For me it's like this:

NOW: Edge, Jeff Hardy, Triple H, Randy Orton, Mr. Kennedy, Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles, Chris Sabin

THEN: Stone Cold, The Rock, Razor Ramon, Mankind, Chris Jericho, Buff Bagwell, "Flyin'" Brian Pillman, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan

Now, hmm i don't really watch it anymore.

but back in the 80's i loved the von erichs, kerry/kevin/david.
the freebirds, Kamala, iceman anyone from the wccw

now as for the wwf of the 80's and 90's Jake the Snake, Sgt Slaughter, the Rock, Stone Cold, Kane, Y2J and The Bigslow.

Is Lita still a part of the WWE?

LOL, I love it how kujo's then wrestlers are all still somewhat recent, Rock, Stond Cold, etc. Wow that makes me feel old ;)

My all time favorite is still the Ultimate Warrior, he was a blast to watch in the 80's, I always enjoyed Hard Foundation, Andre the Giant, Hacksaw Jim Dougan and of course Hulk Hogan!

Now? What little I see now kind of blends together, they all appear almost the same to me, very little personality anymore.

then:
- Bret Hart ~ best technical wrestler ever!!
- Ultimate Warrior ~ dude was so out of control!!
- The Undertaker ~ how old is this guy?
- The Rock ~ the reason WWF was so popular the late 90s
people just LOVED to hate him!! :D His quotes are classic!!
"IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS JABRONI!!!" :D

now:
I dont watch wrestling anymore
What ever happened to Brock Lesnar?

Now: Christian (Cage) & C.M. Punk

Then: "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, Brian Pillman, Chris Candido (all R.I.P.)
Demolition (Ax, Smash & Crush) eventhough I never saw them "live"

Chris Benoit is my favorite wrestler. Ever. Period.
Old(er) wrestlers I loved-
Booker T in WCW.
Dean Malenko
Chris Jericho
Blitzkrieg
Sandman/Hak
Saturn
Hart Foundation
Demolition (I actually liked them more than LOD as a kid)
Ric Flair
Arn Anderson
Ronnie Garvin
Honky Tonk Man
Sgt. Slaughter

Is Lita still a part of the WWE?
Her last match was this past Sunday at the Survivor Series. She plans on getting into acting and singing with her band
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Dumas



What ever happened to Brock Lesnar?
He and WWE sued each other but the lawsuits were recently settled
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_lesnar#Lawsuit_with_WWE

LOL, I love it how kujo's then wrestlers are all still somewhat recent, Rock, Stond Cold, etc. Wow that makes me feel old ;)...

I though that was pretty funny too, Man I must be getting old too…

Anyway I think my favorite back in the day was Rowdy Roddy Pipper (who I really hope gets well!), I think I started liking him mostly because I come from a Scottish family and he wore a kilt, but as I grew older I really dug his stage personality…

I also liked The Hulk, Andre the giant, Jake the Snake, Sgt Slaughter (of course), and many others from the early days…

I really don’t watch wrestling anymore, except very sporadically, so I have no current favs… I mostly only watch if one of the old schoolers comes back for a bout and I find out about it (Like the Sarge, or Hulk, or something)

I'm an old-timer too. :) My faves were Sgt Slaughter, Hulk Hogan, the Road Warriors, Rowdy Roddy Piper, and the Undertaker. I don't watch rasslin' much anymore, but I really liked Eddie Guerro (too bad he died - he was darn entertaining).

Then - Ultimate Warrior, Brutus the Barber Beefcake

Then.1 - Sting, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Kerry Von Erich, The Road Warriors

Then.2 - NWO, Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mankind, DX

Then.3 - Anybody involved with ECW or former ECW Wrestlers

Now - Anything Ring Of Honor related

My faves:
RAVEN
kidman
psychosis
la parka
macho man
jake the snake
mankind
jimmy snuka
j.y.d.
george steel
rowdy roddy piper
The undertaker (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when
Ultimate warrior
nasty boys
lod/road warriors
demolition
sting
chyna
on a side note, though I don't care for the characters, as people b.a. billy gunn, hogan, the rock, jim dugan, DDP, and the bushwackers are all hella nice guys. They have my never ending respect. Especially billy gunn and the rock. He's the man. There's a long involved story involving a real loser and the rock (though not involved, but being masquaraded as), and b.a. billy gunn. So, the rock and billy gunn rule. They are truely great people.

My favorite was the Ultimate Warrior, also liked Demolition and the Undertaker.

I don't watch it much anymore, but I watched most of the 80's.

Then:
The Hart Foundation (Mostly the Hitman)
Demolition
Strike Force
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
"Macho Man" Randy Savage (His early days)
Ultimate Warrior
Hulk Hogan (early days)
"Rowdy" Roddy Pipper
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Junk Yard Dog
Paul Orndorff
To name some of them.

Now;
The Undertaker
Kane
HHH
Shawn Michaels

Back in the old days, they had a lot less drama/talk and more wrestling. Now it's more drama/talk, and extravagant entro's than wrestling. Which is fine, but I prefer the wrestling over the drama/talk.

Mine..ooooh....I do like to watch this.. but I don't no longer have the channel anymore.. :(
Anyways... heres mine:
Now: John Cena, Triple H "The Game"
Then: Ultimate Warrior

I really didn't care much for anyone else.. I quickly learned in Wrestling that once you attach yourself to a favourite and his butt gets dumped by the federation.. your left kind of needy.. like "who do I pick next" this then leads to a betrayal on your previous favourite which I dont like ;)

Anyone here remember the Rockers Tag Team... damn they were quick.. and I'll never forget the day my mate Ian came round to my house to explain they werent a tag team no more cause Shawn Michaels had kicked his partner through the window of Brutus the barber beefcakes shop window :o Lmao..

And people say there was more wrestling in the previous generations .. c'mon the wrestling stage has always had drama.

LOL
I was a warrior then, but I loved Demolition, Macho Man, Undertaker, Bret, Hogan...
Now my favorite wrestlers are Edge, Michaels, Angle, Styles, Benoit,

lol I also feel old here. Some of yoru classics I never heard of. lol I would say george the animal steele,king kong bundy,british bulldogs,andre the giant,ricky steamboat,hulk hogan of course and really the list goes on and on.

old: Ultimate Warrior / Bret Hart

Now: John Cena / Batista

Old: Macho Man - he was THE man. I also liked Razor Ramon, he was pretty cool.

I don't watch anymore, so I don't have a "Now" choice.

Then:
Hulk Hogan
Demolition
Undertaker
Razor Ramon
Diesel

Now:
Triple H
Mr. Kennedy
Hulk Hogan
Undertaker

Okay, time to show my age:

WAAAAAAY BACK WHEN:
-Rock N Roll Express
-Midnight Express (them and R&R Express had some CLASSIC matches!)
-Road Warriors
-The Four Horsemen (Flair, Arn, Tully Blanchard, Ole Anderson)
-Hulk Hogan
-Macho Man Randy Savage
-Undertaker
-Fabulous Freebirds

MORE RECENT:
-The Outsiders/nWo
-Undertaker
-Taz
-APA


NOW:
-Undertaker
-Rob Van Dam
-DX
-Cryme Tyme (yo yo yo, pop a 40 and check your Roley!!)
-Sabu

I actually just got done watching the Rowdy DVD just came out. He was something else. He was one of my faves. I am a little old school myself. I wasn't a tv junky much but when I was real young I got to see a lot in person. I alsways loved watching them but then I saw one guy in a gym who was going to the television market who just seemed different to me and that changed me to a tv guy. It was a guy named Sting. So now my list:



Then Then:
Sting
Lance Von Erich
Kevin Von Erich
Kerry Von ERich
Ice Man King Parsons
Rowdy Piper
Andre
Midnight Express
Rock N Roll Express (Their scaffold match is being transferred to DVD from tape by my mom here in a couple weeks it rocked)
Ronnie Garvin
Ricky Steamboat
Arn Anderson
Michael Hayes


Then:
Sting
Rowdy Piper
Kevin Von Erich (side note: I saw Chris Von Erich two days before his death and I asked him if he could help me get Kevins autograph he seemed a little disheartened by that kills me still to look at the picture I have with Kevin)
Chris Adams
The Fantastics
Brutus Beefcake (Got to see them a day before his accident my best friend at the time had a house across the lake from Hogans)
Lex Luger
Arn Anderson
Bret Hart
The Steiner Brothers
The Juice

Now:
NWO red
Sting
Kurt Angle
Piper
Rey
Mike Awesome
Eddie Guerrero
Chris Benoit


Now Now:

Sting (Who I finally recently met and had pictures taken with him and my kids, he was so nice it was worth waiting 20 pus years)
Kurt Angle
John Cena



That's the lists wrestling I know can't shut me up about it.



ttfndude

Then:
HulkHogan
BretHart
BushWackers

Now:
The Undertaker
The Rock
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Triple H
John Cena
HardyBoyz
Eugene( I liked him when he wasn't psycho, like he acts now)
Mick Foley
Batista
Rey Mystero
Rob Van Dam
C.M. Punk

T
BushWackers


Man, I always loved their entrance. :) Arms pumping and their missing teeth.

It's hard to believe that the Bushwhackers were once the blood-thirsty Sheepherders. Talk about a 180 ;)