BASSER911414
Pre-Show Stalwart
Iv been watching pro wrestling since the mid 80s. Iv watched all the way from the hogan era through the attitude era all the way to the pg era (i dont buy the reality era crap, its still the pg era to me).
I cant remember the number of times i punched my dads thigh when warrior won the world championship from hogan because i was a massive hogan fan and my dad was a warrior fan. I loved warrior but deep down i was and still am a big hogan fan (although my favorite is and has always been the rock)
This years hall of fame and wrestlemania for me was the greatest spectacle in the history of pro wrestling. Especially with the induction of jake, razor and warrior.
Jake the Snake Roberts. This is a guy who reinvented the term scary badass for me. Who can ever forget Miss Elizabeth opening a package with a snake inside. A man whose whose demons were slowly but surely killing him from the inside out turns his life around over the course of a year and a half with the help of a great man Dallas Page.
Scott Hall. This guy had me trying to talk like Tony Montana for a good 5 months. Plus i remember trying to do a razors edge to my brother and ended up breaking the couch. Every day the headlines on wrestlezone were the shit that Scott Hall was doing, whether his drunken activities or choking his girlfriend and what not. The video DDP put up of Scotts phone call where he said he was dying pretty much broke my heart. He also embarks on a journey with Dallas Page and Jake and very quickly redeems himself in so many eyes.
Finally the Ultimate Warrior. One of my favorites. Dont need to say too much about his greatness because that has been a massively talked about subject for the last several days. But so much stuff other than that.
We saw two drug and alcohol abusers fight to reclaim their honor and take their place in the hall of fame.
And more than that. We saw the man who replaced hogan (at least for a while) as the greatest in the business, reconcile with so many other people he had problems with. From Hogan to Vince.
We saw magic being made right at the opening of WM 30 with the rock austin and hogan. We saw a wrestler become champion who in no way fits the mold of what a champion should look like on the biggest wrestlemania ever.
And one of the greatest RAW speeches i had heard from a legend the next very night.
Unfortunately the mood ended with the Warriors passing.
But no one can deny these were 3 of the most epic days in pro wrestling history. At least for me they were. I saw three of the greatest i grew up watching being honored on the same night and i highly doubt anything can top that.
Just wanted to hear other thoughts from other old time wrestling fans who have watched from then till now. Do you agree or am i sounding too melodramatic.
I cant remember the number of times i punched my dads thigh when warrior won the world championship from hogan because i was a massive hogan fan and my dad was a warrior fan. I loved warrior but deep down i was and still am a big hogan fan (although my favorite is and has always been the rock)
This years hall of fame and wrestlemania for me was the greatest spectacle in the history of pro wrestling. Especially with the induction of jake, razor and warrior.
Jake the Snake Roberts. This is a guy who reinvented the term scary badass for me. Who can ever forget Miss Elizabeth opening a package with a snake inside. A man whose whose demons were slowly but surely killing him from the inside out turns his life around over the course of a year and a half with the help of a great man Dallas Page.
Scott Hall. This guy had me trying to talk like Tony Montana for a good 5 months. Plus i remember trying to do a razors edge to my brother and ended up breaking the couch. Every day the headlines on wrestlezone were the shit that Scott Hall was doing, whether his drunken activities or choking his girlfriend and what not. The video DDP put up of Scotts phone call where he said he was dying pretty much broke my heart. He also embarks on a journey with Dallas Page and Jake and very quickly redeems himself in so many eyes.
Finally the Ultimate Warrior. One of my favorites. Dont need to say too much about his greatness because that has been a massively talked about subject for the last several days. But so much stuff other than that.
We saw two drug and alcohol abusers fight to reclaim their honor and take their place in the hall of fame.
And more than that. We saw the man who replaced hogan (at least for a while) as the greatest in the business, reconcile with so many other people he had problems with. From Hogan to Vince.
We saw magic being made right at the opening of WM 30 with the rock austin and hogan. We saw a wrestler become champion who in no way fits the mold of what a champion should look like on the biggest wrestlemania ever.
And one of the greatest RAW speeches i had heard from a legend the next very night.
Unfortunately the mood ended with the Warriors passing.
But no one can deny these were 3 of the most epic days in pro wrestling history. At least for me they were. I saw three of the greatest i grew up watching being honored on the same night and i highly doubt anything can top that.
Just wanted to hear other thoughts from other old time wrestling fans who have watched from then till now. Do you agree or am i sounding too melodramatic.
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