Mr.E Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 Speaking of Triple H, I work with some "young" people at work, some of whom like wrestling. When I say young, i mean like 18/19 upwards, but the other day I was asked "You'll know....what does Triple H stand for?" , which then led into a giant discussion about them not knowing about his Hunter Hearst Helmsley days, and it made me feel very old. on a similar note, I once asked someone of a similar age who Steve Austin was, and they said "oh he's that guy that comes out and drinks beer", clearly not knowing who he is in terms of "one of the best of all time/former champion etc". And yet if you ask somebody else who Steve Austin is, you could just as easily get the reply that he's The Six Million Dollar Man. Thats who my dad thinks Steve Austin is. Then again, he thinks The Great Khali is the best wrestler in the world, after seeing him on TV once. "Good lord, look at the size of his hands, he'd kill you. He must be champion or something...."
simonworden Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-16011175 Just watched Ali's promo video for the BBC from before Rumble in the Jungle, fuck me was it good. I'd pay to watch that fight right now even though it 40 years old. All I keep thinking is how its a fucking tragedy nobody can be that genuine and charasmatic now in pro wrestling
King Pitcos Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 It's a tragedy that wrestlers aren't as charismatic as one of the most charismatic performers of all time? That's like saying it's pathetic that wrestlers can't even draw as much money as Floyd Mayweather.
NEWM Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 Summerslam '03 feels like it takes place on another planet. Older-than-now Undertaker vs Albert, partnering up with babyface blonde Stephanie McMahon in her war with Sable, Coach turning heel but not even retaining his heat long enough to see out the match with 03 Steve Austin loitering nearby, giant Vince and his haiwan shirt from a big-and-tall shop, and Punisher Nash having half a foot out the company and still main eventing. Nobody looks at all like the definitive version of themselves. Like on WWF Attitude on the PS1 where you put everybody in their fourth attire. It's dull chaos.
Members SuperBacon Posted June 4, 2016 Members Posted June 4, 2016 Speaking of Triple H, I work with some "young" people at work, some of whom like wrestling. When I say young, i mean like 18/19 upwards, but the other day I was asked "You'll know....what does Triple H stand for?" , which then led into a giant discussion about them not knowing about his Hunter Hearst Helmsley days, and it made me feel very old. on a similar note, I once asked someone of a similar age who Steve Austin was, and they said "oh he's that guy that comes out and drinks beer", clearly not knowing who he is in terms of "one of the best of all time/former champion etc". And yet if you ask somebody else who Steve Austin is, you could just as easily get the reply that he's The Six Million Dollar Man. Thats who my dad thinks Steve Austin is. Then again, he thinks The Great Khali is the best wrestler in the world, after seeing him on TV once. "Good lord, look at the size of his hands, he'd kill you. He must be champion or something...." Excellent. Same as my Dad who thinks that Seamus must be the biggest and best star as he's always on mainstream TV over here! He literally thinks WWE is him
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted June 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted June 4, 2016 Dads know best when it comes to wrestling. They're looking in on it from a completely different, common sense, regular man perspective and they tell it how they see it.
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) My Dad's a man who is past the point of learning anything new. Like he used to call the Boogeyman "him that used to be Papa Shango." He even goes around the houses to just make his point, when actually learning the name of that person would be much easily. "Him from WWC" is AJ Styles. He means TNA, but he's thinking WCW and he cant even fucking get that right. "WWC" for fucks sake! He still calls it WWF as well. This is a bloke who watches it on a Sunday most weeks as well. Its been about 14 years since the name was changed. I believe its that Sunderland get so many different players each year, the part of his brain that occupies learning new things is taken up with who the new right winger is. Edited June 4, 2016 by IANdrewDiceClay
Paid Members air_raid Posted June 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted June 4, 2016 I can't think about Dads and wrestling without smiling thinking about the the first time I went to wrestling with the late Raid Sr and he exclaimed "What the hell is that thing??" when he saw Luna Vachon.
Members SuperBacon Posted June 4, 2016 Members Posted June 4, 2016 Ian, I'd love it to get to the point where he's mixing the two. Titus O'Neill (Bramble) and The Rock (Kaboul) at the back "what the fook is he doing in defence???"
handspants Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 I get where you're coming with with the two Tituses, but The Rock is a Hollywood star and Kaboul looks a bit like Vincent Kompany if he'd left his make up on from the night before, where he was trannying it up as Yohandra Koolbaby or something.
Members SuperBacon Posted June 4, 2016 Members Posted June 4, 2016 I get where you're coming with with the two Tituses, but The Rock is a Hollywood star and Kaboul looks a bit like Vincent Kompany if he'd left his make up on from the night before, where he was trannying it up as Yohandra Koolbaby or something. No!!! Younes is the spit of Scorpion King Rocky!!!
Paid Members Tommy! Posted June 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted June 4, 2016 I often confuse Nayim with some one who won the rumble from number 15
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted June 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted June 4, 2016 We once had a thread on Dads and wrestling. It's by far my favourite thread on here. So many great stories.
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted June 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted June 4, 2016 We once had a thread on Dads and wrestling. It's by far my favourite thread on here. So many great stories. My favourite part was finding out someone else's dad also calls HHH "Treble H".
Ian 86 Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 We once had a thread on Dads and wrestling. It's by far my favourite thread on here. So many great stories. this one?
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