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Back in the early 90s I was sort of into this, along with some erstwhile friends. My favourite wrestlers were the Undertaker and The Ultimate Warrior. They had such cool atmosphere. 

I think Macho Man was also pretty happening at that point. My favourite tag-team was the Hart Foundation. 

The fact that I remember all this is either concerning or cool depending on your perspective...

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My dad and my uncles are were big fans of pro wrestling. So I grow up watching during the attitude era/monday night wars and they would take me and my brother to the ECW shows back then. I was really into it until like 2010 that’s when I started losing interest. I still watch but I’m not crazy about it like I used to be.

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On 2/15/2018 at 12:09 PM, deathstorm said:

I’m a big time wrestling fan love everything from wwe roh njpw and the rest of it 

Nice! Do you like czw?

On 2/19/2018 at 7:06 PM, Powerslave said:

My dad and my uncles are were big fans of pro wrestling. So I grow up watching during the attitude era/monday night wars and they would take me and my brother to the ECW shows back then. I was really into it until like 2010 that’s when I started losing interest. I still watch but I’m not crazy about it like I used to be.

That's cool, dude. Who were some of the guys you got to see at ECW shows?

On 2/22/2018 at 3:00 AM, RelentlessOblivion said:

Yeah same I was pretty into it as a kid/early teens. Lost interest right around the time they reformed D-X for the second time. I was always more interested in the uber-violent stuff like ECW tbh. Vivid memories of the early TLC matches.

I can relate, the violent stuff is cool to me too. Speaking of TLC, I remember that first one with the Hardys vs. The Dudleyz vs. Edge and Christian. Damn, classic shit!

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42 minutes ago, salmonellapancake said:

Cool. They're probably my favorite promotion right now. I just subscribed to their website with all of their matches, and it's awesome seeing all of the old matches with Zandig, Lobo, Justice Pain, Nick Gage, and all of the original guys.

I am featured on one of there dvds Czw 15th anniversary show  back in 2014 I am wearing a Daniel Bryan’s no no no shirt 

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11 hours ago, salmonellapancake said:

Nice! Do you like czw?

That's cool, dude. Who were some of the guys you got to see at ECW shows?

I can relate, the violent stuff is cool to me too. Speaking of TLC, I remember that first one with the Hardys vs. The Dudleyz vs. Edge and Christian. Damn, classic shit!

Yeah those matches got kind of crazy. Another thing I remember is RVD debuting the Van Terminator back in the day, As a kid you think that stuff's all real. These days I just don't think the storylines are as interesting and obviously there's no ECW or whatever to satisfy my bloodlust. Transitioned away from wresting and into UFC though I don't even follow that with the same interest anymore.

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On 2/27/2018 at 10:50 AM, salmonellapancake said:

That's cool, dude. Who were some of the guys you got to see at ECW shows?

 

I saw probably everyone that wrestled in ECW from 97 to 99. Its kinda hard for me to remember the 97 shows I was 5 then but from 98 on I remember pretty well. They did shows here every month starting at the Golden Dome in Monaca Pa then some of the last shows they did here was at the convention center in Pittsburgh. went to all of them except the November to Remember 97 PPV. Wrestlers I remember seeing were RVD, Sabu, Taz, All The Dudleys,Tommy Dreamer, Shane Douglas, Bam Bam Bigelow, Sandman, FBI, and New Jack. I even had a book of autographs and went to two autographs signing one was with RVD and maybe the BWO not really sure who was with him and the other was with Shane Douglas and Bam Bam Bigelow. 

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On 2/27/2018 at 12:47 PM, deathstorm said:

I am standing in the back you can see me standing  aj styles was there at the show so i got his autograph 

Sick, that's awesome!

On 2/28/2018 at 4:33 AM, Fraser said:

 

Before anyone thinks I am just taking the piss, I am not. I am still a huge WWE fan even at 30. I just love this video and the thread reminded me of it. 

 

Legendary video

On 2/28/2018 at 11:37 AM, Powerslave said:

I saw probably everyone that wrestled in ECW from 97 to 99. Its kinda hard for me to remember the 97 shows I was 5 then but from 98 on I remember pretty well. They did shows here every month starting at the Golden Dome in Monaca Pa then some of the last shows they did here was at the convention center in Pittsburgh. went to all of them except the November to Remember 97 PPV. Wrestlers I remember seeing were RVD, Sabu, Taz, All The Dudleys,Tommy Dreamer, Shane Douglas, Bam Bam Bigelow, Sandman, FBI, and New Jack. I even had a book of autographs and went to two autographs signing one was with RVD and maybe the BWO not really sure who was with him and the other was with Shane Douglas and Bam Bam Bigelow. 

That's cool dude! New Jack is one crazy fucker, wish I got to see him live.

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11 hours ago, salmonellapancake said:

Can't say I miss it cause I was too young at the time, but I definitely appreciate it looking back.

I can understand that. My dad and uncles go back to the WWWF and territory’s and they would always say that was the best era in wrestling  like I do with the attitude era. When did you start watching it?

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22 hours ago, Powerslave said:

I can understand that. My dad and uncles go back to the WWWF and territory’s and they would always say that was the best era in wrestling  like I do with the attitude era. When did you start watching it?

Started watching wrestling about 8 years ago. Gave up on it for probably 5 years, and recently came back to it. I watch little to no current stuff. I mostly watch old shows. What about you?

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