Post by Lewscher on Dec 16, 2010 18:11:49 GMT -5
*First off ive had a bit to drink tonight so bare with me please*
so pre-80's wrestling, it was bare bonedsport, not very muscular men or that, just chubby dudes 'wrastling
then the 80's, WWF, most if not all wrestlers had a gimmick, which must have appealed to the world wide audience correct? doink the clown, sgt slaughter, hogan the american hero, andre the f'n huge giant, bret, hitman, heart, M$M, you name it they had a gimmick,
Then the 90's, The attitude era, this was hardcore wrestling, 18-24 male demographic, and just hatred and humor and sex appeal all in 1, less gimmicks, and more 'real life' dudes, knocking each others teeth out, sure gimmicks are still to be had, taker and the ministry, vince and the corperation, rather movie styled story lines
and then the 2000+ era, its all about the best dudes wrestling, and having only wathed the forst half of the 2000 decade, i cant say much, however 1 phrase, "PG",
so all in all, i remember a thread having in it storylines rotating every 7 or so years or something, so how about the actual wrestling style? gimmick, hardcore, muscle+fitness......
So the point of this thread i supose is your thoughts on the gimmicks and how wrestlings changed i suppose, all be it i limited it to wwf mostly
*merry x-mas by the way*
so pre-80's wrestling, it was bare bonedsport, not very muscular men or that, just chubby dudes 'wrastling
then the 80's, WWF, most if not all wrestlers had a gimmick, which must have appealed to the world wide audience correct? doink the clown, sgt slaughter, hogan the american hero, andre the f'n huge giant, bret, hitman, heart, M$M, you name it they had a gimmick,
Then the 90's, The attitude era, this was hardcore wrestling, 18-24 male demographic, and just hatred and humor and sex appeal all in 1, less gimmicks, and more 'real life' dudes, knocking each others teeth out, sure gimmicks are still to be had, taker and the ministry, vince and the corperation, rather movie styled story lines
and then the 2000+ era, its all about the best dudes wrestling, and having only wathed the forst half of the 2000 decade, i cant say much, however 1 phrase, "PG",
so all in all, i remember a thread having in it storylines rotating every 7 or so years or something, so how about the actual wrestling style? gimmick, hardcore, muscle+fitness......
So the point of this thread i supose is your thoughts on the gimmicks and how wrestlings changed i suppose, all be it i limited it to wwf mostly
*merry x-mas by the way*
