Rewatch Old-school WWF was so funny

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I stopped watching in like 2004

Wasn't the same after I wasn't a kid anymore

But damn, going back on some of those old-school moments.

They're just full of gems 🤣

Peak theatre. It's all fake, but as an adult you realize how masterful everything is put together.

They were like artists back then

 
Yeah that shit was magical when I was a kid



^ as a British kid growing up in Germany I always thought he was a Spaniard. Hated Spain for a while but then his ladder match vs Shawn Michaels @ Wrestlemania 10 made me a huge fan of both him and Shawn

 
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The early 90's up to around 2003 were great times being a wrestling fan. I grew out of it in 2004 but I remember the days of Yokozuna, Papa Shango, Diesel, Crush, Legion of Doom very well.

The Attitude era was the shit, too.
 
Bret "Hitman" Hart — The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be

Nobody nowadays make me feel like wrestling is a ''real'' contest like Bret used to.

His match Vs Perfect, Austin, HBK and his brother Owen are level of pro wrestling that will never be matched today.
 
Seems real to me

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I loved the theatrics of it when I was a kid. My uncle took us to wrestlemania 18 in Toronto. I would have been 13. I felt completely underwhelmed by it, and stopped watching it shortly thereafter.
 
I quit watching professional wrestling shortly after 2004 myself, but I had been a huge fan since the 1980s.

My uncle got me a signed autograph of Jake "The Snake" Roberts, my favorite wrestler, for my 10th birthday and then gave me a DDT in my grandma's living room.

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Years ago, I was teaching at a boarding school.

WWE was coming to town and a group of kids wanted me to drive them. I didn't want to. They pushed back that since I was a wrestling coach, I should want to go. I reminded them that just because I coached wrestling doesn't mean I follow WWE.

They said they would cover the cost of the ticket and pay for my food at the event. So, I agreed.

While there, two of the kids brought out a Canadian flag and waved it. So, one of the backstage guys approached them and said that if we stuck around, he would invite us backstage after the show.

I assume the guys around us heard the invitation, so they followed us. These guys were wasted. We get to the door where security were working and the drunk loudmouths were demanding that the guard give posters and hats to the performers for autographs.

One of the guards mentioned that it was his job to keep guys like him away from the performers.

That set this guy off. He was swearing up a storm at the guard. It was embarrassing. Plus, I knew that we were no longer going to be allowed to meet anyone because of this doofus.

I didn't really want to be there, but this guy really bothered me and I felt I had to say something. After all, I was with a group of my students.

So, I asked the guy if his behavior normally works for him.

He asked what I meant. So, I replied that he asked for something, was told 'no', and then decided to swear at the person that told him no, and he expected the security guard to then say "well since you put it that way, I'll give Ric Flair your poster to sign. Wait right here."

Drunk doofus called me a wanker. I chuckled. That confused him. I replied that where I come from, wanker isn't really an insult and it's a rather comical word.

That set him off. He went straight to the "you wanna go you fuckin CUNT!"

It was quite the escalation.

It was at this point where one of the 10th graders with me said "Drop him Mr. Fluffernutter!"

Alas, that brought me back into the moment and I remember that I was on the clock, with my students, and should leave.

Anyways, that's the last time I paid attention to the WWE
 
EndlessCritic said:
I loved the theatrics of it when I was a kid. My uncle took us to wrestlemania 18 in Toronto. I would have been 13. I felt completely underwhelmed by it, and stopped watching it shortly thereafter.
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Lmao. You saw one of the greatest most legendary matches of all time with an unreal crowd heat live, and were 'underwhelmed'. No wonder you stopped watching shortly after. Would be suprised if you have any interests that you find actually exciting tbh. Why dont you just renounce the world altogether and become a monk?
 
TheMaster said:
Lmao. You saw one of the greatest most legendary matches of all time with an unreal crowd heat live, and were 'underwhelmed'. No wonder you stopped watching shortly after. Would be suprised if you have any interests that you find actually exciting tbh. Why dont you just renounce the world altogether and become a monk?
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Shrug. TUF 1 aired a few years later and I developed a lifelong passion for MMA and BJJ.
 
EndlessCritic said:
Shrug. TUF 1 aired a few years later and I developed a lifelong passion for MMA and BJJ.
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I began watching WWF when I was about 6 in the late 80's, and began Judo a few years later and kept up with it into the attitude era. My interest came to MMA when Ken Shamrock came on the scene who I recognized as the most badass character ever.
Surprisingly in hindsight, I still had managed to maintain the belief and thought pro wrestling was legit even when I did Judo, and had rationalisations for why pro wrestling looked like it did, eg "they are tougher and trained, can take damage". Only around when the Wrestling Shadows documentary came out then I more fully realised it was not, and the pivot came to MMA around the same time as well as getting used to a real contest looking actually more like my Judo afterall.

Couldn't have had a more perfect transition from one 'sport' to the other looking back.
 
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