I remember going to my first live show in June '96, and one of the first things my dad told me that wrestling goes through cycles, where in the mid 80s it was so huge with Rock n Wrestling and Hulkamania, then it just disappeared. Don't know how that's relevant, I just thought I'd share an anecdote.
Hey, another anecdote: first match I ever saw in person that night in Rockford was the battle of future locker room fuckwads, Bob "Spark Plug" Holly losing to Justin "The Hawk" Bradshaw.