WWF Wrestling

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Sitting in the boozer and this nonsense is on the box on mute. The number of adults in the crowd not accompanying kids is crazy. Are these people just reaching out towards something to believe in the same way as those of a religious faith do?

[Future17]

Sitting in the boozer and this nonsense is on the box on mute. The number of adults in the crowd not accompanying kids is crazy. Are these people just reaching out towards something to believe in the same way as those of a religious faith do?

WWE Wrestling! Get with the times HH!

They had to drop the WWF moniker after they stopped showing panda fights.

[Steve20]

I used to love it when I was younger. 1997-2001 was good. Went downhill from then and I stopped watching ages ago.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I remember Franz Klammers career going down hill, much more skill involved! Ingemar Stenmark was better, but, he wouldnae be allowed to use poles in these PC Times to further his career!

[Steve-O]

Sitting in the boozer and this nonsense is on the box on mute. The number of adults in the crowd not accompanying kids is crazy. Are these people just reaching out towards something to believe in the same way as those of a religious faith do?

Believe it or not, some people say similar things about football fans...

[Holmesdale Hibs]

I used to love it when I was younger. 1997-2001 was good. Went downhill from then and I stopped watching ages ago.

I used to watch it when I was a kid - pretty good back in the days of Hulk Hogen, Ultimate Warrior etc but I grew out of it before I started going to pubs. I could see it being a good laugh if you took your kids but would be a bit embarrassed to go with my mates and would expect a slagging if I suggested it.

[Steve20]

I used to watch it when I was a kid - pretty good back in the days of Hulk Hogen, Ultimate Warrior etc but I grew out of it before I started going to pubs. I could see it being a good laugh if you took your kids but would be a bit embarrassed to go with my mates and would expect a slagging if I suggested it.

Not sure I'd be embarrassed. I was 15-19 when I watched it and only ever watched it in the house or at a mates. Never went to any of them live.

Stonecold and The Rock were the two best in my time watching it.

[Steve-O]

Have to admit I've been to see it about 5 or 6 times :greengrin

Last time I went was probably about 6 years ago though. Was getting a bit crap by then with the focus going back to 'PG' stuff and away from the 'edgy' TV of the 97-2001 period that was undoubtedly the best time to watch it.

I very very occasionally watch if I see it's on nowadays but it's just not the same as the days of Austin, the Rock, Foley, HHH, Vince, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels etc etc.

[Pretty Boy]

Have to admit I've been to see it about 5 or 6 times :greengrin

Last time I went was probably about 6 years ago though. Was getting a bit crap by then with the focus going back to 'PG' stuff and away from the 'edgy' TV of the 97-2001 period that was undoubtedly the best time to watch it.

I very very occasionally watch if I see it's on nowadays but it's just not the same as the days of Austin, the Rock, Foley, HHH, Vince, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels etc etc.

My mate was at the Raw show in Dublin the other week. Mick Foley was announced as a special guest referee for a match and apparently the adults present went crazy whilst kids asked their parents who he was!

The hardcore legend is apparently appearing in his one man show in Glasgow this week

[DH1875]

Have to admit I've been to see it about 5 or 6 times :greengrin

Last time I went was probably about 6 years ago though. Was getting a bit crap by then with the focus going back to 'PG' stuff and away from the 'edgy' TV of the 97-2001 period that was undoubtedly the best time to watch it.

I very very occasionally watch if I see it's on nowadays but it's just not the same as the days of Austin, the Rock, Foley, HHH, Vince, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels etc etc.


You should check out TNA. It used to be crap but they got all the old "superstars" on there :agree:.

[Bishop Hibee]

Sitting in the boozer and this nonsense is on the box on mute. The number of adults in the crowd not accompanying kids is crazy. Are these people just reaching out towards something to believe in the same way as those of a religious faith do?

To compare wrestling to religious faith is plain daft. They are going to the wrestling as entertainment presumably. Load of rubbish as far as I'm concerned but each to their own.

[Steve-O]

You should check out TNA. It used to be crap but they got all the old "superstars" on there :agree:.

Yeah some of the stuff on there looks decent at times from what I can see, alas it is not on at all in New Zealand and I'm not fussed enough to go seeking it out online.

[Steve-O]

My mate was at the Raw show in Dublin the other week. Mick Foley was announced as a special guest referee for a match and apparently the adults present went crazy whilst kids asked their parents who he was!

The hardcore legend is apparently appearing in his one man show in Glasgow this week

Would've liked to see his show. He is pretty funny, and intelligent. I've read both of his autobiographies and even one of his novels!

[easty]

To compare wrestling to religious faith is plain daft. They are going to the wrestling as entertainment presumably. Load of rubbish as far as I'm concerned but each to their own.

The bit in bold sums up both religion and wrestling for me. So they can be compared.:greengrin

[Saorsa]

The bit in bold sums up both religion and wrestling for me. So they can be compared.:greengrin:agree:

[R'Albin]

It's awesome :greengrin

They're holding a live show in Liverpool tonight for the first time:agree:

[DrSpaceMonkey]

I occasionally watch my old ECW videos :not worth nothing like a barbed wire baseball bat to the head :aok:

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

The bit in bold sums up both religion and wrestling for me. So they can be compared.:greengrin That was my point. cheers! :-)

[heretoday]

Tell me I'm not the only one who can remember ITV Wrestling on a Saturday back in the 60s. Kent Walton was the commentator and he used to invent ad hoc names for the various holds that the guys got into in order to make it sound more professional. "That's a triple armpit squeeze he's got him in right now."

The programme was always from somewhere like Leicester Locarno Rooms or some such and once Jackie "Mr TV" Pallo was attacked by an old lady from the crowd wielding an umbrella.

Then there was "Cry Baby" Jim Breaks who made Carlos Tevez look like a strong, manly figure.

Funnily enough, I didn't watch it avidly at the time but I sure miss it now.

[Hiber-nation]

Tell me I'm not the only one who can remember ITV Wrestling on a Saturday back in the 60s. Kent Walton was the commentator and he used to invent ad hoc names for the various holds that the guys got into in order to make it sound more professional. "That's a triple armpit squeeze he's got him in right now."

The programme was always from somewhere like Leicester Locarno Rooms or some such and once Jackie "Mr TV" Pallo was attacked by an old lady from the crowd wielding an umbrella.

Then there was "Cry Baby" Jim Breaks who made Carlos Tevez look like a strong, manly figure.

Funnily enough, I didn't watch it avidly at the time but I sure miss it now.

:agree:

Remember the "Royal Brothers" - Bert Royal and err..Vic Faulkner :greengrin

And George Kidd, the Scottish guy who rolled himself into a ball.

[DrSpaceMonkey]

Tell me I'm not the only one who can remember ITV Wrestling on a Saturday back in the 60s. Kent Walton was the commentator and he used to invent ad hoc names for the various holds that the guys got into in order to make it sound more professional. "That's a triple armpit squeeze he's got him in right now."

The programme was always from somewhere like Leicester Locarno Rooms or some such and once Jackie "Mr TV" Pallo was attacked by an old lady from the crowd wielding an umbrella.

Then there was "Cry Baby" Jim Breaks who made Carlos Tevez look like a strong, manly figure.

Funnily enough, I didn't watch it avidly at the time but I sure miss it now.

is on sky channel 228 at various times during the day, not as far back as the 60's but kendo nagasaki was on the other day :aok:

[heretoday]

There was something very tawdry about it but also quite innocent in a way. There is really no difference between the "believers" of those old days and the crowds who watch the WWE stuff now.

Except it's probably ten times more expensive to get in.