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Jason Thayer
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21 Apr 2025, 2:15 pm

Any pro wrestling fans? I started watching in college.


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21 Apr 2025, 2:28 pm

Are we talking about WWE style wrestling here?



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21 Apr 2025, 3:26 pm

blitzkrieg wrote:
Are we talking about WWE style wrestling here?


I would assume so, based on specifying pro wrestling.

Even when it's done professionally, catch wrestling/shoot wrestling usually only ever gets referred to as catch wrestling or shoot wrestling. Personally, that and amateur wrestling are the only wrestling that holds my attention.


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21 Apr 2025, 3:28 pm

I used to really enjoy WWE wrestling in the attitude era when I was growing up. I sometimes watch videos on YT from that era, for nostalgia purposes.

I haven't watched WWE recently though. It seems to have gone downhill in the past couple of decades.



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25 Apr 2025, 1:25 am

Most certainly! I started watching while in high school, just prior to the first Wrestlemania, and was hooked. My dad had been an old time wrestling fan, regaling me with stories about the legendary Lou Thesz, Gorgeous George, and other old time greats. But even way back when, he always knew it was choreographed, and thus, so did I. Without a doubt, my all time favorite grappler was the late, great Rowdy Roddy Piper!


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25 Apr 2025, 1:35 am

A lot of powerviolence bands make references to wrestling.
So do a fair number of emcees.


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