best wrestling era?

[sailor]

as discussed on the show today, what do you think was the best era of wrestling? do you go with fez and the 80s? or do you side with ron and the 90s? do you go old school with the 70s and before, or new school with the current scene?

[Heather 8]

80s was when it was starting to go mainstream, but still had that hokey cartoon feeling about it (yes, I know, it still does, but it was moreso back then). But 90s was when things skyrocketed for the industry.

[DarkHippie]

The Attitude Era was the best.

[Don Stugots]

as much as i love old school NWA stuff the 90s was the best.

[biozombie]

The 90's had a great mixture of extreme violence & over the top comedy. Miss the Rock & Sock Connection, the J.O.B. Squad, & The B.W.O.

[sailor]

i voted 80s. the 90s was too mtv generation fast cuts and popcorn movie-esque. no character development and subtlety. it drove me away from wrestling. that and going to college.

[sarsbusdriver]

I agree with Fezzie and say the 80's.
I loved reading Apter magazines and finding out about guys outside of the WWF dominated Northeast.
By 84-85 I was watching Mid-Atlantic, World Class, AWA or any other territories that aired on basic cable or even UHF.
It gave an awkward 12 year old something to look forward to.

As great as the late 90's were it's hard to replace the days when you're a complete mark and believe everything hook, line, and sinker.

[sailor]

I agree with Fezzie and say the 80's.
I loved reading Apter magazines and finding out about guys outside of the WWF dominated Northeast.
By 84-85 I was watching Mid-Atlantic, World Class, AWA or any other territories that aired on basic cable or even UHF.
It gave an awkward 12 year old something to look forward to.

As great as the late 90's were it's hard to replace the days when you're a complete mark and believe everything hook, line, and sinker.

yeah, there was an hour every afternoon on u-68 (i believe) that was a different organization each day. it hella rocked.

[Patient zer0]

what was the era where a shit load of the wrestlers wore luchidore (sp) masks. that era was uber ghey, but probably the peak.

[sailor]

what was the era where a shit load of the wrestlers wore luchidore (sp) masks. that era was uber ghey, but probably the peak.

the machines era? that would be 86 and 87.

[cougarjake13]

90s

[epo]

I'm gonna go with the 80's based just upon my childhood memories and the power of local territories via YouTube.

The thing the 90's fans forget is that the "Attitude Era" didn't begin until 1998. The NWO didn't start until 1996 and ECW didn't get noticed until 95-96 by most national "smart" fans.

So they realistically had 5 years at the very best.

[Legit Bill]

Stone Cold Steve Austin.
The Rock
Triple H
X Pac
Road Dogg
Mankind
Kane (with the mask)


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[King Hippos Bandaid]

80s most fun

90s best though

[Hottub]

Bruno Sanmarino
Superstar Billy Graham
Bob Backlund
Dusty Rhodes
"Superfly" Jimmi Snukka
George "The Animal" Steel
The Iron Sheik
Gorilla Monsoon

[Hottub]

The beginning of Hulkamania
Roddy Piper
Jim "Hacksaw" Duggan
Randy Savage
Jake the Snake
etc was fun.

The crossover from old to new was fun.
After that point, garbage.

[Tallman388]

I voted 80s, but any Era with the Road Warriors is just fine by me.

[disneyspy]

the 90s
the rock and stone cold had catch phrases that even non rasslin fans knew
d generation x, if you aint down with that i got two words for ya
wwf vs wcw
goldberg and brock lesner
plus the hulkster,flair and piper still wrestled

[IMSlacker]

Definitely the 80's

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/061102/173516__andy_kaufman_l.jpg

http://i15.tinypic.com/4xniuyg.jpg

[Devo37]

i'd go with the 90's, especially the mid to late 90's when the monday night wars were at their peak and before wcw went off the rails.

[biozombie]

Fuck. Just the 2 movies "I'm From Hollywood" and "My Breakfast With Blassie" alone are making me second guess my vote.

"Oh, I'm the king! I'm the king! I'm the king of wrestling Tennessee, I knocked that Lawler out last week, I'm gonna knock him out again! *doo doot doot doo doo, doo doo doo doo*!"

[Dirtbag]

I've only been watching since '89, so I have to say the 90s.

[commish13]

Did I just hear Ronnie B use the term "smark"? Jesus. That felt weird.

I think that the late 90s were great (that's when I started watching), and the current independent stuff is also fantastic. And it has to do pretty much directly thanks to the deaths of WCW and ECW, where promotions started rising up and trying to become the next big small company. CZW had some success as a complete (but mostly shitty) ripoff of ECW, and then ROH came around and ended up raising the bar as far as the quality of indy wrestling. Before 2002, indy wrestling for the most part was complete shit with guys who weren't ready to be doing what they were trying, and ROH brought it up to another level and a few others started playing up to it, and now there's nothing more fun than to check out some of the best independent guys going today.

[AngelAmy]

i said 90s since that is when i watched and was totally obsessed

[Heather 8]

Not too shockingly, no "today" votes. Fuck you very much, McMahons.

[chubbyknuckles]

Hands down the 90's, just for the talent along with drama. The 80's sucked, minus the Dynamite Kid.

[EddieMoscone]

Overall the 90's. ECW and the boom period.

But 1989 had some of my favorite matches of all time. Flair's programs with Funk and Steamboat were off the charts.

[Heather 8]

But 1989 had some of my favorite matches of all time. Flair's programs with Funk and Steamboat were off the charts.


This. And '87 gave us Savage vs Steamboat.

[Don Stugots]

The 80's had great tag teams, which I am a fan of, too. But the 90's were better overall.

[sailor]

i always enjoyed flair vs. kerry von erich, and the freebirds/von erichs feud.

[EddieMoscone]

I'm listening to yesterday's show now and it got me thinking.

1. Another match from the 80's...Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter in the Street Fight from MSG. Get the Hall of Fame DVD from a few years ago if you haven't seen it

2. Ron brought up one of Mick Foley's promos. Flair gets a lot of great credit for promos, but Mick Foley in my opinion is the greatest promo man ever. His best work in ECW and WWF can not be touched.

[epo]

I'm listening to yesterday's show now and it got me thinking.

1. Another match from the 80's...Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter in the Street Fight from MSG. Get the Hall of Fame DVD from a few years ago if you haven't seen it

2. Ron brought up one of Mick Foley's promos. Flair gets a lot of great credit for promos, but Mick Foley in my opinion is the greatest promo man ever. His best work in ECW and WWF can not be touched.

"Cane Dewey" might be the best promo I've ever seen.

[EddieMoscone]

"Cane Dewey" might be the best promo I've ever seen.

Epic.

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I used to run a website dedicated to ECW. Below is a link to a list of other awesome ECW promos. Unfortunately the links to the audio files no longer work, but you can probably find most of them on YouTube.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010409050921/strictlyecw.com/interviews/index.html

[NYHCmikeX]

it hella rocked.

You live in the bronx and just used the word "Hella"?

Thats....weird...

I voted 90s. nWo 4 4 4 4 Life

[sailor]

You live in the bronx and just used the word "Hella"?

Thats....weird...

I voted 90s. nWo 4 4 4 4 Life

never lived anywhere else. it's wicked sweet.

[ahhdurr]

You live in the bronx and just used the word "Hella"?

Thats....weird...

I voted 90s. nWo 4 4 4 4 Life
(this may be a hella big Cartman influence)

Jimmy Superfly Snuka, Mr. Fuji, Sgt. Slaughter and his crossover into GI character marked the last time wrestling was cool.

[RingWraith]

I voted for the 90's (late 90's really!), even though I grew up watching the WWF in the late 80's.
The Monday Night Wars, and ECW days were by far some of the best years to be a wrestling fan. I miss the feeling of lookin' forward to Monday Nights, and Friday/Saturday late night airings of ECW. Good 'ol days I tell ya!!!:down:

[sailor]

(this may be a hella big Cartman influence)

definitely. that's totally where i stole that one from. but i did also get called out in another thread for saying nifty or swell or such. people just don't enjoy words enough.

[ahhdurr]

definitely. that's totally where i stole that one from. but i did also get called out in another thread for saying nifty or swell or such. people just don't enjoy words enough.
Don't people beat you up in the Bronx for smart talk like that.

[TripleSkeet]

The early 90's sucked, but considering the choices were 80's, 90's and now, you gotta go with the 90's.

You ECWs basically entire life, the Attitude Era, and the nWo Era. The 3 combined to make wrestling hotter and more popular then it has ever been, and will probably ever be again.

[jennysmurf]

You can't beat the 80's for showmanship! The 90's had more bells and whistles, but they had nothing to work with in the 80's, so they had to work harder to entertain us.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:RxiOD02dMzO2uM:http://www.411mania.com/game_screenshots/1379.jpg

[sailor]

Don't people beat you up in the Bronx for smart talk like that.

nah. we're in the fancy part.

[sailor]

bump for discussion on show.

[monkfish]

For me it has to be the mid 80s - that was when it was still real for me dammit.

George the Animal Steele, The Missing Link, Leaping Lanny Poffo, Chief Jay Strongbow...that's pretty tough to beat.

[Philip]

I'll go late 90's, I was a bigger wwf fan then, and I understand what makes wrestling great is the wrestling matches, but how good were Scott Halls survey's? When he was hurt, they'd bring him out just to do the survey. I just watched a few on youtube, and laughed my ass off.

[ihaveabadmonkey]

The 80's. I remember i couldnt wait to watch tbs at 6pm on Saturdays to watch NWA.

http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs9/wrest1head.jpg

The set look like a space ship. The Road Warriors sliding under the bottom rope when Iron Man hit and have a 12 second match. They had some good gimmick matches like the scaffold matches, the three tiered cages.

[hedges]

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg68/ihatebk/12132732006220.jpg
Early to mid- eighties. Andre the Giant, Bruno Sammartino, the Moondogs, the Samoans, Sgt. Slaughter, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Jimmy Super Fly Snuka and many more I can't remember right now.

[BillySolHarg]

The best era was the 80s. Especially because there were *some* who actually believed wrestling was 'real'.

I remember when the footage came out of a wrestler (was it Bob Backlund?) calling spots.
And remember, everybody's got a price for the million dollar man.

[TripleSkeet]

I think more people believed wrestling was real in the 90's then the 80's. Imean in the 80's the only ones that believed it were kids, and if you ever got to see an event with seats in the first 15 rows, you figured out real quick they werent hitting each other.

But even as an avid fan watching wrestling in the 90's sometimes even had me saying...."Um....is this supposed to be happening???"

Stuff like...

- The nWo going back to the production trucks and slapping the engineers around

- Brian Pillman just showing up at ECW and trying to pull his dick out to piss in the ring

- Austin and Mike Tyson having that shoving match (watch Austin punching the bodyguard on the floor)

I dont know, I just know that on Monday nights, just about everybody I knew had someplace to go where they were watching wrestling. Just huge groups of people every night with 2 tv sets set up side by side to watch wrestling. I had never seen anything like it.

[DeltaPin]

The 80's were good, but the vote goes with the 90's

[Jeffdc5]

i love the 90's nwo, dx, the nation i miss factionssss

[TheInfamousBayne]

For me it's the 90s and for people like me it may be because I grew up during that time. The mid and late 90s were awesome but I actually think today's wrestling is better than the early 90s.

[kdubya]

I voted 80's. Hulkamania was the best. I still get excited everytime I hear the "I am a real American" song.

I think late 90's gives it a run though, but 80's still pulls ahead.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Mid to Late 80s, there was World Class, WWF, AWA, UWF , Championship Wrestling from Florida and NWA all on TV

[johnniehardrock]

i voted 80s. the 90s was too mtv generation fast cuts and popcorn movie-esque. no character development and subtlety. it drove me away from wrestling. that and going to college.

Totally agree. I use to love the 80's wrestling. I still have my old 80's wrestling magazines.