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My dad was a wrestling fan when he was growing up (he used to watch the Kentucky/Tennessee-area promotions on a local channel), but he was never a "big" fan. Once I got old enough to the point where horseplay begins, he started teaching me about the guys he used to watch like Bobo Brazil, and he'd mime the Coco Butt for me, or he'd teach me the Wahoo McDaniel sleeperhold, just to play around with.
I started watching wrestling religiously around 1989 (I would have been seven). I got really into the Hogan/Savage feud and have been hooked to this very day.
In the early-'90s, I used to watch the GWF from time to time, just because it was more wrestling on TV. In the mid-'90s, I started following WCW, so when the nWo invasion started, I got right into it. The Monday Night Wars were fantastic for me, even though I loathed Steve Austin (still do), and was pissed that he was the focal point of the WWF product. Also, about that time, I started getting into ECW. THIS was something I'd never seen. The theatrics were meaningless, the arenas weren't glamorous, the only thing that mattered was good wrestling and putting on a show that would leave the crowd wanting more. I still wish there was something like that.
At the moment, I love Benoit, Guerrero, Cena, and Orton holding the titles. I think Christian could be the next main-event superstar if he's pushed right. The cruiserweights amaze me...when they're allowed to. And, even though he's much-maligned, I owe a lot of my attention to wrestling to Shawn Michaels, so I will always be an HBK mark.
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