06-09-2006, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by sitnspin
I was a huge, huge, huge pro wrestling fan from around the first Wrestlemania until about... lemme see. The last Wrestlemania I remember caring about was IV. Through that time, though, I was into every federation I could get info on -- the NWA, the AWA, the WWF, the UWF, New Japan, and all the regional subsidiaries like Mid-South, Pacific Northwest, Stampede, etc.
All-time favourites would be the Road Warriors, the British Bulldogs, Ronnie Garvin, Dusty Rhodes, Bam Bam Bigelow, Nikita Koloff, Arn Anderson...
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That is a good line-up. I like all of those guys. I would add that I liked The Four Horseman when it was Ric Flair, Arn and Ole Anderson (aka The Minnisota Wrecking Crew), and Tully Blanchard with James J. Dillon as the manager. That was a great group. They feuded with Dusty Rhodes (breaking his leg), The Rock 'N Roll Express (breaking Ricky Morton's nose), Nikita Koloff, and The Road Warriors. They always had most of the titles in the NWA.
IMO, The Road Warriors were at their best with Precious Paul Ellering as their manager. I liked it when they added Jake The Snake Roberts to the Road Warriors as an honorary member. The Snake had the new move called The DDT that was just awesome when I first saw him using it... At the time, I think it was the one move no one got up from. Now people use it a lot and it seems far less impacting then when Roberts used it.
The Warriors were good with one-liners like: "When we're done with you' it'll look like we set fire to your face and put it out with an axe!" LOL, classic.
A little trivia about Animal: The son of "Animal" (James Laurinaitis) plays outside LB for the Ohio State football team. He saw starting playing time in 2005, as a freshman, against Michigan in place of injured LB Bobby Carpenter. As of spring 2006, he is set as a starter. James Laurinitis' nickname is "Little Animal" in honor of his father.
I was also a huge fan of Nikita Koloff. I loved the old Russian team. That was during the 1980's -- a great decade for pro-wrestling. |
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