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Originally Posted by loopydate
Grew up in Michigan. Was vaguely aware that there WAS a WCW, because I'd flashed past it flipping channels, but I had no idea who Flair was as a 9-year-old when he debuted. I wondered who this old guy was and why was he going after Macho Man.
I had TBS, but never really watched it. I did used to watch Global, though. Can't remember which channel had it, but I remember being more excited when Patriot showed up in the WWF years later than I was to see Flair.
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Surprised you didn't know about WCW because Steiner Brothers. Weren't they supposed to be the gods of all of Michigan, or some such shit?
I knew about NWA/WCW mostly because of my brother. He would tell stories about visiting family over in Akron that had cable (back when that was kind of a big deal, and not taken as granted in every household you walk into) and seeing, and subsequently telling me about guys like (apparently pre-King) Harley Race, or Road Warriors, or Magnum TA or the 4 Horsemen from some channel he'd be able to catch it on there. Mom cosign'd on Flair (and "hated that bastard"), which led me to learn about other wrestlers that weren't in WWF... it was like a whole other side to wrestling I wasn't able to see, and that kinda made it exciting. I didn't know shit about Terry Funk (again, mom did) until I saw him later on in WCW and recognized him as "that guy who always gets beat up in movies" (he's always someone's bodyguard or lackey, and he always get's his ass kicked. Example: Roadhouse.)