Your fave memories n moments from the golden days of WWF wrestling

[PhenoMenal]

I was lucky enough to grow up during the golden days of the WWE (then WWF) wrestling - the stars aligned so that I was still young enough to believe that it was all real lol

We lost Macho Man Randy Savage this week, which made me do a lot of reflecting back on my childhood cos wrestling was just so darn cool!

SO, what moments n memories from that golden era stick out in your mind?

Some of mine ...

- Jake The Snake Roberts letting his COBRA bite into the arm of Macho Man Randy Savage

- Hulk Hogan picking up and slamming Andre The Giant without doing his back in

- The Ultimate Warrior trying to conduct a verbal interview

- Rowdy Roddy Piper's antics

- Fave tag teams: Demolition (Ax & Smash), The Bushwackers (Butch & Luke), British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith), Legion Of Doom (Animal & Hawk), The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)

- Jimmy The Superfly Snuka leaping off the turnbuckle as if it were the Winter Olympics ski jump

- The fake mace that they used to spit at each other

- King Kong Bundy

 

[cocktail frank]

i liked when george the animal steele used to eat the turn buckles.
he was the craziest dude i ever saw in my life at that time!

i used to love the rapping manager "slick"

i also was at the ultimate warrior's debut match for wwf

 

[uraverage]

hogan vs macho man WM5

 

[krunchbubble]

I was lucky enough to grow up during the golden days of the WWE (then WWF) wrestling - the stars aligned so that I was still young enough to believe that it was all real lol

We lost Macho Man Randy Savage this week, which made me do a lot of reflecting back on my childhood cos wrestling was just so darn cool!

SO, what moments n memories from that golden era stick out in your mind?

Some of mine ...

- Jake The Snake Roberts letting his COBRA bite into the arm of Macho Man Randy Savage

- Hulk Hogan picking up and slamming Andre The Giant without doing his back in

- The Ultimate Warrior trying to conduct a verbal interview

- Rowdy Roddy Piper's antics

- Fave tag teams: Demolition (Ax & Smash), The Bushwackers (Butch & Luke), British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith), Legion Of Doom (Animal & Hawk), The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)

- Jimmy The Superfly Snuka leaping off the turnbuckle as if it were the Winter Olympics ski jump

- The fake mace that they used to spit at each other

- King Kong Bundy

much props!

we must be around the same age......

the only time i watched wrestling and loved ever minute of it!

 

[Sam the Caveman]

Rick Flair, the best shit talker ever!

 

[stonedar]

Bobby the Brain Heenan (sp.) & Gorilla Monsoon my favorite announcers

 

[AfroSheep]

brett the hitman hart!, and the whole hart family were not bad,

Loved the snakeman and his snakes lol was always a great laugh,
im only young but used to watch it with my older bros when i was a kid,
Its turned into such showbiz bullshit now days. stupid WWE,

Brett michaels was always a great watch,
Def the bushwackers being a kiwi myself .

I did not hear about randy savage though sad ill have to txt the bro let him no.

Peace!

 

[Rysam]

Heres one to to the "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Andre the Giant, Captain Lou and the rest of my childhood wrestling heroes ..

Yeah I used to try to stay awake on Saturday nights just to watch WWF. I wanted to be Jake the Snake Roberts so bad, how cool was it to drop a giant snake on the dude you just whooped. Hell Yeah..

 

[Don Dump]

reminds me of greatest prank phone call of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LfIa8M2htE&feature=player_embedded

 

[Milhouse]

My All-time favorite match that I can remember like it was yesterday was Hulk Hogan and Brutus the Barber vs Macho Man and Zeus. Summerslam 1989 i believe!

 

[Rakkasan]

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[HighDesertJoe]

Bobo Brazil
CRAP that makes me OLD.

 

[uraverage]

Rick Flair, the best shit talker ever!

he is on the list, but imo The Rock was better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYu03YItBk

 

[rives]

Haystack Calhoun chasing down Kenji Shibuya and Ray Stevens with his gold-plated horseshoe necklace. Oh, wait...........

 

[Hold Your Fire]

I'll forever remember Jimmy Snuka doing his leap, off the top of the steel cage, coolest thing I thought I ever saw. Remember at first, instead of a flying body splash, he used to deliver flying headbutts off the top turnbuckle, to his downed opponent. Guy seemed fearless.

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat had loads of knowledge, and knew all the moves plus was a high flier.

Loved the Moondogs too Spot and Rex! Funny as hell.

Good memories.

 

[PhenoMenal]

Frank, you sure thats not Katt Williams!?

 

[dagnabit]

my mom dated one of the von erichs(kevin i think) when i was a little dude...

fritz and the IRON CLAW!!!

 

[dagnabit]

called mom it was david...

 

[U4ic]

I used to live next door to Big John Stud... He would dive me and his kids to school.. Was funny seeing him in a station wagon

 

[tryn2getby]

Right on....

Right on....

I totally got to agree with krunch.....we all must have grew up around the same time ..... i remember all those names you mentioned, nice thread PhenoMenal .....some i haven't heard in years....

I loved wrestling in the 70s & 80's....great memories for sure...