When was kayfabe dead to you

[Ill Lou Malnati]

my uncle did this shyt to me. He was loud and adamant about it, too. Pointed out shyt like wrestlers stomping their foot when they throw punches, signaling moves.....

Selfish b*stard. I think he's always had a grudge against it or something.

It's odd, too. I grew up in a wrestling watching family. One of my fondest memories was of my grandmother hysterically trying to convince my grandfather (his parents, naturally) not to take a shotgun and drive to memphis after seeing Eddie Gilbert hit Jerry lawler with a car.

Eddie Gilbert runs over Jerry Lawler - YouTube

So I have no idea why my "I wish i was JJ from Good Times" ass uncle grew up with a grudge.

I mean, damn, just let a kid enjoy shyt.

EVERY time my grandparents came to visit he would always tell me it was fake. That's almost like being told Santa Claus isn't real.

"You know that's all bullshyt, right? I just want to make sure you're aware of that. "

Me:

 

[Popi]

When Hall and Nash would 'crash' Nitros....but had live mics and TV time.

 

[Heelish]

First watched WWF as a kid during the New Generation era & thought it was real. Undertaker & Doink had me shook knew wrestling was fake sometime during the Monday Night Wars

 

[3Rivers]

I was a youngin, it went something like this

dad:"you know that shyts fake right"

me:

*while watching*

dad "aww get the fukk outta here, you mean to tell me a motherfukker's gonna get thrown to the ropes...and then run back

me: bu..

dad:

Funny thing is he admits to watching wrestling as a kid

 

[The Push Man]

'Taker vs Jake at 'Mania. Jake is outside hassling Bearer and out comes 'Taker, spins him around, picks him up, next stop Tombstone city, drives Jake's head...softly into his thighs

 

[TRIPLE M]

when i first flipped to UWF and saw them fighting at a Marriot

 

[MikelArteta]

but nah when i saw chris benoit at pizza pizza signing autographs, i realized it was fraud, my childhood

 

[Grifter]

It started with Undertaker becoming a biker and saying fukk the Deadman shyt.

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

The roll up pin Austin gave Owen hart at SummerSlam 97
*Austin gives Owen Hart the worst looking roll up pin I've ever seen in my life pins him 1-2-3*
Me: wrestling is fake?

But it had to be done because of Austin's neck, really situation
[ame]http://youtu.be/BuTJzb66TlM[/ame]

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

when the rock beat triple h for the IC title

 

[NYChase718]

i started watching on and off around 1995....by the time i was 10 the attitude era was in full form and thus due to vince russo's booking it was never real to me dammit!

 

[Silkk]

When I saw the hitman wrestling with shadows documentary and how everyone was just chilling in the back.

This but it was Beyond The Mat

 

[stepbackj34spud]

When May Young or whatever her name is gave birth to the hand. I don't remember how old I was, but that was it.

 

[Newzz]

When Mankind became "Dude Love".....it was officially over for me.

 

[Bud Bundy]

When did you go from to

For me....it was PAPA SHANGO...that shyt was too silly for me to buy into...like "hold up this dude is supposed to be using magic and shyt? why would he even wrestle...? Why would ultimate warrior wrestle him "

Hogan always hulking up just in time had me right before this...but shango was too silly for anyone but the youngest marks...that..and the bigbossman...i have cops in my family and i thought as a kid "why is this policeman a wrestler too? "

They lost me with undertaker for the same reasons you listed for Papa Shango. So Paul Beaurer can control a dead guy and all he could think to do with him is wrestle other dudes. What the hell is he gaining from doing all that?