WWF - World Wrestling Federation...

Last week, happened to talk to a fren about WWF (World Wrestling Federation) and realised that both of us loved to watch wrestling when we were younger. It used to be quite popular on videos in the early 90s.

I was pretty surprised that my fren cld quote all the names like Hulk Hogan who always the Last Man Standing despite being bashed beyond recognition, The Ultimate Warrior who is the Righteous one, King Kong Bundee the fat bouncy one, The Million Dollar Man with a golden cape always adequately dorned with $ signs, The British Bulldogs, The Bushwhackers (that licks each other...eeks), The Undertaker with coffin, Yokozuna, Sumo size managed by Mr Fuji, etc, etc...the list goes on...

Both of us had a fun time mimicking the different characteristics of the wrestlers. I din realise that all those were paid to stage a show till it was featured on TV. This fren of mine is pretty good at mimicking indeed, I laughed, almost till I teared...

My family used to rent video tapes, esp my late grandma who simply loves the matches. She was always asking for new tapes whenever she stayed over. A typical weekend with her wld be: after a delicious meal of mee cooked with vegetables, pork, fishball by mum, we wld curl up in the living room and watch the wrestling matches. Shouting foul whenever Hulk Hogan was sneaked attacked by the bad guys. And hooray whenever the Ultimate Warrior came on screen...

Nowadays, the matches are being shown on TV, not sure why, but it seemed that we have lost the enthusiasm already. Or perhaps we have got other committments to fulfil or stuffs to attend to. Neverthless, it will always be another memorable part of my childhood...

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