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Post by stompingground on Mar 25, 2005 7:04:30 GMT -5
I have been to every Lenoir show since I found out about them last year. I am excited about wrestling for the first time in a long time. I'm not faulting Tony for bringing in Foley. It proved to be a good investment.
Why does everybody put Dusty down? Sure, I rooted against him in the 80's, but I've mellowed over the years. He's been gracious every time I've met him.
As for FanFest. I'm sure it will still be the greatest. Meeting the Real legends is always the biggest thrill, and I thank you for all that you have done for me as a fan in bringing the legends together. But, I still think that Hart and his family are overrated.
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Post by HardcoreHeroes on Mar 25, 2005 12:05:51 GMT -5
Why does everybody put Dusty down? I didn't put him down. I said his weaknesses were well known and had been exposed. The "novelty" of seeing Dusty for the first time in a long time is magic for most fans. But in the present-day wrestling, Dusty wrestles with his clothes on, is limited in his offensive moves (although some will say this was always the case,) and there are almost no bumps. I wasn't knocking him, just stating that I believe the more that folks see him in one town, the less valuable he is as a draw in that particular town. This was all stated in the context of commending Tony for stacking his cards in such a way that his drawing power came from others and not just the Dream. |
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Post by acezappa on Apr 6, 2005 21:16:26 GMT -5
To this day, I'm not sure what attracted me to wrestling all of those years ago. Maybe I just caught it on TV or my friends had been talking about it. I started watching the NWA on a regular basis. I'm no where near as knowledgeable about the network or where I was or whatever about it as most of ya'll. I just knew when it was on and that I needed to be there to see it. Wrestling was the only thing my family did together (other than going out to eat or see movies, and even then there tended to be disagreements.) JCP brought together quality family entertainment, and there has yet to be anything to come close to touching it. I absolutely hated the WWF. Hulk Hogan and that bunch just p**sed me off and turned my stomach. It was just a big show to them. Sure, I knew that wrestling wasn't necessarily the most realistic thing in the world (it's not fake, but ya'll know what I mean), but at least the NWA didn't come off as comepletely fake (and it did.) Once the WWF took off though, it got tougher and tougher to find NWA on the TV and we stopped going to the matches live. I never saw WCW and only recently started watching WWE. The ONLY reason I watch it is it's the only wrestling I get to watch. I hate the show and I hate the angles (for the most part), but there are a couple of guys who, when they get down and wrestle, are pretty darn good (and Batista is a behemoth, lol.) However, I didn't start watching that until right after my first Lenoir show and got the wrestling bug again. I'm always comparing the old school stuff to the new stuff and there's just no comparison. I hate the whole shouting of "What" and the constant chatter and fireworks and BS. And even with Tony Hunter's stuff in Lenoir, yeah there is a little bit of that seeping in somewhat, but that's inevitable, and it doesn't detract from the show. And don't get me wrong. I'm also a huge KISS fan, so show and spectacle isn't anything I'm unaccustomed to. I just prefer it at a KISS show, and have only rasslin' at the wrestling I go to, lol. I guess that's my take on it all. Man, I miss the old days, though. The only shows I have on tape are Starcade 85 and 86 (both of which I was at.) I wish now I would've taped the shows back then on TV and kept them. I would love to see the whole Four Horsemen angle again. Oh yeah, and I think it's sad to see how far Ric Flair as fallen. I hate seeing him as Triple H's monkey boy, when Triple H isn't even worth the sweat off of Nature Boys sack. WOOO!
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Post by stompingground on Apr 7, 2005 17:48:25 GMT -5
Well said. Without the Lenoir shows and the Fanfests in Charlotte most of us would be left with only old tapes and memories. I have nothing but respect for the old guys from the NWA territories. They are my heroes, and they need to know that they still have fans. Thats what is so special about the Fanfest in Charlotte, we have the opportunity to tell these guys what they mean to us not only as entertainment, but how they could bring a family together. I don't think a kid today could sit down and watch the WWF with his mother and not feel uncomfortable.
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Post by kyle on Apr 7, 2005 19:41:28 GMT -5
They way some of the kids are they could sit with their mother and watch the WWE. I know as an adult (almost 40) I have been embarrassed a couple of times watching it at my parents house. Times have just changed and as fans of the old wrestling sometimes it's just hard to understand.
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Post by acezappa on Apr 7, 2005 19:56:06 GMT -5
Well said. Without the Lenoir shows and the Fanfests in Charlotte most of us would be left with only old tapes and memories. I have nothing but respect for the old guys from the NWA territories. They are my heroes, and they need to know that they still have fans. Thats what is so special about the Fanfest in Charlotte, we have the opportunity to tell these guys what they mean to us not only as entertainment, but how they could bring a family together. I don't think a kid today could sit down and watch the WWF with his mother and not feel uncomfortable. That was one of the best parts of the one Lenoir show i saw. Getting to meet Valiant, RNRX, Blanchard, Rhodes, etc was just awesome. It was such a mind blower getting to meet these guys for the first time that I grew up watching. It really took me back. And no, WWE is certainly no longer family entertainment, though it's marketed as such. Kids shouldn't be seeing/hearing some of the stuff on there. |
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