sup yall, a friend told me about this place very recently and i've been devouring a bunch of the big threads here in my spare time. heard about your new registration system and figured i'll give it a go!
i'm in my late 20s, started watching WWF in mid-92. loved bret's whole Respectful Fighting Champion deal, was scared to death of papa shango & nailz. went to a house show late that year, watched summerslam & survivor series. stayed in it for a bit after that...was REALLY into the johnny b. badd-maxx payne feud for some reason, and even saw the beach blast mini-movie when i was way too young to appreciate the brilliance. drifted away after that (vaguely remembered leslie nielsen in the WWF but not why he was there), got back into it around king of the ring 98, was on the internet by then and discovered the world of smarks. i was the exact target age for attitude era, so i was all-in up until 03 - best live show memory was being at the nitro when they started the WHO DROVE THE HUMMER angle that never got paid off. HHH's reign of terror and katie vick in particular turned me away, and i haven't been a regular fan since (though i'll watch royal rumble & wrestlemania sometimes).
today i just tend to appreciate the earnest silliness of earlier times, and am fascinated with the evolution of what people consider good & bad wrestling. i especially dig the willingness to question conventional wisdom - i'm a sports fan who grew up on the likes of bill james, so the meltzer worship always struck me as a major blind spot with this community. i also read way, way too much scott keith in those days, so i appreciate this place in more ways than one!
have way too many interests outside of wrestling, which is why i'm not sure i'll ever delve into puro or lucha as much as i may like. have gone to fighting game tournaments for 10+ years, gotten a bunch of speedrun records and done live speedruns for charity, enjoy a rather wide variety of music (likely going from skinny puppy to french house in the same session), work at an autism research center (hoping to go into neuroscience research), still keep up with my cleveland browns (though i've given up on anything meaningful until haslam goes to prison), love me some hiking/biking/swimming, and recently discovered euro board games (power grid supremacy!!!!!!!)
see yall around =)
