Your top 5 favorite wrestlers when you were younger than 10 years old

[Triple A]

Here are mine from what I remember!

The Ultimate Warrior
Shawn Michaels
Razor Ramon
Mr. Perfect
Ravishing Rick Rude

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Hogan
Warrior
Savage
Honky Tonk Man
Ted Dibiase.

[Simple Fan]

Turned 10 in 2002

Big Van Vader
Sting
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Jeff Hardy
Vampiro

[Fignuts]

Hulk Hogan
Bret Hart
Mr. Perfect
Undertaker
Battle Cat

[DAMN iNATOR]

I didn't start watching on a regular enough basis until I was twice that, or 20, in late 2001. I hope my list will be considered acceptable given the circumstances!


The Rock
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Kane
Kurt Angle
"Nature Boy" Ric Flair

[Swiss Ultimate]

Slaughter, Bushwhackers, Savage, and not sure who else.

[johnsmagic]

Sting
Hogan
Kevin Nash
Undertaker
HBK

[xrodmuc316]

Taker
Hogan
Savage
Mr Perfect
Honey Tonk Man

Bonus Tag Team Demolition

[RP]

Adrian Adonis
Dino Bravo
Herculez
Junkyard Dog
KoKo B Ware

[Frank Drebin]

Big Boss Man

Said it in first post on tpww and I'll say it again now.

[DaveWadding]

Bret Hart
Tatanka
Sgt. Slaughter
Ultimate Warrior
Marty Jannetty

[Simple Fan]

Didn't think DAMN iNATOR was so old. Very young spirited individual.

[Lock Jaw]

Bret Hart
Undertaker
Ultimate Warrior
Macho Man Randy Savage
Owen Hart

[slik]

Ultimate Warrior
The Undertaker
Bret Hart
Sting
Macho Man Randy Savage

[slik]

Slik Jaw Investigations w/ nearly identical lists

[Emperor Smeat]

Hogan
Bushwhackers
Razor Ramon
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Ultimate Warrior

Not entirely sure on Warrior but those first 4 were my top favorites as a kid.

[Lock Jaw]

Slik Jaw Investigations w/ nearly identical lists

Contemplated putting Sting on it, because he was like "the only guy" from WCW I liked.

[Juan]

Hulk Hogan
Ultimate Warrior
Bret Hart
Legion of Doom

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Bret
Shawn
Razor
Perfect
1-2-3 kid

[Ultra Mantis]

Savage
Bulldog
Ultimate Warrior
Million Dollar Man (I liked his jacket)
Papa Shango (I blame Super Wrestlemania)

Loved Piper, Bushwhackers and El Matador (lol) too.

[Bad News Gertner]

Hogan by FAR was my #1
Hart Foundation
Greg the Hammer Valentine (My first name is Greg, so a wrestler with the same first name as myself becomes an instant favourite.)
Ultimate Warrior
Big Boss Man

[RP]

My serious list

Hogan
Ultimate Warrior
Hacksaw Jim Duggan ( the amount of Hacksaw stuff i own to this day, is absurd. The foam 2x4, 3 posters, several figures.
Macho Man
Legion of Doom

[LibSuperstar]

I didn't start watching on a regular enough basis until I was twice that, or 20, in late 2001. I hope my list will be considered acceptable given the circumstances!


The Rock
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Kane
Kurt Angle
"Nature Boy" Ric Flair


Half of your list belongs on the Mount Rushmore of WWE and all are in the Top 50 Draws in WWE history according to the man in your avy so not too shabby!

Hogan by FAR was my #1
Hart Foundation
Greg the Hammer Valentine (My first name is Greg, so a wrestler with the same first name as myself becomes an instant favourite.)
Ultimate Warrior
Big Boss Man

Trying to think of other Gregs in wrestling but good choice.

[Loose Cannon]

so this is 1987-1992

Warrior
Bret
Rockers (so HBK and Marty)
Hogan
Savage when he turned babyface in 91
Texas Tornado
Jake Roberts
Demolition

all as babyfaces

[Innovator]

Bret
Savage
Undertaker
Hogan
Jake

[RP]

I can probably make a killiing on EBAY but i wont because i'm fat and lazy. I have the Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and Ted Dibiase wrestling buddies. I have the first generation Bret Hart glasses. I have teh foam Hacksaw 2x4. I have the foam Big Bossman night stick. I still have the Macho Man foam finger and the Brett Hart foam finger lol.

I was a legit fan i guess. I dont know. I'm actually embarressed .

[RP]

My best friend got spit on by Tatanka turning heel once. It was a house show. I cant remember but one of us was wearing a Diesel glove. He slapped it. Tatanka came out and spit at us. It hit my friend. My friend marked out. He was so hyped that Tatanka spit on him. I guess Tatanka was heel at this time??? i dont know for sure.

[Helmsphere]

1. Sting
2. Ultimate Warrior
3. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
4. Z-Man
5. PN News...

[nagami]

Hulk Hogan
Undertaker
Battle Cat
Mr Perfect
Honey Tonk Man
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[Anybody Thrilla]

Ultimate Warrior
Bret Hart
Shawn Michaels
Strike Force

[BigCrippyZ]

HBK
Sting
Bret Hart
Undertaker
Savage

[LibSuperstar]

My best friend got spit on by Tatanka turning heel once. It was a house show. I cant remember but one of us was wearing a Diesel glove. He slapped it. Tatanka came out and spit at us. It hit my friend. My friend marked out. He was so hyped that Tatanka spit on him. I guess Tatanka was heel at this time??? i dont know for sure.

Funny story although being spit on ain't too great.

[Sixx]

Um, Hulk Hogan. The only one I've heard of before age 10.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I started when I was 10:

1. Kane
2. Test
3. Matt Hardy
4. Steve Austin
5. William Regal

I was a weird kid.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I can probably make a killiing on EBAY but i wont because i'm fat and lazy. I have the Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and Ted Dibiase wrestling buddies. I have the first generation Bret Hart glasses. I have teh foam Hacksaw 2x4. I have the foam Big Bossman night stick. I still have the Macho Man foam finger and the Brett Hart foam finger lol.

I was a legit fan i guess. I dont know. I'm actually embarressed .

Bruh how much for the Hitman shades?

[Shisen Kopf]

Hogan
Savage
Jake the Snake
Warrior
Hart Foundation

[James Steele]

Turned 10 in March 1999.

Sting
DDP
Stone Cold
Triple H
Kevin Nash

[Rammsteinmad]

Best I can remember (in no particular order) are Sting, Chris Benoit and Bret Hart. Can't really remember who else. Probably someone shit like Lex Luger or Crush or Tatanka (who wasn't shit). I dunno.

[Jordan]

I was 10 in June 97. Shawn Michaels, Mankind, Sting, Undertaker and Bret.

It's kind of hard to remember. The number one is HBK though for sure. I should probably throw The Outsiders up there too but nah.

[Jordan]

Funny story... I was 11 when Austin beat Shawn for the belt. And of course everyone told me it was going to happen, but I couldn't let me belief in HBK go... well I cried that night. I was so upset... I was so not looking forward to Raw the next night. I just wasn't on the Austin train. Then early in the show X-Pac debuts and I had my first memorable mark out moment since Hall and Nash show up on WCW. It was different, the Outsiders showing up was a shock like WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON. But I exploded with markism when X-Pac came out. I loved that moment so much. It was like they took Shawn and gave me Sean, and I was okay with that trade.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Bret Hart
Davey Boy
Kevin Nash
DDP
Sting


Kind of like Lock Jaw. I hated Austin at first cuz Bret turned bad because of him :rant:

[Lock Jaw]

Bret turned bad? :?:

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

lol

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

It was only the promo where he came out and shat on the fans after Mania 13 that I was like "Hey that wasn't so nice, Bret"

[Mr. Nerfect]

I did warm up to Chris Benoit really fast. Before I had my smark pants on. I didn't like the personalities I perceived as being loud and obnoxious out the gate. I have no clue why I was watching wrestling. Anyway, Chris Jericho reminded me of a kid in school who thought he was so cool cracking a lame joke in the middle of school. I kind of wanted Benoit to kick his ass, because he seemed like a serious guy.

Then Benoit turned face and had that feud with Kurt Angle and rose up the ranks to do some exciting stuff with Austin and Triple H, and ended up aligned with Jericho. I'm just kind of putting this all into perspective now, because I've never really thought about it on these terms, which is why simple questions like these can be so effective. But yeah, I was more relieved to find out that Benoit was an internet favorite, rather than the internet making him a favorite of mine.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Never liked The Rock for the same reasons as Jericho, haha. Always preferred Austin over him. Was cheering that heel turn so hard, because that dumb Rock got obliterated.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Never liked The Rock for the same reasons as Jericho, haha. Always preferred Austin over him. Was cheering that heel turn so hard, because that dumb Rock got obliterated.

Yeah, but I do feel that Rock portrayed a heel character much better in that even in his "Hollywood" phase towards the end of his time as a full-time guy, even when crowds would cheer him as a heel, he could just work the mic on them and get his nuclear heat back. It's not every guy that can just use their character to influence crowds like that. He was a real 1 in a million guy.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I started when I was 10:

1. Kane
2. Test
3. Matt Hardy
4. Steve Austin
5. William Regal

I was a weird kid.

I would actually have to bump William Regal off, move Austin into #5 place, and insert Billy Gunn into the #4 slot. :$

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, but I do feel that Rock portrayed a heel character much better in that even in his "Hollywood" phase towards the end of his time as a full-time guy, even when crowds would cheer him as a heel, he could just work the mic on them and get his nuclear heat back. It's not every guy that can just use their character to influence crowds like that. He was a real 1 in a million guy.

Oh, objectively now I can admit The Rock is fucking awesome. The dude is a god. I didn't realize how good we had it as wrestling fans to have someone that charismatic let us come to his show. It was just me as a weird kid kind of having this weird aversion to charisma, as odd as that sounds. I liked more stoic forms of it, anyway.

[XL]

1. Bret
2. Tatanka

[LibSuperstar]

Oh, objectively now I can admit The Rock is fucking awesome. The dude is a god. I didn't realize how good we had it as wrestling fans to have someone that charismatic let us come to his show. It was just me as a weird kid kind of having this weird aversion to charisma, as odd as that sounds. I liked more stoic forms of it, anyway.

I can relate. Got to appreciate him more over the past few yrs though I was often entertained by him during the Attitude Era.

[Evil Vito]

I started with WCW when I was 9, early-to-mid 1998

Goldberg
DDP
Sting
Kevin Nash
Lex Luger

I definitely wanted Goldberg and DDP to be Wolfpac 4 life

[Black Widow]

Sting
Shawn Michaels
Rey mysterio
Taker
Warrior

[SenatorJPO]

This post grew / evolved / metastasized to the point where I've included footnotes.

I did not see any pro wrestlers on TV until I was 8 years old (autumn 1992), but I did see some action figures[1] at Toys'R'Us[2] in prior years.

With that said, I'll justify my 5 favorites by providing a reason after each:

1) Hulk Hogan
-The best blue-sky optimist who could always deliver on his boasts. Hogan made it happen. Then, I found-out pro wrestling is rigged![3]

2) Randy Savage
-"The Slim Jim guy," more-associated-with the brand than other wrestlers who appeared in the commercials, such as Warrior and Edge.

3) Sgt. Slaughter
-"The G.I. Joe guy," and I didn't know about his 1991 heel run until I surfed the Internet during the Attitude Era.

4) "Million-Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
-He was ostensibly a heel, but in my childhood I had believed, "Having more money means you're a better person! G_d loves you more."[4]
-Also, I legitimately thought he was Richie Rich's dad; and because Richie was a babyface, how bad could his father be?

5) "Not the Mountie," Jacques Rougeau
-Big Bossman was too serious for me; whereas, I enjoyed the goofy antics of the Mountie.
-Jacques had that "Dudley Do-Right" vibe, despite being a heel.
-I didn't watch wrestling until after he ended his singles run as the Mountie, but I caught the tail-end of his second WWF tag team, The Quebecers. But The Q's didn't have the full uniform or the Tazer that the Mountie did, so they weren't in my top quintet.

Conversely: Noticeably absent are Sting, Warrior, and the Road Warriors, because wrestlers with painted faces -scared- me![5]

-Footnotes-
[1] I thought WWE was "too grown-up" because it wasn't a cartoon, beyond Hulk Hogan's Rock'n'Wrestling. Whoever joked about putting Smackdown Live on The Cartoon Network actually had a great idea for introducing more elementary schoolers to WWE programming.

[2] May that money-pit RIP! It was the bane to many parents' pocketbooks.

[3] Just like my job search and the federal elections. Perhaps, also the state elections. Local elections might be not-quite "rigged," but they are entirely dependent upon how much "social capital" -- respect within the community -- you've accrued over the years.

[4] I have since abandoned this aristocratic notion of the "Prosperity" Gospel, in-favor-of the "Help the Needy" Gospel.

[5] This shows another side to Kevin Sullivan's genius, in-that he knew children would be scared by his painted face, so-long-as he avoided bright colors that would be too clownish. But this is an after-the-fact comparison, seeing how I didn't know who Sullivan was until I watched Hogan-era WCW.

[#1-norm-fan]

Hulk Hogan
Ultimate Warrior
Ricky Steamboat
Sting
Bret Hart

[My Final Heaven]

1:Legion of Doom (counting them as 1, they were basically a package) - I didn't know who the Road Warriors were, it wasn't until a while later that I was wised up to their earlier work. These guys were on the level of superheroes to me, they were giants, invincible motherfuckers who bullied the bullies & stood for what was right. :lol:

2:Hacksaw Jim Duggan - I would annoy my family constantly by yelling HOOOOOOO! & doing the thumbsup

3:Mr. Perfect - he was like the Final Boss of the WWF, a face wasn't anybody unless they had beaten Mr. Perfect.

4:The Barbarian - I don't know why I was such a mark for him, his "look", the combination of the animal fur & antlers & Bobby Heenan putting him over on commentary cemented him as a dangerous guy you didn't want to mess with. I was big into He-Man, & he looked like a he-man action figure

5:Macho Man Randy Savage - I broke my mom's bed doing the Macho Elbowdrop while watching WWF Superstars. Bricks were shat, it was not a good day, it was worth it.

[Seth82]

Ultimate Warrior
Hulk Hogan
Dusty Rhodes
Ric Flair
Big Boss Man

[Bobholly138]

So late 70s thru early 80s.

Harley Race,Cowboy Bob Kelly,The Wrestling pro,Frank Dalton and the Fields brothers.