Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Mar 31, 2014 20:49:28 GMT -5
A few examples of things I thought/misunderstood about Professional Wrestling when you were a kid.
I thought Triple H sang his entrance theme.
I thought Ric Flair had magical powers since he was older, but equally better than most of the wrestlers working then.
ECW One Night Stand 05 was the coolest show I'd ever seen. I watched on DVD in it's entirety over 10 times.
I didn't understand Paul Heyman's Shoot Promo at all, but I thought his delivery was amazing & memorized it verbatim. I begged my parents to buy me an ECW hat at December to Dismember & a leather trench coat from Belk, just to pretend I was Paul.
Kurt Angle vs Michaels at WrestleMania was the greatest wrestling match of all time, but in my youthful stupidity I believed Batista vs Triple H from the same night wasn't far behind. I've had semi-bearded lovers that I'm less embarrassed of than that.
I thought of the documentary "The Unreal Story of Pro-Wrestling" as my bible. I watched it 30 times. No, seriously. 30.
I didn't "get" Bret Hart. His matches were over my head.
The first wrestler I absolutely detested was Edge because he screwed over Kane during The Gold Rush Tournament, which is how he became involved with Lita.
Kane, Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Big Show, & Chris Benoit were my first favorites.
My first favorites that I learned of after they retired/died were Andre, The Road Warriors, Dusty Rhodes, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Superstar Billy Graham, Harley Race, & Roddy Piper.
I have rarely been happier than when Road Warrior Animal joined Hiedenreich to win the secondary Tag-team Titles. I was so excited to watch them live at my first house show, I cried as I shouted "Doomsday Device!!!"
when Animal lifted Johnny Nitro onto his shoulders.
Please share your favorite childhood wrestling related moments, misconceptions etc.
I thought Triple H sang his entrance theme.
I thought Ric Flair had magical powers since he was older, but equally better than most of the wrestlers working then.
ECW One Night Stand 05 was the coolest show I'd ever seen. I watched on DVD in it's entirety over 10 times.
I didn't understand Paul Heyman's Shoot Promo at all, but I thought his delivery was amazing & memorized it verbatim. I begged my parents to buy me an ECW hat at December to Dismember & a leather trench coat from Belk, just to pretend I was Paul.
Kurt Angle vs Michaels at WrestleMania was the greatest wrestling match of all time, but in my youthful stupidity I believed Batista vs Triple H from the same night wasn't far behind. I've had semi-bearded lovers that I'm less embarrassed of than that.
I thought of the documentary "The Unreal Story of Pro-Wrestling" as my bible. I watched it 30 times. No, seriously. 30.
I didn't "get" Bret Hart. His matches were over my head.
The first wrestler I absolutely detested was Edge because he screwed over Kane during The Gold Rush Tournament, which is how he became involved with Lita.
Kane, Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Big Show, & Chris Benoit were my first favorites.
My first favorites that I learned of after they retired/died were Andre, The Road Warriors, Dusty Rhodes, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Superstar Billy Graham, Harley Race, & Roddy Piper.
I have rarely been happier than when Road Warrior Animal joined Hiedenreich to win the secondary Tag-team Titles. I was so excited to watch them live at my first house show, I cried as I shouted "Doomsday Device!!!"
when Animal lifted Johnny Nitro onto his shoulders.
Please share your favorite childhood wrestling related moments, misconceptions etc.
