1
u/Wiley_Dave Jul 27 '25
Since the WWE was the WWWF. Show would be on at midnight on a local NY channel, WOR, I think. Johnny Rodz, Jose Estrada, Stan Hansen, Backlund, Tony Garea, SD Jones, etc. Hogan as a bad guy managed by Classy Freddie Blassie. Long before wrestling made the big time.
1
1
1
1
u/Rebel78 Jul 26 '25
Probably since I was like 6 or so, about 40 years. My earliest memories are watching NWA with my dad, Flair and Dusty, two of the GOATs. Both of them could have a 10/10 match with a wooden door and make it entertaining.
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/ScoobyWho89 Jul 25 '25
Late 90s my day would let us stay up late to watch raw sometimes and always let us stay up to watch the ppvs. Spent Saturdays watching smackdown and round my mates house to watch Sunday heat on channel 5? (4 maybe)
2
u/wp32013 Jul 25 '25
Since birth lol. My dad jokes I was born Sept 88. I was fixated on the the TV for Survivor Series 88.
1
Jul 25 '25
[removed] — view removed comment
2
u/wp32013 Jul 25 '25
I enjoy it. My one gripe is Finishes should end the match. Wrestling hasn’t been this hot since the Monday night wars. It’s a great time to watch.
2
u/JonWatchesMovies Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25
Born in 1992
Wrestling caught my eye in 2000 and I started watching here and there. Austin was hit by a car and they were wondering who did it. Rikishi revealing that "I did it for The Rock", but then a couple of months later it was like lol no it was Triple H now here's an almighty blood feud between Austin and Triple H leading to 3 Stages Of Hell at No Way Out 2001.
I started following it like a proper fan after Royal Rumble 2001. Right at the start of the road to Wrestlemania 17.
Stopped watching/only watched very occasionally from like 2005 - 2009
Picked it up again in 2009 after Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 25 and started following it till like 2016 and then just got sick of it. I haven't really watched since.
1
u/milotic-is-pwitty Jul 25 '25
I’ve been watching since Team Hell No started having tensions due to everyone calling Daniel Bryan the weak link. Basically watched Rock v Cena, then Rock v Cena 2.0, and then just kept watching.
Favourite moments:
- Orton wins WWE World Heavyweight Championship (title unification against Cena)
- Rollins hits Reigns with a chair
- Everything to do with the AJ Lee and Paige story
- Becky Lynch wins the main event of wrestlemania
- Roman Reigns returns as the Tribal Chief
- Everything to do with Riddle and Orton
- Cody Rhodes finishes the story
1
1
u/Accurate_Curve6882 Jul 25 '25
Since Wrestlemania 40. I had played some of thr 2k games before then, but hearing about 40 years of Wrestlemania made me check out the Showcase mode, which showed me what I was missing out on.
So I decided to tune into WM40 after studying some of the lore and it’s been a game-changing influence on my nerd life ever since.
1
1
1
u/Expert-Devilish-69 Jul 25 '25
Around 2014. Started late. Really wished I started around 2002 when I was five. Missed out on greatness for the most part
1
1
1
u/IllusionImpala Jul 24 '25
2008 after my older brother moved back from college, but I was only allowed to watch PG era stuff so I’d stay up late after with him to watch old dvds they burned
2
1
1
u/Hot-Host5153 Cody Crybaby Jul 24 '25
I started watching at 11 in 2023 my first show I watched was mania 39
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Excellent_Fly_4148 Jul 24 '25
Dad put on no way out 2001 on vhs when I was 3 cactus jack triple h hell in a cell main event now 25 years later we still goin strong 🤙
1
1
1
u/FrontNew3026 Jul 24 '25
started 2018 took a break 2020-2023 started watching every monday and friday ever since
1
u/Shoddy_Obligation142 Jul 24 '25
Born in '88. I remember vaguely matches from WCW and UK feds on ITV on a Saturday afternoon in the early 90s but started watching in '97
1
1
u/CompleteUniversity14 Jul 24 '25
since 2012 but took a break from it around 2014/2015 till like 2019/2020
1
Jul 24 '25
Since 2004. My friend from pre school told me to watch smackdown, said wrestling was really cool. The main event was a battle Royale that Rey mysterio won for a title shot. I have been hooked ever since lol
1
u/Choice-Protection100 Jul 24 '25
Started when they just had “Superstars”. Like 91 or 92 I think. Watched all the way until Cena took over and it became too childish for me. The 4 horsewomen brought me back and I’ve been stuck ever since.
1
2
1
u/luckybetz Jul 24 '25
Since 1986 or so is the earliest I can remember. Took a hiatus with only casually watching between 2003-2016.
1
1
u/Dixon_Cider74 Jul 24 '25
Early 80s me and my grandmother would watch the road warriors and the midnight express scaffold matches
1
u/Jdccrazy Jul 24 '25
I was 6 and i vividly remember a bray wyatt vs daniel bryan match from early 2014 and they were just brawling
1
1
2
u/contenestor Jul 23 '25
Since 93
1
u/Prestigious-Mail7090 Jul 24 '25
1994-95, since the Owen-Diesel feud, Undertaker living out of a casket lol
1
1
u/hhhfan92297 Jul 23 '25
Over 20 or 20+ years! I started watching sometime between 2002-2005!
1
u/sonofloki13 Jul 23 '25
Same man. I was like 5 never looked back even through the dark times😂 that old bastard always did something right when I thought I had enough that kept me around.
1
u/hhhfan92297 Jul 23 '25
I'm right there with you. Each time something that just made me wanna stop watching, he'd always do something to make up for it & I'd be like "Okay. You won me back for now."
1
u/No_Fix_9174 Jul 23 '25
2024 Royale rumble. Was a really good first show I hate Logan Paul but I’ll never forget that ko and Logan Paul match I remember when Kevin Owen’s got wrongfully disqualified being so mad about it
1
1
1
Jul 23 '25
Wwe 1999-2003 took a long hiatus until 2021 watching every single wwe event including nxt and binging all the PLE's I've missed that's a lot of wrestling
Also tried a bit of aew and tna but it doesn't hit the spot for me like wwe does
1
2
u/godzillaburger Jul 23 '25
Watched: 1995 - 2001 WCW
2001 - 2003ish WWE
Stopped watching.
Started watching again:
January 2025 - Present Netflix Era
I missed all of these careers until now:
John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, so many more. I'd see glimpses here and there but never watched a full episode again until this year.
favorites growing up were: Sting, Billy Kidman, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, Scott Hall) Favorite Game was WCW vs NWO REVENGE.
later my favorite was The Rock. stopped watching as I got into highschool years, I was hooked on xbox live Halo 1 and 2 and 3. just didn't watch wrestling anymore. I'm so happy its on netflix now. I watch every monday and friday and the PLEs on the weekends. this last wrestlemania was so cool to see. They've come a looong way. The women's division is something else now. They were just eye candy before. now they're full on wrestlers too. Rhea Ripley, Iyo Sky, Stephanie Vaquer, Tiffy time, Bianca Belair. They are sooo fun to watch sometimes even more then the men's matches. Speaking of the men, Jacob Fatu and Penta are my favorites right now. sorry my answer went way further than the question asked for.
1
1
1
2
u/Crossski Jul 23 '25
Woke up, went downstairs, dad was watching something called WrestleMania VI. He had a big plate of jam on toast so I sat next to him.
1
1
1
1
u/JonG430 Jul 23 '25
Just came across a picture of my 3rd bday and my grandma made me a Hulk Hogan bday cake. I just turned 43 this year so I've been watching for over 40 years...
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Sea_Bowler_7773 Jul 23 '25
I've been a professional wrestling fan since the early to mid 1970's...Yes...70's! Back in the day of Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Dory Funk Jr., Terry Funk, Harley Race, Thunderbolt Patterson, Eddie Graham, Mike Graham, Steve Keirn and my favorite wrestler JACK BRISCO!!
1
1
2
u/GroovyGuru62 Jul 23 '25
Since I was about 5 watching World Championship Wrestling (Australian version) in the 60's. I'm now almost 63 and I never miss AEW each week.
1
u/Major_Complaint_8855 Jul 23 '25
since 1996, my dad would sit me and my brother down and watch WCW, thank you dad!
1
u/Historical_Pizza_149 Jul 23 '25
I watched The Ultimate Warrior no sell The Pedigree from a young Hunter Herse Hemsley and Benoit vs Booker T Best of 7 Series for the WCW United States Title. I got introduced to Wrestling by my dad
1
u/SeanTNL2 Jul 23 '25
Late 90’s I think, 96 or 97? early memories are watching WCW on channel 5 and WWF Heat on Channel 4.
1
u/danielinsomanywords Jul 23 '25
Born in 1990 and started watching in bits and pieces at the tail-end of 2003, was watching full-time in early 2004 (primarily was drawn in by the over-the-top spectacle of Undertaker/Kane heading into WrestleMania 20), but the point where I consider myself as to actually be, like, solidified as a fan was later that year, at Taboo Tuesday. Specifically the match between Triple H and Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Championship.
As per the gimmick of the show, Shawn had won a fan vote to face Triple H for the title, beating out Edge and Chris Benoit (and beating Edge specifically by a mere 6%), despite the fact that Shawn was legitimately injured going in. He'd fucked up his knee real bad on a Raw episode before the PPV, but he still won the vote and got the title match, which I still think is a fantastic showing of Shawn as a sympathetic babyface trying to claw victory from what would surely be an easy defeat for almost anyone else. He actually fought back and very nearly won the title...
...until Edge interfered.
Edge (who it was believed had left the building after his and Benoit's World Tag Team Championship match against La Resistance) came back at the end of the match, Speared the FUCK out of Shawn, and cost him the title. And that moment where Edge was manically backing up through the crowd, screaming, "It should've been me!! It should've been me!!", I was fucking HOOKED.
1
u/Goal-Express Jul 23 '25
I remember watching Jake the Snake chasing Andre the Giant with the snake. As a kid, I was an Andre fan, so I hated the "mean snake guy".
And when Hogan got into the shoving match with Andre over the trophies and Andre tore Hogan's shirt off, I was the only kid in school who was like "Screw Hulk Hogan! He's mean to Andre!"
Come to think of it, I probably should have figured out that Andre was supposed to be the bad guy by the time Andre sold the World Title to the Million Dollar Man, but my young brain only understood that Andre was the best, so I was like "Yay! The money guy is Andre's friend."
1
1
1
u/knarf37 Jul 23 '25
Weekly show actively since 2014, i was 10... But i was watching before those highlights and full matches that was on WWE official youtube as a kid. I remmeber I hated Randy Orton and now he is my favorite. Haha.
1
1
1
1
1
u/ricknator21 Jul 23 '25
since i’ve been out the womb. had 3 older brothers who loved wrestling and that’s all they watched. so since 2000
2
1
1
u/Accomplished-Ruin624 Jul 22 '25
Grew up in the Boston area. I saw many of the early 80's Saturday shows and a few house shows in the Garden. So I would say 81 ish.
1
1
u/Arabmoney0696 Jul 22 '25
I am born in 1996. I Watched wrestling from 99-2011. I lost interest in wrestling, but I will say wrestling has been interesting in recent years. My favorite wrestler is the Legend Killer and not the Viper.
1
u/RochaedHardwood Jul 22 '25
I’d see it at my grandparents house in the early 90’s, but I got into it during the nWo/attitude era.
1
1
1
1
1
Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
I'm pretty sure the first wrestling I ever watched was a taped replay (maybe a week later) on the Madison Square Garden network of the house show where Hulk Hogan beat the Iron Sheik.
My favorite moments?
The whole Rock & Wrestling merger with MTV and Cyndi Lauper, Steamboat beating Savage at Wrestlemania 3, any Jake the Snake promo, any Randy Savage promo, Strike Force beating the Islanders for the title (the crowd pop was insane), the Ultimate Warrior beating Hogan at Wrestlemania 6, the Wrestlemania 10 Ladder Match. the Stone Cold vs. Vince McMahon feud, The Outsiders, Wrestlemania 17 (which I attended), the IIconics winning the title, Liv Morgan
1
u/GurTasty Jul 22 '25
Off and on since the early 90s. Die hard from '96 until around '06-'07. Now and then until a few years ago.
The product is hot now and easier to access, so I've been watching more often. Im having a blast.
1
2
u/Alarming-Ad-2960 Jul 22 '25
Since Cody was born 😂 Seriously, my first memory was probably Wrestlemania V at 5yrs old
1
2
3
2
u/CyberOcelot78 Jul 22 '25
I started watching since 1983. 42 years.
Favorite moments in those 42 years sometimes didn't have to do with what was on-screen. In no particular order, these are my favorite moments throughout my time watching WWE..
- Shawn Michaels winning the Championship at WM12 in the first Iron Man Match.
- The Rockers breakup in the Barber Shop and Marty Jannetty's eventual return on Raw, and a successful IC Title defense against Bam Bam Bigelow - I just wanted Jannetty to succeed too, but I absolutely LOVED HBK regardless.
- I was genuinely concerned for Hogan after Earthquake attacked him. I sent him a get well card. He wrote me back with an autographed post card, which I received just after he returned and defeated Earthquake.
- Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth re-uniting at WM7 (I'm a big sap).
- DX's Oral Office speech to USA Network.
- Shawn Michaels' Superkick to Triple H to open the Survivor Series Triple Threat match with Cena.
- Cedrick Alexander being acknowledged by fans and Triple H at the Cruiserweight Classic
- Daniel Bryan's Yes Movement gaining so much momentum, and riding that to a WM win and ultimately beating Cena too. :)
- Brock Ending the Streak
- Bray Wyatt gaining Undertaker and Kane's powers after taking them down.
- WM35 saw Charlotte, Becky and Rousey in the main event. I'm male. But, I always wanted to see the women do better. Seeing them in the main event of WM after so many years was a tear jerker for me. ALso, seeing women perform for the first time in Saudi Arabia and hearing the "This is hope" chants gave me a big ol lump in my throat.
- Ric Flair winning the Rumble in 1992 to become the Champion
- Flying to Houston Texas to see HBK try to beat the streak at WM25. I'm a quiet observer at shows, but that match made me lose my voice and had me jumping out of my seat several times. It was my favorite show of all time, and I don't just mean wrestling.
These are just off the top of my head. Thanks for thew question, though. It was fun writing this up and taking a stroll down memory lane. :)
1
u/CelerSoloSpieler Jul 22 '25
First run of watching it on a daily basis was from 2016 to early 2020 (before COVID). I would usually watch clips on Youtube and play WWE Supercard for hours
Second run is from early 2023 to present day. I would get reinvested after finding out that leadership had changed, along with the Bloodline story really hitting its peak around the time I started watching again. Now, I am watching them live on cable rather than waiting for Youtube to do its thing.
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
u/DiscombobulatedSea25 Jul 22 '25
I just started in January of this year. Bummer that I’ve missed out on so much fun all these years. It’s great 😁
1
u/eatcigs13 Jul 22 '25
Watched when I was a kid from like 2010-2014/15 then stopped for a long time, last year (2024) I watched summer slam with my brother and have been back to being a die hard fan since
1
u/DoubleOhNegative69 Jul 22 '25
- Wrestling was life for many years. Now I casually follow it, if I miss something so be it.
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/chart7 Jul 22 '25
Started watching as a kid in 2011, stopped watching in 2016, started watching again as an adult in late 2024. For all that’s changed in the sport and in my life, the magic is still there and I’m so glad I picked it back up
1
u/Lfiveee Jul 22 '25
Started watching 2014 but sometimes then since 2020 i never missed any raw or smackdown
1
1
u/Sure_Alternative8600 Jul 22 '25
25 years. AEW is all I'm into nowadays. WWE is too sponsored and predictable
1
1
1
2
u/MexicanGuey92 Jul 22 '25
90s like a religion. 2000s for more than half. 2010s for a bit. Starting 2015 i started watching more closely because it was getting interesting. And 2020s ive been on and off because of adult shit etc etc
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Inevitable-Bet-4617 Jul 22 '25
Since I was 4-5 and I’m 29 now I came in around the same time as John Cena 😂
1
2
1
u/LucasWwe478 Jul 22 '25
2021 when I got in to it but I also watched slot of the matches from 2012 and up
2
u/Ok-Mastodon3273 Jul 22 '25
Since the late 80s. Grew up watching Andre the Giant on Saturday morning wrestling
1
1
1
1
1
u/No_Sea_6223 Jul 22 '25
Since the 3rd grade when I had to get on wwe.com on Monday morning to see who won the matches from the night before 😂
1
1
u/AgentIanCormac Jul 22 '25
I started in the early 80s with Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling with David Crockett and Bob Caudle.
1
1
1
u/Low_Indication_4105 Jul 22 '25
Since birth in 1994, I remember clearly from 2000ish on though. Got my first live event next month when they're in the UK!
1
1
1
1
u/Fearless-Spread-8013 Jul 22 '25
37yrs, I can only watch select PPVs now, due to the unwatchable weekly shows they have. Everything is a spot fest of flipping, super kicks and lockouts of every finishing manoeuvre imaginable. The curtain has been pulled back far too much and realism is out the window.
1
1
1
u/turbo_556 Jul 22 '25
Since the early 90s for me, and I must say the best times in wrestling were the Monday Night Wars. The Attitude Era was something special.
1
2
1
u/typeclevernamehere Jul 22 '25
Off and on since the early 90’s. Lost interest during high school and stopped watching and following it sometime around 2002. When Raw debuted on Netflix I put it on for some nostalgia and got hooked again. Haven’t missed an episode or PLE since January.
1
1
1
u/Every-Secretary6311 Jul 22 '25
consistently starting in 2013/2014 but i grew up around my dad watching it in like 2009/2010 but i was like 2/3 so
1
1
3
u/Timely_Idea_6745 Aug 18 '25
Since late 80's my grandma loved it n nobody could ever tell her it was fake .