Back when wrestling was good...

[Technique]

DDP vs Goldberg is a classic.

[Ditty]

WCW was the until 1999 for me.NWO for life!

After that it was about the at ude era, and enjoyed some of the great rivalries, superstars and storylines. Stopped watching a few months before it changed it to WWE. Would occasionally flip the channels and see WWE on e TV once every year. Started watching again around 2007 when the Royal Rumble came to San Antonio since then it has been a frequent watch. Been to every Wrestlemania since 2008(WM 24). More because my buddies are huge wrestling fans, and I enjoy the locations they usually have Wrestlemania at every year. Will attend the one in New Orleans this year to make it my 7th in a row.

[shyne]

Stopped watching after the at ude era. Just started picking it up every now and again since football season is over. Got the wwe network for six months to check it out, watched wcw world war 3 back in 95' last night pretty nostalgic, three ing rings.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Damn I forgot all about ECW. The Dudley Boyz putting s through tables on fire. New Jack was that dude too. Too bad he got brain damage.

[irishock]

Thing about the PG era is that it really isn't the reason for why wrestling's dead today... it's the internet, the shoot interviews and the long term repercussions of the at ude era. Cornette said it best about the at ude: "you could not go back to what it was before".

[Trainwreck2100]

Thing about the PG era is that it really isn't the reason for why wrestling's dead today... it's the internet, the shoot interviews and the long term repercussions of the at ude era. Cornette said it best about the at ude: "you could not go back to what it was before".

Back then the fine ass woman did playboy. Now they're called divas and appear on E!

[Thread]

^Shocky

[Avante]

On Wednesdays it was...BIG TIME WRESTLING...from Fresno. The old NWA had NorCal with stars like...

Ray Stevens
Pepper Gomez
Ray "Thunder" Stern
Kenji Shibuya
Cowboy Bob Ellis

On Saturday mornings it was ...WRESTLING FROM THE OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM, this was the WWA (World Wrestling Association) it was an indepenant and owned SoCal (Bakersfield south), here it was...

Gorgeous George
Wild Red Berry
Fred Blassie
Edouard Carpentier
Baron Leoni

Then there was Pro Wrestling Illustraded the magazine, that kept me up on actiion from else where, with names like....

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers (yep, here's where Flair got his gimmick)
Bruno Sammartino
Verne Gagne
Killer Kowalkski
the Brusier

That got me up into my late teens, then here came adulthood, the Navy, running the streets. So I let my subscripton drop and forgot about the rasslin'.

Then in the 80's...

Here comes cable tv and TBS and....WCW, Yep, got re-hooked. Then it's back to the magazines, There was a time when I was watching...

AWA...The Rockers (young Shawn Michaels), Big Scott Hall (Razor Ramon) The Roadwarriors, Rick Martel
Mid-South..."Dr. Death" Steve Williams, One Man Gang, Eddie "Hotstuff" Gilbert
World Class...The Von Erich clan, The Freebirds, "Gentleman" Chis Adams
CWA...Jerry "The King" Lawler, Austin Idol, Randy Savage (just a kid)
WWF...Hulk Hogan, Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorf, Andre the Giant
WCW..."Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Magnum T.A.

The very best of times was in the lare 80's/early 90's when we had all those mentioned above on the tube. Then one by one...poof!!!!!!!! So the next best of times was the WCW vs WWF ratings war, we the fan were in rasslin' heaven as they tried to out do each other.

Right now today is the worst of times, and we have to obviously blame Vince, the guy is a ing prick. He's pretty much ruined things, and Triple H and his aren't helping matters any. You'd think with all those they have working for the company they'd know what sells.....nope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This should be WRESTLEMANIA...(No way in you let CM Punk go)

Main Event....CM Punk vs Daneil Bryan (winner gets a shot at the le)
CO-Main...The Undertaker vs Randy Orton
Batista vs Brock Lesnar
Roman Reigns vs John Cena
The Wyatts vs. Shaemus, Big E, Rey Misterio
The Sheild vs Cody & Golddust

The rest doesn't matter

[Trainwreck2100]

Well gents it was fun while it lasted, got to reminisce, and we had a good laugh, good work everyone

[MeloHype]

I miss Shawn Michaels

[irishock]

Dr. Death" Steve Williams

I'll never forget that bull brawl for all in '98 that killed Dr. Death's career altogether...

Story is it's a legit fighting tournament in a fake wrestling event where the winner gets 100k in prize.. they brought in Dr. Death expecting him to clean that and they actually paid him the 100k beforehand. Mother er broke his knee in the second round by Bart Gunn I think who went on the win the 100k.

THEN...... Vince wanted to Bart Gunn over at WM 1999 by setting him up vs Butterbean in a legit boxing match where he got killed

[irishock]

I miss Shawn Michaels

Same, even at 48 the dude would be the best worker in the business if he came back. Huge and all but he's a true artist in the ring..

[irishock]

^Shocky

I'm actually too young to recall anything pro-wrestling related prior to 1994 but even then I knew the golden days of the WWF trumps the attidue era. I just couldn't stand any of the Austin/Rock/McMahon fiasco after '99.

[MeloHype]

Same, even at 48 the dude would be the best worker in the business if he came back. Huge and all but he's a true artist in the ring..

I stopped watching after hr retired, ain't the same without him

[Avante]

Well gents it was fun while it lasted, got to reminisce, and we had a good laugh, good work everyone

translation

I need to keep it real simple, I hate to see those who really know stuff, I get confused easily.

[Avante]

I'll never forget that bull brawl for all in '98 that killed Dr. Death's career altogether...

Story is it's a legit fighting tournament in a fake wrestling event where the winner gets 100k in prize.. they brought in Dr. Death expecting him to clean that and they actually paid him the 100k beforehand. Mother er broke his knee in the second round by Bart Gunn I think who went on the win the 100k.

THEN...... Vince wanted to Bart Gunn over at WM 1999 by setting him up vs Butterbean in a legit boxing match where he got killed

Williams was the real deal, a stud footballer while at Oklahoma, a great athlete. I remember the story you talked about.

Remember Haku, he was said to be the true badass if things were legit.

[irishock]

Williams was the real deal, a stud footballer while at Oklahoma, a great athlete. I remember the story you talked about.

Remember Haku, he was said to be the true badass if things were legit.

Definitely. You don't with Haku

[Avante]

I miss Shawn Michaels

We all do, he had it all.

[Trainwreck2100]

translation

I need to keep it real simple, I hate to see those who really know stuff, I get confused easily.

Please keep the thread on topic, no need to talk about other things like what. Happens in other threads

[DJR210]

I miss Shawn Michaels

Lmao at Shawn having to stop taping his TWA show here at Cowboys Dance Hall when he running his own fed because our group was doing the "show your s" chant to some hooker in the crowd.

He came over to us and thanked us for being his rowdiest fans, but reminded us he was filming a "family show". Apparently video editing software was out of his budget.

[Trainwreck2100]

Same, even at 48 the dude would be the best worker in the business if he came back. Huge and all but he's a true artist in the ring..

Son do yourself a favor and watch the cesaro/zayn match. Either the 2 out of 3 or the one on Thursday. Damn good work

[Trainwreck2100]

Lmao at Shawn having to stop taping his TWA show here at Cowboys Dance Hall when he running his own fed because our group was doing the "show your s" chant to some hooker in the crowd.

He came over to us and thanked us for being his rowdiest fans, but reminded us he was filming a "family show". Apparently video editing software was out of his budget.

Did you see a young Daniel Bryan?

[DJR210]

Did you see a young Daniel Bryan?

Not sure, I don't remember. At that time their headliner was Venom, and Shawn brought in The Sandman to face him in the main event.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

[DJR210]

Great match^

Here's the ending of the New Jack vs Vic Grimes scaffold match..Grimes was signed by WWF and appeared maybe twice before Vince cut him for fear of him killing himself in a match..