RRR Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 23 minutes ago, Wyld Samurai said: What in the hell is a "Stan", btw? A Superfan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Octopus said: Fun question while I make Hamburger Helper: Who were your favorite wrestlers as a kid? The people that got you all into wrestling. Ultimate Warrior, Blue Blazer and Mr. Perfect. Warrior was the champ as I first started tuning in and I loved the sprinting, the bouncing off the ropes and the drawing power from the fans schtick. Plus he was taking on evil Iraqui Sgt. Slaughter at the time. I went back and rented previous WM VHS tapes and loved Blue Blazer so much because he did stuff I'd never seen before. Perfect just seemed like such an amazing guy and I know I wasn't supposed to like him but he always looked so much better than all the guys he was facing. He was my first heel I liked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SturmCRF Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) British Bulldog, Crush and Max Moon were my absolute favourites early on. Plus a very brief Ultimate Warrior phase. The first wrestling show I ever saw though was Rumble 91, and the main reason I came back for more was that the Undertaker was so green and scary, and Earthquake and Tugboat were so fat. Edited June 20, 2021 by SturmCRF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 My earliest wrestling memories is loving Ken Shamrock. I would run off the diving board pretending to be him. Whatever that means, I did it. I also loved Mankind and the Rock. The Rock was basically Jim Carey with how crazy his eyebrows were and Mic Foley wore a sock on his hands. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 8 hours ago, Octopus said: Fun question while I make Hamburger Helper: Who were your favorite wrestlers as a kid? The people that got you all into wrestling. Didn't really get into wrestling until I was entering my teens catching Raw in 98/99. Before then I liked Hogan, Slaughter, and Ventura from movies and tv. I knew they were wrestlers but can't really recall watching much, if any actual wrestling of theirs back then. The only wrestling I recall catching before the Attitude era was Alundra Blayze who I thought looked hot and had a cool name. The wrestlers that got me to stick around during the Attitude era are the obvious ones like Austin, Taker, Kane, Mankind, & the Rock. On the lower side I dug Shamrock, Bossman, the Acolytes, and Blackman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 11 hours ago, Octopus said: Fun question while I make Hamburger Helper: Who were your favorite wrestlers as a kid? The people that got you all into wrestling. Earliest I have seen actual wrestling was late '87. At the time, Sky channel showed '86 Superstars reruns on Monday, '87 reruns on Thursday and current '88 episodes on Saturday. The British Bulldogs and The Ultimate Warrior were my biggest favorites early on. Just like Benoit few years later, I sure knew how to pick 'em, eh? Didn't age particularly well, but those were my guys in the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 5 hours ago, SirSmellingtonofCascadia said: I should add that young me was a Bad News Brown stan and loved the Ghetto Blaster as a finish (and still do). I still bust out "beer-bellied sharecroppers" as a joke insult. I remember him being over as a face to me after doing a promo for an MSG title bout vs Randy Savage where he said he was going to win the title in his hometown of NYC and then march down 125th street with it. It was so weird because he was clearly a heel and it was a 100% babyface promo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Stone Cold was my favorite wrestler when I was 9 years old. In 1998. But from the ages of like, 10 to probably 14, it seemed like every year I had a different "favorite" wrestler. Mainly because the companies I'd watch would either shut down (ECW), was getting difficult to get tapes of in my town (XPW), or I didn't have a way to see more of them because I was a pre-teen/teen with limited (monitored) internet access and no money of my own (CZW/Big Japan/puroresu in general). My grandpa would take me to On Cue (remember that?) and buy me ECW, FMW and XPW tapes. After a while I had all that they had to offer, so I discovered Highspots and their comp VHS tapes, and again, I'd get my grandparents to order them for me. So it basically went: Steve Austin > RVD & Mike Awesome > Damien Steele > Jun Kasai > Keiji Mutoh. My list stops at Mutoh because around 2004/2005, my memory gets hazy and I don't remember much. I know I liked Benoit a lot, but from after his 'Mania win to when he eventually did what he did in 2007... I don't remember watching much of anything outside of WWE, but I couldn't even tell you what happened in those years (and for good reason - it was horrible). Then from like 2007-2012 I just basically didn't watch that much, if at all. I remember being more excited for Kimbo Slice on The Ultimate Fighter more than anything else that happened in wrestling during those years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 For whatever reason I always equate “kid” with being 7 years old, so for me in 1991 my faves were Warrior, Sting, and I loved me some Sid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 As a side note, 1996 is the best year ever and not just because I was 12, right? Stone Cold and the NWO are born, N64 came out, so much goodness. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorman Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Octopus said: My earliest wrestling memories is loving Ken Shamrock. I would run off the diving board pretending to be him. Whatever that means, I did it. I also loved Mankind and the Rock. The Rock was basically Jim Carey with how crazy his eyebrows were and Mic Foley wore a sock on his hands. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!" (Splash) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 10 hours ago, Dog said: So Vince is about to offer Dave Sullivan a big money contract? Yep. Vince is also high on that "Denzil Washer'ton" guy. If he plays his cards right, he could probably get Vince to cast him opposite Kane in See No Evil 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 15 hours ago, Octopus said: Fun question while I make Hamburger Helper: Who were your favorite wrestlers as a kid? The people that got you all into wrestling. Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Flyin Brian, and originally based solely on how cool he looked Jyushin Thunder Liger 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 15 hours ago, Octopus said: Fun question while I make Hamburger Helper: Who were your favorite wrestlers as a kid? The people that got you all into wrestling. I started watching during the Hogan era, so I'd say Hulk, Tito, Savage were my first favorites, as well as the Road Warriors, R&R Express and Magnum TA. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenalysis Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Octopus said: Fun question while I make Hamburger Helper: Who were your favorite wrestlers as a kid? The people that got you all into wrestling. Von Erichs, Chris Adams, Vader when a bit older, Lightning Kid, Muta, Midnights,. Eric Embry of all people (who I got to meet a couple years ago- really nice guy ) Lot of Texas folks for someone who grew up in Mid-Atlantic Land. Edited June 20, 2021 by alstein 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 9 hours ago, Wyld Samurai said: What in the hell is a "Stan", btw? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 On 6/18/2021 at 6:00 PM, Ace said: Dori Prange, the former Ruby Riott/Heidi Lovelace was just gifted the name of Ruby Soho by Rancid's Lars Frederiksen. Sorry Jericho, Sorry Jungleboy but that is a sing-a-long entrance! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I miss hamburger helper. Anyway there are limits on WWE crowds for upcoming live shows, hard camera wise, Covid and other reasons etc. But with Raw's strong decline in ratings.. that also effects the Raw Brand side of attendances. The point of the supershows houseshows is to use Smackdown's star power and roster to boost Raw's decline in brand power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 19 hours ago, Octopus said: Fun question while I make Hamburger Helper: Who were your favorite wrestlers as a kid? The people that got you all into wrestling. Jerry Blackwell, "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan and then a couple of years later the Road Warriors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 1 hour ago, alstein said: Von Erichs, Chris Adams, Vader when a bit older, Lightning Kid, Muta, Midnights,. Eric Embry of all people (who I got to meet a couple years ago- really nice guy ) Lot of Texas folks for someone who grew up in Mid-Atlantic Land. I should have mentioned Chris and Gino and the Gang in my original list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt925 Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I named our cat warrior at the time so that should tell you. It was around wrestlemania 4 I think when I really got into it. I remember asking my friends about nwa and I think I watched it when I saw it on tv, but I was definitely a wwf kid. I read the apter mags so I was fully aware of the world outside wwf though. I remember going to a house show in Portland Maine, must’ve been in 88. I also used to clip out the newspaper ads for house shows because they were like mini wrestling posters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 19 hours ago, Octopus said: Fun question while I make Hamburger Helper: Who were your favorite wrestlers as a kid? The people that got you all into wrestling. Mr. Olympia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I'm a bit envious of those of you who were around early enough to get into it because of your regional territories. I was born late enough that by the time I was paying attention at about four years old, Portland was not at all a thing I knew about. It would have been cool to get into it on late '70s Portland. People my age in Texas or Louisiana had the chance to get into Gary Hart-booked Dallas or Bill Watts-booked Mid-South if they were watching early in their lives, which is way cooler than basically the way most people my age got into wrestling, which was WWF. I honestly don't have memories of not watching wrestling, and WWF are my earliest memories, but luckily I had a grandma who was into JCP and so I would watch that too. ESPN also had the AWA when I was young, which is actually how I originally got into The Rockers (my household had cable as did my grandparents' household, so I was a lucky kid). As a spinoff, what were everyone's first wrestling figures? My first ones that I remember, which I think I've said before, were AWA figures: Bock, Zbyszko, Michaels, and Jannetty. Had some great tag matches with those teams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 My intro to wrestling and first figures answers are the same: AWA Road Warriors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 General board question: Has anyone ever made the joke that AEW could still technically fit into the "Feds Just Trying To Make A Buck" section? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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