I have opportunity to take my 5-yr old tonight. Would this deal be too “mature” for the kid?
I assume there are going to be tons of w.t. drunks screaming obscenities, but we can get up & move if we are seated next to them I guess.
What about announcers, and the performers on the microphones themselves? Are there going to be profanity-laced tirades, etc?
And most importantly, are we going to see any slutty, scantily-clad hotties?
I’ve seen WWE twice. Once, it was a small venue in a smaller town and it was pretty mellow. However, I was also at a live performance of Monday Night RAW a few years back and it was pretty nasty. A woman and her young son did indeed walk out. Almost the entire arena was chanting back and forth at each other - I can’t remember the exact chant, but it most definitely contained the F-word.
I don’t think you will hear profanities from the announcers or the performers, since it is broadcast live as well. I think the crowd could be bad though…probably depends a bit on the particular crowd though.
You will see scantily clad women though. That’s pretty much a guarantee with wrasslin.
I have been to these events, as a fan when I was a lil guy, and as a camera man as well. To be honest I don’t think the crowd is any worse than your average NFL crowd. This is “family” entertainment, the language won’t be that bad. If your seats are back a ways the kids ain’t going to see a whole lot anyhow. Would I take my son? I guess. Let’s face it. The kid has heard a lot of those words already.
I went once years ago when I was in college, would agree that the crowd is probably no different than the average NFL/NHL crowd. I saw Rowdy Roddy Piper in the main event, saw Nikolai Volkov sing the Russian national anthem while the Iron Sheik stood at attention, and Iron Mike Sharpe, who insisted on being introduced as Canada’s Greatest Athlete. Good times.
Dude, you are dating yourself with that post! 
The only time I went was as a kid and I saw some of those same guys as well as Andre the Giant - HE WAS HUGE!
This was all pre Wrestlemania 1
Saw Andre, Big John Studd and Hulk Hogan many years ago. Interestingly, when the wrestlers would walk to the ring they would be flanked by arena security. All of them, except Andre, looked no bigger than the biggest security guards. However, Andre made the same large security guards look small. He was truly massive. Imagine how he would have been perceived had he been born 1000 years ago - a true giant.
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In high school, my best friend’s dad would take us most Tues nights to the Louisville Gardens for rasslin’. The Moondogs, Jerry Lawler, Billy “Superstar” Dundee, Austin Idol, etc. It was great. He would buy us 20oz Fall City beers, and on the way home we’d each eat a sack of 10 White Castles. Everyong at school knew to stand clear of us on Wed mornings.
But to answer the OP’s question, you’re going to hear profanity and rude comments.
When I was between 5 and 8 my dad used to take me to “las luchas”, same crowd screaming obscenities but different language. VERY good memories of the two of us hanging out.
I went to a few as a kid, WFF stuff, Rick Rude, Texas Tornado, Ultimate Warrior, Road Warriors, etc.
As an adult, I embarrassingly went to the WCW pay-per-view event with the triple cage match with DDP. Big Boppa Bump was pretty funny. Saw Ric Flair as we were entering the building. I think the highlight for me was being the only one in the building that had showered that day. I felt kinda special. The other highlt was the guy in front of (also an adult) going absolutely ballistic with his “Ro-gaine” (instead of Ho-gan) chant when Hollywood Hogan was wrestling. The dude was serious about his harrassing chant.
Every since that day I’ve felt as though I have been battling to get back those 5 IQ points I lost.
I’m certain I’ll take my son to a WWE event, but not likely until he’s ~10. Right now, he’s 7yo and a huge Rey Mysterio Jr fan (I bought him a 3 DVD set for Xmas), but we don’t routinely watch wrestling. When he has a buddy spend the night on friday, they usually watch, but that’s it for our viewing.
I, too, saw Volkov in Maine. Must have been circa 1975, but that’s a guess. Also had Tony Garea and Dean Ho on the card, if memory serves. Funny thing to me was that while of course it’s fake, the part that’s real is the size of the actors. They’re huge. Guy behind me takes his shirt off and starts taunting Volkov to fight.
Not sure if you guys remember Degeneration X from several years ago? DX consisted of The Road Dog, BadAss Billy Gunn, X-Pac, Chyna, and Triple H, among others. So, I’m working at a small outdoor sports store in northern MN about five years ago and X-Pac walks in with his wife and kids. It was cold, dark, and a very low sales evening…no customers were in the store at the time. It was the damndest thing. I got his autograph and outfitted he and his family with clothing for a family ski trip.