Falling Under the Spell of Wrestling
Hi all, I am new to blogging. I've been fretting to blog for years and have finally decided to be brag and share my wrestling brainfarts with the world. I was born in 1984 and my very earliest memories of wrestling are in 1990 when friends at school who had Sky were talking about wrestling. I finally got exposed to this magical, tanned, colourful world of WWF when my family visited family friends and they had Sky! These characters that I was only aware of through Wrestling Trading cards were suddenly brought to life. I was transfixed and wanted to see more. However, we didn't have Sky. However, not long after, I saw an Ad for something called World Championship Wrestling on ITV. The only problem being that it was on at 1.45am on a Saturday morning. However, my dad had the idea of lending me his alarm clock so that I could wake up to watch it. Looking back, it was a very sweet and thoughtful thing for my dad to do. So, there I was, 7 year old me, crouched in a corner, a...