Anyone else a "serious" Wrestling nut from the '80's?

[Shockrock3]

Anyone else here a true diehard wrestling fan or am I the last surviving member of intelligent life ? Every friggin Saturday morning as a kid for years and years and years I would park myself infront of the T.V. and watch either World Class Championship Wrestling from Texas or WWF...sometimes if we were lucky we could catch some Florida Wrestling with Gordon Solie, lol. Complete addiction...my mother thought I was soft but for those 2 hrs. I was the happiest kid ha ha. I must have hundreds and hundreds of wrestling magazines in storage back at my mother's house, VCR tapes of matches, etc. Ha it would be hillarious when my mother walked in and the guys face would be a crimson mask...just bleeding everywhere. Good memories

Anyway long live Tommy Rich!

Shock

 

[borderbound]

i had met the road warriors in person back in 1989 or 90
we were waiting for a delayed flight out of cleveland
they were dressed in suits mild mannered and spoke to everyone that approached them

oh yeah they were also some huge Mo FER's

ive always wondered if wrestlers didnt inflate there so called hieght and weight numbers but im sure these guys didnt need to
at that time i was 6'1 220 # and the could have played ping pong with me

 

[maxx]

Anyone else here a true diehard wrestling fan or am I the last surviving member of intelligent life ? Every friggin Saturday morning as a kid for years and years and years I would park myself infront of the T.V. and watch either World Class Championship Wrestling from Texas or WWF...sometimes if we were lucky we could catch some Florida Wrestling with Gordon Solie, lol. Complete addiction...my mother thought I was soft but for those 2 hrs. I was the happiest kid ha ha. I must have hundreds and hundreds of wrestling magazines in storage back at my mother's house, VCR tapes of matches, etc. Ha it would be hillarious when my mother walked in and the guys face would be a crimson mask...just bleeding everywhere. Good memories

Anyway long live Tommy Rich!

Shock

hell yea bro...rockin rock express,midnight express,hawk and animal,"young" flair,tully blancher (sp)ect...

maxx

 

[Ian Smith]

Oh Ya,, remember the WWF saturday morning cartoon... I loved that shit,, dont really care for it anymore... I had Hulk Hogan Posters hanging in my Basement,, all around my "Home Gym" which consisted of a bench from Wal-Mart and those grey plastic weights that were filled with concrete... Anyone remember Bulldog Bob Brown? He was on the Midwest circuit... Before the WWF there was a Sunday morning wrestling program,, it was the NWF or NWA,, again,, it was midwest,,, that was where ric flair started,, hell he was the champ for years,, thats even where the road warriors started,, there were so many that went to the WWF,, cant even remember them all. Mr Pogo,, The Junk Yard Dog... I think Im gonna cry.

 

[Joker]

hell yea bro...rockin rock express,midnight express,hawk and animal,"young" flair,tully blancher (sp)ect...

maxx

Superfly when he was in GREAT shape, Rocky Johnson, Atlas, Iron Mike Sharpe, George "the animal" Steele, Ricky Steamboat, The Iron Sheik, Big John Stud, Bob Bachlin (sp?)--he used to make me laugh, Ivan Putski. Those were the days!

 

[maxx]

Superfly when he was in GREAT shape, Rocky Johnson, Atlas, Iron Mike Sharpe, George "the animal" Steele, Ricky Steamboat, The Iron Sheik, Big John Stud, Bob Bachlin (sp?)--he used to make me laugh, Ivan Putski. Those were the days!

ive got like 50 vhs tapes of 80's wrestling....im gonna have to get them out now

maxx

 

[lonewolf36]

Oh yeah, AWA ruled! Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA, Midnight Express, The Four Horsemen, Barry Windham, Wahoo McDaniel, Billy Graham, The Freebirds, Eddie Gilbert, Road Warriors, Terry Funk ... oh man...sometimes we'd get Texas Wrestling, with The Sheepherders, Jeff Jarrott, Kevin Sullivan, Mark Lewin ... then, WWF, Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Sgt. Slaughter, Hulk Hogan, The Masked Superstar, Junkyard Dog, Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, Randy 'Macho Man' Savage, Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat, Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine...I still have the match where Hulk Hogan beat the Iron Shiek for the WWF title , on a BETAMAX tape.

I remember when Ken Patera got arrested for throwing a boulder through the front window of a McDonalds. Apparently, him, and some other wrestlers (I forget who), where drunk and hungry, and McDonalds was closed. So, the story goes, he trew the boulder through the window, and the cops find them inside trying to make something to eat.

Did anyone else see the documentary about wrestling, where they show Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, and he was a crackhead? It was sad. He said Vince McMahon would supply them all kinds of drugs, pain killers, steroids, etc. Of course, he was saying those things so he could use it as an excuse.

Anyway, don't get me started....could go on, and on...like when I went to meet Robert Remus (aka Sgt. Slaughter), who was a neighbor of my cousin, in Charlotte, NC, when I was wanting to become a pro wrestler...ok, ok, someone elses turn...

 

[Shockrock3]

Oh yeah, AWA ruled! Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA, Midnight Express, The Four Horsemen, Barry Windham, Wahoo McDaniel, Billy Graham, The Freebirds, Eddie Gilbert, Road Warriors, Terry Funk ... oh man...sometimes we'd get Texas Wrestling, with The Sheepherders, Jeff Jarrott, Kevin Sullivan, Mark Lewin ... then, WWF, Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Sgt. Slaughter, Hulk Hogan, The Masked Superstar, Junkyard Dog, Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, Randy 'Macho Man' Savage, Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat, Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine...I still have the match where Hulk Hogan beat the Iron Shiek for the WWF title , on a BETAMAX tape.

I remember when Ken Patera got arrested for throwing a boulder through the front window of a McDonalds. Apparently, him, and some other wrestlers (I forget who), where drunk and hungry, and McDonalds was closed. So, the story goes, he trew the boulder through the window, and the cops find them inside trying to make something to eat.

Did anyone else see the documentary about wrestling, where they show Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, and he was a crackhead? It was sad. He said Vince McMahon would supply them all kinds of drugs, pain killers, steroids, etc. Of course, he was saying those things so he could use it as an excuse.

Anyway, don't get me started....could go on, and on...like when I went to meet Robert Remus (aka Sgt. Slaughter), who was a neighbor of my cousin, in Charlotte, NC, when I was wanting to become a pro wrestler...ok, ok, someone elses turn...

Ha Ken Patera's partner in crime @ the McDonlads was Mr. Saito

Shock

 

[mooselips]

Don't forget "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin and his air-freshener spraying babe Precious escorting him to the squared circle. I lived for that shit every weekend! Also the boogie woogie man Jimmy Valiant (whatever happened to him)?

 

[Slick Arrado]

The Freebirds, there were four of them total if I remember correctly, good one Lonewolf. IceMan Parsons, The Great Kabuki, The Dingo Warrior, all 1200 Von Erichs, Kamala, and Gentleman Chris Adams. I believe these guys are resting in peace: Gino Hernandez, Adrian Adonis, and Bruiser Brody.

 

[Slick Arrado]

Don't forget "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin and his air-freshener spraying babe Precious escorting him to the squared circle. I lived for that shit every weekend! Also the boogie woogie man Jimmy Valiant (whatever happened to him)?

Didn't he also have one named Sunshine?

 

[FTW]

Anyone else here a true diehard wrestling fan or am I the last surviving member of intelligent life ? Every friggin Saturday morning as a kid for years and years and years I would park myself infront of the T.V. and watch either World Class Championship Wrestling from Texas or WWF...sometimes if we were lucky we could catch some Florida Wrestling with Gordon Solie, lol. Complete addiction...my mother thought I was soft but for those 2 hrs. I was the happiest kid ha ha. I must have hundreds and hundreds of wrestling magazines in storage back at my mother's house, VCR tapes of matches, etc. Ha it would be hillarious when my mother walked in and the guys face would be a crimson mask...just bleeding everywhere. Good memories

Anyway long live Tommy Rich!

Shock

Lmao @ wildfire Tommy Rich

Hell yeah bro im a old scool fan but my favorite wrestilng was the real ECW. man that was the shit.

"hands of stone" Ronnie Garvin the 1 punch wonder!!

 

[Joker]

Lmao @ wildfire Tommy Rich

Hell yeah bro im a old scool fan but my favorite wrestilng was the real ECW. man that was the shit.

"hands of stone" Ronnie Garvin the 1 punch wonder!!

No one mentioned Captain Lou Albano, and the rubberband in his dirty beard. And Freddie Blassie. I'll never forget those two. Oh, and the Samoans--remember those ugly bastards?

 

[FTW]

2 words

Hillbilly Jim

LMAO

 

[FTW]

Don't forget "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin and his air-freshener spraying babe Precious escorting him to the squared circle. I lived for that shit every weekend! Also the boogie woogie man Jimmy Valiant (whatever happened to him)?

Bro i seen Valiant in my local Wal-mart acting like he was raising money for kids and him as dirty as shit and look like 10 mile of bad road and was charging for pics and autographs if you can beleve that shit. But still wresting in some cheap federation .

 

[Meat Train]

I saw Razor Ramone back in like 1990-- he looked and acted drunk but he was wrestling some big karate guy. I talk to a younger wrestler now and then-- he fills me in on the rules- the "need" of wearing special wrestler boots-- the places he ordered his speedos and pants. if you think we are being screwed by supplement companies, you should see what these guys spend on clothing!

Wrestlers= Mobile Bodybuilders

 

[Neodavid]

Three words for you.

Billy
Graham
Superstar

YEAH!!!

Geez, but i saw him in a documentary like 10 years ago though, and it just about made me cry. No kidding guys, he had to use one of those old lady walkers. His joints were just gone.

I feel so bad for him.

Anyone else here a true diehard wrestling fan or am I the last surviving member of intelligent life ? Every friggin Saturday morning as a kid for years and years and years I would park myself infront of the T.V. and watch either World Class Championship Wrestling from Texas or WWF...sometimes if we were lucky we could catch some Florida Wrestling with Gordon Solie, lol. Complete addiction...my mother thought I was soft but for those 2 hrs. I was the happiest kid ha ha. I must have hundreds and hundreds of wrestling magazines in storage back at my mother's house, VCR tapes of matches, etc. Ha it would be hillarious when my mother walked in and the guys face would be a crimson mask...just bleeding everywhere. Good memories

Anyway long live Tommy Rich!

Shock

 

[Shockrock3]

Didn't he also have one named Sunshine?

Sunshine was his original valet then she turned and went with David Von Erich

Shock

 

[sweettart29]

Superfly when he was in GREAT shape, Rocky Johnson, Atlas, Iron Mike Sharpe, George "the animal" Steele, Ricky Steamboat, The Iron Sheik, Big John Stud, Bob Bachlin (sp?)--he used to make me laugh, Ivan Putski. Those were the days!

I met George "the animal" Steele in Burger King on my way home from one of the WWF Matches that they had in Augusta ME about seven years ago. I walked into the burger king to get a drink it was on the pike on the way home and he was there with the twin refs, he was standing in front of me and he turned around and said hi how ya doing, I was in complete shock I said good. I wanted to ask him for his autograph but I couldn't. I have seen Cheif Jay Strongbow, Tony Atlas, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock before he was really big and famous, I loved Ivan Putski, My mom loved Superfly, I have seen Brett Hart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, And Jim the anvil, Andre the Giant, damn I remember them all. Now ya'll made me feel old lol

 

[FTW]

I met George "the animal" Steele in Burger King on my way home from one of the WWF Matches that they had in Augusta ME about seven years ago. I walked into the burger king to get a drink it was on the pike on the way home and he was there with the twin refs, he was standing in front of me and he turned around and said hi how ya doing, I was in complete shock I said good. I wanted to ask him for his autograph but I couldn't. I have seen Cheif Jay Strongbow, Tony Atlas, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock before he was really big and famous, I loved Ivan Putski, My mom loved Superfly, I have seen Brett Hart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, And Jim the anvil, Andre the Giant, damn I remember them all. Now ya'll made me feel old lol

Tony Atlas use to be huge and a super nice guy.
Of all wrestlers ive met i hate Randy "macho man" Savage worse than any.