your first favorite wrestler
 

do u guys remember who your first favorite wrestler was like whenever u started watching WWE who was your favorite? Do you still like them?
Me personally the first wrestler to be come my favorite when I started watching was The Rock.
I still like The Rock but its a shame he betray wrestling to make money in Hollywood but who can blame him.

He literaly became too big for the WWE.

hulk hogan

The Ultimate Warrior

Ric Flair

I was first exposed to the NWA as a small child by my older cousins. we loved watching Flair's promo's.

The Immortal Hulk Hogan!

If The Rock is your first favorite wrestler then you're monkey ass is too young to be here. Take your posts turn those sombiches sideways and stick em straight up your candy ass!

If yaaaaaaaa smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelaaaaaaaaaaaaaalow what the rock is cookin'!

KANE

First taste of wrestling was his debut

@BigZeke, why do you feel The Rock betrayed WWE? I'm always curious to hear people's reasons for that.

Randy Savage

I think Bret Hart, or Tatanka... coz he was an Indian.

Stone Cold Steve Austin. Yes, I'm probably younger than most of you here. Wanna fight about it?

Booker T was THE MAN

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Hulk Hogan. And surfer Sting was right behind him.

Remember how pumped I was when Sting showed up in an episode of Thunder in Paradise.

Ohhhhhhhhh Yyyyyeaaaahhhhh dig it

The Macho Man Randy Savage

Sting circa late 80s

Chronologically after Macho Man:

Ultimate WARRIOR
The Undertaker
Bret Hart

i like this addition.

i followed hogan up with jake the snake (we shared a name) and the ultimate warrior.

after that it's just a blur until the attitude era hit.

I always find peoples reasons for this fascinating as well.


But yeah, The Rock. Was into him when he was with the Nation, and he was always entertaining to me. Stone Cold too, it's really 1A, 1B. But I'd have to give it to Rock as my first absolute favorite.

My first favorite wrestler, i started watching in 2007, only knew the names of the wrestlers i had action figures of, my favorite was king booker, the a few weeks later once i learned all the names, Jeff Hardy, but very soon changed to Undertaker, my favorite wrestler changed alot back then, still does. lol current favorite is dean ambrose

Nikita Koloff

Early-Mid 1980's.... He was bad mother fucker back then. I also liked Flair, but I think I was a bigger Koloff fan.

I'd buy Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazines, cut out the pictures and put them up on my bedroom walls.

Was either Hogan or Ultimate Warrior.

The Ultimate Warrior

Hmm, suprised tht Ezekiel kid didn't say someone from all his backyard vids...

I think I learned to say "Hulk Hogan" before I knew my own name. Definitely him.

Tatanka or Bret. Not sure which came first.

i played the snes games long before i started watching, and i loved bret hart in those

once i started watching it was a toss up between jericho and the giant

i remember playing as bam bam bigelow on an nes game. loved that dude.

DDP and Rey Mysterio Jr - WCW late 90's.

Followed shortly by RVD.

Gonna roll with this idea too. I'd say that after Stone Cold it went:

Chris Jericho (from his WWF/E debut. He still holds a place as a top 3 guy)
Eddie Guerrero (from his WWF/E debut until his death. Still my all time favorite)
John Cena (from his feud with JBL until roughly 2006 or 7)

The Rock

Hogan. He was the man. Super Hero come to life. I'm guessing over half of us between the ages of 25-35 are going to answer him or Warrior.

the ultimate warrior and the big boss man

Bret Hart

Sgt. Slaughter because he was on GI Joe.

Mr. Perfect

oh shit, completely forgot about boss man. he predates what i posted earlier

BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET... (echoes)

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Bret Hart and Legion of Doom/Road Warriors. Runner up is Mr. Perfect....his theme is my ringtone :cool:

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The Undertaker.

Before I even liked any gawth stuff

;)

Kevin Nash

Mankind right around the time of his big face turn (the "car crashing" music), white shirt and tie and Mankind mask... first fav

How old are you Dogg? That's like 1998/1999.

Is it inconceivable that I started watching wrestling in 1998/1999?

I mean, that's like 15 years ago. I was 14 at the time

It's not the norm no.

what how

I don't understand anything you are saying right now

Attitude Era widely regarded as "most successful era of pro wrestling"


but nah, nobody started watching during that time frame...

I started about that time frame too. Was about 7 or 8 when I finally got into wrestling. My family wasn't big on it so I didn't get to see anything until I was old enough to start staying at friends houses. Remember a friend having a signed poster of Stone Cold and being totally obsessed with it. Was a fan from that day on.

Bret Hart. "Watched" him vs Daveyboy on scrambled ppv at wembley stadium and cried when he lost :(

How dare you not watch when you were a kid. Please see yourself out of this forum. :foc:

Subjective question:

Obviously, being spoon-fed Hogan meant he was the best and the greatest and "my favorite" because he was the best and the greatest. "Love this man because we tell you to!" He has a cartoon, shirts, toys, etc., etc., and was an 80's pop culture icon up there with Mr. T. and Chuck Norris. Won't tell you how many plastic grocery bags my brother and I cut the bottom out of so we could wear them as shirts and rip them open while singing "Real American".

But starting to get into wrestling and formulating my own opinions on the matter, two guys really stuck out: Piper and Perfect.

Piper wasn't my "favorite" in the least, but I hated him. All the other heels were "Boo, bad guy, booo!" but Piper made me upset whenever he would promo. It's a testament to how good and inflamatory a heel he actually was. In that way, he's a favorite, because I honestly wanted to see him not just lose, but get his ass kicked.

True answer though is Henning*



Mr. Perfect became "my" favorite organically. From the day The Genius introduced him I thought he was THE MAN! I liked Hogan because I was "supposed to" like the ultimate hero. I legit liked Mr. Perfect on my own. Catching the towel, swatting the gum, hitting the Perfect plex, and throwing the football to himself... I thought it was all awesome. Didn't care he was a bad guy. I thought he was soooo cool!

Flyin Brian because he was featured quite heavily on the wcw Saturday show, whatever that was. It was the only non-paying wrestling you could get over here. Remember him feuding with Steven Regal.

Bret Hart.
The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be.

Shawn Michaels. :'(

Hulk Hogan. Still is my favourite next to JBL.

I never liked Hulk Hogan growing up at all. It wasn't until I got older and understood the business better I got more of an appreciation for him, to the point,I drank him much higher on my favourite wrestlers of all time over Warrior now.

I started watching in 87 and Hogan was my hero. I got so upset when Andre strangled Hogan on Main Event.

Billy Kidman... loved the 7-Year Itch Shooting Star Press

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I didn't know there was a norm. Enlighten me, please.

I started watching WWF in 1997-98. 1998 was when I was a full fledged fan. Right there with you bro :y:

Vader, monster heel wcw run, on the aforementioned free wcw Saturday show, or the Steiners killing jobbers on the same show.

I honestly didn't even know WCW existed until 1994 and I had been watching the WWF since 87

1-2-3 Kid

The greatest thing in these convos will be someone saying they hated Hogan and loved Macho Man if theywere around my age and started watching during the Hogan era. Lol I'm sure Macho Man borderline commiting domestic violence on television really won your 7 year old heart.

It reminded them of home?

Lol you know what gets you over in the eyes of a 7 year old? When a wrestler is about to hit Savage and he pulls Elizabeth in front of him so he won't get hit. Huge babyface move.

But it is cool to say you did not like Hogan when you were little! How many other 8 year olds were able to tell wrestling was fake and know about work rate?!?!?!?!?!

I didn't hate Hogan or anything, but Macho Man was my guy. This is probably in large part due to me having a Macho Man toy, and not having any Hogan ones.

Jack Swagger

Did you just start watching in the past few months?

Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior

That or not being American might play into it.

Undertaker

No I have watched since 1996

It took I'm just a fan 15 years to decide on a favorite wrestler.

Demolition

This sums it up....perfectly

You realize that you're the Hulk Hogan to his John Cena?

He's "just a fan" now. But soon, after you retire, he'll be "#1-wwf-fan". You're paving the way for him bro.

Sting and Rey Jr.

Test

Ultimate Warrrior and Yokozuna and of course Hulk Hogan. But in the early days more Warrior than Hogan. Never took to Savage though....

Superfly Jimmy Snuka

Maybe the Hardy Boyz? I dunno, it's been a while.

Dr Death Steve Williams