QOTD – July 15th, 2013

Greetings, homeslices.

Today we have a question from QOTD regular, Gavin Lee:

“Here’s another question for the blog. I would say the vast majority of visitors to the blog started watching in the 80’s and 90’s at certain points. My question is what got you all hooked? What was your 1st PPV you watched? My 1st PPV was Survivor Series 1990 and I was hooked on the antics of hogan and warrior I tuned out after wm9 got back into in late 1999 it would be quite interesting to see if member if the blog has continued watching from childhood to present without any relapse?”

For me it was when I was channel surfing when I was 11. It was a Monday night, and I came across this scene of a buff dude with stringy hair, beating the absolute shit out of an announcer dressed like a King. He was swearing up a storm, and security was pulling him back. It was fantastic. Turns out, it was the Raw after the first In Your House, and Bret was pissed at the King. From that moment on I watched every Monday for 5 years. It’s funny, during the WWE’s worst period, quality wise, is when I fell in love, and absolutely soaked up everything they had to offer.

First PPV I watched was SummerSlam, scrambled. I remember running home because I absolutely had to see Bret vs Yankem and Diesel vs Mabel. I was so stoked for those matches. First PPV my parents actually ordered for me was Survivor Series 1995, and I can’t describe the joy I felt. The fact the PPV was unscrambled, every match felt like a main event to me. It was incredible.

Once I got older, around 19 or so, I just fell out of interest in wrestling. I still read the news here and there, but never watched it. It wasn’t until WM23 that my interest came back big time. Been that way ever since.

How say you?

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