drew wardlaw

The Deranged Mankind is Foley's best work IMO. A shortish man with child-bearing hips and a leather mask ripping out his hair and making hog sounds in the context of 1996 wwf was really affective. Like others have said, Foley's greatest trait is that he's an everyman, and Mankind completely subverts that. The character is really dehumanizing in that regard, and there's some really uncomfortable moments during that run. There's some very sad children in the audience around that time. Unfortunately, the landscape started to change really quickly after he came in and Mankind only works in a more fantasy-based environment, so that didn't last long, but for the time and place I think that's his most affective role. Bret Hart is naturally arrogant with a moral high ground and a victim complex, which is truly the worst of the worst. A heel who doesn't know he's a heel is hard to beat. Hypothetically, if Bryan were to come back clean shaven with a bald head and tried to do that stupid Evolve fake grappling, I wonder how much heat that would get?

First post here. My name is Drew, I'm 30 and I live in Southern California where we are all going to die from draught. I've been lurking the board for a few years, but only recently through the Where the Big Boys Play podcast became more aware of the community and how much depth of knowledge there is. My great grandma in Mississippi introduced me to wrestling in 1990 when she would scream obscenities at heels during WCW Main Event. From there I remained a diehard WCW fan until they folded in 2001. I casually watched WWF but growing up I thought you had to choose to support one promotion over the other, like sports teams, so I chose WCW. After WCW was bought out I lost interest in wrestling until 2008 when I started very casually watching the classic All Japan 90's matches (I don't even remember how I heard about them) and got into the Jericho vs Michaels feud that summer, and the CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy feud the next summer. For some reason The Rock coming back in 2011 really re-ignited my interest in modern wrestling, and since it has been one of my major hobbies along side napping, running, and playing music. I currently follow NJPW and Dragon Gate, casually follow WWE, and whatever other treats I hear about. Most of my watching is devoted to older material of the 80s and 90s. WCW is my favorite promotion of all time, specifically 1990-1994, but I celebrate the entire run of the promotion. The juxtaposition of absurd nonsense and serious working, combined with the perpetual chaos and financial ruin the company was always in is endlessly compelling to me. As far as my wrestling knowledge, I know A LOT about WCW, a lot about Stan Hansen, and some about New Japan and All Japan through the 80s and 90s. But I have a horrible memory so that might be worthless. My favorite things in wrestling are grizzled veterans destroying young up-and-comers, and midcard workhorses. My favorite current wrestler is Heath Slater. All time favorites are 3. Arn Anderson/Bobby Eaton 2. Dean Malenko 1. Stan Hansen. My favorite matches are 3. Flair/Funk I Quit 2. Malenko/Benoit Hog Wild 1. Hansen/Kawada 2/28/93. I'd like to contribute positively to the forum in some way, and I'm excited to learn and interact with people who like wrestling.