IFL.

The IFL has just signed Frank Shamrock on as a coach. Along with Randy Couture, Carlos Newton, Renzo Gracie, Mark Coleman, Maurice Smith and Pat Miletich. This sport is the one to watch.

[NightGod]

I was a fan as a kid during the late 80's, early 90's. I remember seeing the wrestlemania when Hulk and Warrior wrestled the main event. Boy that was great. Then I was a fan during the Raw/Nitro wars. I lost interest once WWF became WWE.

That was about when I was watching it, too. I'm betting if I dug around deep enough, I could find my copy of Wrestlemania 2 (or was it three?) that a friend made for me from his PPV.

I think I first got into it in the early/mid 80s, though, when my sister used to watch it because she thought Kerry Von Eric was teh hawtness. And I still rememeber the time Jimmy "Supafly" Snooka got beamed in the head with the timer bell and they said his career was over due to the brain injury (aka, he retired from pro wrestling). The best part of that was that they made that diagnosis before he even hit the ground. Hacksaw Jim Duggin was always funny to watch and the Shitkickers (or whatever those two Australian brothers called themselves) were good comedy. The day they went shopping for a Mother's Day present in the lingerie store was a high point of 80s comedy.

[shardian]

I was a fan as a kid during the late 80's, early 90's. I remember seeing the wrestlemania when Hulk and Warrior wrestled the main event. Boy that was great. Then I was a fan during the Raw/Nitro wars. I lost interest once WWF became WWE.

That was about when I was watching it, too. I'm betting if I dug around deep enough, I could find my copy of Wrestlemania 2 (or was it three?) that a friend made for me from his PPV.

I think I first got into it in the early/mid 80s, though, when my sister used to watch it because she thought Kerry Von Eric was teh hawtness. And I still rememeber the time Jimmy "Supafly" Snooka got beamed in the head with the timer bell and they said his career was over due to the brain injury (aka, he retired from pro wrestling). The best part of that was that they made that diagnosis before he even hit the ground. Hacksaw Jim Duggin was always funny to watch and the Shitkickers (or whatever those two Australian brothers called themselves) were good comedy. The day they went shopping for a Mother's Day present in the lingerie store was a high point of 80s comedy.

Those would be the bushwackers. Hacksaw was the man. I used to go in the back yard and chuck a 2x4 into the air. Somehow, I managed to avoid brain damage.

[dweebs0r]

I was lead to the weirdos and yes, I took a drink.

I consider you queen of the weirdos.  All hail Sez.   

[markrvp]

I haven't watched in about 6 years.  I miss the old guys from the RAW/NITRO wars like Mach Man, Big Daddy Cool Diesel, Razor Ramon, Sting, etc.

[horseboy]

Sting and Diesel both still wrestle.

[ChadTower]

Sting and Diesel both still wrestle.

And most everyone wishes they would stop.

[Vigo]

I watched in the earliest years of my life. Andre the Giant was my hero...I still believe he was the greatest wrestler ever.

Then I watched during the NWO white and red days. I think because I could relate to the hogan/macho man war. Stopped watching when they had ray mysterio (a lightweight)win like 10 heavyweight matches in a row.

[clanggedin]

I will only start watching it again if they bring back Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake or "Leaping" Lenny Poffo

[ChadTower]

Stopped watching when they had ray mysterio (a lightweight)win like 10 heavyweight matches in a row.

Psst... don't turn on the TV.  Rey Mysterio just spent all spring and summer as the World Heavyweight Champion.

[horseboy]

I am glad that is over. I hate Vince sometimes.

[ChadTower]

It's a good time to be Hispanic in the wrestling business.

[Vigo]

Stopped watching when they had ray mysterio (a lightweight)win like 10 heavyweight matches in a row.

Psst... don't turn on the TV.  Rey Mysterio just spent all spring and summer as the World Heavyweight Champion.

I'm not going to...Hell, I don't even know what the name of the wrestling league is called anymore.

[RTSDaddy2]

I'll chime in and show my age at the same time....do any of you remember back when WCW used to be NWA?  I grew up on Mr. Wrestling I and II, Tommy "Wildfire" Rich,  Harley Race (at the end of his career), Ric Flair (in the beginning to middle of his),  the Rock 'n' Roll Express (still one of the greatest tag teams of all time, 2nd only to the Road Warriors), etc. al.

I saw at least one dis toward Sting - now I haven't seen him since WCW closed shop, but don't be too disrespectful....the man carried a company for a LOT of years.  Best match I ever saw was a 60 minute TV draw between Stinger and Flair at a "Clash of the Champions" show, with Horseman Manager J.J. Dillon caged high above the ring, and the 4 Horseman pinned up back stage.

I still watch WWE from time to time, but I miss the goold old days when guys REALLY knew how to perform in the ring more than outside it.  And then, of course, there's no more Gordon Solie to call the action.  For as good a commentator as J.R. is, he'll never have Solie's vocal inflections.  Gordon, quite frankly, was a genius as far as announcers go.

[ChadTower]

I saw at least one dis toward Sting - now I haven't seen him since WCW closed shop, but don't be too disrespectful....the man carried a company for a LOT of years.  Best match I ever saw was a 60 minute TV draw between Stinger and Flair at a "Clash of the Champions" show, with Horseman Manager J.J. Dillon caged high above the ring, and the 4 Horseman pinned up back stage.

What Sting did 15 years ago doesn't mean much more than legacy now.  He hasn't done anything but chop and kick in TNA and doesn't look able to do much more if he tried.  Having your best matches with Ric Flair isn't a testament to your ability, it's a testament to Flair being the best of all time.

[clanggedin]

My favorite was when Boris Zukoff and the Iron Shiek would beat up on some guy and Sargent Slaughter would come out and knock both of them out of the ring.

I still have my Sargent Slaughter GI Joe.

[ChadTower]

My Sgt Slaughter never came.  One of the big disappointments of my youth.

[horseboy]

My favorite was when Boris Zukoff and the Iron Shiek would beat up on some guy and Sargent Slaughter would come out and knock both of them out of the ring.

I still have my Sargent Slaughter GI Joe.

Slaughter still pops out about once a year to clear the ring. It looks painful now, though.

[ChadTower]

Mostly because he usually comes out to clear it of women.