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Cactus Colm · 02-05-2012, 21:27

Got into wrestling as a kid way back in the 80's ... don't know what channel it was on, but was a big fan of the big boss man . .. then stopped watching for various reasons. Got back into wrestling in the late nineties, Smackdown was on at 10am on a saturday morning, and made for perfect hangover tv. The likes of Mankind, Kane, The Rock, 'Taker got me back into it, along with Edge and Christian's five minute poses.

glenjamin · 02-05-2012, 21:30

Got into it in the late 90s/early 00s. Kane was always my favourite. He just looked like such a badass.

Guitar_Monkey · 02-05-2012, 22:57

Grew up watching the english wrestling on itv...then when sky came along i got hooked on the WWF. It was pre Wrestlemania 3....so it was largely the build up to that. It was jaw dropping compared to what i'd been used to with Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks. Savage stood out immediately, and quickly became my all time favorite. They all seemed fascinating and larger then life. Hogan, Andre, Jake Roberts...The Harts and Bulldogs...Orndorff. Great times.

**jaykhunter** · 02-05-2012, 23:17

Got into it as a kid in the late 80s so
Hogan,
Savage, Warrior, Perfect, Rude.

Fell out in the early 90s and back in again in late 96 so
Austin - he was leagues ahead of everyone else
Bret, Shawn, Rocky (I absolutely hated him as a face but knew he was talented.) Owen & Bulldog were awesome. Loved Ken Shamrock as well when he came on the scene.

Dave H · 02-05-2012, 23:46

Like someone else said, I watched the English wrestling until we got Sky, that was just after summer 1990, about a month or two after Summerslam. Warrior was champion, Texas Tornado was IC champion and the Hart Foundation were tag champs. It was around the build up to the Survivor Series, the one where the survivors went on to have a heel survivor vs face survivor match. If memory serves it was Tito Santana, Warrior & Hulk Hogan vs Ted Dibiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord and Power & Glory with Hogan & the Warrior surviving. Also the debut of the Undertaker.
Notable fueds around that time were:
Jake Roberts and Rick Martel,
Hulk Hogan and Earthquake,
Dusty Rhodes and Ted Dibiase,
Mr Perfect and Texas Tornado ( although it was more about Perfect regaining the IC title, they weren't at pure loggerheads with each other),
Randy Savage stalking/terrorising the Warrior,
Legion of Doom and Demolition,
to name a few.
And even as a 10 year old kid, regardless of Mr Perfect being a heel, I f'n loved him then and he remained one of my favourites of all time.

newballsplease · 02-05-2012, 23:50

Not sure when but remember watching on sky 1 or sky sports, macho man,lex luger, bret hart, doink, million dollar man, papa shango, razor, crush, perfect, yokozuna ! Headshrinkers were my fav tag team-Those were the days!

sockmo · 03-05-2012, 00:38

Think i started watching at 6 years old around the time of wrestlemania 7..Ultimate warrior was my favourite as a kid! though i didnt realise at the time how bat**** crazy he actually was!

robvondoom · 05-05-2012, 15:14

Liked it as a kid but never had access to any of the shows as my family didn't have Sky. I remember watching the Universal lot show that WCW had showing Saturday afternoons on ITV in the mid 90's so I got to see a bit of Vader, Cactus and the like. At that time I was 12 and all I can really remember is digging 2 Cold and Bagwell and absolutely despising the Hollywood Blondes. (How things change eh?) I remeber renting Wrestlemania VI I believe it was. The one with Slaughter Vs Hogan in the main event. Yeah that put me off for a while.

Finally in 2000 I got to watch the Rumble on Channel 4. Cactus Vs HHH blew my mind completely and I started buying up videos. Mick, Jericho and the Rock were my favourites pretty much in that order at the time.

chopperbyrne · 05-05-2012, 16:46

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Originally Posted by robvondoom

The one with Slaughter Vs Hogan in the main event. Yeah that put me off for a while.

Possibly my favourite ever match. Both Hogan and Slaughter were amazing that night.

What didn't you like about it?

krudler · 05-05-2012, 17:05

started watching around 86 or so, for me Jake Roberts was the man, I'm pretty sure he was a heel at the time but there was just something about the guy. It wasnt just the snake it was his demeanor, his promos, his ring attire, everything was so fcuking cool.

krudler · 05-05-2012, 17:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by chopperbyrne

Possibly my favourite ever match. Both Hogan and Slaughter were amazing that night.

What didn't you like about it?

It was a terrible angle exploiting a real war that was going on at the time for cheap heat?

robvondoom · 05-05-2012, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by chopperbyrne

Possibly my favourite ever match. Both Hogan and Slaughter were amazing that night.

What didn't you like about it?

Well to be fair to the lads, as a child I thought Hulk was legitimately being destroyed. But when Hulk came back it just seemed silly. Just not my kind of match I reckon and at the time there were better cards to have picked up instead.

**jaykhunter** · 05-05-2012, 17:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by krudler

It was a terrible angle exploiting a real war that was going on at the time for cheap heat?

I didn't like it as a kid but not for that, i was more annoyed Hogan was still on top but I loved Macho and Warrior as well and felt bad for them. Plus not being American i felt a bit left out of this patriotism schtick. I only found out a few years ago that WM7 did such bad business/people en masse hated the exploitative angle that they had to move to a much smaller arena (16k) as ticket sales for the original stadium across the road (~70k) were REALLY slow.

Charisteas · 05-05-2012, 18:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaykhunter

I only found out a few years ago that WM7 did such bad business/people en masse hated the exploitative angle that they had to move to a much smaller arena (16k) as ticket sales for the original stadium across the road (~70k) were REALLY slow.

Didn't they say they changed the venue because of threats to Sgt Slaughters wife? So a wrestlers wife is being threatened, better move the show across the road

The LA Memorial Coliseum can hold 93,607 (for Football) so maybe the initial plan was to beat the Wrestlemania 3 attendance.

Special Agent Oso · 05-05-2012, 22:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by sockmo

Think i started watching at 6 years old around the time of wrestlemania 7..Ultimate warrior was my favourite as a kid! though i didnt realise at the time how bat**** crazy he actually was!

Loved that. What the jesus was going on inside that man's mind

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02-05-2012, 21:27	#16
Cactus Colm Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 674 Adverts \| Friends	Got into wrestling as a kid way back in the 80's ... don't know what channel it was on, but was a big fan of the big boss man . .. then stopped watching for various reasons. Got back into wrestling in the late nineties, Smackdown was on at 10am on a saturday morning, and made for perfect hangover tv. The likes of Mankind, Kane, The Rock, 'Taker got me back into it, along with Edge and Christian's five minute poses.

02-05-2012, 21:30	#17
glenjamin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,915 Adverts \| Friends	Got into it in the late 90s/early 00s. Kane was always my favourite. He just looked like such a badass.

02-05-2012, 22:57	#18
Guitar_Monkey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 54 Adverts \| Friends	Grew up watching the english wrestling on itv...then when sky came along i got hooked on the WWF. It was pre Wrestlemania 3....so it was largely the build up to that. It was jaw dropping compared to what i'd been used to with Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks. Savage stood out immediately, and quickly became my all time favorite. They all seemed fascinating and larger then life. Hogan, Andre, Jake Roberts...The Harts and Bulldogs...Orndorff. Great times.

02-05-2012, 23:17	#19
jaykhunter Moderator Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Temple Bar, Dublin Posts: 8,318 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Podcasts, Pro Wrestling, Sega	Got into it as a kid in the late 80s so Hogan, Savage, Warrior, Perfect, Rude. Fell out in the early 90s and back in again in late 96 so Austin - he was leagues ahead of everyone else Bret, Shawn, Rocky (I absolutely hated him as a face but knew he was talented.) Owen & Bulldog were awesome. Loved Ken Shamrock as well when he came on the scene.

02-05-2012, 23:46	#20
Dave H Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Maynooth Posts: 133 Adverts \| Friends	Like someone else said, I watched the English wrestling until we got Sky, that was just after summer 1990, about a month or two after Summerslam. Warrior was champion, Texas Tornado was IC champion and the Hart Foundation were tag champs. It was around the build up to the Survivor Series, the one where the survivors went on to have a heel survivor vs face survivor match. If memory serves it was Tito Santana, Warrior & Hulk Hogan vs Ted Dibiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord and Power & Glory with Hogan & the Warrior surviving. Also the debut of the Undertaker. Notable fueds around that time were: Jake Roberts and Rick Martel, Hulk Hogan and Earthquake, Dusty Rhodes and Ted Dibiase, Mr Perfect and Texas Tornado ( although it was more about Perfect regaining the IC title, they weren't at pure loggerheads with each other), Randy Savage stalking/terrorising the Warrior, Legion of Doom and Demolition, to name a few. And even as a 10 year old kid, regardless of Mr Perfect being a heel, I f'n loved him then and he remained one of my favourites of all time.

02-05-2012, 23:50	#21
newballsplease Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,202 Adverts \| Friends	Not sure when but remember watching on sky 1 or sky sports, macho man,lex luger, bret hart, doink, million dollar man, papa shango, razor, crush, perfect, yokozuna ! Headshrinkers were my fav tag team-Those were the days!

03-05-2012, 00:38	#22
sockmo Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 228 Adverts \| Friends	Think i started watching at 6 years old around the time of wrestlemania 7..Ultimate warrior was my favourite as a kid! though i didnt realise at the time how bat**** crazy he actually was!

05-05-2012, 15:14	#23
robvondoom Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Drogheda Posts: 62 Adverts \| Friends	Liked it as a kid but never had access to any of the shows as my family didn't have Sky. I remember watching the Universal lot show that WCW had showing Saturday afternoons on ITV in the mid 90's so I got to see a bit of Vader, Cactus and the like. At that time I was 12 and all I can really remember is digging 2 Cold and Bagwell and absolutely despising the Hollywood Blondes. (How things change eh?) I remeber renting Wrestlemania VI I believe it was. The one with Slaughter Vs Hogan in the main event. Yeah that put me off for a while. Finally in 2000 I got to watch the Rumble on Channel 4. Cactus Vs HHH blew my mind completely and I started buying up videos. Mick, Jericho and the Rock were my favourites pretty much in that order at the time.

05-05-2012, 17:05	#25
krudler Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 29,941 Adverts \| Friends	started watching around 86 or so, for me Jake Roberts was the man, I'm pretty sure he was a heel at the time but there was just something about the guy. It wasnt just the snake it was his demeanor, his promos, his ring attire, everything was so fcuking cool.