Yes, amongst all my other dispositions towards 80's quirks, I was a huge pro wrestling fan throughout much of the 80's. My liking consisted of the WWF in the beginning of the decade (1980-82) and the end (87-89). During that first part of the decade, I even concocted my own "dream card" that I would have held were it entirely up to me. Included in the matches I envisioned were:
Killer Khan vs. Pat Patterson
Ken Patera vs. Ivan Putski
The Strongbows vs. The Samoans
Rick Martel vs. Sgt. Slaughter
Bob Backlund vs. I think Adrian Adonis in a steel cage match
Andre the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan in a brass knuckle street fight (this was when Hogan was still the heel wrestler and Andre the face).
Oh, and as one friend of mine (in his 20's at the time, and a Harvard graduate) put it: "What's not to like about pro wrestling? It's live cartoons!"
Shabbat Shalom, everyone.
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