We all remember watching wrestling as a kid (at least vaguely). Since we were discussing the streak in the LD and I mentioned how it was one of the big things I loved as a little kid, I thought I'd create a different thread relating to all the wrestling moments that really kept you hooked when you were a kid with constantly varying interests and a short attention span.
I don't want to hear things like "The Monday Night Wars". At least elaborate, and mention certain events you can remember and which you chose, etc, etc. I have several defining moments of my own.
1. The orginial nWo. I was watching Bash at The Beach 1996 as a little six year old... it was my earliest wrestling memory... and I remember perfectly the formation of the nWo. I remember watching Hogan come plowing down to ringside, with the fans chanting along, and then I remember the attack on Macho Man and Sting and all the hooplah and I got lost in the moment! When the nWo formed it was like an awakening for me and it was a sign that from then on, I'd be a wrestling fan. Thanks to this, I can't remember a time when I wasn't a wrestling fan.
2. ...and God created Mankind! I was so fucking into scary shit back when I was a kid. I think Mankind debuted in 1997 and I remember his evil vignettes airing like it was yesterday! I was about seven and I think after beginning to explore the world some more I was drifting, but Mankind's debut and subsequent feud with The Undertaker drew me back in immediately and kept me hooked to the wickedness!
3. Stone Cold Steve Austin's beer truck, and Kurt Angle's milk truck. I'll go ahead and bundle these two things because I also remember them near perfection. I could go ahead and say Stone Cold's entire career and feud with McMahon but in particular, this and the time he first stunned Vince put me over the top with him. This was also the point when Angle became my absolute favorite.
4. TLC I! It was actually my first live WWE PPV I had ordered. SummerSlam 2000. This was the match to end all matches to me. I was 9, or maybe 10 and all I could think about was big spots and huge action and this delivered. It may have left the big effect thanks to me seeing it live and just being off the wall with excitement due to the simple fact that it was a rare PPV that I got to watch! I've seen it at least 10 times since then and it never loses it's effect. It will forever be an all-time favorite!
So, shoot. What are the moments in wrestling that made you a mark as a kid?
I don't want to hear things like "The Monday Night Wars". At least elaborate, and mention certain events you can remember and which you chose, etc, etc. I have several defining moments of my own.
1. The orginial nWo. I was watching Bash at The Beach 1996 as a little six year old... it was my earliest wrestling memory... and I remember perfectly the formation of the nWo. I remember watching Hogan come plowing down to ringside, with the fans chanting along, and then I remember the attack on Macho Man and Sting and all the hooplah and I got lost in the moment! When the nWo formed it was like an awakening for me and it was a sign that from then on, I'd be a wrestling fan. Thanks to this, I can't remember a time when I wasn't a wrestling fan.
2. ...and God created Mankind! I was so fucking into scary shit back when I was a kid. I think Mankind debuted in 1997 and I remember his evil vignettes airing like it was yesterday! I was about seven and I think after beginning to explore the world some more I was drifting, but Mankind's debut and subsequent feud with The Undertaker drew me back in immediately and kept me hooked to the wickedness!
3. Stone Cold Steve Austin's beer truck, and Kurt Angle's milk truck. I'll go ahead and bundle these two things because I also remember them near perfection. I could go ahead and say Stone Cold's entire career and feud with McMahon but in particular, this and the time he first stunned Vince put me over the top with him. This was also the point when Angle became my absolute favorite.
4. TLC I! It was actually my first live WWE PPV I had ordered. SummerSlam 2000. This was the match to end all matches to me. I was 9, or maybe 10 and all I could think about was big spots and huge action and this delivered. It may have left the big effect thanks to me seeing it live and just being off the wall with excitement due to the simple fact that it was a rare PPV that I got to watch! I've seen it at least 10 times since then and it never loses it's effect. It will forever be an all-time favorite!
So, shoot. What are the moments in wrestling that made you a mark as a kid?
