Wrestlemaniac

I grew up watching the WWF...back then that's what it was called :)  Macho Man Randy Savage, Junkyard Dog, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant......those were the guys I watched.  Macho Man's wife Elizabeth always walked him to the ring and she was glamorous and always had a sequin dress on.  I will never forget a match where The Honkey Tonk Man was going to smash his guitar over Macho Man and Elizabeth jumped in front of Macho Man because he was out cold on the floor....oh the drama!  And no one could have convinced me back then that this was "fake" or all set up before hand.

My dad used to take me to matches in Brantford...no big names but still fun.  In 1989 my brother took me to a huge event at the CNE and Hulk Hogan was wrestling....I don't remember much other than we were so far away the ring looked like an ant but the energy was so amazing.

When I was in University I was sitting in the Richmond VA airport waiting for a friend who was flying in to visit and there must have been wrestling that night because all of a sudden all these wrestlers started going through the airport.  I hadn't watched in years but I still felt that excitement seeing The Rock, Steve Austin and The Undertaker walking by...by the way The Undertaker is HUGE and very scary in person as he is on TV....in my opinion anyway.

Last year I started watching Total Divas reality show about the Diva division of WWE which started to spark my interest again.  We have a tenant who asked for the WWE channel which means we get it as well and who knew they could fill a whole channel with shows but they show old events, interviews with former and current wrestlers and last week it was Wrestlemania.  It's still amazing to me that they fill those arena's and the fans are just as wild, crazy and devoted as when I was a kid if not more.  I thought they might suffer a bit with the popularity of UFC but it looks like WWE is just as big as ever, I may turn into a fan again!