Manurewa_Marlins
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Hey guys, might be good to keep all the random 1 page threads together in here. Also a good place to discuss random nostelgia, lists etc.
Who was your favourite wrestler growing up. I don't mean now, and I don't mean looking retrospectivly at who was a great worker then when you might not have noticed at the time. Who did you mark for? Who was 'your guy'?
I had a couple, I think my first two were Bret Hart and British Bulldog. I started watching in mid-late 1996, and used to hire tapes everyweekend, most of which were those from the mid 90s when Bret was on top. He was pushed as mega face and he won me over big time. Great wrestler ad great ability to make every match count. I was also huuuge on the Bulldogm particularly after seeing that match with Bret at SUmmersla 1992, as well as the 1995 Royal Rumble.
Others I liked, particularly as the product got hotter, were the New Age Outlaws (pre Dx especially), The Outsiders in WCW and I was very big on Chris Jericho (my mate was a big Beboit fan, so there were plenty of dicussions over who was the better vanila midget named Chris). My mate was a big WCW fan at the time (circa 1996) I wasn't really, but around 98 he introduced me to the character Raven and I was instantly hooked. I became a big Flock fan, was pissed as hell when they took Saturn out of the Flock, and thought Kidman was going places other than being Rey Rey's lackey and having a bogus fued with Hogan. As comes with the territory I was big on Austin too for obvious reasons, and Pillman too, though we didnt get much of him as we didnt get Raw ere until late 98, and up until then it was Shotgun Saturday Night, so I had to read magazines, get hearsay from friends and watch a mates' brothers tapes (he was a big tape trader at the time).
Who did you guys like as kids?
Also, check out my WCW 2001 diary in the Be The Booker section, and DB's take on Punk's recent antics on Raw. They're fun as.
Who was your favourite wrestler growing up. I don't mean now, and I don't mean looking retrospectivly at who was a great worker then when you might not have noticed at the time. Who did you mark for? Who was 'your guy'?
I had a couple, I think my first two were Bret Hart and British Bulldog. I started watching in mid-late 1996, and used to hire tapes everyweekend, most of which were those from the mid 90s when Bret was on top. He was pushed as mega face and he won me over big time. Great wrestler ad great ability to make every match count. I was also huuuge on the Bulldogm particularly after seeing that match with Bret at SUmmersla 1992, as well as the 1995 Royal Rumble.
Others I liked, particularly as the product got hotter, were the New Age Outlaws (pre Dx especially), The Outsiders in WCW and I was very big on Chris Jericho (my mate was a big Beboit fan, so there were plenty of dicussions over who was the better vanila midget named Chris). My mate was a big WCW fan at the time (circa 1996) I wasn't really, but around 98 he introduced me to the character Raven and I was instantly hooked. I became a big Flock fan, was pissed as hell when they took Saturn out of the Flock, and thought Kidman was going places other than being Rey Rey's lackey and having a bogus fued with Hogan. As comes with the territory I was big on Austin too for obvious reasons, and Pillman too, though we didnt get much of him as we didnt get Raw ere until late 98, and up until then it was Shotgun Saturday Night, so I had to read magazines, get hearsay from friends and watch a mates' brothers tapes (he was a big tape trader at the time).
Who did you guys like as kids?
Also, check out my WCW 2001 diary in the Be The Booker section, and DB's take on Punk's recent antics on Raw. They're fun as.
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