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23 signs you were an old-school wrestling fan

With Summerslam having just ended, we’re feeling a little nostalgic.

1. You’ve ‘Hulked Up’ in celebration of something

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2. You’ve worn a jacket off your shoulders like Bret Hart

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3. The Shockmaster clip is your most viewed on YouTube

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4. You owned a foam belt

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5. As a child, you had nightmares about Doink the Clown

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6. You fondly remember Macho Man Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth’s wedding

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7. You hate Hulk Hogan. Not because he’s a horrific human being, but because of the NWO turn at Bash at The Beach

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8. You’ve uttered the phrase “Foley is God”

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9. You spent your younger days diving off ladders, hitting friends with fold-up chairs, shouting “THE PEOPLE’S ELBOW” and dishing out Stone Cold Stunners.

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10. You’ve regularly asked people if they “smell what The Rock is cooking”

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11. You’ve slept your way through school on a Monday after staying up for the Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania or one of the other main events

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12. You think WarZone on the PlayStation is the pinnacle of video gaming

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13. You always used to try to spit water like Triple H

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14. And when you weren’t doing that, you were practising ‘the People’s Eyebrow’

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15. As a child you were obsessed with the Ultimate Warrior

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16. You still can't resist the occasional celebratory 'woo!'

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17. You cried when Shawn Michaels kicked Marty Jannetty through a window

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18. The night Vince McMahon was revealed as The Higher Power was the most shocking event of your life

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19. Friday nights were RAW, Saturday mornings Smackdown. That was the way it was

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20. Your school outlawed wrestling in the yard after a botched DDT

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21. You knew life would never be the same after the 'Montreal Screwjob'

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22. You think wrestling nowadays has become tired and repetitive

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23. You totally empathised with this guy

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