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I loved watching wrestling back in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. But I've been completely bored with it for the last 15-20 years and I never watch it any more. After Vince McMahon admitted in a courtroom that wrestling is "sports entertainment" and that the outcomes are pre-determined, I got the impression that the wrestlers no longer even attempted to pretend that it was legitimate, and the storylines got too outrageous and unbelievable for me to watch it any more. My WWF / NWA / WCW favorites: Ric Flair Kerry von Erich Hulk Hogan The Hart Foundation Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff George "The Animal" Steele Lex Luger Randy Savage The Lovely Elizabeth (not a wrester, but she was hot) The British Bulldogs The Honky Tonk Man (loved his "Disco Inferno" theme song) Andre the Giant The Junkyard Dog Mr. Perfect Jesse "The Body" Ventura (best announcer ever in any sport) My local favorites: Handsome Harley Race Nature Boy Kirby Rufus R. Jones The Stomper Bob Geigel Danny Littlebear The Viking Dory Funk Jr. Terry Funk About 6 years ago I was in a bar in NKC and some old fossil walked by. One of the guys in the group insisted that it was Bob Geigel. I said "No, that guy is too old". One of the girls yelled "Hey Bob!", and he came over to our table. It was Bob Geigel. He looked like he was about 150 years old. Considering that I watched him when I was a kid and I'm 55 now, he probably was only 85 or so. |
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Had to have one fave from each of the main two promotions.
Big John Studd and Kevin Sullivan http://images.wikia.com/prowrestling...n_Studd_17.jpg http://wrestlingfacts.files.wordpres...wcw-49c591.jpg |
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Got 10 min to kill? Read up on his ex, Nancy Benoit. Clip from Wikipedia. "In an example of kayfabe (the storylines in wrestling) becoming real, Sullivan's wife Nancy Daus, left him in favor of his rival, Chris Benoit. In the late 90's Sullivan conceived an angle where Woman (Nancy Daus Sullivan, Sullivan's wife both on-screen and off), would leave his character for Chris Benoit's. Sullivan insisted that the two should travel together to preserve kayfabe for the general public and to make the affair look real, (hold hands in public, share hotel rooms, etc.).[5] Nancy ultimately married Benoit in 2000. Because of the real life imitating kayfabe, Sullivan and Benoit had a contentious backstage relationship at best and Benoit defeated Sullivan in a Retirement match at Bash at the Beach. Benoit did, however, admit having a certain amount of respect for Sullivan, saying on the DVD Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story that Sullivan never took undue liberties in the ring during their feud, even though he blamed Benoit for breaking up his marriage. Sullivan later publicly paid tribute to Chris and Nancy after their tragic deaths in June 2007." |
Ric Flair is the greatest professional wrestler of all time. He was the best at making his opponent look like a world beater.
I loved watching him wrestle everyone. I saw him wrestle to the 60 minute time limit at least 10 times. These days, if there is 10 minutes of action its an amazing match. I loved watching Dusty Rhodes help the 4 Horseman beat the Russians, only to be trapped in the cage and attacked by the 4 Horseman afterwards. He had great matches with everyone from Dusty Rhodes, Road Warrior Animal, Magnum TA, Rick Steamboat, Barry Windham, Nikita Kollof, Harley race, Sting, Terry Funk, Vader.....just everyone. I always hated that Hulk Hogan was popular. He had three moves: The Boot, The Body Slam and The Leg Drop. That's all he could do. |
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Started watching because of Hulk Hogan.
Kept watching because of... http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images...jpg?1290069581 |
Big John Stud looks like Dog the bounty hunter...
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