Were your parents wrestling fans?
 

My grandmother told me the coolest fucking story about my Great-Grandmother. The Original Sheik had a territory in Detroit in the 60's to the 80's. Well my great grandmother used to go to Cobo Hall every time they ran shows, and she'd sit front row at the TV tapings watching guys like Bobo Brazil, the Sheik and Dick the Bruiser kick the fuck out of each other. Lol the best thing is, she would have been like 60 at this time. Lol she might have been a stunt granny.

Were your parents gay? (did they like wrestling)

My grandma was a big wrestling fan. She was into NWA/WCW while I was into WWF growing up. Used to go to her place to watch WCW PPVs until around '98 when I stopped caring much about it. My dad was into it too which is how I was raised on it.

My mom, and her side of the family were. My Dad was not, but he still let me watch

Neither of my parents were, or rather, are. Yet, they didn't see any harm in letting their kid watch wrestling. They knew i was hooked, and helped fuel the interest as well.

My dad watches it, and my grandfather watched it as well. So many VHS tapes of old WCW/NWA stuff recorded by my grandfather.

I think my dad watched wrestling, but I think he put it on so he could go do drugs and shit. My mom and stepdad regime in the 90s were total heels and wouldn't let me get the nWo shirt and said that wrestling was evil and wouldn't buy me anything to do with the evil nWo. They didn't watch, but they were super brainwashed into thinking the WCW nWo was a real New World Order(gov conspiracy) and still makes me laugh to this day. I don't wear my nWo shirt in front of them for fear that they will take me out of their will. Super Christian as Fuck

Somewhat for a few years although my father was a bigger fan than my mom. They'd watch it more if me or my sister was watching but rarely on their own.

Same for my grandfather, he'd watch whenever anyone else was also watching but almost never on his own. He used to laugh whenever the Bushwackers were on tv because of their goofball antics.

My dad watched when he was a kid. Always says back when it was "real fake wrestling."

My Mom hates wrestling. Didn't let us watch it for a while.

My dad watched it growing up.

He was a mark for Cowboy Bob Ellis.

I ended up discovering wrestling through him. He had it turned on one day and we sat down to watch it. I was hooked from day one.

It was fun watching it with him at 6-8 years old.

My mom casually watched it with us. She liked Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth.

Parents were not fans, but lets us watch it. And when we would get riled up about a storyline or a match that irked us or we were happy about, my dad would simply say "that's nice"

my mom's brother loved it. he actually got me into it. he passed away when i was 7, and left me as the only fan in the family. not sure where he got the love from. probably growing up in the south.

Yep. Dad got me into it. I'm bigger fan than him he probably regrets introducing it to me. He was a big fan of Boris Malenko.

My parents both HATED it. My dad always got stuck taking me to the shows and stuff and my mom thought it was dumb but let me watch it anyways.

Also My step dad hated it, but yet was a real sport for taking me to all the house shows. He would cheer for the guys I hated just to piss off a 8 year old me

My dad was a avid wrestling fan .he took me to events and always ordered the ppvs or rented the old ppvs.some of my best memories were with my dad watching wrestling

Dad was a big Sammartino fan. He was just talking about Tony Garea and Larry Zybyzko the other day.

My paternal grandparents were huge fans. And once Grandpa died I would go most Saturdays to watch Saturday Night with Grannie.

My Dad watched off and on. And still does. Mom quit watching once UWF folded.

My grand parents did, and would call what I watched (WWF) 'not real wrestling'. Unsure about my parents though.

My parents and one uncle were casual fans, went to a local show just before I was born "just for the Hell of it".... my mom recalls nothing of the show except a couple of women in the row in front of them going apeshit for The Rougeau Brothers.....

My Grannie was a huge JCP fan. She hated WWF. Through her I got my hatred of Hogan. To her Hogan wasn't a wrestler he was "A muscled up meathead!"

Lord no. Both hated me watching it and it would drive them crazy as I'd watch A LOT.

I still remember Dad's reaction to Goldust in 1996.

My dad grew up watching Jerry Jarrett, Tojo Yamamoto, and all the dudes from the Kentucky/Tennessee territories growing up. Wasn't a huge WWF fan when I was a kid, but he and my mom always let me watch and they bought me toys and shit. Didn't care much for the Attitude Era, but I was already a teenager, so there's not much they could do about it.

My grandfather used to watch local wrestling on TV with the lady next door. My grandmother would go out on the porch because she couldn't stand them yelling at the TV. One of the neighbors once asked her "are you really okay with them being alone in there?" To which she replied "well as long as I can hear them yelling at that damn show I don't have to worry now do I?"

So what was his reaction? Was he appalled or aroused?

They only wrestled eachother.

Y0ur m0ms were fanz 0f the legend,,,, thats f0r sure,,,,

and y0ur dads,,, well,,, his c0ck was small,,,

Talked to my aunt and found out my maternal grandparents use to goto the monthly shows in Biloxi. I am assuming it was GCCW and then Mid South.

On my father's side,because of grannie,all my cousins watched back in the 80s. With one cousin still watching. We had planned on going to the Mid South Reunion show that happened the same weekend of WM.

My mom and dad went on dates to Green Bay, WI to watch the AWA. Also, my dad is the inspiration for me using the Iron Claw ('Da Claw) as a finish. Dads dad was also a fan.

It's a family tradition, one that I'm trying to take just a bit further.

My great uncle was a fan. He enjoyed Haystacks Calhoun and Ricky Starr.

Don't know much about what my dad was/wasn't into other than not raising me.

All that aside, the rest of my family was way into it. My grandma's 2nd husband would come over and buy WCW PPV's. I remember that is how I discovered Surfer Sting and Great Muta. I think he bought one of the War Games PPV's which was one of the first wrestling shows I ever watched. Great Muta was always my favorite when I was very young. The ninja-esque + sputa combo was so amazing to me. Both of my older brothers were huge fans too, especially for Macho Man and Warrior.

My dad didn't raise me either

My parents got me into wrestling my dad was a nwo fan and of sourse me as a kid was against the nwo.

My dad always thought it was stupid, but he's the type that also picked apart movies: especially most military-centric ones "THAT'S not the gun they would use..."

Mom, on the other hand, always was a huge fan, and in her opinion, Undertaker was one of the sexiest men on earth.

Both my parents watched the World of Sport wrestling but not fans, I got them into WWE when I first watch it in 99.

My parents both think it's stupid. They used to bitch when I would watch it in high school and say "haven't you outgrown that by now?" So now whenever they come over I make sure to put on some old ECW ppvs on the 9.99 network. My grandfather liked it though and I started watching it with him when I was a little kid.