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  • Manic_mania
    Manic_mania Posts: 2,257
    May '84
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    March.

    Guess we caught the golden era, no idea how anyone in their twenties could get in it without a family member our age.

    Pretty sure Nitro was always shown on a Friday with Thunder (remember that?!) on a Saturday.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    edited August 2022
    August '87 here, just turned 35.

    WWF on Sky Sports around 1995 was my first exposure to it all. Looking back now it was incredibly gimmicky and awful but knew no different at the time.

    Notable moments that stood out to me:

    - Jerry Lawlor / Bret Hart's rivalry, and the 'kiss my foot' match
    - 123 Kid/Razor Ramon
    - "Horowitz wins!!!"
    - Random short term runs for the likes of Mantaur, Man Mountain Rock and the Body Donnas
    - Diesel winning the WWF Championship in record time from Bob Backlund, even though it was a house show.

    I never really got into WCW simply because by the time I was watching religiously (1997 onwards), WWF was absolutely taking off and nothing else was going to get a look in. By the time I became more familiar with WCW (1999-2000), it felt quite watered down in comparison.

    During the Attitude era, watching Raw at 10pm on Sky Sports 3 with my best friend from school was as important to me as whatever Charlton were doing the next day!
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    I think everyone found WCW by accident, it was never advertised and the channel TNT showed old films, mainly westerns. Sky would advertise WWF pretty well had even showed the B shows, Superstar and Shotgun. Later they would get Heat off of Channel 4 who wanted to get rid of it following Royal Rumble 2000. That PPV was WWF's chance to make serious money, although things didn't turn out too bad for them in fairness. One of the 5 terrestrial channels in the UK showing one of their shows at a decent time and some live PPVs completely free to a potential audience of the whole country and they have Mae Young getting her puppies out and a pretty bloody street fight! Numerous complaints ruined the deal in a matter of weeks!

    Late 90s early 00s were a golden era for wrestling and Charlton.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Addick_and_Chips said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    I am not in the key demo......
    MCafc43v3r said:
    I am not in the key demo......
    Meltzer says you're in the key demo. 
    Every Wednesday night I get to stay up late 🎶🎶🎶

    I was talking to my mate at work about how we could blag going to London for work next week  (he lives in Glasgow, me in Yorkshire) because SummerSlam 92 is "live" in box Park.  Then he told me he was one the month after it happened.  I could have cried.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited August 2022


    Just seen this and absolutely pissing myself #nomartynoparty

    She is not daughter!!!
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    https://fb.watch/eYTeKGP7YL/
  • NorthStandUltra
    NorthStandUltra Posts: 2,538
    The first Wrestling I remember was recording WCW Worldwide on ITV Late Night, Sting in his original guise was attacked by the Dangerous Alliance! 

    Then my parents got Sky & I can vividly remember watching WWF Superstars on a Friday night on Sky 1, The Undertaker just rolling out the way of the Berzerker who tried to stab him! 

    Can’t remember what I did yesterday but those 2 are clear as day 
  • Manic_mania
    Manic_mania Posts: 2,257
    edited August 2022
    I know i've plugged the channel before on here (I swear i'm not him lol!) But for anyone who missed the WCW years I highly recommend wrestlingbios on youtube, who has a twice weekly series called "reliving the war" which gives a breakdown of literally every Raw and Nitro (and a special on each PPV) from the start of the Monday night wars - he covers every match, and every storyline - fantastic nostalgia for me on the WWF side and i'm also learning a lot about what was going on at the same time in WCW - the series has just passed the Montreal screw job and the most recent video is up to Starrcade '97, which to my shame is among a lot of stuff going on in WCW that I knew next to nothing about being a WWF fanatic exclusively at the time.

    If you can get past the accent I highly recommend it. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited August 2022
    NorthStandUltra said:
    The first Wrestling I remember was recording WCW Worldwide on ITV Late Night, Sting in his original guise was attacked by the Dangerous Alliance! 

    Then my parents got Sky & I can vividly remember watching WWF Superstars on a Friday night on Sky 1, The Undertaker just rolling out the way of the Berzerker who tried to stab him! 

    Can’t remember what I did yesterday but those 2 are clear as day 
    The Berzerker Taker thing was late 92 wasn't it?  I am sure it's on 1992, who did what to who from colosseum home video.
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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Manic_mania said:
    I know i've plugged the channel before on here (I swear i'm not him lol!) But for anyone who missed the WCW years I highly recommend wrestlingbios on youtube, who has a twice weekly series called "reliving the war" which gives a breakdown of literally every Raw and Nitro (and a special on each PPV) from the start of the Monday night wars - he covers every match, and every storyline - fantastic nostalgia for me on the WWF side and i'm also learning a lot about what was going on at the same time in WCW - the series has just passed the Montreal screw job and the most recent video is up to Starrcade '97, which to my shame is among a lot of stuff going on in WCW that I knew next to nothing about being a WWF fanatic exclusively at the time.

    If you can get past the accent I highly recommend it. 
    I started watching that (again the voice 😬😬) I tried to watch it in order but found it hard to remember where I was.
  • NorthStandUltra
    NorthStandUltra Posts: 2,538
    Cafc43v3r said:
    NorthStandUltra said:
    The first Wrestling I remember was recording WCW Worldwide on ITV Late Night, Sting in his original guise was attacked by the Dangerous Alliance! 

    Then my parents got Sky & I can vividly remember watching WWF Superstars on a Friday night on Sky 1, The Undertaker just rolling out the way of the Berzerker who tried to stab him! 

    Can’t remember what I did yesterday but those 2 are clear as day 
    The Berzerker Taker thing was late 92 wasn't it?  I am sure it's on 1992, who did what to who from colosseum home video.
    That sounds about right, 1991/1992 
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    Anyone see Dynamite this week? What was the CM Punk Hangman Page thing about?
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Anyone see Dynamite this week? What was the CM Punk Hangman Page thing about?
    Certainly came a bit out of the blue.

    Not sure if it’s some sort of work (wouldn’t surprise me with AEW), or just Punk being unprofessional. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    cafctom said:
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Anyone see Dynamite this week? What was the CM Punk Hangman Page thing about?
    Certainly came a bit out of the blue.

    Not sure if it’s some sort of work (wouldn’t surprise me with AEW), or just Punk being unprofessional. 
    Page went off script with the promo before their title match about saving the company from Punk. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,250
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Anyone see Dynamite this week? What was the CM Punk Hangman Page thing about?
    Punk getting prickly because Hangman used the Colt Cabana lawsuit thing against Punk in a promo, which Punk wasn't aware of and got pissed about. Cabana is a good buddy of The Elite, Hangman etc. so probably some friction from that boiling over, and apparently Punks on record telling Tony Khan he'll never job to that "Cowboy Bitch" so I'm fairly sure this is a shoot that they will try and turn into a work...
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    Urgh. Punk does come across as a prick in real life.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,250
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Urgh. Punk does come across as a prick in real life.
    Great wrestler, great storyteller in the ring and a great promo, but yes I agree this kind of thing seems to follow him around and he's the common denominator
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    Gargano appeared on Raw. 
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    edited August 2022
    Good to see Gargano back. Brilliant baby face if used properly.

    Just watching the segment now. I don’t know what all the fuss is about regarding Austin Theory, personally.
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  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Thought Raw was excellent again. The HHH era has definitely begun
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    Thought Raw was excellent again. The HHH era has definitely begun
    I haven't watched a full RAW for about 7 years now, maybe I watched on of the "specials", but that might have been Smackdown.

    Really worth watching?
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    Thought Raw was excellent again. The HHH era has definitely begun
    I haven't watched a full RAW for about 7 years now, maybe I watched on of the "specials", but that might have been Smackdown.

    Really worth watching?
    I think so personally.  The difference is already night & day
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Anyone see Dynamite this week? What was the CM Punk Hangman Page thing about?
    Not really been following it, but sounds like Punk is being a bit of a prick in AEW. Maybe HHH was right about him all along
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    cafctom said:
    Good to see Gargano back. Brilliant baby face if used properly.

    Just watching the segment now. I don’t know what all the fuss is about regarding Austin Theory, personally.
    Theory ticks every box. They just need to not push him too quickly too soon or over expose him, which they're kind of doing a bad job at...
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    👀👀👀👀AEW
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    Why can't ITV show it live?  :s
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,430
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Why can't ITV show it live?  :s
    HHH won't let Dickie Davis do the commentary. 
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299

     Must admit I lost interest in AEW for a while but watched dynamite this morning & it was great


  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600

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