Wrestling thread

[Big Slim]

That list is hot garbage. Very biased against guys who left WWF for WCW in the mid 90's. Is it supposed to be top 50 wrestlers in WWF/E history? Or top 50 of all time regardless of where they wrestled?

BGv4.0 - I'm not sure I remember exactly the mid-south promotion you're talking about, but I do remember watching UWF around 1986-87, which was a southern promotion that sounds very similar and may have been the incarnation that ultimately made its way to local networks up in Chicago.

Watching UWF was where I got introduced to Dr. Death Steve Williams, Ted DiBiase, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Terry Taylor, The Freebirds (Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts), Eddie Gilbert, Sting and Rick Steiner, Hollywood John Tatum and Jack Victory, as well as the One Man Gang. Not to mention Jim Ross on the mic. Terry Gordy was the champ, then Williams, then OMG. Eventually Big Bubba pinned OMG for the belt (they would later go on to be tag team partners in WWF). Bubba prior to that had been Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express's bodyguard I think. It was around that time that NWA bought out UWF and they merged at Starrcade 87: Chi-Town Heat, which I sat in the second row for.

That stuff was so raw and unpredictable. WWF was my mainstay of course but I got such a thrill back then watching those other leagues. Very comparable to that wife/mistress analogy I've seen other people use for boxing and UFC.

Anyone remember Honey Bee and her late night wrestling show SMASH? She'd show classic AWA and WCCW matches featuring the Freebirds, Von Erichs, Road Warriors, Dingo Warrior, Nick Bockwinkle, Stan Hansen, Abdullah the Butcher, Bruiser Brody...