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Professional Wrestling 1985ish - 1992ish

Alright, here's my two cents

I remember Ivan Putski, the Polish Hammer move.
Bruno Sammartino
Chief J Strong Bow
Afa and Sika the Samoan Brothers
Junk Yard Dog
The Iron Sheik
Hawkshaw Jim Duggan

Managers Captain Lou Albano,
The Grand Wizard - pulled pants off
Miss Elizabeth
Pall Bearer

Randy Macho Man Savage gave the best interviews, still classic today on social media

The royal rumbles and cage matches

I remember buying the toy figures for my nephews

Could go on, too much. WWF was always better than the WCW
 
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I can't even remember which channel it was on, but for a while I kept running across a program called "Tales from the Territories." A bunch of the people from the biz from the 70s and early 80s, spinning yarns and recalling the good 'ol days. Probably many of you would enjoy watching some of that if you can find it.
 
Miss Elizabeth was my first love, what an absolute ROCKET she was.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I can't even remember which channel it was on, but for a while I kept running across a program called "Tales from the Territories." A bunch of the people from the biz from the 70s and early 80s, spinning yarns and recalling the good 'ol days. Probably many of you would enjoy watching some of that if you can find it.
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It's on YouTube. It gets pushed to me.
 
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Did anyone mention Canada's greatest athlete: Iron Mike Sharpe?
 
There is so much good wrestling content from that era to be found on YouTube. So much of it would never fly today, like this promo from Dr D, David Schultz. He was the guy who smacked John Stossel when he asked if wrestling was fake.

 
Thought you might be interested in this site: The History Of WWE

This was the first event I attended:

WWF @ Southington, CT – High School Gym – November 10, 1982
Tony Garea defeated Fred Marzino (sub. for Eddie Gilbert)
WWF Tag Team Champion Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Charlie Fulton
Ray Stevens defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Jules Strongbow
Ivan Putski defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification
Little Beaver & Sonny Boy Hayes defeated Butch Cassidy & Sky Low Low
 
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Just read this.

Saw him wrestle (against Ivan Putski) at Stamford High in 1976. That was the headline match (ended in an early DQ when Putski wouldn't stop arguing with the ref).

I was maybe ten feet from hom when he walked in and it was stunning how big he was and that it was pretty much solid muscle. Putski (who was old at the time and probably the worst shape of his career) looked like a midget in comparison.

Wrestling back then (Andre was only around for a couple of years and he was kept under wraps except when he was wrestling in any given district) had guys who were muscular but weighed maybe 225 (most were a bit shy of 6') and blobs, guys who weighed over 300 lbs (sometimes well over) but were just heavy. Superstar was the first who approached 300 lbs that wasn't a blob (Andre excepted).

I know he had been fighting steroid related health issues for more than 30 years and the last I heard of him ~25 years ago, he had partial amputations of his feet due to circulation issues from diabetes, compounded by a couple decades of steroid use.

May he rest in peace.
 
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Superstar was an interesting case. When he got the WWWF title, he knew he would have to lose to Bob Backlund in 14 months. But his title run was going so well when it was time to give up the belt it just crushed him emotionally. Wrestling is tough business.
 
Superstar Billy Graham wasn't a guy that wrestled on TV very often, so it was always like sighting an exotic bird that you only read about. I remember him participating in the World's Strongest Man competition and thinking how cool that was. Needless to say, this was well before I understood that professional wrestling was all scripted, so seeing one of "our guys" on the screen was extra cool.

 
billythekid said:
Superstar Billy Graham wasn't a guy that wrestled on TV very often, so it was always like sighting an exotic bird that you only read about.
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Like Bruno. The thinking back then was that if you showed them on TV, folks wouldn't pay to watch in person. Now we know that was/is nonsense; if you show them on TV they get even more popular. That's why my wrestling fan buddies and I in college liked the jobbers the best. We watched them every week.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Flair and Ricky Steamboat had some epic one hour matches.

Also really liked the Steiner Brothers before Scott got completely 'roided out. Steiners vs. Nasty Boys were some great matches.
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The flair steamboat trilogy in 89 where they traded belt back and forth is the peak of pro wrestling.

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There’s a Twitter person that posts “old cards” from ‘84 - ‘94ish, so cool seeing those random house show matchups
 
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Seeing that picture reminded me of the stories that Miss Lillian (Jimmy Carter's mother) was a huge pro "rassling" fan, and her son was a big fan of the Allman Brothers.
 
Heading to WWE Raw tonight at the XL, not sure what to expect as I don't follow current wrestling.
 
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