{"id":9041,"date":"2022-05-19T22:08:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T22:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/?p=9041"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:07:50","slug":"hitman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2022\/05\/19\/hitman\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcda Hitman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To me there is something beautiful about a brotherhood of big, tough men who only pretend to hurt one another for a living instead of actually doing it. I came to appreciate that there is an art to it. In contrast to my father, who loved to proudly tell people who the real tough guys, or shooters, of his generation were, I can just as proudly tell you who the great workers, or pretenders, of my generation were. \u2014 Bret Hart<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Satellite TV entered my house when I was eleven. At first, I was mainly obsessed with MTV\u2019s never-ending carousel of music videos<\/a>. That was until my dad spotted a small advert in the TV section of the newspaper, letting us know that something called WrestleMania V<\/a> was showing on Sky TV that evening. The incredibly-named \u2018Macho Man\u2019 Randy Savage<\/a> was to face off against the blonde-moustached Hulk Hogan<\/a>. My brothers and I tuned in to watch, and our heads promptly exploded.<\/p>\n

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31 years ago today, The Mega Powers Exploded at WrestleMania 5, as @HulkHogan<\/a> challenged \u201cMacho Man\u201d Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Title.<\/p>\n

Please be sure to follow us through out the day as we pay Tribute To WrestleMania 5. pic.twitter.com\/xZspZaHAiE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 80’s Wrestling (@80sWrestling_) April 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n