Who was your favorite wrestler when you were a kid/teen?

ceegee · 01-01-2019 11:18AM

Owen Hart, I think any younger sibling could relate to his jealousy towards his more popular older brother.
He played the obnoxious irritating heel so well, and was years ahead of most of his peers in-ring.

For anyone who was a fan in the 80s or 90s, check out osw review on YouTube, three Irish lads reviewing old shows in a humorous fashion.

Mad to think that today's kids are growing up watching world champions being announced as hailing from Dublin and Bray, and especially having a Dublin woman be the biggest act in WWE right now.

Neames · 01-01-2019 11:28AM

No mention of Andre the Giant.

Good documentary about him on TV recently.

A very sad life. His last real fight with Hulk Hogan showed how much his health had deteriorated.

Sad to see.

The Satanist · 01-01-2019 12:08PM

Ravishing Rick Rude was very cool. He'd probably have his own victims hashtag were he still with us.

salmocab · 01-01-2019 02:06PM

The Satanist wrote: »

Ravishing Rick Rude was very cool. He'd probably have his own victims hashtag were he still with us.

All those girls that fainted #iwasravished

super_furry · 01-01-2019 02:07PM

He was way down the card but I was always a big Koko B Ware fan. Loved the fact that he came to the ring with a parrot that usually **** all over everything. Him and Ricky The Dragon Steamboat were my favourites.

KaiserLu · 01-01-2019 02:11PM

ceegee wrote: »

Owen Hart, I think any younger sibling could relate to his jealousy towards his more popular older brother.
He played the obnoxious irritating heel so well, and was years ahead of most of his peers in-ring.

The Wrestlemania X fight with Bret was a masterclass. Loved everything about the Wreslemania- the first ladder match, Crush vs Randy Savage, Yokozuna finally dropping the belt, Men on a Mission vs The Quebecers.

Didn’t get to see it, mind. My Mam cancelled the Sky the day before it aired. Looking back, a schism began between us that day and I’ve never really recovered.

Tilikum17 · 01-01-2019 02:12PM

YoungRogerian wrote: »

Actually as I look back, I realise I probably preferred the heels to the faces. Loved Honky Tonk, The Million Dollar Man, Sid Justice (apart from his feud with Hogan), Rick Rude, Bobby Heenan, Heel Andre the Giant, The Nasty Boys, Jimmy Hart, Mr Perfect, The Mountie Conversely a lot of the faces I hated . Hated the Warrior, Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Jimmy Snukka (even before I knew he was a dirty murdering bastard), Texas tornado.

It wasn't that I was trying to support the heels and at the time I probably didn't realise I preferred the Heels. Hogan was the constant, always loved Hogan, and a big fan of Jake The Snake and Macho Man as faces but I also loved them as heels. The Heels just tended to be more interesting characters. Tbe best of all though were those who could pull off face and heel perfectly. Jake the Snake and Macho Man were the obvious examples in my day but later on Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan would all be great examples. Although growing up, the thought of Hogan as a heel was unimaginable to me.

Of all the wrestlers ‘the nasty boys’ were absolute scumbags. They jumped ken shamrock in a hotel room & nearly killed him.

Shawn Michaels, Rick Rude & The ultimate warrior would have been my favourites.

We were spoilt rotten with the wrestling back then. It’s pure ****e nowadays, don’t know how the kids watch it.

its_steve116 · 01-01-2019 02:23PM

The Hulk or Bret "The Hitman" Hart

weldoninhio · 01-01-2019 09:10PM

Omackeral wrote: »

STOP THE DAMN MATCH!!! AS GOD IS MY WITNESS HE IS BROKEN IN HALF!!!

He gets back up from that, goes back up top and then takes a bad bump through the roof of the cage and a chair lands on his mush, pushing a tooth out through his nose. Not for the squeamish.

The WrestleMe podcast did a brilliant episode on this match over Christmas. The commentators didn’t know that Foley was going to be thrown off the cage. Well worth a listen. Foley also wasn’t meant to go through the cage when Taker slammed him, it just gave way. And Undertaker broke his ankle dropping into the cage after Foley went through it.

tonycascarino · 01-01-2019 09:43PM

Tilikum17 wrote: »

We were spoilt rotten with the wrestling back then. It’s pure ****e nowadays, don’t know how the kids watch it.

Agreed. All the wrestlers back in the day were larger than life and had a certain mystique about them. The vast majority of wrestlers nowadays in the WWE are pretty bland and boring.

Tuco88 · 02-01-2019 02:51AM

A few off the top I'll probably never forget.

Hogan slams Andre the Giant.
The Montreal screw Job.
Hogans heel turn in WcW, start of the nWo.
Owen Harts accident.
Hell in a Cell, Taker vs Mankind.
Austin Vs McMahon/DX/Ministry of Darkness.
Goldbergs jackhammer on The Giant.
Austin vs The Rock WM.

Random stuff from ECW, probably classed as attempted murder now.

_Kaiser_ · 02-01-2019 03:15AM

Watched it in the 80s and early 90s on sky so guys like..

- Jessie Ventura and Mean Gene
- Hulk Hogan of course (also watched the cartoon)
- Rowdy Roddy Piper
- Bret Hitman Hart (read his book too)
- Andre the Giant (saw a doc on him a while back that was pretty moving)
- The Million Dollar Man, Ted Dibiase and Virgil
- Jake the Snake Roberts
- Bobbie the Brain Heenan and Jimmy Mouth of the South Hart
- Macho Man Randy Savage (ooh yea!) and Elizabeth
- The Ultimate Warrior
- Hacksaw Jim Duggan and his 2x4
- Superfly Jimmy Snuka

Lost interest when the likes of the Undertaker came into it though

derfderf · 02-01-2019 03:39AM

Does anyone remember the fake Earl Hebner?

02-01-2019 03:50AM

derfderf wrote: »

Does anyone remember the fake Earl Hebner?

That's his real twin brother Dave.

And Earl's son Brian is a referee too

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The Satanist · 02-01-2019 09:14AM

The Brother Love Show was just ****in weird

salmocab · 02-01-2019 10:09AM

derfderf wrote: »

Does anyone remember the fake Earl Hebner?

Yeah also remember dangerous Danny Davis becoming a wrestler

keano_afc · 02-01-2019 11:06AM

Macho Man was the greatest. Only Shawn Michaels comes close for sheer entertainment value.

Also, for those on Twitter looking to reminisce, this account is absolute gold:

https://twitter.com/90sWWE

razorblunt · 02-01-2019 11:10AM

The Excellence of Execution.
The best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be.
Bret "The Hitman" Hart.

I was big into wrestling in the mid 90s, since the advent of the Internet I've been able to watch all his older matches too.
Some man.

Stab*City · 02-01-2019 11:11AM

Ultimate Warrior, Hulkster, Macho, Ricky the dragon, Andre loved them all really.

razorblunt · 02-01-2019 11:16AM

Omackeral wrote: »

They had the most amazing chemistry. Keep an eye on the towel.

Absolutely Perfect.

I think I read before (might also have made it up myself) but when they were making the "Perfect" vignettes he got the 'over the head' basketball shot in the first take.
There's also the clip of him throwing the towel at an opppnent as he enters the ring and it lands perfectly on his shoulder so he has to try not to laugh.
His match with Bret Hart at Summerslam is fantastic too.

Special mention for Ted DiBiase, what a laugh he had.
Offering a kid $100 to bounce a basketball 20 times then kicking it away on the 18th bounce. Heels definitely had the better jobs.

keano_afc · 02-01-2019 11:17AM

Also, a big +1 for the Attitude era. Looking back, it was just brilliant entertainment. We didnt appreciate it enough at the time.

B.A._Baracus · 02-01-2019 12:49PM

The Satanist wrote: »

The Brother Love Show was just ****in weird

Yeah was weird.
Didn't quite get it at the time but he was meant to be a preacher and the red face paint was to represent how they would often get flushed when doing cermons.

ardinn · 02-01-2019 03:30PM

Also anyone who doesnt know scott halls story (razor ramon) - try to watch this - it is utterly depressing however,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STPDNggpX1E

razorblunt · 02-01-2019 03:48PM

He seems in a good place now though.

Stab*City · 02-01-2019 03:58PM

ardinn wrote: »

Also anyone who doesnt know scott halls story (razor ramon) - try to watch this - it is utterly depressing however,

Great watch. Thanks. Very sad. Id imagine when humans reach such heights that its a long way down.

Gyalist · 02-01-2019 04:08PM

Victor Jovica. He was a huge star in Trinidad when I lived there back in the late 70s to early 80s. He was the first wrestler I ever saw on TV so he became my favourite. Once, a group of us risked expulsion from school by sneaking out of the dormitory one night to go to a wrestling show in Port of Spain which was about 30 miles away. The headline fight that night was Victor Jovica vs Abdullah the Butcher ("The Madman from The Sudan"). The atmosphere at the fight was unbelievable, with over 25,000 packed into the stadium and the fight itself was very bloody. I even saw a young Ric Flair wrestle in Trinidad.
I did see some of the British wrestlers on TV in the 80s after I'd moved to London for university and it was so tame in comparison to my first experience that I quickly lost all interest. Wouldn't know a single thing about current wrestling.

yourdeadwright · 02-01-2019 04:44PM

Looked through the first 6 pages and no mention of the " Heartbreak Kid " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stab*City · 02-01-2019 05:16PM

Mean Gene Okerlund just passe away RIP

http://www.tmz.com/2019/01/02/wwe-legend-mean-gene-okerlaud-dead-at-76/?fbclid=IwAR0XGBNtpAxOLoeb8Pff6L4IGSbQxLQNuts-b-aTBSo0IMTvOhnfunxpW8k

keano_afc · 02-01-2019 05:32PM

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Looked through the first 6 pages and no mention of the " Heartbreak Kid " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://tenor.com/view/wwe-shawn-michaels-wrestling-gif-5358718

Galwayguy35 · 02-01-2019 08:20PM

Goldberg and Paul Wight.

Used to watch WCW around 20 years ago when they were signed up with them, Goldberg had some serious strength and Wight was literally a giant of a man.

Who was your favorite wrestler when you were a kid/teen?

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