How I Became a Diehard WWE Fan in One Year
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- Almost exactly one year ago, I watched my first WWE match from start to finish. One year later, WWE is one of my favorite things in the world...
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0:00 Intro
1:52 Wrestlemania 39
10:24 SummerSlam
16:50 Sunday Stunner
19:53 RAW
23:04 Holiday Tour
26:59 Upcoming Shows
27:46 Thank WWE Fans
30:28 WWE Merch is cool
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I shall. But watch Undertaker Vs Mankind Hell in a cell. It is pretty much legendary.
I been watching wwe since the late 1990s . ( Since elementary school )
This video was fantastic!
Well now that I've finished running around my apartment telling my fiancée that you saw my video...
That means a TON coming from you. Like I mention in the end of the video, you and a few others were a massive reason I was able to learn and follow along with the WWE so easily. Thank you.
Its fantastic cuz santizap said so
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@@DporticusI'm a wwe fan lifetimer practically, if you want we could hang out and could fill up some gaps on what has been happening in the company. Or just talk about wwe really.
YOUR MY FAVORITE WRESTLING RUclipsR RIGHT NOW SANTI!!
"I refuse to say Logan Paul got me into wrestling."
This alone earns my sub lmao
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Logan Paul will, without a doubt, is the reason very many kids got into wrestling since he joined WWE. He's doing an incredible job up to this point and I don't expect that to change. I hope he really sticks with it, could be one of the best heel WORLD champs of this new era in like half a decade (not even kidding).
The crazy thing is, he's surprisingly good. He looks natural in the ring. Still hate him, but props to the talent
@@TheAustinKendall they really struck gold with him. Everyone wanted to hate him. Everyone wanted him to fail. We all groaned and rolled our eyes at him.
But as unlikeable and douchy as he can be, nobody can deny that he's a natural at this. Everything he does is excellent for his role AND he's good in the ring. Even Jim Cornette is now a fan. Logan Paul has the potential to be one of the best heels we've ever seen and wrestles better than like 95% of the AEW roster.
Wanting to see Logan Paul get beat down is a good entry point for modern fans. He is the real deal when it comes to being an unlikable prick. You need that conflict in order to really have great matches.
24:49 Actually in 2017 during their rivalry, AJ Styles won the US title from Kevin Owens in a House Show
Wasn't this at MSG though? They do seem to make shows at MSG more important than just std house shows.
@@steveskew1097It very rarely happens, but there have been a handful of times where titles have changed hands at house shows. Not just at MSG.
waaay back in the day (60s, 70s) almost every single title change was at a house show. PPV wasn't big yet and so the TV shows existed primarily to sell House Show tickets, with house shows being the big events.
Samoa Joe beat Finn Balor for the NXT title at a house show too
Santino too
Ugh, Logan Paul is infuriatingly good at wrestling. He has no right to do what he does and I absolutely HATE how much I like his matches.
i agree. it hurts so much to say he's actually really really good! 😭😭😭
Dude you came in at the best time. Wwe is on fire right now
Naaaa.... the attitude era was by far the best time... he got peacock now, go watch wrestlemania x-7 bro❤
The bloodline storyline has had me hooked since day one 😆
I was in Philly for mania, had floor seats with my gf and man I will never forget that experience. My gf started watching when she started dating me 4 years ago and she probably has more shirts than me now lol
@@idcwhatuthink4985doesnt change the fact that its great now as well, bro, just enjoy the show.
Wrestlemania 40 has 1 billion per minute views in peacock. And has $36M in net revenue.@@idcwhatuthink4985
The moment at WrestleMania 40 where the announcers said “pro wrestling is back” and Michael Cole saying “damn it I love pro wrestling” made me feel as if watching for all these years made it worth it. Seeing guys like you jumping in now and wanting to enjoy it and learn makes me so happy as a fan since about 2008. One of my best friends is into it now, and it’s such a cool feeling. Glad you got the bug!
Comments like this make me so happy. Michael coles call of loving pro wrestling actually got me emotional and made me wish I could go back 20 years and watch it all live.
So appreciative that this fanbase doesn't gatekeep and actually wants their show to grow.
@@Dporticus personally, I'm not one that likes to go back and re-watch things that have already happened (i.e. binging old shows or even past wrestling matches). I think you can get into wrestling without knowing the history because the stories are always on-going and never stop. I would say learn the history to gain some context, and you can apply that today so even more things make sense! There aren't too many better feelings than when you see a callback or get a hit of nostalgia in pro wrestling. WrestleMania 28 was the first ever PPV I was allowed to get, so that Rock-Cena staredown at WM40 made me feel like 12-year-old me again. Excited for when you get those moments for yourself on this ride!
@KUCHcburg5 I can understand that. For me I'm not really going back and watching old stuff because I need to. I'm going back and watching how current day storyline got started. So when something new catches my interest, I'll start binging how we got to this point, you know?
@@Dporticus Yeah I gotchu! There's no right or wrong way to do it. I'm of the mindset that already knowing the end results of a match or event takes a bit away from the experience. In my own experience, I couldn't watch NXT TakeOver: New York live in 2019 because I was competing at a college track meet. Before I got home, I got the main event result spoiled which took a lot of the match away from me, and that match (Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano) is considered one of the greatest NXT matches of all-time (one I would def recommend though).
That quote was so beautiful😭
If you're a new wrestling fan, I would suggest going on Peacock and watch the 2 greatest era's of WWE, which are the Golden Era (1984-92) and the Attitude Era (1997-2001) The Golden Era was ruled by Andre, Hogan, Savage, and Warrior, while the Attitude Era was ruled by Austin, the Rock, Foley, Kane, Undertaker, and DX.
Oh man...the DX days!
@@ImJustMikaylaI’VE GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA! 😂
I am a lifelong wrestling fan who has watched on and off for over 30 years and as much as i love the presentation on tv, there is absolutely nothing that can compare to the atmosphere of being inside the arena during a live show.(Especially if its not an open arena) The crowd, the pyro, the arena literally vibrating, it all just adds up to an incredible feeling and the old comment of "you can feel the electricity in the air" makes complete sense when you hear it.
Definitely an incredible experience. The one that always sticks with me was Kane's entrance when I went to a show in Nashville. I was on the first row of bleachers opposite the side of the entrance ramp, and it felt like my face was melting off. I couldn't imagine how hot and intense it was to have tickets near the stage. Those people had to feel like they were on fire.
Funny enough, Rey Mysterio lost the United States Championship to Andrade in a house show.
Although it was the Boxing Day house show in Madison Square Garden.
Samoa Joe won the NXT title at a house show
us title changes multiple times at house shows. even as recently as 2017 i think with kevin owens and aj styles
Also a long time ago Diesel or Kevin Nash won the world title on a house show I think against Bob BackLand. It's very very rare, and only used to drive interested for the next televised event, to show anything can happen in the WWE
100% pure fax 📠
John Cena has long been known for making callouts for spots very loud that get picked up by the mic. It's just something with him that's always been there lol
Cena got that dawg in him
(because he barks at the top of his lungs constantly)
Yeah. These days I don't even hear it because I've conditioned myself that it's a Cena match, there will be called spots, so just ignore them.
When he mentioned this in the first match he saw at WM39 I couldn't help but laugh as this is a meme even within the wrestling community
The way I kayfabe that is that Cena is a modern samurai. He lives by a moral code that requires him to yell his attack before he does it. I dunno. It bothers me, too
That's one of the reasons he is such a bad wrestler and bad representative of what wrestling is, Cena matches for a first timer MUST BE AVOIDED, he is NOT a standard for what good wrestling is. he is just a meme
me personally, i got into the wwe world thanks to rhea about a month ago. at that point, i've only had heard of the big names like john cena, the rock etc. i didn't even know there were female wrestlers tbh. but as i was watching rhea and charlotte at wrestlemania 39 (gotta thank the youtube algorithm for that) i knew i was hooked. the energy of both the superstars and the crowd, their gears, the athletism, the whole performance... i was captivated. that night, i binge watched every possible rhea match i possibly could find on youtube. two weeks ago, i watched wrestlemania live for the first time ever (with a friend who also got hooked up bc i wouldn't stop talking about it to them) and had a great time. don't know what possessed me to click on that video a month ago but i'm happy regardless.
I appreciate it! Rhea is a great reason to get into wwe 😆
I'm at WWe wrestling veteran. Since 1990 when I was 3. You came at 1 of the best times my man.
Ironically enough Shinsuke actually won the NXT title at a house show after beating Samoa Joe. And Joe actually won the title earlier that year from Finn Balor at another house show.
There was also a time the new day won the tag titles at a house show. I think it was against Los matadors
@@xemnas554AJ Styles won the US Title at an MSG House Show in 2017
@wehave_funhere I was at a house show where R-truth won the US title off of Jack Swagger years ago. I was in complete shock to see a title change. The ref than restarted the match because there was actually a rope break as 3 was hit so the celebration was short lived.
@@xemnas554 aw what could’ve been. Truth is an absolute legend!
Paul London & Brian Kendrick won the World Tag Team Title's (on Raw at the time) at a House Show / WWE Live Event tour of South Africa in 2007. Won them on the 1st night of the tour and lost them on the last night of the tour about 4 days 3 days later before returning to the US for RAW.
I'm 44. been watching since WrestleMania 2. it's been a roller coaster being a fan for 39 years. The laughs, the tears, the fun, the sadness, the surprises, the sense of family, the debuts, the returns, the entrances, the music, the promos. there really is nothing like it. Welcome to the club sir. Great video btw.
what are your favorite eras and matches? and who are your favorite wrestlers? happy you're in the community.
I feel the same. Been a fan since WrestleMania 3, 1987. Lots of struggles since the Attitude Era ended. Glad to see another WWF/WWE lifer.
Yep some of my first memories is going to my dad's friends house to watch WM6. He had a rigged cable box so we went over for all the major boxing and wrestling events.
How did you stomach Cena? You didn't see a decline in in-ring quality from the product as a whole? I stopped watching in 02. I will take 80s-02.... I don't know wtf the product has become
@@owlhater270 i stopped watching wrestling a few times. During Cena and Reigns. Lotta 2001-2004 i missed a lot there.
Cena was...unique. fun but had too much tv time for my tastes. His Rumble return was epic though
This is one of the best wrestling videos I've seen in a long time. I love hearing about how new fans got in to wrestling and how that same passion we all have gets ignited. We all watched WWE for the first time at some point in our lives, just happy to have you onboard and part of it no matter how long it took. Also refreshing to hear so much positivity when online wrestling fans can be so negative. Keep it up dude.
This was a really cool perspective to hear! I think the reason so many of us lifers are excited to see the fandom growing is because there were literal decades of TV where it was just a guilty pleasure, not to be talked about around people for fear of embarrassment. The last year or so has breathed new life into the product. It's just so much fun again. Even my coworkers are asking me about it now because of all the buzz coming off of Wrestlemania. Thanks for sharing your experiences and helping grow the fandom, we're happy to have you!
One thing that I cannot recommend hard enough is to find a local indie fed and check out their shows. It won't be anywhere NEAR as polished as a WWE show. It won't have elaborate stages and pyro, but the atmosphere is AMAZING. It's like the difference between seeing a big touring arena band and seeing a great band playing a small local venue.
It's much more intimate an experience. Depending on the show, you'll have a better chance to meet and chat with the wrestlers. One of the best things about it, though, is seeing people grow and develop. I was following one fed for a few years, and I got to watch this one guy, Mark Davis, go from a green-as-hell rookie with a comedy babyface gimmick to a hard-as-nails beast who's gone on to trade chops with Gunther/WALTER in WXW in Germany and appear on AEW and ROH as one half of the tag team Aussie Open. I got to see Bronson Reed (as Jonah Rock) wrestle brutal matches in a bunch of small venues with maybe 200 people in the audience tops.
It's an amazing feeling.
GCW GCW GCW GCW GCW!!!! Great promotion
I experienced just this after getting into wrestling about 2 years ago. Last year I had the opportunity to go to Wrestlemania with my work and I also went to a local indie promotion shows that my friend was wresting with three times. I loved Mania, possibly a once in a lifetime opportunity, and hands down he best part was the production ~ the entrances, the effects, etc. But the match was so far away, that really I was still only watching them on the screens. Meanwhile in my local shows experiencing how loud the ring from the front row, interacting with the wrestlers and the audience. It felt so good.
Feels good.
I saw Angel Garza as the hometown hero in Tijuana many times.
Very cool to see him in the big leagues.
Whats awesome about this too is you will meet some cool wrestlers and you never know who they might become later.
I can't agree with this enough. WWE is not now, nor has it ever been, the entirety of professional wrestling. The easiest to watch would be AEW, but in the age of the internet, you can watch almost anything if you want to. TNA is another promotion that's almost certainly #3 in the USA. Japan has some of the best wrestling in the world: it's most popular promotions are New Japan Pro Wrestling for the men, and World Wonder Stardom for the women. An tthere are a lon of smaller promotions all over the world that, regardless of size, put out quality wrestling. I always urge people to look beyond the thing that initially got them interested in a new hobby, because you might enjoy some of the other options even more. And even if you do like WWE the best, at least that's an actual opinion, rather than just being based on a sample size of one.
Welcome to the fandom! I have a 4 year old who’s OBSESSED. Her bday party was WWE themed. She has a bunch of the divas era Barbie dolls. We are a wrestling household lol
That's awesome haha😆
So cool❤
I respect this so much :) this video really makes me happy. I've been a WWE fan my whole life, and im glad you decided to give it a chance, the storytelling, and the action is what drew me in when I was younger, and kept me a fan. I don't watch Raw and Smackdown every week religiously anymore, but always try to watch the ppvs still every month! Welcome to the club!! ❤🤘
welcome to the community :) I've been a die hard fan for just over 20 years now, and still love it!
i got into wrestling again after 20 years after WRESTLEMANIA 40.
Oh you should’ve came last year with us who started from the WM39 hype❗️ this last year was crazy
I came back into it after 20 years too! But I came in just before WM39 and was able to go to it as my first PLE. AMAZING. Was hooked instantly.
@@letsgobrandon1906right?? I came back right before 39 and felt the roller coaster of emotions seeing Cody lose and then waiting a full year, for I all to pay off at 40.
Same hahaha
First of all props on the effect. That was really funny.
This was awesome. I’ve loved wrestling since I was a kid so it’s really awesome hearing how someone else got involved with it & you couldn’t have joined at a better time
It feels so nice to see people loving wrestling i have been watching since i was a little kid and till this day i can't get enough of wrestling love to see people like u gettinginto it !!❤❤
Aw man welcome aboard dude! Pro wrestling fans are awesome (most of them lol) I've been a fan since around 2000. I was around 15 and didn't have any exposure to it other than a couple friends who watched it, but of course I had people around me chanting the "that's fake" bullshit. Once I started to think for myself I found wrestling and never looked back. I hope it does for you what it did for me and gives you a way to escape all the crap that comes with life and just forget for a little while. Peace! 🙂
I appreciate that a lot. You're absolutely right about it being a great escape. And the fact that it goes all year round helps make sure there's always a good distraction when you need it lol
all of the fans that start watching the show when they we're kids share the same processes of maduration and change of viewing
From my experience, wrestling fans in person are awesome. The IWC are some of the worst.
This video is refreshing ..in my case because I grew up on wrestling literally …i been watching every since I could Remember but I had stopped watching consistently around 2015…and only would watch around wrestlemania time every year to keep myself up to date but after WM 40 I’ve been consistent like I’m 8 years old in 2007 again 😂
@@Joker_JAKas a not so proud member of the IWC, I agree.
Lifelong diehard here (21 now started watching when I was 6 and never stopped)! We’re happy to have you!
Fun Fact: in 1992, reigning WWF champion Ric Flair lost his title to Bret “Hitman” Hart at a house show!
Was looking for this comment
That was in my hometown.
Bruno sammartino once dropped his belt to a wrestler in front of that guy's hometown crowd at a house show right in the middle of one of his extremely title reigns. The only reason it wasn't in the history books was because Bruno himself made the call in the ring and they "rematched" the next night and Bruno went over. The company pretended like the title win at the house show never even happened because there weren't any cameras rolling, but Bruno respected the guy and wanted to send the crowd home happy
This is such a great story, thanks for sharing!
I grew up watching WWF and WCW in the 90's but haven't watched since the early 2000's and never been to a live show. It's awesome that you and your fiance got to do all this together.
I'm glad you gave it a chance and found something that both you and your partner enjoy. Now you get the awesome benefit of getting to explore decades of history and classic matches at your leisure and experience them for the first time.
Very cool to get the perspective of a new fan coming in these days. Awesome to hear mate.
That means a lot. Looking forward to creating some more with that perspective. I appreciate it 🙏
It was 2008 and I was 6 years old. My mom was a huge fan back in the days of WWF and she saw “Friday Night Smackdown” on the TV guide and decided to turn it on for us. Unintentionally she created a fan for life in that moment. My first introductory view of WWE was a man called The Undertaker who, at the time, held the World Heavyweight Championship. My brother and I were starstruck. Completely mesmerized by this man shrouded in darkness with supernatural powers. He’s the reason I fell in love with wrestling. My parents could never really afford to take us to many wrestling shows. A house show here or there, maybe a Smackdown thrown in, but never any PPVs or PLEs. Fast forward to 2020 and I really started to drift away from WWE. The pandemic hit and it never truly felt the same without fans in the arena (Not to mention that the product wasn’t the greatest. I felt like I had totally grown apart from wrestling, that was until 2022 when I found out that Wrestlemania was coming to Philadelphia (Close to my hometown). I made the decision then and there to start watching again, save up my pennies and hopefully get to Philly to see WM 40. Well eventually I saved enough money and got myself, my brother, and my best friend tickets. Our first ever PLE 15 years after becoming fans. We went to World at Wrestlemania, had a tailgate, really got the full Wrestlemania experience. By the time the main event rolled around, I was completely spent. Voice was gone and totally fatigued. Cody and Roman lit that stadium on fire. Quite literally brought me back to life😂But man, when that GONG hit and The Undertaker appeared….I damn near blacked out. Literally a full circle moment getting to see my childhood hero return to the event where he made a name for himself. Genuinely one of the greatest and most cherished memories of my life. With how fast and hard you’ve fallen for wrestling, my friend you are in for a hell of a ride. Enjoy every second🤙🏻
That was a great read. Thank you for sharing! The fact that Undertaker was how you got into it all, just to hear the bell hit at WM40 is such a great story. I hope to have a moment like that some day.
man that's awesome. 39 years watching wrestling, never been to a PPV or televised show. just a few house shows. i did get to see Eddie up close, mere feet away, like...3 feet away as he and Rey faced the Basham Brothers. my friend and i showed up late and were allowed to just go in, so we walked right up the the classic steel barricades as Eddie and a Basham were throwing hand n stuff right there. if i ever get to a televised event and Bret shows up... i would mark out for sure
Funny how at 6 years old in 2008, it was the undertaker that got you in to wrestling. For me it was at 6 years old in 1992 and the undertaker got me in to wrestling 😂😂 the longevity of that man was unbelievable
That's awesome that Undertaker was still giving kids that feeling in 2008 that he gave me in when I was a little kid in the early 90s. I got two tattoos. One for my wife (recently deceased) and one for the Undertaker.
This must be a common story. For me, it was at 6 years old watching my very first ppv with my dad; Royal Rumble 94. I hated every second of it until the casket match between Yokozuna and Undertaker. The Undertaker completely captured my imagination and I've been a fan ever since and he's been my favorite ever since. Absolutely love Taker and professional wrestling.
Great video.... I personally have been a fan of WWE (WWF) since the late 80's when I was like 4 or 5 and have been a fan my whole life... So it is very refreshing to hear a story like yours... Welcome to the family and can't wait for more, keep up the great work!
Thank you! Much appreciated.
This is great! I might be a third category where I was a fan growing up and love watching classic matches but have not watched it in 10years. This makes me want to start watching again.
As someone who lived primarily through the more dark ages of WWE, seeing it as it is now, makes it rewarding that I've come back
Good ol' 2019 lol
I really love how you highlighted "the people next to you are your friends for the next 5 hours" it's the thing I love most about wrestling, I walk into the room and I know I can connected with majority of the people there. Wrestling fans are amazing for that, I've been to over 100 shows and few people have ever made me feel unwelcome.
Really great video! I was a huge fan when I was a kid. I still watch when there are big headlines for nostalgia.
First video I’ve seen of yours. Super good man! Glad your enjoying Wrestling, it’s hotter than it’s been for close to 10yrs and I can’t wait to see what the future holds 🤘🤘
Pro Wrestling I best describe it as Live Athletic Improvised Storytelling
This is genuinely my same path to WWE, I watched it a bit as a kid but watched it for the first time on Wrestlemania 39. The same match too, Seth Rollins vs Logan Paul got me into wrestling
I think we're direct proof that adding someone like Logan Paul is genuinely growing the interest.
Also, I didn't mention it in the video, but my only exposure to wwe growing up was "Wrestlemania 2000" video game foe my N64 lol I played that for years without my parents knowing I had it. But never actually watched it on TV.
even wwe fans don’t give Logan a chance, let along normal people. He has serious talent in the ring and idk about World champion, but intercontinental champ at least
@sportsguy87 at this point I think it's just that he's too good of a heel that people forget they actually like him as a wrestler.
I think Logan Paul would have done well in any era of wrestling. Very good heel.
Love or hate him, Logan Paul is a talented and highly athletic dude who honestly impressed the hell out of me(and lots of others) in the handful of matches he has done since his first appearance. Dude has the ability and the drive so he will do well in the business
Awesome video!!! Really glad that you gave it a chance.
Loved the perspective. Watching wrestling is fun because there is always content to look forward to.
This is fantastic. Thank you for sharing your journey to being a fan!
Couple notes:
1. 99.9% chance they won't lose the title at a house show, but it HAS happened a few times.
2. Omos is hot garbage in the ring.
3. You are 100% right about merch tables. Not worth the line when you can buy so much more online. The only exception I think are the occasional city-specific merch (like when Brock Lesnar had suplex city shirts with the city's name on it).
4. Wrestling fans really are a fantastic fandom community. Welcome to it, my friend. This is the perfect time to jump in as a new fan too.
I will not stand for this Omosphobia, all my Omosapians know that Omos is great!
(I'm just joking, hes ight)
Diesel (Keven Nash) won the wwf championship at a house show vs Bob Backland
Also to add on for ya Samoa Joe beat Finn Balor at a house show for the nxt world title too
@@andy0mega851curious to know how that worked out? Who was the champ on the following televised NXT?
@@daedrumsstl It was Joe, they broadcast it.
What happened when ballor won on Raw(wwe heavyweight championship) and tore his arm off.😊
Also quebecers/steiners ....the IC has done it many times too...once again usually MSG.
Glad to know people are still giving it a chance and realizing its cool. Welcome to the family. I went to the Draft smackdown. Thw Pyro was insane
I loved your takeaway on the hype of being a new fan & it makes me want to be a bigger part of WWE ! Great video
And that is what makes wrestling fun ....its about history, storylines and Wrestlemania
I became a WWE fan when i was seven years old. It was 2009. RAW was being hosted in Madison Square Garden. The main event was a triple threat tag team match between DX (Shawn Michaels and Triple H), Jeri-show (Chris Jericho and The Big Show) and then finally...the weirdest team of them all...John Cena & The Undertaker. On paper, that match may seem like a snoozefest, especially back then, but the seven year old in me got to watch some of the legends that did it best in the business have one single match that night. I also got to see Kofi Kingston do his signature boom-drop on Randy Orton in the middle of a crowd on a table. That was the night that got me hooked into professional wrestling as a whole. Here I am, almost 15 years later and I'm having the best time of my life being a fan because of how great the product is, and I will never ever regret being a fan of this.
This right here perfectly describes how I'm feeling. I can 100% tell that I'm going to be locked into this and be a fan for life. I had no idea what I was missing all these years. But finding wrestling at age 30 is better than not finding it at all.
We were in the building at the same time brodie. I remember the black eyed peas were there 😭
I started June last year due to the writer's strike. It was the June 9th Raw I think with KO and Sami vs Imperium and when Rollins called Balor a bi*ch. Now I am a huge fan of wrestling and have started watching and grading matches from AEW,NJPW,WCW,NWA and more. Cody has also pulled me in I was very mad when he gave up his spot to the rock but Wrestlemania 40 was an amazing experience and Now I can't wait to see what's next
aaah!! This is SO WHOLESOME!!
ive been watching wwe since i was a kid but i stopped watching when the pandemic hit. i started watching again right before last years royal rumble and i was IMMEDIATELY hooked again. this time around ive really grown to appreciate how amazing it all is. so much goes in to being a professional wrestler. you have to be extremely athletic while also memorizing lines and knowing how to improvise not only in a theatrical way, but also during matches. im so glad to see new people becoming fans and realizing how spectacular it all is. welcome to the fam!!!
I’m glad you’re enjoying it! WWE hasn’t been this good in a long time but they’re on fire 🔥
Lifelong wrestling fan here. Been watching since '96. Here's my take:
1) Explore other promotions. There's A LOT out there that most WWE fans won't ever even realize.
2) Go and look back at the history of wrestling. Seeing where wrestling came from is very cool. One thing you may not even realize is a ton of "regular" wrestling moves today were at one point finishers for other wrestlers. The most interesting times are probably in the late 90s, you would be shocked at what was going on back then.
People want the Attitude and Ruthless Aggression eras back. I feel the same way.
However... if we go back and watch some of those episodes of Raw from like 20-25 years ago, they couldn't do or say some of that stuff anymore on TV in this day and age. Especially as a publicly traded company. You can't show lots of blood, panties matches, men tossing women around, making jokes or negative comments about someone's gender or ethnicity, bashing a guy's head with a steel chair, grabbing asses, beating up the elderly, covering up wrestlers' addictions and real backstage fights, hitting someone with a car, all of it.
We know it's just a show and it's (mostly) scripted, but times have changed and the culture we live in wouldn't permit it on TV again. Most people don't understand kayfabe and the performance art of it.
Plus the wwe wants more of a sports tv/premium vive? I dont know how to explain it
Attitude Era is what he is refering to, widely considered the BEST WWF era
@@Loe_Jist as a guy who got his kids to join him as wwe fans, the absolut last thing i want is the attitude era back... was lucky to have it as a teenager, but never more :)
FD Signifier has some good wrestling history vids
Welcome to the community man, always great to see someone enjoying this incredible sport
I'm 31 and have been watching or keeping tabs with WWE since Wrestlemania 21 back in 2005. Glad to have you around. Enjoy the ups and downs, when you get 100% invested its the best damn drama you can watch.
Such a great video. I was a huge fan of WWE when i was a young kid in the early 2000s. I stopped watching when I fully invested my time into watching baseball. Now that im a bit older and learnt to manage my time a bit (sometimes) the start of the Bloodline storyline really got me back invested into the product. Just over the past few months dating back to last summer, me and my friends have been to two smackdowns, holiday tour, and just recently the raw before mania. So much fun and everything you said in your video was spot on
As a fan since I was 6 years old way back in 1992 I absolutely love love love seeing videos like this. Glad to have you in the fandom and thanks for making this video! 😀
I appreciate that a lot! Looking forward to making more.
Love this! I've been religiously watching since 1985 & consider my knowledge of WWE as encyclopedia like. You couldn't have entered this world at a better time. Great to hear a fresh perspective from a new fan. Once you're hooked, it'll be in your veins forever. 👍
This video just came up on my recommended, couldn’t click faster, love this so much, I’ve been a fan since 2020-21 ish and I was hooked immediately!! I’ve been to three shows (Raw,Smackdown and house show) I want to go to a PLE so badly! Hopefully sooner than later. But again love this and it’s all just unreal!
hell yeah man! you got in at a good time, it's the best it's been in damn near 20 years. My friend has had a similar experience with Wrestlemania 40 and now he's hooked
You're doing fine, bro. I enjoyed this video and am happy to see you become a fan. Welcome to the squad, brother.
Hell yeah brother! Its always awesome to hear about someone's journey into discovering wrestling who didn't necessarily grow up with it. I've dipped in and out over the years and recently its been getting super-hot. So much so that I travelled solo from the UK for my first Wrestlemania at the age of 39 for Mania 40, and it was an absolutely unforgettable time. Your assessment of how talkative and welcoming wrestling fans are in person is spot-on. Welcome to the club dude!
New subscriber and Man let me tell you I've been a wrestling fan for a long time since I was a kid to see where WWE is now is amazing This company is Red hot.
Glad I came across your video! Love to see it! I’m a “born-again” wrestling fan. I watched it as a kid in the 80’s and continuously through the Attitude Era (and the only time I was able to make a couple of house shows) which coincided with college. Once I graduated college I pretty much stopped until last summer when I started binging on all the Peacock WWE documentaries and rewatched my favorite PPVs/PLE’s. I then used RUclips to catch up on the last 10 years I missed to understand the current “product” as they call it today. Now I’m truly immersed. The talent that has come through NXT alone (including Seth, my fave!) is actually amazing (especially the women) which is so different than when I previously watched. It really is a great time to be a fan. Welcome!
Happy you came back! And peacock has been a blessing!
My brother got me into wrestling when I was 4-5 and now I turn 21 in a couple of days. Really loved listening to your journey of getting into wrestling!
That's awesome! I'm 31 now and wish I could go back and not miss so many years but I'm glad to be here now.
Thanks for watching!
I love the video man! It’s time to extend and grow the WWE Universe!
Wild you made this video because I started watching again after over a decade of not watching because walking around Saturday night, like 3 places I went to was showing it in their store, and then walking home I saw a few TVs on screens. So, I went home and watched the end of Night 1 and then just kept watching until today without missing a thing. The first half of the year was rough, but by the end I was as hyped for every show as I had been as a child.
Great time to get into wrestling.
Hell yea! Welcome back!
Im glad you found it and see how awesome it is
Awesome video, WWE should be paying you for this type of promotion! Watching both the start of the Tribal Chief and Bianca Belair during the pandemic got me hooked in. Then the first live show I took my 6 year old to was Extreme rules in Philly when Bray Wyatt came back!
If only that could happen lol that's awesome. Rest in peace bray Wyatt though. I wish I could have watched him
I started when I was around 10 on television but I stop around 2012 but I just got back into pro wrestling last year.
Sooo around the time I got into it 😆
@@Dporticus yes
I quit when I heard it was fake as a kid, from 2015-2019 I completely missed what was arguably the worst years of the wwe so I guess I'm lucky lol, but after growing up a little and not feeling betrayed anymore, I realized that it's better than most "real" things for the same reasons that it's "fake" and now I'm training hard to hopefully become a wrestler myself, but the thing is, people love to attribute this new era to roman reigns, but for me and I wouldn't doubt the same for many others, the regeneration of WRESTLING found its foundation in one moment, and it happened at a stage where WWE was ready to die, it happened at a stage where most fans were giving up on the product if they haven't already, that moment was edge returning at the 2020 royal rumble, it ignited that unique excitement that only wrestling can really bring for the first time in a LONG time, an impossible moment that showed wrestling was the realest sport in the world not only to us but to the wrestlers themselves who dedicate every waking moment for the beautiful and life changing moments it creates on a daily basis now, if it wasn't for edge I wouldn't be surprised if AEW ruled and then died, effectively killing the entire spectacle of wrestling maybe forever, then after edge, drew mcintyre kept it going fresh, and then finally roman reigns comes in and due to the thunderdome he was given creative freedom by the man who's departure also saved wrestling, there were so many miracles that happened to revive and save this it almost seems like god himself is a die hard fan lol.
Welcome to the club dude. You came in at the best time for the WWE product. We’re glad to have ya. In terms of Cena vs Austin Theory, a lot of the fanbase kinda poked fun at it, you’re not alone there.
Been a fan since i was born, 21 years now. Started in the ruthless aggression era and was able to witness some historic moments in my lifetime. Just recently went to my first wrestlemania ever, yes wrestlemania XL and I was able to be in person for a history making PLE and as a Roman Reigns fan i wasn’t disappointed at all!!! Great video bro welcome along the ride!
I became obsessed with WWE in 2016 through random John Cena videos i came across on YT.
And honestly, i was an idiot and in the first month I literally thought everything was real in wrestling 😂
But i started to understand very quickly and now it’s one of my biggest passions. Watching every single Raw,Smackdown shows and PLE/PPV since WRESTLEMANIA 32 I think
Hell yea lol hey don't feel bad they sell these moves pretty well. Could fool anyone for a bit lol
Lol I started watching in about September/October 1997 with WWF Superstars (internstional version with some Shotgun Saturday Night matches with brief replays from Raw is War between matches) sporadically and got major into it by December 1997/ January 1998. Also thought everything was real until in 1999 when the documentary movie "Beyond The Mat" was released and they showed a brief clip on TV (on a local movie magazine style TV show) with Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin standing around and chatting to Mankind/Mick Foley and his kids backstage at Royal Rumble 1999. After seeing how friendly they were talking to each other, it kinda killed the illusion that is was real...but still been big time fan and trying not to miss a show until this day.
Everything is real in wrestling bro.
@@redline841 yeah sure 💯
Man, I’m so glad you and your fiancé have become diehard fans during what is being regarded as the best time in WWE since the attitude era. And we welcome you guys with open arms! Glad to have you two aboard! I’ve been a fan of wrestling since 2002 when I was 6 years old, flipping through the channels trying to find cartoons, and landing on a channel where this huge, intimidating but yet awesome looking guy comes out in a denim vest and being cheered like crazy, and plays out a character that hooked my attention and reeled me in so deep, I couldn’t stop replicating his turnbuckle pose for years to come. From that night, I became a Paul “Triple H” Levesque guy for life. And I feel so blessed to have the privilege in seeing that man run the business he made me fall in love with. Especially after so many dark years where the product was beginning to decline. After watching your video, it actually made me tear up a bit to know that feeling I got so many years ago is still being brought out today. I’ll be subscribing and watching you guys enjoy the product just as much as I have for so many years!
That means a lot! Thank you for the kind words. We are so grateful to have discovered this art!
As a lifelong fan of WWF/WWE, welcome my friend! You have a WHOLE lot of amazing things to visit on Peacock. Wait until you see the 80s and Attitude era storylines and matches. Man! I envy you. I wish I could see all of that for the first time again.
I got into pro wrestling in like january of this year. Didn't have any interest in it at all but randomly I decided I'd check out this wwe thing when I was bored one night browsing peacock and now a day doesn't go by where I don't think about it, it's one of those things that I genuinely can't believe I went all these years without.
This past wrestlemania 40 was my first wrestlemania and me and my buddies (who also got into it at around the same time) were absolutely losing our shit the whole time.
Watched it a as a kid and stopped as soon as the shield appeared.. I have no idea why .
But got into at summer slam of 2023. Cody and Brock going at it. It was crazy!
I got into around the same time. I saw a clip of The Rock dropping some gospel, and decided to check more of it out. But I still have time before I connect with the smaller players.
@@omsaxena116when you're ready, and this applies to OP too, check out some WCW Cruiserweight matches on yt if you want to see some really good wrestling. Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, and Rey Mysterio (Rey Misterio Jr. at the time) put on some bangers. I wasn't even alive for the Monday Night Wars, but those matches are worth looking for.
Keep coming back. Sooner or later, you'll realize you are a total mark for certain wrestlers and sit back like "when tf did that happen?" Lol. Enjoy the insanity
I was already semi familiar with wrestling before last January, but the rumble season got me hooked back in, and my life has changed for the better. Ive gone to 2 episodes of raw, the collision when punk got fired, all out, + survivor series and the smackdown before. Such an amazing time to have sunken my teeth into it. I love professional wrestling so much
You're pretty fortunate. I've been a wrestling fan for over 20 years and I've never been able to go to a live show.
I did get to meet Mick Foley (Mankind, Dude Love, Cactus Jack) last October. That was cool.
Great video, i started watching wwe in 2017 because of my brother, been hooked ever since. I'm not surprised WM39 got you into wrestling, it was a fantastic show.
Excited for you! I am in my 30's now and have been watching since I was around 5 because of a video game.
love the vid bro and yes titles indeed have changed at house shows but they are so so freakin rare. an example would be AJ Styles defeating Kevin Owens for the US Championship at Madison Square Garden, on July 7th, 2017 in a house show
That's crazy lol do they mention it at the next televised show?
I got into pro wrestling right around the time you did, only a month and a bit before WrestleMania 39. It wasn't actually watching matches or an event that did it though. When I was younger (like 8-13) I played the video games and a friend of mine would occasionally rent a PPV during our sleepovers. This was the Ruthless Aggression era when John Cena, Batista, Triple H, etc. were really popping. I was never super into it but I knew who the characters were.
I fell off and hadn't really given the WWE a great deal of thought for nearly two decades. I have the Aussie equivalent of Peacock which houses all the WWE content and on a total whim, I decided to watch The Last Ride. I knew who the Undertaker was because he was a staple all throughout the video games and even in the bits and pieces I would hear while I wasn't paying attention.
Watching a documentary where there was no pretense and they weren't trying to protect the image of wrestling by pretending it was legit was extremely engaging. The Undertaker as an individual was also really captivating. Having the business contextualised to me and understanding the performers behind the personas hooked me. Learning what success meant to them and seeing how successful the idea of an undead wizard who wrestled was, despite all odds, really altered my perspective. Listening to Mark Calloway explain his reasoning for living as a hermit and keeping the fantasy alive for kids who still believed, and seeing adults who didn't still appreciate his hard work and sacrifice to entertain them was heartwarming.
From there I watched the Ruthless Aggression docuseries and seeing people I knew of like John Cena, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels explain their careers behind the scenes and what the business meant to them cemented my interest. I asked around online about what was happening currently and I was told about the Bloodline and Cody Rhodes. I binged every PLE of the last year and change that had lead to WrestleMania 39 and then watched the event shortly after it aired.
Since then, I've been following the Cody Rhodes saga with great interest and now watch all the weekly shows and PLEs live. Seeing Cody win at Mania 40 was magical for me because now that I understood what it was all about, I wasn't happy for Cody Rhodes the wrestler who won the best imaginary fight, I was thrilled for Cody Rhodes the man who had finally earned the right to be called WWE Champion and be the face of this multibillion-dollar business.
That was a great read. Couple of notes:
I also had my very first exposure be a childhood video game. Wrestlemania 2000 for the N64. I played it for years without my parents ever finding out.
I also find myself incredibly engaged by all of the behind the scenes stuff. I love learning the "tricks" and all the moving parts.
Lastly, I'm right there with you on wm 40. I couldn't believe how genuinely happy I felt for Bayley, after how much she helped other talent get over in 2023
The fact that i shed real tears for cody rhodes, a man I didn't know existed a year ago, shows you how deep this goes.
Again, thank you for sharing all that. It was a great read.
@@Dporticus Thanks so much man. I should have mentioned that the video was an awesome watch and it's so cool to see that there are more newish fans like me who've had a similar journey getting into this. I'm immensely jealous of your live experiences. I had the opportunity to go and cover Elimination Chamber in Perth for work but we weren't offered flights. Another co-worker and I who are fans were ready to pay to fly out because the tickets were free but Taylor Swift was in the country and it jacked the prices up astronomically.
Definitely a goal to catch a live event at some point after hearing how much you and your finance enjoyed them though.
Seriously man, if a house show comes by, it's 1000% worth going! Hopefully you remember to come back and tell me how it was when you finally check that off the list!
@@Dporticus WWF Attitude and Wrestlemania 2000 were my exposure in my youth , but i only really started to watch wrestling around smackdown 2002, due to availability. tried to get tickets for Bash in Berlin this year but 680-1300 bucks for a ticket is way out of my price range
Cool story. Thanks for sharing. Long time fan myself, been to bunch of shows over the years. Never stadium show yet but looking forward to the day.
As a life long wrestling fan I loved watching this and hearing how you got hooked. There’s truly nothing like the world of pro wrestling. I was at Summerslam too!! What a fantastic time it was.
Wrestling goes through peaks and valleys but the peaks make all the valleys worth it. It's a cycle of greatness followed by complacency followed by innovation and another peak. And if you're gong back and learning history, the documentaries on Peacock are pretty good. But I would also recommend Bret Hart and Austin from Wrestlemania 13 to any wrestling fan as perfect example of in-ring story telling. Austin was an upcoming heel going into the event and Bret Hart was the goody two shoes role model. Austin left to a standing ovation and firmly on his way to becoming the biggest name in wrestling.
And if you're a Bayley fan, find NXT Takeover: Brooklyn and her match against Sasha Banks. I had no idea who she was and I was a fan by the end of that match.
I have seen that Bayley match! I have consumed SO much WWE content thanks to peacock. They organize it very well and make it easy to find what interests you.
I'll have to look up that WM 13 match you mentioned.
Bayley vs Iyo at WM XL was underrated. It was 🔥
This was a amazing video, I been into wrestling mainly Wwe for 10 years and I'm glad that the wrestling community is growing and that more people are seeing how fun wrestling has been.
Im so glad that more people are getting into the WWE ive only ever been to 1 episode of raw but that's because they only do live shows within 3 hours from me
I would love to be exposed to WWE for the first time again, you’ve got so much incredible stuff to watch. I’ve been watching since 2002 at 4 years old and I’ve been obsessed ever since. There’s so much history for you to learn, enjoy the ride man!
Thank you!
Bros legit me I never cared about the wwe at all till I gave it a chance a little over a year ago now I love it lmao
Whatever they did in the last year or so clearly did a great job bringing us in 😆
@@DporticusWe have to thank triple h for that,what's funny is that after Vince left that's when it started to be more exciting 😄
I recently got back into wrestling after not watching consistently in almost 20 years and its been a fantastic ride. I've got my wife and daughter involved. We've been to a couple shows and I went to my first ever Wrestlemania, which coincidentally took place in the same city that I saw my first ever PLE in 20 years ago (Royal Rumble 2004 in Philly). No other form of entertainment immerses me like WWE and I missed that feeling so much. Welcome to the club!
Thanks for the video. You are super likeable. I often watched Smack Down as a child, but never really understood what it was about. For about 1-2 months now, I've been hooked again and I watch everything I can get my hands on. Unfortunately I won't be able to go to a show this year, but if the WWE comes back to Germany next year, I'll be ready!
Thank you, that's really nice of you to say! Hopefully WWE stops by Germany again soon!
It’s VERY rare a champion loses his title at a house show. I can only remember one instance in the past 15 years that someone lost it. Can’t remember who but they ended up losing it at a house show and I only know that because WWE themselves had posted it.
I know Andrade beat Rey for the US title at a house show
Pretty sure that was Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston dropping the tag titles to The Colons
I think there was an accident and Aj Styles beat Kevin Owens for the us championship
Andrade beat Mysterio at an MSG house show a few years back
I believe Bob Backlund lost the WWF Championship during a house show to Diesel.
NXT does travel, but it's extremely limited and almost always PLEs. Got to see a house show before Wrestlemania XII where Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels used their tag team match to try out spots for their Wrestlemania Iron Man main event. ("Tag Team" match. Taker and Diesel fought around the arena so Bret and Shawn could spend the entire match just working one on one.)
I have seen PLEs be in larger and various arenas. True. More so referring to the weekly show where I'm pretty sure it's always in the same spot if I'm not mistaken.
@@Dporticus Yeah they do them at the performance center in Orlando, FL. I used to live there till not too long ago, and they actually still send me emails for free tickets for those shows to this day lol. If you and your girl are ever in Orlando lmk, I'll hook you guys up with some free NXT tickets cuz I can't use them myself lmao.
Hell yeah bro! My first foray into wrestling was during COVID while all live sports went away. Since then, I've been to Raw, SD, 2023 Royal Rumble, etc. Totally hooked!!
This is an amazing video with an amazing story. Dporticus, welcome to the fandom. Wrestling is amazing and we’re so happy to see you find such an interest in it so fast. Here’s to much more, uce!
I appreciate that a lot! Thank you!
I may have only been around for half of this WWE journey, but man if it wasn't for this man I would have not gotten into this universe
Glad to have you along for the ride
Logan Paul is way better than I want to give him credit for.
I know I want to hate him because I hate him as a person but he's legit talented and you can't do as good as he is in the ring without taking it seriously so as a wrestler he is so damn hard to hate
Thanks for taking the time to make this video! I've been watching wrestling for almost 40 years and it's always good to see someone who has just discovered wrestling and is loving it! I'd love to know what wrestling history gaps you're looking to fill and how I can help :)
Great video! It’s badass that you found something you like! And you have someone to share it with you
Thank you!
I don't know how your vid came to my screen but I've been watching just wwf/wwe since 88. All I can say is that now with RUclips and the internet you can catch up on things and get a visual history of what ever it is you are looking for in wrestling. It's cool that the wrestling community is growing. This is like the attitude Era for the new crowd, it drew alot of people in. Congrats I hope you enjoy more to come ...AEW SUCKS
Peacock has been amazing for watching the old stuff. Thanks for the warm welcome!
Haven't really got into pro wrestling yet, but right now it's just access related. Hanging out with the MWE makes me interested
Starting in 2025 Raw is moving to Netflix. But for now all wwe shows are on networks still unfortunately.
@Dporticus that's still a little bit off ^^; I'll figure something out eventually
Wwe uploads a ton to youtube as well. Recaps, promos, full storylines from the past. Plenty available for free, not not the live shows.
Welcome to the Fandom! Been watching off and on over the last 30 years and finally went to my first live show (Smackdown) this last winter (I was ringside for the 2 episodes that were taped in Green Bay, WI), and now going to be ringside for Raw in late July. Looking forward to your future content, this video was great.
Thank you!
Awesome video. Iv just turned 40 and being watching wrestling since I was about 7yrs old. Alot of my.friends stopped watching not long after we left school. But I still Love it and always will.
hell yeah
!trevor