The 1980s were the golden age of Wrestling

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The 1980s were the golden age (1986 & 87 in particular) because that was when you could turn on one of many different channels and see wrestling in some shape or form. If you lived in a diverse part of the country, you could see all kinds of different promotions:

AWA, World Class, the NWA, the WWF, Mid-South/UWF, Mid-Southern/Memphis, WWA/Indianapolis, even some "Best Of" like "Bruiser Bedlam" and don't forget Pro Wrestling This Week; a recap of the week in wrestling with Gordon Solie & Joe Pedicino - like a "SportsCenter" for wrestling fans. I could guess about 20-25 hours a week could be on.

The thing that boggled my mind - Polynesian Pro Wrestling (Leah Maivia/Lars Anderson) on the Financial News Network. I kid you not. FNN had maybe 2 hours a week that actually didn't have to do with finance or the stock market; one hour was a sports trivia show (I got a few books from them) and the other hour was PPW.

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I agree. The product speaks for itself.

"Professional Wrestling" >>>>>>> "Sports Entertainment"

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There isn't enough time in the day to explain how great 80's wrestling was but a few good points I love about it:

The angles were incredible.

A feud could last years and never get old (Dusty/Flair, Valiant/Paul Jones)

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The picture of Macho KING made me not want to read the article since it's obviously from the 90's.

As is Warrior with the world title and evil Sgt. Slaughter.

Plus we all say that the 80's is a golden era because we are mostly between the ages of 22 - 32.

Someone older than us may find Bruno's or Gagne's run to be the golden age.

People older than them remember watching Gorgeous George, one of the first Televised wrestling stars, golden age is just a fancy way of saying nostalgia.