Comments on: Never before seen Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant WWF photos from 1981! https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2018/09/06/never-before-seen-hulk-hogan-and-andre-the-giant-wwf-photos-from-1981/ Chronicling the complete history of videogames, computers, technology, and pop culture since 2003 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sharon Hill https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2018/09/06/never-before-seen-hulk-hogan-and-andre-the-giant-wwf-photos-from-1981/#comment-342511 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:23:09 +0000 https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/?p=8275#comment-342511 I was there also, about 14 then. I have more pictures stashed away somewhere.

]]> By: DMcCunney https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2018/09/06/never-before-seen-hulk-hogan-and-andre-the-giant-wwf-photos-from-1981/#comment-40050 Thu, 06 Sep 2018 21:26:33 +0000 https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/?p=8275#comment-40050 I was never a wrestling fan, though a kid I knew way back when was, in the days when folks like Bruno Sammartino, Asian wrestler Gorilla Monsoon and “Haystack” Calhoun were the leading stars. It came as no surprise here that matches were scripted with predetermined winners, and complex good vs evil story lines. I saw an interview with a couple of the chaps who write the scripts a while back, talking about the talent, where one just needed bullet points to hit when he was declaiming in the ring, while another needed to have everything he would say carefully written out , but in simple lines easy to memorize. I believe most of the audience knows it’s scripted, and some take pride in their ability to predict where the scripts will go.

It’s theater, they’re *actors*, and they’re putting on a *show*. I have no interest in that sort of theater, but I recognize ability and skill when I see it, and those guys are top athletes.

A friend used to live over on the west side of Manhattan beyond Madison Square Garden, where WWF events got held. He commented that he could generally tell what was in the Garden that day by the crowd gathered outside, with one exception – he couldn’t tell the heavy metal fans from the wresting fans. That was no surprise, since it was basically the same audience for both.

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