THE GOOD OLE WRASSLIN' THREAD

[Sedition and Pockets]

The tweet's long gone but apparently Chris Jericho pissed the entire internet off a few days ago replying "All Lives Matter" to a BLM activist.

Getting pissed at heel wrestlers for the things they say on social media is some dumbass mark shit.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Guess this is kind of old news but just heard about Animal from the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom passing away back in September. Road Warriors were the best. Hard to believe Hawk died like 17 years ago.

damn, had no clue. They're both gone now : /



UUUGGGGHHHHHHHWWwwhhatttarrrrrrruuusshhh!

 

[SonOfNun]

I've been re-watching all the WCW Nitros and pay-per-views from fall 1995 on. I've gotten up to March 1997. Haven't seen this stuff since I was a kid so a lot of it's actually pretty fresh. I don't think I was watching really intently until sometime in '97. It's definitely still entertaining as an adult. The only thing I get frustrated with is the high volume of dirty finishes and how repetitive and predictable they are (I'm gonna riot if I see Mongo hit someone with that damn briefcase again). Watching the promos is way funnier as an adult and some of these guys (like Flair) are just brilliant.

I had originally watched some WWF during the Hulkamania years and I was a tiny hulkamaniac. I came back to wrestling when the nWo burst and was obsessed with wrestling again at that time. That made me WCW first, but I watched some Attitude Era WWF as well. I haven't watched anything current in over 20 years.

 

[SonOfNun]

Just got to the point where this gem was unleashed:

 

[CiG]

Classic moment.

 

[Krow]

Watching real combat sports has ruined rasslin for me. Used to watch it all the time with my pap but it’s too cornball.

 

[SonOfNun]

Watching real combat sports has ruined rasslin for me. Used to watch it all the time with my pap but it’s too cornball.

Eh, that's what makes it interesting for me now. I know it's scripted, but I like to see where they decide to go with the storylines (like any TV show). I appreciate the athleticism they display in-ring, but the promos are really where it's at. That stuff is gold.

 

[Bloopy]

What a fucking artist. More clips here: https://www.tiktok.com/@bestpizzachef

 

[Bloopy]

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

One of the best Macho Man promos...

...dat intensity

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

RIP Hulkster

 

[Slammed]

The guy was huge in so many ways. For us in Australia Hulk Hogan was before the Internet and before pay TV, therefore he was so far out of the mainstream it wasn't funny. We got at most 2 hours of Wrestling highlights a week on TV, usually on after midnight. When it was aired pretty much all matches were cut to 3-5 min highlight reels. Wrestling books and magz took 4-6 weeks to get here so news was old by the time it arrived. Yet Hogan was still huge with the kids, pretty much every kid knew who he was.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Damn. I'll never forget watching Hogan in WWF in the early 90s and then WCW in 97/98. The guy was larger than life and had so many legendary runs in wrestling. RIP.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Damn. I'll never forget watching Hogan in WWF in the early 90s and then WCW in 97/98. The guy was larger than life and had so many legendary runs in wrestling. RIP.

Same here man. The first wrestling match i ever saw was him VS the Ultimate Warrior. His heel turn in the WCW is my favorite moment and time in wrestling. Dude was the biggest face AND biggest heel of all time. By far the most important and influential man in the history of pro wrasslin.


...i still have this on a recorded VHS tape

 

[Bloopy]

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

 

[RadicalThrasher]

R.I.P. Hulkster

Devastating time between Hogan and Ozzy passing....world going to shit fast

 

[CiG]

We're in the generations that will see all the coolest people die.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... yeah man thats been in my mind too. Knowing youre probably going to see all the people you listened to, watched, etc growing up sucks.

 

[Slammed]