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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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I became a wrestling fan probably because it was the first show I ever saw on TV. My grandmother (father's mother) loved wrestling, and at about age 3 or 4 I became like glued to the set watching exciting mayhem in the ring ...
By the time I was around 10 or 11 I used to watch boxing regularly, but I got sick to my stomach once when I saw a fighter practically knock another guy's swollen-shut eye out of his skull...
I preferred to watch wrestling because, while it had a lot of combative action and colorful characters, nobody seemed to get really hurt...
The WWE handled Eddie Guerrero's death in typically bad taste, but at least made a show of reforming their drug policy. The Chris Benoit tragedy was the last straw, I think, for many parents who now won't let their young kids watch what has increasingly become a sleazy spectacle of sexy young models and bulked up steroid freaks who unnecessarily harm themselves and others.
Their ratings have dropped significantly since Benoit's passing, and the WWE has canceled their upcoming tour of Canadian cities (especially after McMahon was quoted refering to Benoit as a "monster" ...) |
It's kind of funny to me that you're a wrestling fan being that you're probably the most legit hippie I've ever come across. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| Rteacher wrote: |
I became a wrestling fan probably because it was the first show I ever saw on TV. My grandmother (father's mother) loved wrestling, and at about age 3 or 4 I became like glued to the set watching exciting mayhem in the ring ...
By the time I was around 10 or 11 I used to watch boxing regularly, but I got sick to my stomach once when I saw a fighter practically knock another guy's swollen-shut eye out of his skull...
I preferred to watch wrestling because, while it had a lot of combative action and colorful characters, nobody seemed to get really hurt...
The WWE handled Eddie Guerrero's death in typically bad taste, but at least made a show of reforming their drug policy. The Chris Benoit tragedy was the last straw, I think, for many parents who now won't let their young kids watch what has increasingly become a sleazy spectacle of sexy young models and bulked up steroid freaks who unnecessarily harm themselves and others.
Their ratings have dropped significantly since Benoit's passing, and the WWE has canceled their upcoming tour of Canadian cities (especially after McMahon was quoted refering to Benoit as a "monster" ...) |
It's kind of funny to me that you're a wrestling fan being that you're probably the most legit hippie I've ever come across. |
Wrestling is for everyone! |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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| It's been all down hill since "Stampede Wrestling" finished. Good old Ed Whalen, the Toilet bowl, the Viet cong, etc. |
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