Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted October 29, 2015 Paid Members Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) There was a Canadian girl at my college. She had no idea who Bret Hart was either. And this was about 2001. Only a few years removed from the Hart Foundation and all that. Same as a Canadian lecturer we had. In fact every Canadian I've ever came across in real life doesnt know Bret Hart. That's a real burst of the bubble, when you believe WWF hype. You just think "I bet they have statues of Tony Halme in Finland." Edited October 29, 2015 by IANdrewDiceClay
Paid Members Tommy! Posted October 29, 2015 Paid Members Posted October 29, 2015 He knew Bret hart but he grew up in Mountie country. He even told me "they were a tag team" and called me a sad twat for knowing a slew of Canadian wrestlers.
Otto Dem Wanz Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 When I'm introduced to new people from abroad my first instinct is to name a football team or player I think they'll support or recognise. Apart from Canadians, they always get the "Oh nice, like Bret Hart then!" treatment from me. I'm shameless.
NEWM Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Met three Canadians ever and none of them knew Bret, and not coincidentally, none of them really know me either as a result. That gambit destroyed any potential long lasting relationship, for sure. National hero, my arse. Mind, I told that story to Savio Vega and he was in tears.
Guest Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 I remember meeting s girl from Charlotte, north Carolina who didnt know who ric flair is. Devestating
DraxSpago Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Didn't know Johnny Ace was engaged to the Bella's mum! If Cena marries Nikki that's a family stable better than the Hart Foundation
King Pitcos Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 I've spoken to a few people from Memphis who didn't know who Jerry Lawler is, either. It's funny that there's still a kind of geographic kayfabe that exists. Wrestlers will try any hook to bullshit themselves up. Like Derrick Bateman saying in interviews that he was unknown in the states but mobbed like the Beatles on international tours because NXT was on Sky.
Wasteman Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 I once went out with this chick from Death Valley who didn't even know who The Undertaker was! Couldn't believe it, ended up dumping her because of it. True story that.
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted October 30, 2015 Moderators Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) I watched My Horrible Year!, and everyone in Canada knew who Bret Hart was. I refuse to believe otherwise. Edited October 30, 2015 by Chest Rockwell
The Clint Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 People that have never watched or took notice of wrestling have only heard of Hulk Hogan, Cena and The Rock (because of his movies) and probably The Undertaker and Stone Cold.
King Pitcos Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 People that have never watched or took notice of wrestling have only heard of Hulk Hogan, Cena and The Rock (because of his movies) and probably The Undertaker and Stone Cold. Yeah, but it's easy enough to read a wrestler's book and believe that he was a proper household name in his own town/country. Here, I feel like people would recognise British Bulldog from a picture -- at least if they were kids (or had kids) in the early nineties.
The Clint Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Definitely if Davey Boy had his dreadlocks and union jack beads in the picture.
Paid Members Linus Posted October 30, 2015 Paid Members Posted October 30, 2015 It's a matter of time and distance. If you asked anyone from Memphis from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s they'd know who Lawler was. Ditto with Hart and Canada during the late 80s and early 90s. But it's been two decades since the last of the territories coughed and died, and WWE/WCW never had the penetration local TV did, and there's far more to do now.
The Reverend Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) I work out in Memphis 4 or 5 times a year and Lawler is pretty well known I'd say from people aged 35 upwards. He had a whole host of other businesses in Memphis and last year they had him switch the Christmas lights on Edited October 30, 2015 by The Reverend
UK Kat Von D Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Yeah it's just like how everyone over a certain age in this country will know who Big Daddy or Giant Haystacks is, but if you ask the average 20-something they probably wouldn't have a clue
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