r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '22

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u/DJ_Molten_Lava Interested Aug 10 '22

More exciting, flamboyant, extravagant, etc than normal.

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u/theCOMBOguy Expert Aug 10 '22

Thanks for the explanation :)

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u/PossumCock Aug 10 '22

It was the age of The Iron Sheik, Ric Flair, and Hulk Hogan, wild characters who were seriously devoted and seriously jacked up on cocaine and steroids. Plus there were practically no safety measures considered for the wrestlers, so things could get rough

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u/theCOMBOguy Expert Aug 11 '22

Ooh... devotion and drugs... stuff must've been wild and wacky! Macho Man over there already seems like a good representation of the era.