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My WWE Hall of Fame

WWE Logo All throughout this blog, I have talked about different parts of the wonder that is the WWE. From the pay-per-views to titles to different factions that ran each era, WWE has always been full of life and love. In this post, I am going to talk about the things I love about WWE ever since I was a little girl. My father has been watching WWE since he was a young boy, and he shared his love of the sport with me and my sisters growing up. We have gone to different events (Raw, Smackdown, Wrestlemania!) and met various superstars. I remember going to meet and greets to get autographs! Wrestling has always been in my family, and I don’t remember a life without it nor do I ever want to know of it. The Bella Twins My favorite diva wrestlers have always been the Bella Twins and Mickey James. They were such great wrestlers and performers. They always made me feel like I could do anything. My favorite male wrestlers definitely varied as I got older. I remember growing up I loved Jeff Hard...
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Different Eras

Golden Era Superstars The first real era worth mentioning is the Golden Era, beginning in 1984. At this point, WWE was still WWF, and Hulk Hogan was kind of the main face of this era. Notable names include Roddy Piper, Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior, Ric Flair, Sgt. Slaughter, and Andre the Giant. This era lasted until 1992, and this was when Wrestlemania was becoming popular and pay-per-views were taking off. This is also when WWF became known as some wrestlers were even appearing in movies.  The next era was the New Generation era which began in 1992. The brightest star of this era was Bret Hart, though there were many famous people, such as Shawn Michaels, Owen Hart, Goldust, and The Undertaker. Around this time, Monday Night Raw became a thing while many of the Golden Era stars left to go to WCW. In 1997, this era came to an end and began my personal favorite era of them all. Attitude Era Superstars The Attitude Era began in 1997 with Stone Cold Steve Austin leading the pac...
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The LWO

  Eddie Guerrero and the LWO As stated in my post labeled “Factions,” the LWO is one of the numerous groups that comes out during the WWE matches. LWO stands for the Latino World Order, which is a play on the NWO (New World Order) started by Hulk Hogan and others in 1996. The LWO’s first run was short but memorable in WCW as it was started in 1998 and ended in 1999. The man who started it all was Eddie Guerrero. Guerrero was probably one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, but he truly did not get the recognition he deserved until his death. When he started the LWO, almost every Mexican wrestler at the time was a part of it. Names included La Parka, Juventud Guerrera, Silver King, and El Dandy. The other star of the show was Rey Mysterio, who was forced to join when he lost a match against Guerrero with the stipulation that he had to join. While this group did not last long, their impact was grand. The main reason the LWO disbanded was because of Eric Bischoff’s issues with Guer...
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Representation in WWE

Asian Culture in WWE In WWE, there has always been representation of other cultures. The main ethnic group showcased has to be the Samoans. The Samoans are a part of the Pacific Islander group, and there are a lot of them who have wrestled in WWE history. To start, High Chief Peter Maivia debuted in wrestling in 1962. His daughter married Rocky Johnson, which is how Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is part Samoan. Afa and Sika Anoa’i were brothers with Peter Maivia, and they were the Wild Samoans Tag Team. Roman Reigns’ dad is Sika Anoa’i while Samula is the son of Afa. Other Samoans include Tonga Kid, who is Umaga’s Brother and Yokozuna who is Rikishi's cousin. Rikishi had Jimmy and Jey Uso and Solo Sikoa. The Anoa’i family is very large and confusing, and there are so many more that I have not even listed. Samoan Family Asian representation is a big part of WWE as well. My favorite Asian wrestler is Asuka. She screams and no one knows what she is saying, but you can tell how much wrestl...
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Factions

(left to right) Jimmy Uso, Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Solo Sakoa, Jey Uso While I was going to do this post on The Bloodline, I realized how many factions were involved in WWE. Yes, The Bloodline has been a lot of WWE recently, but as my dad said… they are slowly losing traction and becoming less of the ‘main drama’ on the show. Factions are groups of wrestlers in their own ‘cliques,’ and there are many of these factions that can be recalled throughout the years. The Bloodline is run by Roman Reigns as the ‘Tribal Chief’ because of his Samoan background–the numerous ethnicities of WWE are what I want my next post to be about. Jey Uso joined Roman next as the ‘Right Hand Man’ with his twin brother Jimmy. Paul Heyman became Reign’s ‘special counsel’ or ‘wise man.’ Solo Sikoa, the Uso’s younger brother, joined the Bloodline later. Recently, Sami Zayn made it his goal to ruin the Bloodline. He joined as a fake member, gaining their trust before beginning to crumble the tribe from within. Now...
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