NGN FAVORITES: PRO WRESTLING-SUPERSTARS

Fav Superstars As A Kid

• Hulk Hogan
• Macho Man Randy Savage
• Undertaker
• Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase
• Jake The Snake Roberts
• Bret Hart
• Shawn Michaels
• Animal
• Hawk
• Ravishing Rick Rude

What can I say? I was an 80's kid who had more exposure to WWF (WWE) than NWA (WCW). Otherwise there may have been room on the list for Ric Flair or Sting, but I didn't see much of them as a kid. My cousins always argued and I never listened. It didn't help that when I would catch an episode of either NWA (Crockett) or WCW, it was always a low budget, bingo hall type show. Where even the "stars" who appeared, looked more like WWE jobbers at times. I remember seeing a young Marcus Bagwell, who hadn't found his character yet, nor was at all good in the ring. Not that he was great period, but early years are always the worse for young male escor.....er wrestlers.

Fav Superstars As A Teen

• Stone Cold Steve Austin
• The Rock
• Triple H
• Bret Hart
• Chris Jericho
• Scott Steiner
• Hollywood Hulk Hogan
• Goldberg
• Kevin Nash
• Scott Hall

Once again, more WWE than WCW. But, that was a cable situation for me. I got RAW live every Monday Night (if not preempted by a frickin dog show....stupid TSN), and saw more highlights than show with Nitro via Thunder on Thursdays. It would occasionally be on, but not enough to get hooked. I'm Canadian. Like Snitsky said, "it wasn't my fault". But, I did enjoy them both when I was able to see them. Hence why Big Poppa Pump and others are on there.

Fav Superstars In My 20's

• John Cena
• Randy Orton
• Kurt Angle
• Eddie Guererro
• Chris Benoit
• Brock Lesner
• Undertaker
• Kane
• Shawn Michaels
• Triple H

Not original Cena, but the Doctor Of Thuganomics John Cena. Also, "Legend Killer" Randy Orton. I actually think of who they could actually bring back for him to "kill". I liked Taker as both the American Badass and when he returned to the Deadman gimmick. Still get chills thinking about Wrestlemania XX when the late Paul Bearer's voice hit the air. Plus, Kane removing the mask and unleashing a new monster was awesome. Lesner's initial run was really good too, it was almost as if he was McMahon's way of showing how to properly build a Goldberg haha With HBK, I was glad to see return. Not initially with those hideous tights at the initial "Elimination Chamber". But, the matches he went on to have with Cena, Angle, Taker, etc made it hard to keep him off this list.

Fav Superstars Now

• AJ Styles
• Finn Balor
• CM Punk
• Bray Wyatt
• Luke Harper
• Daniel Bryan
• Samoa Joe
• Seth Rollins
• Dean Ambrose
• Roman Reigns

Yes, Roman Reigns is on the list. Take away Vince's strings and you got something. Can't blame him, part of becoming a top guy nowadays. Plus, this list is an evolving one for sure, given I am only just under halfway through my 30's....dammit. CM Punk is also on there, because he could always change his mind one day, plus he hasn't had a fight yet so technically more pro wrestler than pro mixed martial artist so far. Daniel Bryan JUST retired, and really may stay on here given the impact. Been liking Balor. Inring and his entrance. Glad to see AJ jump over to the big times where he belongs, like Joe. Rest speak for themselves really. Seth, Dean, Bray. The future. Harper, I just like his look mannerisms in regards to his gimmick.

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES I WOULD LOVE TO READ

When I mean autobiographies, I mean both the life story and the tell-all stories.  Legitimate ones, which are always hard to really tell, unless you actually knew the person and "was there". And in the world of professional wrestling and sports entertainment, there are a few names that come to mind who I would love to read about in the manner stated. Truths, debunkings of myths and legends, unknown stuff that would've been newsworthy.

Vince McMahon

There are so many things that he could tell us. Ranging from a simple was the "glass ceiling" real, to the more corruptible like did you pay off some people to get Jimmy Snuka away with killing someone? That's just the stuff he had his hands in/on. Add all the things that he may have been privy too which also range from basic to massive.

Hulk Hogan

I always feel the good ol' Hulkster is never honest, or when he is you can never tell as he does seem to bend and alter truths. Or so it appears. So, basically have him on a lie detector and ask him every question that comes to mind from who has he screwed over, to is he really a racist. Everything and anything.

Paul Heyman

I would say put him on a lie detector too, but Paul at least makes things entertaining. Another person who would be nice to ask anything and everything. He's been around the business a long time and has had his hands in a lot of things, and his eyes and ears wide open the entire time.

Jim Ross

Another person who has been around the business for a long time and has likely seen and heard a lot of things, that he may never tell simply to protect friends, or because Vince would destroy him haha

Pat Patterson

He has been around a long time, and has been involved in controversy himself. Did he sexually harrass that guy nobody cares about? Or were he the victim of discrimination? I would like to believe he wasn't involved with what Terry Garvin was. But, it is a story worse than Benoit (if you consider possible brain damage Benoit had).

There are others I would like to see unload. Even people I haven't thought of, but would have another perspective on things that have happened in professional wrestling like The Fink. The hard part is always figuring out fact from fiction, but from the mouth type things are always better....so we have someone to pin it on when we are wrong haha