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Old 1 June 2020, 11:18 AM   #1
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Icon5 Any wrestling fans?

I watch it with my kids. Watched it growing up.

I don’t care who knows.
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Old 1 June 2020, 11:34 AM   #2
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Old 1 June 2020, 11:36 AM   #3
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I admit to having a Macho Man doll, true story.

Edit: HAD ... had a Macho Man doll ... past tense
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Old 1 June 2020, 11:38 AM   #4
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I loved it back in the day, especially when WCW was a thing.
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Old 1 June 2020, 11:48 AM   #5
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Knew I wasn’t alone.

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Old 1 June 2020, 11:54 AM   #6
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Big fan growing up. Remember Snuka vs. Backland, Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Shiek. Can’t forget Cindy Lauper. I could go on and on. I actually went to MSG for a cage match. Had seats by the ring. I couldn’t believe how enormous the wrestlers were. Add there size, and athleticism, I’m impressed.
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Old 1 June 2020, 11:57 AM   #7
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I recall thinking I was Snuka, when I jumped in the pool. That didn’t last long, due to painful landings.
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Old 1 June 2020, 12:04 PM   #8
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Real wrestling ended with the 1980's.
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Old 1 June 2020, 12:10 PM   #9
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Been watching Dark Side of the Ring.

Gold stuff.
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Old 1 June 2020, 12:15 PM   #10
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I recall thinking I was Snuka, when I jumped in the pool. That didn’t last long, due to painful landings.
Ahhh, the Superfly
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Old 1 June 2020, 12:22 PM   #11
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Can’t forget the “ Fabulous Moolah.” . RIP.
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Old 1 June 2020, 01:07 PM   #12
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I watched too . . . . . but just to identify the models of Ric Flair's solid gold Rolexes.
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Old 1 June 2020, 01:21 PM   #13
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Old 1 June 2020, 01:23 PM   #14
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I watched too . . . . . but just to identify the models of Ric Flair's solid gold Rolexes.
Wooooooooooo!!!!!!!
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Old 1 June 2020, 01:47 PM   #15
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Watched it young and I still watch it now!!!!!


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Old 1 June 2020, 06:55 PM   #16
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Watched it when I was younger. The WWF used to come to town 2-3 times per year in the 70's/80's. When I went in the 80's I'd get ringside seats. Saw Superfly, Tito Santana, SD Jones, The Wild Samoans, SGT Slaughter vs The Iron Sheik, Macho Man, Hulk Hogan. You name it they came here and wrestled. The absolute nicest one of them all was Bob Backlund. He was the champ at the time. He signed for every kid until the line was gone. The undercard matches had started and his guy kept telling him they had to go. He just stayed and talked to and thanked every kid that was waiting for him.
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Old 1 June 2020, 07:53 PM   #17
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Spiros Arion “The Golden Greek”.

That was great ‘theatre’ in the 1960’s.
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Old 1 June 2020, 07:59 PM   #18
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You guys missed out big time

Unless you grew up in the uk in the 70s & watched a Big Daddy via Giant haystacks wrestling match - you’ve never lived.
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Old 1 June 2020, 08:48 PM   #19
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Yes. Wrestling was Awesome. British Bull Dog, Boss Man, Legion of Doom, Dudley Brothers, Crush, Papa Shango, 123 Kid, Ted Dibiosey the Million Dollar Man etc etc etc. Great entertainment as a kid. No where near what it was like back then. A bunch of Steroid Freaks in leotards on Coke. Awesome stuff.
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But to answer the question, not since I was like 9 years old.
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Old 1 June 2020, 09:24 PM   #21
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Never understood the attraction.
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Old 1 June 2020, 10:52 PM   #22
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I watched wrestling a lot when I was younger same way my kids are huge fans.


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Old 1 June 2020, 11:03 PM   #23
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My kids love for wrestling brought back my interest for it, I am now watching it much as I did when I was younger.
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Old 1 June 2020, 11:07 PM   #24
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When I was about 10 I went to Madison Square Garden tp see Bruno Sanmartino it was wild
A friend of my daughter’s wrestles under the name Cass Cassidy. The guy was pre- med at NYU !!!

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Old 1 June 2020, 11:39 PM   #25
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Mean Gene Okerlund and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Verne and Greg Gagne, Nick Bockwinkel...Good show on Sunday AM
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Old 1 June 2020, 11:51 PM   #26
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I liked it as a kid when it was still WWF.

My favorites were the British Bulldogs. While my siblings liked Hart Foundation.
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Old 2 June 2020, 01:46 AM   #27
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Old 2 June 2020, 09:50 AM   #28
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Old 2 June 2020, 10:12 AM   #29
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I’ll watch some of the pay per view stuff with friends who have kids. Not the same without the crowd. AEW is actually really good competitor. Have some really good wrestlers.
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Ric Flair is the reason that I got into watches. His "Rolex wearing...." line from the 80s hooked me. I was a big fan from the mid-70s until the late-80s.

As an adult, I was actually an Executive Board member for the Cauliflower Alley Club (a charitable foundation that helps indigent, retired wrestlers) for about five years and got to meet and become friends with many of my childhood heroes.
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