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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Oct 14, 2022 13:21:07 GMT -5
Nelson Mandela did the crotch chop and everything, dude was DX for life.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Oct 14, 2022 13:27:05 GMT -5
In my experience, there is a shocking number of non-fans or extremely casual fans who know who Rey Mysterio is (or like you said something like "that kid in the mask from Monday Night Raw in the 90s"). There are some people who us wrestling fans think are legends who random people don't recognize, but they knew Rey. And it's been that way for years. Stone Cold is one who I don't think is as known to outsiders as wrestling fans think. Arguably the most popular wrestler ever in his prime but in 2022 I don't think many random people on the street would know him. In my experience Undertaker is more well known despite never at any point being the top guy in the company. In general the big Hulkamania era stars like Hogan/Macho/Warrior/Andre/Taker seem to have been ingrained into long-term pop culture lore in a way the attitude stars aren't (other than Rock obviously). Agreed. In the 2000-10s, the most common question I received from non-fans who learned I liked wrestling was "Is the Undertaker still fighting?"
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Oct 14, 2022 13:30:41 GMT -5
Anecdotal evidence and all but in my experience a weird amount of non-fans I know are aware of Braun Strowman.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Oct 14, 2022 13:33:59 GMT -5
Stone Cold is one who I don't think is as known to outsiders as wrestling fans think. Arguably the most popular wrestler ever in his prime but in 2022 I don't think many random people on the street would know him. In my experience Undertaker is more well known despite never at any point being the top guy in the company. In general the big Hulkamania era stars like Hogan/Macho/Warrior/Andre/Taker seem to have been ingrained into long-term pop culture lore in a way the attitude stars aren't (other than Rock obviously). Agreed. In the 2000-10s, the most common question I received from non-fans who learned I liked wrestling was "Is the Undertaker still fighting?" Yeah that's one I've gotten a lot too and especially in later years it usually got a wtf reaction when I told them he was still wrestling.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Oct 15, 2022 9:25:35 GMT -5
From my friends that (are fairly young 25-30, for comparison of people that are more in the culture) most only know Hogan, Macho Man, Cena, The Rock. A few "That luchador with the iconic mask"(Rey Mysterio). A COUPLE of then know Kenny Omega but thats because they love fighting games. In my experience, there is a shocking number of non-fans or extremely casual fans who know who Rey Mysterio is (or like you said something like "that kid in the mask from Monday Night Raw in the 90s"). There are some people who us wrestling fans think are legends who random people don't recognize, but they knew Rey. And it's been that way for years. I think a big part of that is, largely because of him, the masked luchador is one of those standard wrestling tropes. Anyone referencing/parodying wrestling, there's a good chance there's someone based off Rey, same with Warrior, they became iconic images used outside our little world as shorthand for "wrestler".
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Post by Matt on Oct 15, 2022 11:30:42 GMT -5
Nelson Mandela did the crotch chop and everything, dude was DX for life. Yes he did but copyright issues made it that he couldn’t use his real name on tv. So Vince bought Mike Tyson’s name and made a mask for Mandela.
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Post by BJ Sturgeon on Oct 15, 2022 11:47:59 GMT -5
I thought Road Dogg died in prison in the '80s.
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Post by government mule on Oct 17, 2022 9:21:53 GMT -5
Nelson Mandela did the crotch chop and everything, dude was DX for life. 'Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. And if you're not down with that, I've got two words for ya....'
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