Anyone watch WWE?

[HuskerFanChuck]

Gads I feel old... I haven't followed the wrestling scene for a while... my heyday was when you still had Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, Jesse, British Bulldogs, Andre the Giant, etc. etc. Was fun to watch, and back then, the secret hadn't been revealed about it not being real. While the questions were there, you never quiet knew for sure. Fun times. Always entertaining to watch, regardless. I remember some cartoon they even made with those stars as the main figures for Saturday morning. Crazy stuff.

 

[FLU]

The cartoon you're referring to is Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling. They also had a breakfast cereal.

 

[HuskerFanChuck]

Oh... Bobby 'the Brain' Heenan. The Undertaker. The different incarnations of the Ultimate Warrior. Ric Flair. Bret Hart. Good gracious, those were some crazy days. I remember a black wrestler with a parrot, I believe. Coco something, I think was the name he went by. Plenty of others that came and went over time.

 

[HuskerFanChuck]

That's it, FLU. Crazy how you remember that stuff.

 

[FLU]

You're thinking of Koko B. Ware and his bird, Frankie.

Yes, pathetically, I used to study pro wrestling history. I worked from some pro wrestling newsboards back in the day, and worked for a wrestling company called Mid-South Wrestling Showcase.

 

[FLU]

I've been a WWWF/WWF/WWE fan since the early 1980s, back when Bob Backlund was champion. The first live match I attended was for my 8th birthday -- the co-main event was Andre the Giant vs. Blackjack Mulligan and Bob Backlund vs. Superfly Snuka.

 

[ShawnWatson]

I watch WWE every night before my mom tells me it's bedtime and I put on my footed pajamas.

 

[HuskerThor]

HaHa, that was almost funny.

 

[FLU]

Perfect example of someone who thinks he's funny, but isn't.

 

[ShawnWatson]

Funny? It's still real to me, damnit!

 

[HuskerThor]

Now that was funny!

BTW, Jerry the King Lawler is doing great. He is just lucky he had that massive heart attack during the show. EMT's and doctors are always at ringside.

 

[FLU]

Lawler shouldn't have been wrestling at that age... makes zero sense.

 

[HuskerThor]

Apparently, at age 62, he still wrestles twice a week.

 

[FLU]

Like I said, it makes no sense... you have young talent in the back who are begging for more TV time, yet you have a 62-year old challenging your champion.

 

[FLU]

Like I said, it makes no sense... you have young talent in the back who are begging for more TV time, yet you have a 62-year old challenging your champion. WWE is hard to watch these days -- hard to find anyone worth pulling for.