WWF/WWE Fans?

[orion_pax]

Anyone a fan of WWF/WWE?

I've been watching it for years since Hulk Hogan etc and then the Rock & Stone Cold! I love it!

[inadaze]

poor Hulk Hogan lost his cool and became -- hollywood hogan :/
If I ever get a chance to watch it these days Its not the same as when I was growing up.

[orion_pax]

I totally agree, it just isn't what it was!!

I miss the attitude era.

[Ogryn1313]

I was more into WCW because I was getting too sick of the drama and very corny stuff going in WWE..especially anything and everything to do with the Undertaker. This led me to dub him the "Wonder Faker." It always seemed at least 40 minutes of each WWE broadcast was speeches. WCW, like any other wrestling thing had drama but tended to be less talk and more action. The worst night was when the NWO took over the show.
It was very sad when it was taken over. Alot of my favorites you don't see anymore.
But luckily WWE did take Stacy Kiebler. Where has she been lately?!?!
Her and Maria are the two most beautiful women who are in wrestling.
And remember the shrieking goth chick Daphne from WCW? Where is she?

[Wlomeyer]

There is only one taker and its the Undertaker!

[ripulinaama]

hehe I used to watch when i was kid... Hulk Hogan !! but like inadaze said.. he lost his cool..

[wendals]

Im not into any of the wrestling. Seems all too fake to me

[pistolpete135]

i watched wrestling last week an it was really dumb. it was so fake that it wasn't iteresting.

[pistolpete135]

the best wrestling ws with the rock and stone cold steve autin i was playing an old video game and they were all there that was the primeof the sport now its all steriod super people fighting it all too fake!

[crazyphone]

I was a fan but I think since the Rock retired they have not been able to find a replacement for him. I also think that Triple H and Shawn Michaels have been around way too long.

[spank]

wwe had jumped the shark.
After the Eddie Guerrerro incident
that was it for me.

[mickster]

Wrestling such as wwf or something to that nature comes off to me as an insult to someones intelligence. It ranks right up there with roller derby !

[fisher516]

I watch it every so often.

[kraken111]

Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Macho Man Savage, etc from back in the 80's friggin ruled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

[porno4lyfe]

I liked the old days better. But I like jon ceno and some other people in this era today. Plus I like the sexy divas, Was there every a tranny, shemale diva? I think they should get one. I think this is a good topic to talk about so admin get me past this reputable member thing.

[Big_Willie]

Originally Posted by orion_pax

Anyone a fan of WWF/WWE?

No, not really... But I loved WCW back in the days. Hogan, Goldberg, Sting, Macho Man, Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash, Bam Bam Bigelow and the others. There are a few good ones now but most of them aren't really good. And they got rid of Goldberg and Hogan too, so since then I'm not interested at all. Sometimes I check it out but it's nothing like the good old times. Though I have to say, the divas are sexy. The only good thing about WWE novadays. :D

[ziggybabie]

First, let me say to the detractors, yes I know it is "fake", but so is theater and action movies. I, and many others who also know this, still enjoy it.

That said, I used to be into the WWE big time. And WCW and ECW. I liked ECW best, for multiple reasons. The old ECW. The real one.

This new shit isn't ECW. The new "ECW" show sucks hairy goat balls and he's just turned it into a WWE minor league or something, which is an insult to the old fans and guys who started and built the company as an upstart rebellion and alternative to what the WWE and WCW were doing. Vince McMahon running "ECW" is about as oxymoronical as Hitler running anti-racism rallies. Complete opposites. ECW was a true democracy, where other wrestlers and fans opinions actually counted. McMahon runs his company like a dictatorship. Always has. His way or the highway and don't dare contradict his "genius". ECW was more free expression and taking it back for the fans. McMahon is about censorship and kissing corporate sponsors ass and pyrotechnic bullshit.

I've been boycotting the WWE for a while now, because of all the bullshit Vince has been doing. He practically spits on one of the most loyal portions of his fanbase (what he calls "internet fans" or "dirt-rag readers"). This steroid scandal helped bring to light how shitty a human being he is. Many hardcore wrestling fans have known for years.

"Yeah, don't take steroids" *wink wink...rewards guys who take steroids with promotions*

Ric Flair....if he came up in the WWE, he might not have made it. Cuz Vinnie Mac likes big guys more than guys who are better athletes. Flair never looked like a hulking behemoth. He just had personality and good matches.

Vince also LOTS of times doesn't respect guys from other promotions worth a damn if he didn't make them. Vader, Harley Race, Dusty Rhodes, etc. I could go further, but I'll leave it be. WCW was FAR from perfect, either, holding down so many young new guys with main event potential like Eddy Guerrero and Raven while we seen an 80 year old Hogan vs Savage match for the billionth time and they made practically no effort to elevate new main eventers. The name "Wheel Chair Wrestling" came from somewhere. The old timers wanted to hold that torch forever. I still liked the old NWA and WWE during and a little before the Attitude era, though. If I get any WWE tapes, now, though, it's old bootleg DVDs of the "good ol days". So I'm not putting money in Vinnie's pockets.

Nowadays, I'd rather support TNA or ROH. But, I'm more nostalgic than anything.

i don't see the point in fake sports, i can apreciate the corogrphy and the over the top showmanship, but its not something i could watch alot of, i used to like it when i was alot younger. i like to watch UFC theres even some wwe guys who fight in it, brock lesner he's scary looking i saw his secong ufc fight and he was pounding the guy silly for about four minutes then the guy submited him it was a hell of a fight.

[ziggybabie]

Originally Posted by rhythmic delivery

i don't see the point in fake sports, i can apreciate the corogrphy and the over the top showmanship, but its not something i could watch alot of, i used to like it when i was alot younger. i like to watch UFC theres even some wwe guys who fight in it, brock lesner he's scary looking i saw his secong ufc fight and he was pounding the guy silly for about four minutes then the guy submited him it was a hell of a fight.

It's more than just "fake sports" to fans though.

I never got real sports because most bore me to tears (there's more whistles and flags in football than action whenever I TRY to watch), but sports movies are AOK, because I like characters and storylines. Wrestling is also like a male soap opera with funny over-the-top characters and LMAO trashtalking and "skits"/interviews that are WAY too risque and adult themed to be considered too "childish", nowadays. Plus, the GOOD ones can put on just as an exciting match as any Rocky movie staged fight. It's not all just "fake hit" - "act like you're hit", bodyslam. Some of those guys came from Greco Roman and real collegiate wrestling backgrounds and put on fast paced exhibitions with more moves in a minute than Michael Jackson in Chucky Cheese.

But, to each their own. I understand everyone won't like it. I just hate how lot of people just oversimplify it and think of the false stereotypes that haven't been true for so long. Hulk Hogan is not a "wrestler", for example, but muscular entertainer with a 3-move-repertoire-pose for the fans style. He's the most known, but not all are as stereotypically untalented as him.

Anyways, yeah. UFC or the "real stuff" is about the only actual sport I watch. I used to love Royce Gracie way back in the UFC's early days.

[SluttyShemaleAnna]

in 50 years time, people will only remember Hogan from repeats of Mr Nanny.

Sad for him, but that's the price of selling out, tbh the big wad of cash is problly worth people remembering you only as 'that nanny guy' after your dead. Shame he could pull a Schwarzenegger and go into politics. President Hogan would be cool.

Maybe the rock will, seeing as after scorpion king he is the new Hogan. lol.

a few years ago i used to do wrestling in England, and we booked CM Punk on one of our shows. I was semi-Main Event, he was Main Event (obviously). Thats my biggest claim to fame..considering what he's gone on to achieve

[BuffyFan]

I just wish Trish Stratus would come back and beat the Glamazon!!!

[DaveDanger]

Once upon a time I was a damn serious wrestling fan and veritable grapple historian, to the point that I spent my first year's entire student loan to go and see Wrestlemania XV; of course if someone gave me 'free' cash now, I'd probably spend it going to Bangkok - but wat'cha gonna do?!?

I grew up with the Hogan/Warrior era, and of the course the Undertaker in his first - and best - incarnation. I first lost interest after Royal Rumble 91 when Ric Flair - whooo! - got the title; it was obvious Naitch was gonna drop it to Bret Hart and I simply hated the Hitman as a fan favourite, even though I later came to see him as one of the best in sports entertainment, along with Dynamite Kid, Tiger Mask, the Taker, Mick Foley and Sabu.

So I dropped out and didn't watch for a while, until the Survivor Series 95 when Austin whipped Jake Roberts' ass and a legend was born.

However - I'm going on, I know, but bear with me grapple fans - the end was when McMahon bought out the competition at the turn of the millennium. WCW was on it's last legs of course, and ECW was struggling as well, but once the rival companies were absorbed by the-then WWF, for me the bookers and script writers, not to mention certain members of the dressing room, lost their edge. I still tune in every now and then, but I just don't like the throwaway catchphrases, puppies and cheap plotlines. Indeed, the sheer gutless soft porn bad soap opera mediocrity of wrestling these days annoys the hell outta me ...dig it?!?

Thanks for your indulgence!

[ziggybabie]

Originally Posted by DaveDanger

Once upon a time I was a damn serious wrestling fan and veritable grapple historian, to the point that I spent my first year's entire student loan to go and see Wrestlemania XV; of course if someone gave me 'free' cash now, I'd probably spend it going to Bangkok - but wat'cha gonna do?!?

I grew up with the Hogan/Warrior era, and of the course the Undertaker in his first - and best - incarnation. I first lost interest after Royal Rumble 91 when Ric Flair - whooo! - got the title; it was obvious Naitch was gonna drop it to Bret Hart and I simply hated the Hitman as a fan favourite, even though I later came to see him as one of the best in sports entertainment, along with Dynamite Kid, Tiger Mask, the Taker, Mick Foley and Sabu.

So I dropped out and didn't watch for a while, until the Survivor Series 95 when Austin whipped Jake Roberts' ass and a legend was born.

However - I'm going on, I know, but bear with me grapple fans - the end was when McMahon bought out the competition at the turn of the millennium. WCW was on it's last legs of course, and ECW was struggling as well, but once the rival companies were absorbed by the-then WWF, for me the bookers and script writers, not to mention certain members of the dressing room, lost their edge. I still tune in every now and then, but I just don't like the throwaway catchphrases, puppies and cheap plotlines. Indeed, the sheer gutless soft porn bad soap opera mediocrity of wrestling these days annoys the hell outta me ...dig it?!?

Thanks for your indulgence!

Vince McMahon should walk off a cliff. He's a power hungry dictator whose ruining the business, disrespecting WAY too many people (*see note below) and ruining lives (**)

He has no conscious. He's scum. Sorry for the rant....



*not only wrestlers and fans of non-WWE/overall wrestling, but he doesn't even listen to his own WWE fans, often preferring to shove guys he himself likes down their throats, while holding down some guys they like.

**ENCOURAGING the environment where guys who "take their vitamins" ie:steroids, get promotions. Yes, personal responsibility is part, but to dodge any blame himself......he is King Douche

[DaveDanger]

Originally Posted by ziggybabie

Vince McMahon should walk off a cliff. He's a power hungry dictator whose ruining the business, disrespecting WAY too many people (*see note below) and ruining lives (**)

He has no conscious. He's scum. Sorry for the rant....



*not only wrestlers and fans of non-WWE/overall wrestling, but he doesn't even listen to his own WWE fans, often preferring to shove guys he himself likes down their throats, while holding down some guys they like.

**ENCOURAGING the environment where guys who "take their vitamins" ie:steroids, get promotions. Yes, personal responsibility is part, but to dodge any blame himself......he is King Douche

An honest and heartfelt rant mate, no need to apologise!

To play devil's advocate though, I don't see Vince as any different from any other head of a multi billion dollar industry - anyone who makes that much cash has some blood on their hands...and I'd take him over Ted Turner any day of the year!

[ziggybabie]

Originally Posted by DaveDanger

An honest and heartfelt rant mate, no need to apologise!

To play devil's advocate though, I don't see Vince as any different from any other head of a multi billion dollar industry - anyone who makes that much cash has some blood on their hands...and I'd take him over Ted Turner any day of the year!

Yeah, you're right. I guess I'm just more passionate about my hatred for Vince since I was such a huge wrestling fan back in the day. Turner was never even involved in wrestling when he owned WCW.

I'm almost disinterested in the stuff nowadays.