priceless…NO!
frighteningly similar to dinner at my ex in-laws house -YES!!!
Very well stated…
Frank I was just using a variation of the “My daddy can beat up your daddy”, except using my wrestlers can kick yer butt.
Just had to include some violence in a topic of wrestling.
Wrestling seems to have its peaks and valleys. It seems to be working toward a valley at the moment.
Eventhough it seems to be very violent now, I think it is at least less gory than it was in the 80s. Guys were always getting their heads split open and blood gushing down their faces in the 80s. Now WWF does more of this than WCW, but seldom does someone get hit and they bleed. It has become more like cartoon violence. You get smacked in the head and no blood or long term injury.
Now Frank don’t malign my wrestlers again or I will be forced to give you a cyberslam.
Jeffery
I like to watch 300 pound men in tights do ballet in a boxing ring. That is what Professional Wrestling is to me. It just is not as boring as ballet, and seeing Mark “The Cannon” Mellaccio fly thru the air and land on a fellow wrestler is worth the price of admission. I do agree that the stuff on TV is needlessly strewn with sex. I also saw a wedding proposal in the ring, and that was just weird. Overall, it is just good, clean, entertainment.
“You don’t gotta like it, butcha gotta love it–Cuz I’m the hottest thang goin’ today. WOOOOOOOO!!” -The one and only Nature Boy.
Kinda witty, I think.
The Rock says, “You ain’t nothin’ but ten pounds of monkey-crap in a five pound bag.”
How the hell is this “entertaining?”!!
Barry “the Widow Maker” Windham, Jimmy “the Superfly” Snuka, Jake “the Snake” Roberts…Ahh, those were the day’s. (Oh yeah, I got their trading cards.)
Confusious Say:
-Man who stand on toilet,
Is high on pot-
I had a real crush on Jake the Snake…
probably a phallic thing.
Brother Haus wrote:
<<<<<The Rock says, “You ain’t nothin’ but ten pounds of monkey-crap in a five pound bag.”
How the hell is this “entertaining?”!!>>>>>
Believe it or not, this is one of my dads favorite sayings…if you’re sick or something, he says “You look like 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag”
Too funny…
Oh, and in the old days I did love:
Andre the Giant
Superfly Snuka
The Wild Samoanes (sp?)
Hulk Hogan
Saw 'em all…loved 'em…
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
I agree the blood factor (I believe it was revealed to actually be blood from shallow razor cuts) was much higher in the '80s.
If were talking old rasslers you’ve gotta mention George “the Animal” Steele, JYD “The Junkyard Dog”, and Sgt. Slaughter.
It’s time to put Hogan, Machoman, and the Nature Boy out to pasture.
No one has mentioned Rowdy Roddy Piper - I cried when he retired. I also paid to see the movie he made - the oh-so-clever “They Live.”
Yikes!
… and then there was the Mulkies…
The reason gentlemen prefer blondes is that there are not enough redheads to go around.
I am an avid watcher of WWF wrestling, but I certainly do not believe it is for children. I think that it should be considered “Adult Entertainment”. Children are more impressionable than we think… but other than that the sexual content is far too advanced for some children and they just repeat it because the wrestlers say it. I think that WWF should continue to be aired but parents should strongly monitor what their children are watching.
Vada
The WWF is, without question, the most openly homoerotic thing ever put on television. Methinks someone behind the scenes may have a lavender disposition.
Tim
“My hovercraft is full of eels.”
Bring Back The Von Erichs and Sgt Slaughter
I think they concentrate too much on protecting “charismatic macrovertebrates” and not enough on protecting all the other species which are equally, or possibly more, environmentally important. On the whole, I think they do good work though.
(Sorry, but I really did think this was about the World Wildlife Fund before I clicked.)
On a side note, regarding the actual wrestlers. I must say, I worked at the Clarion at O’Hare and the wrestlers would wrestle at the Horizon Stadium behind the hotel. And the wrestlers were always so nice to the kids.
There would be the 10 year old kids just waiting in the lobby for hours and I never saw the wrestlers disapoint the kids with an autograph or a fake move. They really appreciate their young audience. Of course this was about 1995 things may have changed a lot.
It was weird seeing them up close as they were HUGE and of course all friendly to each other. The British Bull Dog was massive. But as a group the wrestlers who stayed at the hotel were a class act all around.