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The glory days of the WWF are long gone in my opinion. Gone are the days of Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, The Nasty Boys and many more mythical monsters. Now are the days of testosterone-loaded lumps of muscle, walking down a ring and attempting to bludgeon each other to death, just for a simple cheap pop. Nowadays, the vast majority of WWF fans are teenagers or young adults and all they seem to care about is watching 2 wrestlers beat the hell out of each other, before a crowd of 15,000+. The ěcasualî fans, as I like to call them, know nothing about the art, the drama or the emotion of WWF and just seem to like it for itís violent content.
Nowadays, people tune in for pure violence and scantily clad females. Now, that is all well and good and it is rather entertaining, but I can only watch someone being battered with a weapon for a certain amount of time before it becomes sick, repetitive and boring. Now, I am probably the biggest wresting fan that ever lived, but I still do not condole pointless violence.
A lot of the people on the FOG forums give WWF the moniker ěPointless Violenceî, which is not true. No, I am not contradicting myself. The weapons ARE pointless violence but the art of wrestling everything but that. For instance, take Chris Benoit, he makes wrestling look like ballet. He pulls off his manoeuvres with such grace and such skill.
There WAS a time before this all started.
In the time from 1985 to 1996, the WWF was ěfamily entertainmentî. In 1996, they claimed that the WWF was now ěThe New Generationî and it went under a radical change. However, this was just stage 1 of the metamorphic process of the WWF. Such comic book characters as the Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan were gone and Shawn Micheals, Bret Hart, Diesel and more were in, as though they were the newest fad among adolescent 13 year olds. Then, is has the final facelift in 1998, as weapons were added to the WWF mix. 1999 was the year for the WWF, where many fans flocked in. For instance, in 1996, I used to talk to people about wrestling and they used to say ěWhatís WWF?î. Now, those same people say ěOh, did you see Raw the other week?î. Well, thatís a casual fan for you!
So, thereís the history of WWF for all of those ěcasualî WWF fans among us.
Shaneo.
Nowadays, people tune in for pure violence and scantily clad females. Now, that is all well and good and it is rather entertaining, but I can only watch someone being battered with a weapon for a certain amount of time before it becomes sick, repetitive and boring. Now, I am probably the biggest wresting fan that ever lived, but I still do not condole pointless violence.
A lot of the people on the FOG forums give WWF the moniker ěPointless Violenceî, which is not true. No, I am not contradicting myself. The weapons ARE pointless violence but the art of wrestling everything but that. For instance, take Chris Benoit, he makes wrestling look like ballet. He pulls off his manoeuvres with such grace and such skill.
There WAS a time before this all started.
In the time from 1985 to 1996, the WWF was ěfamily entertainmentî. In 1996, they claimed that the WWF was now ěThe New Generationî and it went under a radical change. However, this was just stage 1 of the metamorphic process of the WWF. Such comic book characters as the Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan were gone and Shawn Micheals, Bret Hart, Diesel and more were in, as though they were the newest fad among adolescent 13 year olds. Then, is has the final facelift in 1998, as weapons were added to the WWF mix. 1999 was the year for the WWF, where many fans flocked in. For instance, in 1996, I used to talk to people about wrestling and they used to say ěWhatís WWF?î. Now, those same people say ěOh, did you see Raw the other week?î. Well, thatís a casual fan for you!
So, thereís the history of WWF for all of those ěcasualî WWF fans among us.
Shaneo.
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yeh he stayed to long in wrestling though
Nice person he was. But he did lose them both. What a shame.
yeh and tehn hogan left the ring with his WWF title and every one booed so he came in the ring and gave it to ultimate warrior then they hugged
So he lost then? I never went as far back as that when buying old videos.
Kid Rock wrote:
> my favourite match was wrestlemania 6 hulk hogan vs ultimate warrior IC title vs
> wwf title
the match went on for ages
Classy match, but Hogan had to kick out, just a fraction of a second AFTER the 3 count to keep his pride :D
> my favourite match was wrestlemania 6 hulk hogan vs ultimate warrior IC title vs
> wwf title
the match went on for ages
Classy match, but Hogan had to kick out, just a fraction of a second AFTER the 3 count to keep his pride :D
my favourite match was wrestlemania 6 hulk hogan vs ultimate warrior IC title vs wwf title
the match went on for ages
the match went on for ages
The glory days of the WWF are long gone in my opinion. Gone are the days of Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, The Nasty Boys and many more mythical monsters. Now are the days of testosterone-loaded lumps of muscle, walking down a ring and attempting to bludgeon each other to death, just for a simple cheap pop. Nowadays, the vast majority of WWF fans are teenagers or young adults and all they seem to care about is watching 2 wrestlers beat the hell out of each other, before a crowd of 15,000+. The ěcasualî fans, as I like to call them, know nothing about the art, the drama or the emotion of WWF and just seem to like it for itís violent content.
Nowadays, people tune in for pure violence and scantily clad females. Now, that is all well and good and it is rather entertaining, but I can only watch someone being battered with a weapon for a certain amount of time before it becomes sick, repetitive and boring. Now, I am probably the biggest wresting fan that ever lived, but I still do not condole pointless violence.
A lot of the people on the FOG forums give WWF the moniker ěPointless Violenceî, which is not true. No, I am not contradicting myself. The weapons ARE pointless violence but the art of wrestling everything but that. For instance, take Chris Benoit, he makes wrestling look like ballet. He pulls off his manoeuvres with such grace and such skill.
There WAS a time before this all started.
In the time from 1985 to 1996, the WWF was ěfamily entertainmentî. In 1996, they claimed that the WWF was now ěThe New Generationî and it went under a radical change. However, this was just stage 1 of the metamorphic process of the WWF. Such comic book characters as the Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan were gone and Shawn Micheals, Bret Hart, Diesel and more were in, as though they were the newest fad among adolescent 13 year olds. Then, is has the final facelift in 1998, as weapons were added to the WWF mix. 1999 was the year for the WWF, where many fans flocked in. For instance, in 1996, I used to talk to people about wrestling and they used to say ěWhatís WWF?î. Now, those same people say ěOh, did you see Raw the other week?î. Well, thatís a casual fan for you!
So, thereís the history of WWF for all of those ěcasualî WWF fans among us.
Shaneo.
Nowadays, people tune in for pure violence and scantily clad females. Now, that is all well and good and it is rather entertaining, but I can only watch someone being battered with a weapon for a certain amount of time before it becomes sick, repetitive and boring. Now, I am probably the biggest wresting fan that ever lived, but I still do not condole pointless violence.
A lot of the people on the FOG forums give WWF the moniker ěPointless Violenceî, which is not true. No, I am not contradicting myself. The weapons ARE pointless violence but the art of wrestling everything but that. For instance, take Chris Benoit, he makes wrestling look like ballet. He pulls off his manoeuvres with such grace and such skill.
There WAS a time before this all started.
In the time from 1985 to 1996, the WWF was ěfamily entertainmentî. In 1996, they claimed that the WWF was now ěThe New Generationî and it went under a radical change. However, this was just stage 1 of the metamorphic process of the WWF. Such comic book characters as the Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan were gone and Shawn Micheals, Bret Hart, Diesel and more were in, as though they were the newest fad among adolescent 13 year olds. Then, is has the final facelift in 1998, as weapons were added to the WWF mix. 1999 was the year for the WWF, where many fans flocked in. For instance, in 1996, I used to talk to people about wrestling and they used to say ěWhatís WWF?î. Now, those same people say ěOh, did you see Raw the other week?î. Well, thatís a casual fan for you!
So, thereís the history of WWF for all of those ěcasualî WWF fans among us.
Shaneo.
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