Things in wrestling that make you feel old

[ChitownKnight]

-when I was 11/12 and first got into wrestling, John Cena was the next big star ready to become wwe champion and become face of the company. Today we are looking for the replacement for the replacement of John Cena

[Jumpin' Jesse Walsh]

Thea Hail was born 3 years ago.

[Venti]

Reaching the age where half of the wrestlers I watch are my age or younger is a weird feeling.

Current wrestlers being born in the 2000s.
Or the fact that in a handful of years, we're going to start seeing wrestlers born in the 2010s making their debuts.

Or how about that there is fully grown adults who were born after Steve Austin retired.

[bob]

the only people on screen in any capacity from when I first got into wrestling are Ric Flair and Sting

[Stu]

The WWF made fun of Hogan and Savage main-evening WCW shows in their mid-forties. I am now in my mid-forties.

[Urn Anderson]

Honestly, the OP being 11 or 12 when Cena was wrestling. I still think of Cena as one of the “newer guys.”

[THE FVNKER]

Dec 11, 2023 19:59:48 GMT -5 Urn Anderson said:

Honestly, the OP being 11 or 12 when Cena was wrestling. I still think of Cena as one of the “newer guys.”

I have this feeling about guys like Orton, Punk... pretty much anyone who debuted in the Ruthless Aggression era is still "new" to me. Funny how that works. Cars from the 2010's still seem "new" to me too. Things like that. Weird lol.

[chazraps]

The reigning TBS champion Julia Hart was born two months after the September 11th attacks.

When Konnor of the Ascension started his first WWE developmental deal, Rhea Ripley was five-years-old.

There's MORE time between now and the Montreal Screwjob as there is between then and Giant Baba founding All Japan.

[Venti]

Another one I got, growing up in the late Attitude/Ruthless Aggression era, 2001 thru like 2003 felt like an eternity(a fun eternity!)

Now, I see stuff that happened in like 2017-2019 and I'm like "wait, that was HOW long ago!?"

Like, it only feels like a couple of years ago when I got excited at Moxley first showing up at DoN, but it's been 4 and a half years already. Like how.


I know this sounds like it belongs in the "horrifying perceptions of time" thread, but it's more the fact that time is slipping by so much faster now that makes me feel old.

[ERON]

We're a little over a year away from Dynamite having been on the air longer than Nitro, and less than a year away from Rampage having been on longer than Thunder.

[fw91]

It’s been a longer period of time between now and HBK’s return match at Crown Jewel than his initial retirement from 1998-2002

[CeilingFan]

MJF is young enough to be my son.

[pinja]

I'm older than Owen Hart was when he died.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

It's under 2 years before WWE will have been called that longer that it was called the WWF.

[thecrusherwi]

When I think about how long ago the Attitude Era was. That felt like the "new" era of wrestling as opposed to the Hogan Era or the New Generation when I first was watching wrestling and learning about it through tape rentals. Now, Wrestlemania XIV is over 25 years ago. It's as old to us today as WWWF Title Reigns of Pedro Morales and Bruno Sammartino were then - and that stuff felt like it was in the Stone Age at that time.

There are college students who probably think "Who cares about Stone Cold, The Rock, or any of those guys from the 1900s?". As a side note, I work at a college and it's shocking how many early 20s people call pre-2000 "The 1900s". That makes me feel old. Makes it sound like us 80s babies were born in the Great Depression or something.

[tafkaga]

When I watch wrestling from the 80's and 90's and it's getting more and more rare to come across a match where everyone is still alive, and more and more common to find matches were everyone is dead.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Try having rented Wrestlemania II on VHS.

[wildojinx]

Dec 11, 2023 18:55:10 GMT -5 bob said:

the only people on screen in any capacity from when I first got into wrestling are Ric Flair and Sting

Same here, only add Jake Roberts and Dustin Rhodes to the mix.

[Fundertaker]

What do you mean Shinsuke Nakamura is 43? He won is first IWGP Heavyweight title off of Tenzan a couple of years ago!

[Cyno]

Dec 11, 2023 22:05:40 GMT -5 ERON said:

We're a little over a year away from Dynamite having been on the air longer than Nitro, and less than a year away from Rampage having been on longer than Thunder.

For how big a show Nitro was, it's kinda crazy how short its actual run was. Only 5 1/2 years.