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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Mar 16, 2019 0:03:43 GMT
As a pre-teen around the Millennium I fucking loved the WWF (not gonna call it WWE).
The Rock, Stone Cold, Mankind, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, Kane, D-Generation X, HBK, Triple H, so many others.
As I grew up I lost interest (basically as soon as I first got off with a bird) but as far as entertainment goes, it was bloody brilliant as long as you saw it as the tongue-in-cheek, staged pantomime it was and suspended all your disbelief.
I'm in a nostalgic mood.
Anyone else love wrestling at this time? And I suppose WCW (Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Goldberg etc) is allowed too.
Also welcome: local or WOS stars, Kendo Nagasaki, Klondike Kate, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks etc.
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Mar 16, 2019 0:09:05 GMT
Never enjoyed wrestling and I can't understand how fully grown men can watch that shit. Embarrassing.
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Post by trentvale68 on Mar 16, 2019 0:17:42 GMT
There was some good music attached to it
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Mar 16, 2019 0:31:40 GMT
Never enjoyed wrestling and I can't understand how fully grown men can watch that shit. Embarrassing. Read the post, you cranially-deficient clammy vulva, and see I'm specifically talking about pre-adolescence. Fucking hell. I know the children these days have severely retarded attention spans, but this horrifying affront to nature can't even read fewer than 100 words before wet-dreaming his spunky garbage over our non-consenting faces. |
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Mar 16, 2019 0:33:57 GMT
Never enjoyed wrestling and I can't understand how fully grown men can watch that shit. Embarrassing. Read the post, you cranially-deficient clammy vulva, and see I'm specifically talking about pre-adolescence. Fucking hell. I know the children these days have severely retarded attention spans, but this horrifying affront to nature can't even read fewer than 100 words before wet-dreaming his spunky garbage over our non-consenting faces. I read your post and I replied to what you asked. I never enjoyed it which implies during pre-adolescence. |
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Mar 16, 2019 0:42:22 GMT
Read the post, you cranially-deficient clammy vulva, and see I'm specifically talking about pre-adolescence. Fucking hell. I know the children these days have severely retarded attention spans, but this horrifying affront to nature can't even read fewer than 100 words before wet-dreaming his spunky garbage over our non-consenting faces. I read your post and I replied to what you asked. I never enjoyed it which implies during pre-adolescence. If I'm out of order, ignore me. I'm too busy trying to create a dick-hole out of a watermelon and a reduced pack of already cheap ham slices. Plus I've never washed my own clothes in six years and I think an airborne toxic fungus is giving me a case of the wobblies. |
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Mar 16, 2019 0:43:17 GMT
I read your post and I replied to what you asked. I never enjoyed it which implies during pre-adolescence. If I'm out of order, ignore me. I'm too busy trying to create a dick-hole out of a watermelon and a reduced pack of already cheap ham slices. Plus I've never washed my own clothes in six years and I think an airborne toxic fungus is giving me a case of the wobblies. You are incredibly sensitive, explains why you enjoyed watching men in pants. |
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Mar 16, 2019 0:48:58 GMT
If I'm out of order, ignore me. I'm too busy trying to create a dick-hole out of a watermelon and a reduced pack of already cheap ham slices. Plus I've never washed my own clothes in six years and I think an airborne toxic fungus is giving me a case of the wobblies. You are incredibly sensitive, explains why you enjoyed watching men in pants. The average man's penis contains over three million nerve endings in the tip. Mine has five. Not five million. Not five thousand. Five. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 2:03:31 GMT
Riccyfuller is like some low tier twitter troll. Attitude era was top notch and it was quite dark in some of the storylines they've made it very PG now and it's lost a lot of it's edge. I mean they had Undertaker doing rituals and all sorts on stage.
You can rewatch all of it on WWE's network if you subscribe
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 3:04:20 GMT
Used to love it around that time. I haven’t watched for years (although my brother and some of his mates still do) but I’ll go on YouTube and watch the old main events every now and again. Cactus Jack vs Triple H were the pinnacle for me.
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Post by kidsgroveboxxy on Mar 16, 2019 10:13:38 GMT
This thread is right up my street. I was hooked on it, had T-shirts, replica belts, models, posters etc and even had a subscription to the WWF magazine! It was brilliant. A soap opera for the time, the new stuff has really lost it's edge and grit. There will always be a special place in my heart for Attitude WWF. My favourite time was when Cactus Jack was introduced against Triple H in 1997. I watched ECW for years and really wanted Mick to bring Cactus to the WWF.
Also, some of the women were outstanding. Personal favourites of mine was Debra (mainly cause she had massive fake tits) and Sunny
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Mar 16, 2019 10:57:56 GMT
Good Youtube channels for that era of wrestling here & here. And good Twitter page here. |
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Post by John Smiths Upper Fan on Mar 16, 2019 11:54:03 GMT
I was always a WCW fan over WWF the attitude era and original NWO era were something special. This was the time of Monday night ratings wars Nitro v RAW both pulling out the stops to pull the better ratings. It lead to the best times in wrestling.
While WCW wasn't pulling in the same ratings as WWE when it got bought out it was still a competitive alternative to WWE. I believe buying WCW was a big mistake as ever since then they've never had competition. How do you keep striving to be better if no one is challenging you. TNA put on some good stuff but never reached the heights.
Can't sit through wrestling today for longer than 10 minutes, it's garbage whether that's down to me being older but I think more so it's a poor product.
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Post by trentvale68 on Mar 16, 2019 12:47:06 GMT
The thing is it's entertainment and should be seen as that. I do think it's perhaps not valid to be shown on Sky sports but that's a criticism of Sky as opposed to the Wrestling itself. My oldest nephew was mad on it years ago. He went over to Texas about ten years ago to watch one of the big Wrestlemania events. He often watched it at mine, and I have to admit I always thought The Undertaker was a great character. I mean, we know films aren't real but we still enjoy them don't we. My only issue is when it gets marketed as a sport. Sport involves competition which is impossible when the outcome is already decided and everything is scripted. That's not to say that I don't respect the athleticism and the choreography.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Mar 16, 2019 12:54:58 GMT
Attitude Era wrestling was fucking quality.
I used to flagrantly ignore the “don’t try this at home” advert, I’ve landed more Swanton Bombs than Jeff Hardy, and we used to twat one another with lawn chairs, it was fantastic.
Winning a game of Bulldog with a perfectly executed clothesline from hell used to cause absolute scenes at dinner time on the playground, it’s quite sad that it’s been dumbed down now thanks to Benoit blowing a fuse.
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Post by duckling on Mar 16, 2019 16:19:56 GMT
The thing is it's entertainment and should be seen as that. I do think it's perhaps not valid to be shown on Sky sports but that's a criticism of Sky as opposed to the Wrestling itself. My oldest nephew was mad on it years ago. He went over to Texas about ten years ago to watch one of the big Wrestlemania events. He often watched it at mine, and I have to admit I always thought The Undertaker was a great character. I mean, we know films aren't real but we still enjoy them don't we. My only issue is when it gets marketed as a sport. Sport involves competition which is impossible when the outcome is already decided and everything is scripted. That's not to say that I don't respect the athleticism and the choreography. To conflate entertainment wrestling with actual wrestling, and to portray entertainment wrestling as a sport, is an insult to real wrestling. Real wrestling is an ancient sport found all over the world and throughout the animal kingdom. A good wrestler requires great athleticism, technical skill, ability to read an opponent, and mental fortitude. The WWE is just choreographed show stunts. |
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Mar 16, 2019 17:27:02 GMT
Riccyfuller is like some low tier twitter troll. Attitude era was top notch and it was quite dark in some of the storylines they've made it very PG now and it's lost a lot of it's edge. I mean they had Undertaker doing rituals and all sorts on stage. You can rewatch all of it on WWE's network if you subscribe I'm not a troll you're just easily offended that most men don't like watching wrestling. |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Mar 16, 2019 18:31:09 GMT
As a kid watching world of sport at my grans I used to love watchong big daddy, Marty Jones, fit Finlay, rollerball Rocco and the royal brothers.
Then I found wcw with the steiners, rich flair, and sid vicious
And lastly wwf with the hart foundation and bret Hart.
Great fun as a kid.
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Post by Cast no shadow on Mar 16, 2019 18:42:00 GMT
Loved the era, the rock stone cold rivalry has to be the pinnacle for me, soon as I got into high school though I stopped paying interest. If you ever feel nostalgic go onto 90s wwe on twitter
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Post by DentySCFC on Mar 16, 2019 23:00:11 GMT
Stone Cold Steve Austin is the GOAT.
WrestleMania 17 is a masterpiece.
That is all.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Mar 17, 2019 0:51:45 GMT
I was flicking last night after "Die Hard With a Vengeance" had finished, and came across "Impact" wrestling, which I believe is the same as "TNA", which has the Hardys for a time.
It was just boring as fuck.
I think a lot of the joy was watching, for instance, The Rock just going off on one on the mic. Literally talking nonsense, but in such a charismatic way that you couldn't stop watching.
Him and Stone Cold = GOATs.
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Post by santy on Mar 17, 2019 9:16:46 GMT
I used to be a huge fan back in the late 90's myself, even back then people used to go with the "it's not real" line as some kind of jibe. Grew out of it myself but every so often you'll see a news story after one of the big events and I've noticed that a lot of the same names seem to still be going which seems a bit tragic.
I seem to recall it was much more a case of guys in their athletic primes around 25-35 being in wrestling, whereas isn't the Undertaker still going? I seem to recall him being quite "old" or around the block a bit by the late 90's he must be pushing in his 50's now surely?
There was that thing with Hulk Hogan being dropped for being racist a year or two ago as well and he must be 60's or 70's now. A quick check online I've just seen he's 65, and apparently yesterday he just signed back up with the WWE. I haven't been interested for almost 20 years now, in fact the Rock/Hulk Hogan match was one of the last or possibly the last I ever saw and felt Hulk Hogan was too old then. Must be soul destroying if you're a young guy, genuinely wanting to get in to wrestling, and your path is blocked by blokes in their 50's and 60's who almost certainly must be physical ruins after all those years of wrestling.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Mar 17, 2019 11:41:22 GMT
Still remember the SST coming into the ring with the Halloween theme and destroying some jobbers.
WCW/NWA was far more fun that the WWF.
In fact here a link to the SST.
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Mar 17, 2019 12:05:10 GMT
I used to be a huge fan back in the late 90's myself, even back then people used to go with the "it's not real" line as some kind of jibe. Grew out of it myself but every so often you'll see a news story after one of the big events and I've noticed that a lot of the same names seem to still be going which seems a bit tragic. I seem to recall it was much more a case of guys in their athletic primes around 25-35 being in wrestling, whereas isn't the Undertaker still going? I seem to recall him being quite "old" or around the block a bit by the late 90's he must be pushing in his 50's now surely? There was that thing with Hulk Hogan being dropped for being racist a year or two ago as well and he must be 60's or 70's now. A quick check online I've just seen he's 65, and apparently yesterday he just signed back up with the WWE. I haven't been interested for almost 20 years now, in fact the Rock/Hulk Hogan match was one of the last or possibly the last I ever saw and felt Hulk Hogan was too old then. Must be soul destroying if you're a young guy, genuinely wanting to get in to wrestling, and your path is blocked by blokes in their 50's and 60's who almost certainly must be physical ruins after all those years of wrestling. You do realise Hulk Hogan doesn't still wrestle, right?  The Undertaker comes back once a year for a big match at Wrestlemania, not for his own benefit but because he is the biggest name & most respected wrestler of all-time, so when someone wants their 'big Wrestlemania moment' (Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns etc...) Or it's a legends retirement match (Shawn Micheals, Triple H etc...) Then they always want it to be against The Undertaker as they know nothing can ever top that. Wrestling today isn't as good as it was but that's mostly because they aren't allowed the freedom on the mic that people like The Rock had. Lets not forget that 'Rocky Maivia' was absolutely hated when he made his debut, infact he was hated so much that the crowd used to chant "Die, Rocky, die" during his matches. It was only when he became 'The Rock' & was allowed freedom with his character & on the mic that he got over. Few wrestlers today are allowed such freedom & instead most of them have to stick to the script even on the mic, it leads to some awful promos & bland gimmicks. In terms of their in-ring work though, most modern wrestlers are way ahead of most of the guys from the past. There's a great womens division aswell nowadays with a lot of them who're genuinely talented & aren't just ex-models & shit like in the Attitude Era. |
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Mar 17, 2019 15:57:54 GMT
It was definitely some of the best comedy on television along with WCW. No, I'm not being facetious, I watched it and laughed more than anything else on at the time. My favorite was always Al Snow, "drying" his hand over some make believe blower before bowling in the ring with a head and the APA getting mad when someone didn't knock (their office had no walls and just a door). Haven't watched wrestling since then.
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Post by kidsgroveboxxy on Mar 22, 2019 23:39:21 GMT
Stone Cold Steve Austin is the GOAT. WrestleMania 17 is a masterpiece. That is all. 17 was shit. 14 was the best |
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Post by DentySCFC on Mar 23, 2019 8:58:36 GMT
Stone Cold Steve Austin is the GOAT. WrestleMania 17 is a masterpiece. That is all. 17 was shit. 14 was the best You’re just wrong. |
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Mar 23, 2019 12:47:22 GMT
Wow, came back and re-read the thread. I had overlooked the shoot Riccy was doing on Pretty. Good times. Regardless of whether one likes this type of entertainment or not, the ESPN doc on Ric Flair is damn funny (his poor wife though...).
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Post by flea79 on Mar 23, 2019 12:58:54 GMT
attitude era was outstanding
Stone Cold, the Rock, triple H were fantastic
all time greatest ppv was wrestlemania 17
although the 6 man hell in a cell in 2001 with The Rock, Stone Cold, Undertaker, Kurt Angle, Rikishi and Triple H is one of my favourite matches ever
its a shame the invasion angle never worked out properly when WCW was purchased by WWE, so many of the big names had guaranteed contracts and didnt need to come over to WWE and it never quite worked but still a great story!
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