WWE NXT star and Undisputed Era member Bobby Fish was recently a guest on Edge and Christian’s podcast, “E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness“. During the interview, the former NXT Tag Team Champ revealed what it was that drew him to professional wrestling. Fish explained that the NWA and Crocket years is what got him hooked:
(Transcription credit should go to @JonFuentesMMA for Wrestlezone.com)
For me, believe it or not, I think as far as being a fan, the golden stuff for me was NWA, the Crocket years, the late ’80s into the ’90s. Dusty, Flair, The Horsemen, Sting, Muta – the way they handled Muta eventually wasn’t fantastic, but man they got him off to a great start in the beginning. For me, I had grown up being a North East kid on WWF.
But this was so different to me, I think that’s why it stuck out. And at the time – I want to say WWF – I mean we watched everything. My dad was, when I got into wrestling, was watching it with him. It started with Sgt. Slaughter, moved on to Hulk Hogan, then Steamboat, The Bulldogs, and all that.
I think as I got a little bit older, I wanted to be cooler, I saw the – not pro wrestling in of itself doesn’t just scream ‘cool!’ But I think it was just the NWA, Crocket years stuff that really kinda hooked me.
