Don't Lie! You Thought Pro Wrestling Was Real! Who Was Your Favorite's Back in the Day

[Gazoo]

Who were your favorites.

I'm old so my favorites go way back. As I aged I tended to like the heels, such as Piper and Flair.

Bruno Samartino
Rocky Johnson
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Ric Flair - Saw him at some country ass high school in NC, then ran into him in an empty hallway. Just him and me. I was scared to death. I was 15, I think.

I pretty much stopped watching in the late 80s. Occasionally a newer match would catch my attention. So, unfortunately, the names in the poll will probably leave out a few newer wrestlers as well as some older ones.

The 25 Greatest Wrestlers Of All Time Have Been Named And Ranked - SPORTbible

27. Bruno Samartino

26. Bob Bachlund

25. The Ultimate Warrior

24. Chris Benoit

23. Ricky 'the Dragon' Steamboat

22. Eddie Guerrero

21. Jake 'the Snake' Roberts

20. Mr Perfect

19. Mick Foley

18. 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase

17. 'The American Dream' Dusty Rhodes

16. Andre the Giant

15. John Cena

14. Edge

13. Kurt Angle

12. Chris Jericho

11. Triple H

10. Sting

9. Bret 'the Hitman' Hart

8. Shawn Michaels

7. 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

6. The Rock

5. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage

4. 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair

3. Hulk Hogan

2. The Undertaker

1. Stone Cold Steve Austin

 

[Gazoo]

Thought this was a cool match. Probably stopped a little after this one.

 

[tallblacknyc]

Shawn Michaels
jake the snake
ultimate warrior
bret hart

still one of the best wrestling moments


oh yeah when my boy jake said fuck your life macho man lol

 

[TimRock]

Bret
Rock
Ultimate Warrior
Macho Man
Ahmed Johnson
Virgil

British Bulldogs
Killer Bees
Road Warriors
Hart Foundation
Conquistadors

favorite feud
Billy Jack Hayes v. Hercules
Bulldogs v. Hart foundation
Jake the Snake v. Rude
Honky Tonk Man v. Macho Man

Bundy v. HillBilly Jim
Savage v. Steamboat

 

[YoungSinister]

RVD
D’Lo Brown
Kid Kash

 

[jagu]

Mighty Igor

 

[Tom Slick]

It's still real to me, dammit.

 

[shaddyvillethug]

RVD
D’Lo Brown
Kid Kash

NEW JACK>>>>>

 

[Tom Slick]

And my list:

The Rock
Kurt Angle
Ric Flair
Booker T
Eddie Guerrero

 

[Llano]

Ultimate Warrior

 

[THE DRIZZY]

As always these types of threads tend to skew towards WWF/WWE way of doing things.

 

[TimRock]

As always these types of threads tend to skew towards WWF/WWE way of doing things.

Norman Smiley

 

[0utsyder]

Bret Hart
Junk Yard Dog (I was one of the dudes... I MEAN KIDS!!!! kids that wanted to send him money when he got "hurt")
Chris Benoit
Macho Man (I still think he is black)
Kazuchika Okada
Sabu
Mr. Perfect

 

[Varis]

Roddy Piper told hulk Hogan, "the reason they liked you so much is because they hated me so much"
and he was right I truly hated piper more than I liked any wrestler. When he attacked snuka

 

[Gazoo]

Roddy Piper told hulk Hogan, "the reason they liked you so much is because they hated me so much"
and he was right I truly hated piper more than I liked any wrestler. When he attacked snuka

I even had a Rowdy Roddy Piper is #1 giant finger. Sorry cuz.

 

[ZuluSam]

Young'ns....

Jose Lathorio
Wahoo McDaniel
Ivan Putski
Mil Mascaras

 

[therealjondoe]

Hmm off top...
Stone cold
Raven
Jake the snake
Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg the Hammer)
Ricky the dragon steamboat
Kerry von Erick

 

[Coldchi]

this match here was crazy.....

 

[EchoCrash]

It's still real to me, dammit.

 

[Gazoo]

Hmm off top...
Stone cold
Raven
Jake the snake
Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg the Hammer)
Ricky the dragon steamboat
Kerry von Erick

I remember a match where The Hammer got the shit kicked out of him by a no name vat that was supposed to lose.

Shit was funny as hell.

 

[Gazoo]

The Road Warriors were the baddest tag team.

 

[TimRock]

Kerry von Erick

yeah, forgot about them.

 

[Entrepronegro]

The Ultimate Warrior

 

[Mo-Better]

Wrestling was determined to be fake back in the 1960s. There were even wrestlers who spoke on the tactics guys used like razors in their taped wrist to make it look like their heads were bleeding heavily.

I've seen guys get hit with metal folding chairs and still win the fight. If I hit somebody with a chair they won't be moving well, so forget winning a match. Wrestling is fake.

 

[THE DRIZZY]

Favorite managers

Playboy Gary Hart (very underrated)
Bobby Heenan (all time great)
Jim Cornette (brilliant mind)
Kevin Sullivan (was to first to bring satanic imagery into wrestling)
Mr. Fuji (his devious grin was always funny)
Skandor Akbar (devastation inc. was a beast stable)
Classy Freddy Blassie (was always funny with that crop)



Favorite play by play

Gordon Solie
Mean Gene Okerlund
Gorilla Monsoon
Bobby Heenan
Jim Ross
Jesse Ventura


Most annoying babyfaces

Hulk Hogan (Puts himself over 98% of the time)
Dusty Rhodes (Entertaining but he kept a lot of talent back as a booker in both WCW and NWA)

Most boring babyface

Ricky The Dragon Steamboat (can put on a 5 star match but super bland he never was a heel but needed a heel run)

Underrated monsters

Stan 'The Lariat' Hansen (bigger legend in Japan than the US)
Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy (a natural big man worker)
Dr. Death Steve Williams (strong as an ox)
Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer (not a giant but a beast in the ring)

 

[Paul1970]

I grew up on 1980's wrestling.

Every Saturday(6:05 PM) Georgia/NWA Wrestling would be on.

Buzz Sawyer/Wahoo McDaniel/The Masked Superstar/The Spoiler/Ronnie Garvin/The Road Warriors/The Freebirds..etc.

I even remember AWA being on ESPN on the weekdays.

Anybody remember "Iceman' King Parsons?



R.I.P Butch Reed, Kamala, & Steve Williams.

 

[YoungSinister]

And my list:

The Rock
Kurt Angle
Ric Flair
Booker T
Eddie Guerrero

No HHH?

NEW JACK>>>>>

He was that dude for sure. But you know that nigga had no moves
I wanted to make that nigga in Wrestlemania 2000, but didn’t know what skills to give him

 

[Race Harley]

The "Beefs" and the winning outcomes may have been scripted, but those dudes are true athletes. Tell them different and find out the "Belzer" way!

 

[TheFuser]

The Road Warriors were the baddest tag team.

That theme song came on, and it was curtains.

 

[THE DRIZZY]

I grew up on 1980's wrestling.

Every Saturday(6:05 PM) Georgia/NWA Wrestling would be on.

Buzz Sawyer/Wahoo McDaniel/The Masked Superstar/The Spoiler/Ronnie Garvin/The Road Warriors/The Freebirds..etc.

I even remember AWA being on ESPN on the weekdays.

Anybody remember "Iceman' King Parsons?



R.I.P Butch Reed, Kamala, & Steve Williams.

This guys knows what's up^^^^^^^^^^^^

That 80s wrestling is the equivalent to 90s hip hop.

Hacksaw Butch Reed was not only my favorite black wrestler, he was my favorite all time. I was saddened by his recent passing. Jim Harris was also a legend and a real humble gentle soul. Miss them both.

 

[alexw]

It's the Ultimate Warrior for me. I remember I was about 11 when The Undertaker locked him inside a casket. I was traumatized

 

[Paul1970]

Bad News Brown...LOL!!!!

Beer Belly Sharecroppers..LOL!!!!

 

[Gazoo]

This guys knows what's up^^^^^^^^^^^^

That 80s wrestling is the equivalent to 90s hip hop.

Hacksaw Butch Reed was not only my favorite black wrestler, he was my favorite all time. I was saddened by his recent passing. Jim Harris was also a legend and a real humble gentle soul. Miss them both.

I remember Hacksaw Butch Reed. Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas was a little black kid's here back in the day.

 

[tallblacknyc]

It's the Ultimate Warrior for me. I remember I was about 11 when The Undertaker locked him inside a casket. I was traumatized

Lmaooo

 

[Gazoo]

It's the Ultimate Warrior for me. I remember I was about 11 when The Undertaker locked him inside a casket. I was traumatized

OMG!!! I remember that!