1). How long have you watched wrestling? (If it's "off and on," include only the total of "on" years)
12 years.
2). What is your first memory of professional wrestling?
Al Snow and Road Dogg having a hardcore title match on Raw.
3). Who was your first favorite wrestler?
Mankind.
4). Who is your favorite wrestler now?
Still Mick Foley.
5). If your favorite wrestler is not currently working, who's your favorite active wrestler today?
CM Punk.
6). What is your favorite match?
Stone Cold vs The Rock, WrestleMania XV
7). What is your favorite moment in wrestling history?
Edge winning his first WWE title.
8). Have you ever stopped watching? If so, what made you stop? What made you start back up?
Nope.
9). On a scale of 1 to 10, how much of a mark are you? (10 = Little Jimmy, 1 = Vince McMahon)
4
10). Describe some of your markish tendencies from when you were younger, and/or some that still manifest from time to time.
Anything involving Kane, Gangrel, Foley or Stone Cold.
11). Did you start off as a mark? If so, how long didn't you know about the nature of the business? If you started watching with the knowledge that it's fixed, what drew you to it?
I knew it was fixed, but everyone at school was watching it, once I started watching Raw, I was hooked.
12). How many live events have you attended? Which ones? What are some of the differences you experience when watching on television, as opposed to in the arena?
Four UK Raws (2004, Apr & Nov 2005, Apr 2009), One UK Smackdown/ECW (Apr 2009), WrestleMania 27 and the following Raw and Smackdown. From other promotions, WWA Inception (Cardiff) and 1PW All or Nothing Night 2.
13). Who is your least favorite wrestler, and why? (Any time period)
Hulk Hogan for his politics, unwillingness to travel, and bad matches unless he wants to give his opponent a rub.
14). What was, in your opinion, the stupidest/worst moment in wrestling?
Katie Vick.
15). Who is the WORST wrestler? (If other than your least favorite)
Jim Duggan
16). Who is the BEST wrestler? (If other than your favorite)
Shawn Michaels.
17). Choose 5 adjectives to describe the qualities of a successful wrestler.
Charismatic, passionate, exciting, the right "look", attentive to crowd reactions.
18). What key factors make the difference between being bored with a match and blown away by it?
Momentum shifts, working the audience.
19). If you had the power to start your own wrestling company, and the power to hire any five wrestlers to spearhead your roster, who would they be? (Feel free to include past wrestlers in their primes)
CM Punk, Kurt Angle, Kane, Triple H, Christian.
20). (This is stolen from another thread) Finally, if Vince McMahon and/or Dixie Carter (or any other authority in wrestling) asked you for one minute of advice, what feedback would you deliver with the highest priority?
Give every match a well-written storyline or otherwise a reason for happening.
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