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Old 12-26-2011, 09:21 PM   #1
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Does anyone else here miss the days when all the wrestlers had a gimmick that worked and had a name that suited their gimmick, or when tag teams were main eventing? When new heroes like Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart were being made? How about the days when Randy Savage was at his peak, Bobby Heenan was the color commentator, Gene Okerlund was the best backstage interviewer, and heel managers were at a plenty?

Of course, I realize some of you here haven't seen any of that stuff, but if you haven't, you should.

In general the match quality of the 1980's/early 90's wasn't great, and the production value of today's product is a lot better than it was back then, but watching wrestling back in the 80's (when I was a kid) was FUN.

In fact, maybe that's the difference between then and now, for me. I still enjoy it now, but liked it a lot better during the kayfabe years. It was FUN to watch back then.
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Old 12-26-2011, 09:32 PM   #2
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Old 12-26-2011, 11:58 PM   #3
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I'm with ya.

I have to admit though, in hindsight I wonder how much of it was just my age. Also, kayfabe was in full force and we didn't have a plethora of internet dirt sheets turning us into jaded smarks. It's hard to say just what caused that change in enjoyment for me. Probably a few factors, really.
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Old 12-27-2011, 12:03 AM   #4
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Please tell me the year when all the wrestlers had a gimmick that worked.
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Old 12-27-2011, 12:35 AM   #5
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Old 12-27-2011, 01:28 AM   #6
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Just because you know it's not real doesn't mean it can't be fun to watch.
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Old 12-27-2011, 01:34 AM   #7
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but just remember that the kids who think it's real today are stupid

back when we were kids, we thought it was real but we were smart about it. and none of the adults who knew the secret made fun of us behind our backs
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Old 12-27-2011, 02:28 AM   #8
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but just remember that the kids who think it's real today are stupid

back when we were kids, we thought it was real but we were smart about it. and none of the adults who knew the secret made fun of us behind our backs
Well, they probably did make fun of us behind our backs but there wasn't a huge internet of them.
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Old 12-27-2011, 02:38 AM   #9
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Old 12-27-2011, 02:38 AM   #10
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