favourite wrestlers

woosaysdan

who was your favourite wrestler when you were growing up? for me it has to be bret the hitman hart, who is it for ye? im not going to post a poll as there is soo many options

Adeptus Titanicus

The Ultimate Warrior :cool:

Although reading this and this makes him seem kinda lame. Oh well, he was cool when I was a kid

Makaveli

Legion of Doom were my favourite tag team.
I always liked Jake the Snake Roberts.

Adeptus Titanicus

I was gonna say Jake the Snake myself! That whole era with the Honkytonk Man, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Jesse Ventura, Sgt Slaughter etc was pretty entertaining

smuckers

I had many, my early faves were Randy Savage (and Elizibeth by his side) and Hitman ( when he wasn't that popular. Then it was Ultimate Warrior, the banter with the lovely Sherry was great. My bros' fave was Super Fly Jimmy Snukka. Then when The Undertaker came on the scene I switched to him, who can forget Giant Gonzalez entering in one Royal Rumble, man he was a monster.
My fave tag team were Demolition men, I turned off when Vince Mcmahon decided to go into the ring. One of fave finishing moves was Mr Perfect, god rest his soul and Rick Martini.

Nuttzz

The million dollar man, he would knock people out and virgal (?) his body guard would give him green backs to stick into his mouth

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Ruu_Old

i was a Hulkamaniac, Bret Hart was a big favourite of mine for many years, going back to his Hart Foundation days i also liked Sting in WCW and his many battles with Vader

Roar

there's so many, but The Hitman just about swings it for me. Anyone see his documentary "Wrestling With Shadows"?? absolutely superb.

Closely followed by The Undertaker circa 90-91.

As for the worst....

steveland?

The Wrestling with Shadows documentary was brilliant!!!


My faves were Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels (back in the day), Psycho Sid and Jim 'the anvil' Neidhart.

Remember him stroking that little beard thingy? Heheheh

Ruu_Old

yes hehe, i have a tape somewhere of Jim Neidhart and Bret Hart (the Hart Foundation) fighting the Nasty Boys

D!ve^Bomb!

Hee hee



my fav tag team!! the rockers



fav wrestler ever!!



kicks the most ass!!

Zombienosh

favourite wrestler growin up and the reason i still watch it now and again these days

The Undertaker

best thing about wrestlin for me
the reason i watched it anyway

Skellington

yer all forgettin Papashongo(sp?)...best wrestler ever.

made peoples arms and legs go on fire, now how can ya top that?

Ruu_Old

hehe Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetti (?) they had some awful outfits but worked well as a team

StupidLikeAFox

Who can forget the bushwackers???? and they used to come in swinging their arms and stuff, and chargin like bulls, oh the memories........

Roar

PunK04 wrote:

yer all forgettin Papashongo(sp?)...best wrestler ever.

made peoples arms and legs go on fire, now how can ya top that?

HE topped that by becoming a pimp type character called the Godfather... then he changed his ways and became the Goodfather... and then he disappeared, mainly cause he sucked

billy the squid

best wrestlers when it was actually believeble unike the crap that it is now

Sargent Slaughter
The Undertaker
Earthquake
The Honkytonk Man
The Bushwhakers tag team
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
The Big Boss Man
The Legion of Doom tag team

and if i recall correctly, Hulk Hogan has irish parents (mayo i do believe)

Tippex

My Fav was Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat

pork99

"but I can put a tennis racket up against my face and pretend that I am Kendo Nagasaki"

http://www.kendonagasaki.com/

http://cobweb.businesscollaborator.com/hmhb/records/McTrDav.htm

DArcy

WWF...was the best thing ever on Sky 1. I went to see it one year in the Point.

My all time favourites were the Bush Wackers...they had that crazy dance thing that they used to do. Bret Hart was a legend too - always wanted a pair of those sun glasses. Earthquake, TugBoat, I remember them all!

Nemici

macho man randy savage

OOOOOOOOOH YEAH

(and the lovely elizabeth he he)

BolBill

Nemici wrote:

macho man randy savage

OOOOOOOOOH YEAH

(and the lovely elizabeth he he)

Shame shes brown bread.

Panda

The Ultimate Warrior.
Would always get a beating and then do his indian dance thing and kick ass.
quality.

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.

Macho Man Randy Savage.
"Ooooh YeaH!" (plus shaky hand in the air thingy.)

i'm certain that the writers for the simpsons ripped him off when they created Duff Man.

Legion of Doom were the best tag team. def, savage shoulder pads.

ven0m

(1) Brock Lesnar (cos I looked like him till I shaved my head - facially I still do, as I do size wise!!)

(2) Billy Kidman (WCW days)

(3) Booker T (massively under-rated!)

(4) Randy Orton (What can I say - the kid has got it!!!!)

(5) Stone Cold Steve Austin (how can you NOT include this dude!!)

(6) Tazz (Sorry the dude was awesome in his day!!!!)


::: ven0mous :::

DannyAu-Yeung

Bret the Hitman Hart, Brithish Bull Dog and The Dragon Ricky Steamboat were my favs.:D

TCamen

Damn, thought I'd be the first to throw in British Bulldog

What about Andre the Giant or Roddy Piper or The Mountie?

I still remember going to see Wrestlemanie tour thingie in the Point-- I *think* there's still a t-shirt with the tour dates somewhere @ home hehe.

SoupyNorman

I remember watching WWF on saturday mornings on sky 1 after "the fun factory", before sky sports was ever in existence!

"rowdy" roddy piper was a ledgend

i remember the ultimate warrior firghting the undertaker, the undertaker put the ultimate warrior in a coffin and sealed it. i got fairly frightened when people from backstage ran out and started to drill airholes into the coffin, for the next 5 years nobody could ever convince me it was fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I used to hate the "filler" fights when a nobody would fight a proper wrestler and the proper wrestler would always start losing and then the crowds chants would revive him and proceed to make mincemeat outta the skinny white guy in the blue spandex.

meepmeep

Hulk Hogan

What ya gonna do when hulkamania runs wild on you!

ahem.....

Mr. Presentable

The Hitman
Nature Boy
The Midnight Express

Cactus Col

meepmeep wrote:

Hulk Hogan

What ya gonna do when hulkamania runs wild on you!

I scream is what I do, I'm not embarressed.

and

Big Bossman

woosaysdan

or sgt slaughter, million dollar man, the tonka, jake the snake all legends

monkeyfudge

Without a doubt the Brooklyn Brawler... outstanding stuff!

Oh Oh... and Doink the Clown... although they may have been the same person...

Spalk0

Well back in the day when i lived and breathed wrestling my favourite was The Undertaker!hehe
Now i just think wrestling is funny to watch!Imagine my utter shock and horror when i was a kid and found out it was FAKE!!! :eek: ......was worse than the santa thing!hehe

Abdiel

Macho Man
Hulkster
Jake the Snake
Undertaker
Dynamite Kid
Rick the Dragon Steamboat

And I have to mention the Ugandan Head Hunter - Kamala !

One of the first WWF matches I ever saw was when they showed WWF one week on the old ITV wrestling program (normally showed British wrestling with Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks every week) - they showed Kamala Vs Hulk Hogan. I could never watch Big Daddy Vs Giant Haystacks again after that !

Bert Fever

Nemici wrote:

macho man randy savage

OOOOOOOOOH YEAH

(and the lovely elizabeth he he)

Amen,

Macho man was the funniest, I honestly laughed when he was on. Loved him...

Machooooooh maaaaahn Raaaaahhhnnnndy Savage.


legend...

aidan_dunne

God, this brings back memories. I used to watch the wrestling every week as well. My mother, lord rest her, was mad into it as well. She had a major thing for the Hart brothers and the British Bulldog. And she used to love Roddy Piper because he was plain nuts! She used to always crack up watching him when he'd come out and the mad way he'd walk around the ring and stuff

Thought the Undertaker rocked (remember Paul Bearer? He was a freaky little f**ker, wasn't he? Well, I thought so when I was 11 or 12, anyway!). Always used to cheer on the Hulkster, Macho Man, The Ultimate Warrior, Bret "The Hitman" Hart. But I hated Shawn Micheals and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. I thought they loved themselves too much! F**king ponces!

I haven't watched it in over 10 years and, from what I've heard, it's not the same as it used to be. Those were the good old days of the WWF, the late 80's and early 90's. Sure, ffs, it's not even called WWF anymore!

Kingsize

What about "adorable" adrian adonis??(R.I.P)
My all time favorite(for spectacular effect) was kamala -the ugandan head-hunter
(from parts unknown........???)
His walk on "music" rocked

Santa Claus

Santa's favourite had to be George "The Animal" Steele.
Remember the guy used to eat the padding on the ring posts and he had back hair that your average gorilla would be jealous of !

swalsh

mine has to be hulk hogan.. i idolised that man when i was younger and never found it amusing when my dad kept on telling me that it was all an act...i think he was a bit of a closet fan

Santa Claus

Can't believe no-one's mentioned that guy with the parrot (coco b ware was it??) or the junkyard dog !

Abdiel

Though of a few more :-)

Superstar Billy Graham - One of my favs but only saw him after the "Hip surgery" incident
Don "The Rock" Muraco
"The Natural" Butch Reed

Remember the Slickster and Bobby the Brain ?

Ravishing Rick Rude
One Man Gang
Bam Bam Bigelow
The Islanders
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine - loved that figure 4 !!
Hilbilly Jim

And lets not forget the greatest ever Intercontinental champion - The Honky Tonk Man :-)

Ah it all came flooding back !

swalsh

coco b with his flappin arms...what great television