Pre WWE (wrestling) - Favorite Wrestler / Line

[adhemp]

Hacksaw Jim Duggan anyone?

Hooooooooooo!

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: bamacre
You guys are too young to really remember old school wrestling. And I mean when Jerry Lawler was young, he actually was the first wrestler to have a music video. Memphis was the ****** back then, that's why Andy Kaufman came here. Atlanta had some ****** going as well, the Von Erichs come to mind.

georgia championship wrestling on TBS

mr wrestling #2

damn i go wayyyy wayyyy back

 

[WT]

Always loved those classic Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Sheik matches.
Mankind/Cactus Jack/Dude Love/Mick Foley - helluva performer ... would run through a brick wall if he thought it would get a pop.
Andre the Giant - would have the WWF belt on his first match and retire with it on his last if it wasn't a popularity contest.

 

[Lounatik]

Jesus, you guys are so wet behind the ears!!!! I remember going to see Bruno Sammartino fighting his best "friend" Pedro Morales at Shea Stadium way back in the early '70s. It was billed as the ultimate "scientific"(what the hell that meant, I do not know) match. I think at the time it set a record for wrestling. Something like 30-40k people there.

The New York Daily News used to publish the results of the fights from the night before in Madison Square Garden and I would eagerly greet my dad when he would come in with the paper in his hand. You were not allowed into MSG back in the 70's to watch wrestling if you were under 16. Crazy,huh?

My dad was a very close friend of a local promoter in Brooklyn,NY and I got to see Haystacks Calhoun and the Russian Bear Ivan Koloff up close and personal. This unfortunately ended when I gave my 6 year old brother a concussion in 1976 by doing the dreaded "piledriver" on our concrete basement floor. Good times.

Anyone remember Irish Patty Barrett? He always carried a sheleighlie(Sp?) around and would whack his opposition unmercifully.


Peace


Lounatik

 

[meltdown75]

Oooh. Nice topic.

My favourite line was by an announcer way back in the 80s... it was a guy with an English accent that used to do the ringside commentary with Gorilla Monsoon... Bobby the Brain was up to his usual no-good tactics near the ring. When he got busted (as he always did), the guy said, "PAYBACK TIME FOR HEENAN!", and the way he said it was just classic.

There's also another VHS tape we have around here of a match in which Paul Orndoff falls and hits his head and it makes the WEIRDEST noise ever, like he has a wooden head. Immediately after that, a fan yells, "FIND MINE" really loud and audible. The combination of the two had me LOLing when I was a kid.

oh, favourite wrestler of all time?!

that's tough.

my picks would be Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man, and Ricky the Dragon.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

stone cold steve austin rocked. entrance tune was mint

stone cold stunner for the win


al snow with that manikin head, and mankind ..... socko!

 

[sao123]

hulk hogan
demolishan
undertaker
ultimate warrior
randy savage
legion of doom
Earthquake & Typhoon
Yokozoona
Andre the giant
Sargeant Slaughter
bushwackers
mr perfect
brett heart
razor ramon
shawn micheals & owen heart & jimmy the anvil



my favorite thing was when the manager of the undertaker kept smashing the undertaker on the forehead with the urn...and he just kept getting up.

 

[boggsie]

I'd have to go with Andre in his prime. Unfortunately, most fans of professional wrestling didn't get to see him until Hogan beat him for the title at Wrestlemania 3 in 1987. By that time, he could barely walk and his back pain made it increasingly difficult for him to move in the ring.

In his prime, nobody got close to Andre, without his approval. 🙂

 

[raystorm]

Originally posted by: meltdown75


My favourite line was by an announcer way back in the 80s... it was a guy with an English accent that used to do the ringside commentary with Gorilla Monsoon... Bobby the Brain was up to his usual no-good tactics near the ring.

Lord Alfred Hayes! Yea..he had that exaggerated english accent and used to be quite a fun bad guy (heel) announcer. He used to somehow make a lame Right Guard or Odor Eaters commercial humorous with his accent.

Originally posted by: Lounatik
Jesus, you guys are so wet behind the ears!!!! I remember going to see Bruno Sammartino fighting his best "friend" Pedro Morales at Shea Stadium way back in the early '70s. It was billed as the ultimate "scientific"(what the hell that meant, I do not know) match. I think at the time it set a record for wrestling. Something like 30-40k people there.

Ha..you definitely go way back! As for "scientific" wrestling that just meant a more amateur/greco roman style match with mostly grapples.

I didn't really get into pro wrestling since a bit before the first wrestlemania so I remember the Iron Sheik as champ before Hogan beat him but not much earlier.

Sucks that WWE (despite that I cant stand it now) doesn't go to MSG anymore. I hope TNA shows up around NYC so I can see them live.

 

[ballmode]

Sting, Bret Hart, Shawn Micheals, Razor Ramone, Macho Man

 

[cavemanmoron]

"Pencil Neck geeks"

Classy Freddie Blassie

A child of immigrants, Freddie grew up in a working-class neighborhood in south St. Louis. At seventeen, Freddie made his wrestling debut in a carnival. Unhappy with his choice of occupation, his family persuaded him to keep his "real" job, and for a while he worked as a meatcutter. But after serving in the Navy in World War II, Freddie returned to the world of wrestling, which was at the time still something of a carnival sideshow. Here he picked up his catch phrase: "pencil neck geek."

http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/blasiebio.html

Classy Freddie Blassie
Real Name: Fred Blassie
Stats:6' 0" 220 lbs.
Born: 1921

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Lounatik
Jesus, you guys are so wet behind the ears!!!! I remember going to see Bruno Sammartino fighting his best "friend" Pedro Morales at Shea Stadium way back in the early '70s. It was billed as the ultimate "scientific"(what the hell that meant, I do not know) match. I think at the time it set a record for wrestling. Something like 30-40k people there.

The New York Daily News used to publish the results of the fights from the night before in Madison Square Garden and I would eagerly greet my dad when he would come in with the paper in his hand. You were not allowed into MSG back in the 70's to watch wrestling if you were under 16. Crazy,huh?

My dad was a very close friend of a local promoter in Brooklyn,NY and I got to see Haystacks Calhoun and the Russian Bear Ivan Koloff up close and personal. This unfortunately ended when I gave my 6 year old brother a concussion in 1976 by doing the dreaded "piledriver" on our concrete basement floor. Good times.

Anyone remember Irish Patty Barrett? He always carried a sheleighlie(Sp?) around and would whack his opposition unmercifully.


Peace


Lounatik

uhhh, duhhh. did you not see my post?

http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com/host/johnnywalker/bio.html

Mr Wrestling #2 was a contemporary of Sammartino.

but of course i lived in Georgia back then and wrestling was regional then, not national like today.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: raystorm

Originally posted by: meltdown75


My favourite line was by an announcer way back in the 80s... it was a guy with an English accent that used to do the ringside commentary with Gorilla Monsoon... Bobby the Brain was up to his usual no-good tactics near the ring.

Lord Alfred Hayes! Yea..he had that exaggerated english accent and used to be quite a fun bad guy (heel) announcer. He used to somehow make a lame Right Guard or Odor Eaters commercial humorous with his accent.

Lord Alfred Hayes :thumbsup: 🙂

 

[edro]

What?!

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: bigrash
Stone Cold and Shawn Michaels at their prime were my favorites