I have been a wrestling, more so a WWE fan for over 20 years.
Don't get it twisted I do enjoy any and all wrestling I see, not including that blood soaked - botch fest - storyless tripe that is "backyard" trash however WWE has been my mainstay since childhood just like most if not all wrestling fans of this era.
Growing up watching such legends as Randy Savage and Ric Flair to over the top characters as Million Dollar Man and Sgt.Slaughter, and personal heroes like Davey Boy Smith and of course Hulk Hogan never failed to keep me entertained and glued to the TV. I was introduced to this amazing spectacle by an Uncle of mine who got me a copy of SummerSlam '88 on VHS which I watched over and over until I had pretty much learned the whole show line for line. From there I pestered my family to get me all the tapes they could find of WWE for birthdays, Christmas, Easter.......Tuesdays...
As satellite television started rolling out through the UK I was able to catch a little more wrestling from time to time and resorted on borrowing any tapes my relatives or friends were able to record for me. After a while I kinda lost effort in trying to keep up with WWE and around 1995-1996 I had pretty much stopped watching all together. It wasn't until 1999 when my mum got Sky TV for our home and I knew I was able to watch WWE when ever it was on. Later that week I spotted Royal Rumble on the listings and tuned in straight away. The first thing I saw was some guy swing a chair at this other guy wearing a shirt, tie and mask, the swing missed its target, bounced of the ropes and rebounded into the first guys face. As the match went on I knew I was watching something different to what I'd been used to watching years previous. The match was indeed The Rock vs Mankind for the WWE Championship in a "I QUIT" match. This match got me hooked in a new way...I had found my lifetimes hobby, interest and all favourite form of entertainment on any platform.
Since then I have stayed tuned into WWE and had dabbled with WCW and ECW when I could find it on tape or DVD, however living in the UK WWE was much easier to find than its competition. Once I got the internet I become a fan on a whole new level. Wrestling and WWE was now a couple of clicks away and I could now catch up with what I'd missed out on a few years prior. After a short while in came YouTube and it all changed again. I was now able to watch WWE on a completly new level and also talk with other fans around the world.
The evolution of my wrestling fanhood has recently turned to twitter where I have been able to talk with true wrestling fans in some depth over time.... Well, as much as 140 characters allows. Thats my main beef with twitter 140 characters just isn't enough to say what I wanna say. So the evolution continues. I have started this blog for somewhere to talk about what I'm passionate about with people who also have anything from a slight passing interest to any superfan who lives and loves wrestling.
I'm not here to proclaim that I am all knowledgeable and what I say is always right, I am not dumb enough to think I know everthing! By talking with as many fans as possible the possibilities of learning more about wrestling are endless.
Wrestling fans no matter what some may think are some the most passionate and loyal fans of any form of entertainment and I am really looking forward to reading and hearing what you all have to say and with the help from each one of you make a positive wrestling community based around true fans of WWE and true fans of wrestling.
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