Who's a pro wrestling fan?

[Yazman]

Hey guys, who here is a pro wrestling fan? I've been a big fan of it ever since I was a little kid..

Whats your favourite promotion? Mine was always WCW, although I hated it after the change in management when Vince Russo was in control. Classic WCW from the beginning of the 90s up to around 1998 is probably my favourite period in wrestling.

[F9]

I have been watching it, lets say 3 or more years ago, but i "let it go" because it mainly isnt wrestling, but a banch of actors imitating that they hit each other.I really prefer a nice kick boxing match anymore, smackdown, raw etc have recently turned to soapoperas.
However on that old as 1998 it probably would be a little more exciting, but at that time, we only had few local channels down here, not having ability to watch such things.:lol:
Anw if i want to see a "fight" i prefer something "real"!:)

Fuserg9:star:

[Sasha]

whats this doing in the sports section? shouldn't it be in art & entertainment? ;)

[Killfacer]

I used to like wrestling and i still watch it occasionally for a laugh. I only ever watched WWF (now WWE).

[Yazman]

I like WWE sometimes, but they emphasise the storylines too much.. its really the "northern" US pro wrestling style, though.

I've always preferred the southern style pro wrestling.. there's still storylines but its heavily focused on the athleticism and everything plays out in the ring. That was WCW back in the day, rarely was there a segment outside of the ring.. everything played out there and it was heavily focused on the in-ring action. I used to love it when they added that first hour of the show which was pure wrestling, and it was pretty much always cruiserweights, laden with Mexican luchadors. Fuck yeah. WWE is ok but there's not enough of a focus on the wrestling.

Good thing there's other promotions out there ;)


whats this doing in the sports section? shouldn't it be in art & entertainment?

Anw if i want to see a "fight" i prefer something "real"
but a banch of actors imitating that they hit each other

Just about every star from other sports who has participated in pro wrestling to any extent will disagree with your view. A lot of former American Football players who left that for Pro Wrestling will tell you that its a lot more hardcore physically than anything they ever did in Football.. Sure its pre-determined but they are athletes and it takes a hell of a lot of skill to do what they do.. there's also a lot more injuries in pro wrestling than most other sports. Its dangerous shit what they do, thats why guys like The Iron Sheik have trouble getting up in the morning and moving around, from all the years in the business. Lets also not forget that wrestlers work 365 days a year, and they are constantly touring for most of that time. It is a sport, and they are athletes, and if you disagree with this you better do some research ;)