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Today is the final day of Wrestlemania 42. This may not mean anything to you. Heck, it hardly means anything to 40-year-old me. But for Little (I’ve never been that) Younger Zachary, it would have been the highlight of the spring calendar.
Like any proper quadragenarian, I am now trying to recapture that youth. As a result, this past year I did a deep dive on Ebay for the old WWF Hasbro action figures I once bashed together in dream matches on the living room coffee table. When I came up for air,
well…
Back in the early 90s, my Dad—he a veteran of old Verne Gagne vs The Crusher or Dr. X clashes—took me to a Target Center house show where we saw the immortal Hulk Hogan team up with Rowdy Roddy Piper to take on the nefarious “Nature Boy” Ric Flair & Sid Justice in the run-up to Wrestlemania VIII.
A few years later, we went to the Fargodome and witnessed the likes of Bret Hart & Bam Bam Bigelow (his flying headbutt off the top rope—he was 350+ lbs—was incredible) mix it up.
Last week, a Shawn Michaels documentary dropped on Peacock. This coming week, Netflix will give the Hulkster a similar treatment. Hey, if all the Disney Channel Kids (TM) could nerd out a few weeks ago over the Hannah Montana reunion, I can do the same with my heroes of the squared circle.
Anyone out there have memories of seeing AWA, WWF, or WWE events here in the Twin Cities (or elsewhere)? Drop ‘em in the comments as we watch the Twins battle the Cincinnati Reds this afternoon.
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