For the bumps guys took in the 90's. I don't think any of them got paid enough. They often played whack a mole with steel chairs.
Favorite professional wrestler
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I go back to the mid 1970's when the NWA Central States territory had an hour long show pimping out events at McElroy Auditorium every Saturday afternoon on KWWL before Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. I was a big fan in the heyday 1980's, but my interest waned when the WWF/WWE more or less forced WCW out of the business. Haven't watched anything at all since.
I don't really have a favorite so much as favorites. Flair, Savage, Sting, Bret Hart, a younger Harley Race...those were my favorites. Guys like Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody were up there too. The Road Warriors when they first came out were probably the most dominating tag team I ever saw, too - they simply destroyed everybody in their paths for years on end.
Ric Flair though, late 70's to mid 80's...none better IMHO. The Ricky Steamboat/Randy Savage WM3 match probably was the best match I ever saw. And I remember watching the early days of ECW when they were an indy outfit in the NE playing in shitty little venues that had some of the absolute craziest matches I've ever seen.
I don't really have a favorite so much as favorites. Flair, Savage, Sting, Bret Hart, a younger Harley Race...those were my favorites. Guys like Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody were up there too. The Road Warriors when they first came out were probably the most dominating tag team I ever saw, too - they simply destroyed everybody in their paths for years on end.
Ric Flair though, late 70's to mid 80's...none better IMHO. The Ricky Steamboat/Randy Savage WM3 match probably was the best match I ever saw. And I remember watching the early days of ECW when they were an indy outfit in the NE playing in shitty little venues that had some of the absolute craziest matches I've ever seen.
I see a lot of people saying Rick Flair. Guy is fantastic and promos and in the ring. One thing I don’t get is how flabby he has been for about 2 decades. I don’t recall him being super stacked ever, I wonder if it’s all the tanning that make his skin saggy?
The 80's from a vanity stand point he was. But his diet self admittedly wasn't good. Functional alcoholic, 20 some odd drinks a day.
Moondog Mayne.Everyone I knew grew up watching professional wrestling (I was an 80’s baby) so it really hit it pinnacle in my opinion in the early and mid 90’s.
The “Monday Night Wars” between WCW and the WWF were epic.
Post your favorite wrestler growing up…
Most of the promotions had rules against that very thing in those days, for that reason. Heels and faces were not supposed to ride together. Obviously, have no idea how consistently enforced it was.
Always had a liking for Roddy. Never been fond of Mr T.
WhenT came over after Rocky he mistakenly thought he was tougher than some of the wrestler. That might be true but he made a mistake and disrespected Piper.
They had a backstage fight and Piper wiped the floor with T.
I was such a huge fan of Piper as a kid. He was so, so good at what he did on the mic. One of the greatest heels ever, and without a heel "gimmick".
Piper had formal boxing training. Wrestlers have comment about his "fast boxer hands".
T obviously had to have some training getting ready to shoot Rocky and made the mistake of thinking he had legit boxing skills. Apparently that was the root of their beef. Piper roughed him up pretty good.
Steroids alone have probably taken their toll as well.
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