When did you start watching wrestling?

[Travis40]

When was the first time you ever watched wrestling and got hooked? What was the first thing you remember about the show? And what company and brand?

I remember watching TV in December 2002 when I flipped my channel to see Dawn Marie giving Al Wilson Viagra...yup, that's the first thing I ever remember from watching my first wrestling show. BTW...if you don't know what it was it was WWE on Smackdown.

 

[Superfluous Idealist]

Well I started watching wrestling when NWO started. I was a WCW fan for the longest of time. When Austin won at WM14 I started flipping from USA and TNT to see both shows lol.

 

[Y2Jasmine]

Yeah I first got started watching wrestling because I paused on the channel and caught the Undertaker with his face all bandaged from being in the Boiler Room Brawl with Mankind and after that I was hooked.Then I discovered WCW and watched them both because they were on back to back out here for a while.

 

[Fatal 55]

I remember slight moments of me watching WWE during the attitude era, but only flicking through the channles kind of stuff.

I properly started to watch WWE around March 2002, maybe like 2 weeks before Mania! I have memory of Rock-Hogan & also for some reason "The God-Father" wrestling on "Afterburn"! :roflmao: Also, for some reason, when i first got into it i fought there were more than 2 Hardy Boyz :roflmao:!

I know much more things from beyond my time of watching though as i used to read loads of Reviews/Wiki pages & also watch a load of videos as well!

 

[Mike Chaos]

I started around 1996. Only watched WWF until about 2000 I discovered ECW and tried to watch it when it was on. And started to watch WCW when WWF wasn't on.

HBK vs Bret Hart at WM12 hooked me! I remember not knowing really who either were, but I do remember crying when Bret Hart lost!

 

[gashface]

I started watching WWF around 1998, but I rented VHS's from 1995 forward to try and catch up. I also lived in England and didn't have a lot of sky channels, so it meant I had to tape a lot of Raw is War at my grandads house who had sky and try and catch up watching shows like 'superstars' and 'heat'. I stopped watching WWF around 2003/2004 and then started watching TNA on and off in 2005, started watching regularly mid 2006.

 

[monkeystyle]

Hmmm. Around Wrestlemania 3. At least that's my first wrestling memory.

 

[Wrestling Station]

Survivor Series, i think that was the year 1987. Was awesome.

 

[Switchy]

I remember watching wrestling in 1997 when I was around three with my older brothers and even though I used to love all the faces I can remember having a fondness for The Undertaker even though he was a heel. Good memories...

 

[thedeadite]

WWF/E - When I was pretty young, we weren't really allowed to watch it at first, but I remember sneakily watching Superstars and Challenge on saturday mornings and such...hands near the tv or on the remote in waiting in case mom or dad came downstairs.

ECW - around 96 maybe (or 97) I found it on an american cable station one day and got hooked immediately. Was hard to find though sometimes. Starting buying tapes.

TNA - saw some of the early ppvs on line and thought it was great and fresh, started following regularly about the time they got the 6 sided ring.

ROH - saw a show about 4 years ago, then forgot about it (lack of internet will do that). Checked it out again about 2 years ago and that was that. This led to checking out Chikara and IWA-MS. These 3 feds are the reason I stopped watching WWE, TNA is fading more too.

 

[MTG]

Well when i was about 7 i started watching wrestling with my family some times and then in grade 4 i stopped but in grade six my friend got me into it again and brought me to raw. It was a great moment and i just started liking randy orton from the start.

 

[The Rated R CMStar]

Backlash 2000, I remember the whole Shane Mcmahon as a referee and Steve Austin appearing

 

[Flair for The Gold]

I was in like, 2nd grade, when I caught part of a WCW Thunder taping. First match I ever saw was that night-Brian Knobbs and Hugh Morris vs. The Armstrong Brothers. Weird, I know, but that was the first I saw of it. Year was around 1999. I would get into it off and on for the next 7 years, but early 2007, I got back into it for good, and really tried to delve into the business as best I could.

 

[chavoheat]

I don't remember the exact year, but it was in the early 80s.

I watched it all, too (AWA, WCCW, NWA, and WWF). Never understood being a fan of just one promotion. It made no sense back then. It doesn't make sense now.

I remember one of my best birthday presents ever being Starrcade 85.

 

[dasquirrelmasta]

1983 right before Hulkamania started.