>So anon, what was your favorite wrestling match as a kid?

>>18334524 (OP)
Oh I didn't really get into wrestling until after college

The Texas Kitchen Deathmatch at In My House 14, where I turned the tables on my dad, got the melon baller away from him and took his eye.

>>18334524 (OP)
The Acolytes vs Public Enemy. When I was a little jimmy I thought wrestling was real, but when I watched that match I suddenly understood it was a work without having what a work was explained, and I damn well knew what a shoot looked like after this match.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSarumsUqWk

>>18334524 (OP)
the los vipers vs los vatos locos cage match in 1998

So anon. Can you name a single good WWE match from 2025 without looking like a fucking retard?

>>18334568
Yes, I can.

>>18334524 (OP)
Hogan Vs Savage at WM5

>>18334524 (OP)
i hate this faggot. he has never asked anything but the softest kiddie glove questions known to fucking man.
at least he doesn't pretend to be a journalist like ariel jewani.

>>18334568
That triple threat ladder match with the niggers, MCMG, and Johnny Reddit & Snitchbitch was pretty good.

Also liked that gauntlet match from last week's raw, even if that dimeless faggot Cock Mongler Chez came in and stole the W from Bronlet.

Jeff Hardy vs CM Punk Summerslam 09

>>18334589
and to answer your question it was probably shawn vs undertaker HIAC.

>>18334524 (OP)
Daniel Bryan vs Jack Swagger, Cesaro and Ryback

>>18334619
Yeah, that was a good one. Personally I think the Mankind vs UAMFBAN was better, but I can see your point of view.

>>18334524 (OP)
HBK & Razor Ramon ladder match

>>18334524 (OP)
Undertaker Vs Mankind HIAC
Yes I'm that basic. Fuck you.

>>18334524 (OP)
Sabu Vs Terry Funk (born to be wired)

>>18334524 (OP)
I remember when I first saw archival footage of the Rock/Mankind empty arena match, i thought it was the coolest thing ever. I started watching in the 2000s so I was bummed about arriving too late for that, but it made me seek out older wrestling matches from an early age.
RVD/Cena was also super cool to my edgy little ass back then.

>>18334524 (OP)
Jake The Snake vs Ted Dibiase

>>18334524 (OP)
Rey vs Eddie Halloween Havoc 1997

The cage match between Onita and Hayabusa

>>18334524 (OP)
Jeff Hardy vs Taker, ladder match on Monday Night Raw.

>>18334874
Onita's 2nd retirement. Yeah, that was pretty good. You know Haya only did three death matches in his entire career and almost all his scars came from that one match.

>>18334568
Bianca vs. Rhea vs. IYO

>>18334524 (OP)

>>18334589
What exactly is supposed to be a hard question? The whole point is to learn more about the guest and gain some insight. Never understood that retarded criticism.

>>18334996
Why do you think you should kill yourself?

>>18335000
Because I'm the guy that sucks, plus I got depression

>>18335006
Okay. So, in what ways do you suck? Have you ever sucked penis?

>>18334996
He needs to ask Jericho if he raped Kylie Rae

>>18334957
yep, that's one reason I like it so much.

>>18334874
how old were you when you first saw that match? i'm curious. the only japanese stuff i saw as a kid was noah and meme-y promotions like hustle and ddt

>>18335059
I learned about tape trading from the old usenet groups, I was about 12 at the time. I met a Japanese guy in one of those groups who wanted someone to tape WCW shows for him. So I agreed to start taping Nitro for him and he started sending me Japanese wrestling tapes in return. The FMW stuff was easily my favorite, I showed it to my friends who only knew about WWF and WCW, it blew their minds as well.

>>18335031
Did you see Hayabusa 2's debut on Bahu's youtube channel before it got hit by the copyright strike? I saw it pop up on my feed and kinda went
>Meh, not really interested in some shitter trying to steal Haya's legacy
Then the match started and he opened up with the exact same sequence OG Haya used when he debuted the gimmick at Super J Cup and completely marked the fuck out. I wish I had downloaded it before Bahu was forced to delete it cause that shit was so kino.

>>18335059
i used to go to a fleamarket when i was a kid (during peak attitude era) and tape traders there had japanese shit. i also got into FMW with that, but my favorites from what i had was king of the deathmatch.

they used to sell official FMW DVDs here in some specialty stores, i think i got all of the ones that i ever saw. i watched the hayabusa one a lot back then.

>>18335198
I picked up a copy of the Hardcore Bible at a swap meet when I was a kid and wore the tape out so much watching it. I never found any other FMW stuff until I became an adult and got the internet, but if I had I would have become an absolute fanatic.

>>18334524 (OP)
*stands up and pulls down underwear to wee all over the floor*

>>18334524 (OP)
used to be carder vs Batista wm 23, but after I grew up and watched boomer shit, it's probably carder vs hbgay hiac

>>18335096
>>18335198
>>18335248
Fuckin' based as shit, lads. I can only wish to be a part of these scenes. I did a lot of reading about wrestling as a kid, but struggled with watching a lot of things because they weren't so easy to find, and I didn't know my way around the interwebs back in the day to figure out how to get these gems, so I had to fill in the blanks with fantasizing. Catching the odd japanese clip on a forum used to fuel my dreams.
Do you still hoard and scour around for rare or contemporary-but-obscure gook shit these days? We're so spoiled in current year that putting things on the shelf to watch later is the easiest ditch in the world to fall into. For example I've been meaning to properly watching GLEAT for a year now, but still haven't gotten further than the first half hour of a show.

still the GOAT triple threat

>>18334589
>ask uncomfortable and intrusive questions
>now nobody wants to be interviewed by you

>>18334524 (OP)
I got into wrestling in my mid 20s, that is, a couple of years ago

>>18336008
>Do you still hoard
I have as near of a complete collection of FMW as is possible up until Onita's second retirement. There are a few shows that didn't have commercial tapes and I couldn't find fan cams. Of course I also don't have the untapped Kawasaki show where Big K and Taiyo Kea faced Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki, because that is just straight up lost media and no one has it. I also have a bunch of W*ING shows burned onto DVDs but I didn't get as hard into W*ING as I did with FMW.
>and scour around
I don't really horde shit any more. FMW from the start to Onita's retirement, and all of W*ING are where wrestling peaked for me. I have some random Apache shows, but yeah that is pretty much the limit of my collection.

>>18334524 (OP)
>Asking me for my favorite match

>>18336160
>FMW from the start to Onita's retirement, and all of W*ING are where wrestling peaked for me.
Hell yeah, brother. The passion is real.

>>18335170
No, but I've been meaning to check out the new Hayabusa. If he's anything like the original he would be worth seeking out. I'm glad to hear he's honoring the legend properly.

>>18336768
This particular type of women is so rare

>>18336133
Why and how? I'm not sure if I'd be as big into wrestling if I wasn't such a huge mark as a kid

>>18334524 (OP)
I remember watching a match between kurt and rey on smackdown when I was like 8 and thinking it was the greatest match I had ever seen

the first wrestling i ever watched was a rental copy of wm21 on dvd and i remember obsessing over taker/orton. i thought it was better than mitb and kurt/shawn. i wonder if i would still think that on rewatch

>>18338952
>kurt and rey
It very well might be the best