What's the oddest sport you've followed?

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

When I was growing up we had one of those old c-band satelites and we started watching curling from Canada. It was actually a bit interesting.

But around 1999-2001 or so, I loved the X-Games on ESPN, especially their vert skateboarding events. It was really cool cause all the skaters were encouraging each other to top each other.

This was my favorite routine, from Bob Burnquist in 2001. Bucky Lasek had the lead with a 95, a pretty solid score. Burnquist had 3 attempts to beat it and he screwed up the first 2 attempts cause he was trying to do insane tricks to get a score high enough to beat Lasek.

This is the 3rd and final attempt, and he nailed all the tricks in one routine.

 

[EvilWayz]

Cricket.

But not by choice.

 

[NavigatorII]

Cricket.

But not by choice.

I have not. Cricket nor Lacross. I don't even know how to spell the latter. 😂 The newest craze is pickleball. That looks interesting. A combination of tennis and ping pong. 😂 I used to play racquetball on outdoor courts with no ceiling and 4 walls. Good fun and exercise. The goal was rollouts. Eff the ceiling kind.

 

[BillCutting4585]

Soccer

 

[NavigatorII]

Soccer

yes. Can I get a HELL YES!!! I can't even stomach the best of their best, the World Cup.

 

[nail1988]

Soccer

Do better

i expect more from you 😂😭😭

 

[gatordad3]

Soccer

"What kind of games you play out there in Africa, chase the monkey?"

"Yeah yeah yeah, soccer, that's a real cute sport. Especially the way they bounce that ball off their heads."

 

[EvilWayz]

I would rather watch chase the monkey than cricket.

 

[BillCutting4585]

Do better

i expect more from you 😂😭😭

😂😂😂😂

I thought it was funny myself

 

[Orangeclad]

Mine is major league baseball which actually morphed into politcal activism so much as moving their historic all star game out of a city over phony voting law blockades on black voters to then find out from back voters themselves how well their voting exprience went. Definitely an odd sport.

 

[NavigatorII]

😂😂😂😂

I thought it was funny myself

Honestly I don't anyone older than 15 who follows soccer. Hell, even they are burned out on it by that age by helicopter parents. 😂

 

[DCandtheUTBand]

Australian rules football...guys in funny hats doing gun fingers for scores. I didnt care who scored just as long as someone did and the ref would do his thing

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

Soccer

I also try to get into soccer every World Cup. While I love watching Messi, I just can't with soccer. It's too slow, it's too abstract in time management, and I can't get over the flopping. The flopping kills it for me.

 

[BamaFan1137]

I have not. Cricket nor Lacross. I don't even know how to spell the latter. 😂 The newest craze is pickleball. That looks interesting. A combination of tennis and ping pong. 😂 I used to play racquetball on outdoor courts with no ceiling and 4 walls. Good fun and exercise. The goal was rollouts. Eff the ceiling kind.

I've played pickleball...meh.

I saw "smash ball" on ESPN 2 about a year ago. I watched for like 30 minutes simply because I couldn't believe that it was on TV. Basically it is 2 teams of 2 standing around a small exercise trampoline throwing/smashing a ball down onto the trampoline.

 

[gatordad3]

I've played pickleball...meh.

I saw "smash ball" on ESPN 2 about a year ago. I watched for like 30 minutes simply because I couldn't believe that it was on TV. Basically it is 2 teams of 2 standing around a small exercise trampoline throwing/smashing a ball down onto the trampoline.

That's about the only "sport" I can hang against the much younger players.

 

[NavigatorII]

That's about the only "sport" I can hang against the much younger players.

The only game I can "hang" with the younguns is corn hole. (the bean bag toss game you degenerates). 😂

 

[gatordad3]

The only game I can "hang" with the younguns is corn hole. (the bean bag toss game you degenerates). 😂

I got my ass kicked by a couple of 10 year old kids in corn hole, and they still won't live it down.

 

[Dr. Nole]

Curling……idk why? Maybe because it’s like shuffleboard on ice…which I ‘me getting old enough to start playing!

 

[NavigatorII]

Curling……idk why? Maybe because it’s like shuffleboard on ice…which I ‘me getting old enough to start playing!

I still don't know WTF curling is, even after this thread.

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

I still don't know WTF curling is, even after this thread.

Like @Dr. Nole said it's kinda like shuffleboard on ice. The two girls that go in front of the block are called 'scrubbers' I think, and the more they scrub the ice, the faster the block will slide. When its going fast enough they stop. The person that 'throws' the 'block' tells then whether to scrub or not LOL

Despite what we've said here, it's not as stupid as it sounds and is actually pretty interesting if you watch it.

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

LMAO

 

[BamaFan1137]

I still don't know WTF curling is, even after this thread.

People who call sausage patties "bacon" slide a rock across the ice while their friend swiffers the ice. Then they drink some gross beer.

 

[EvilWayz]

People who call sausage patties "bacon" slide a rock across the ice while their friend swiffers the ice. Then they drink some gross beer.

Hey Molson XXX will put you on your ass quickly if you don't have a lot of spare time.

 

[gatordad3]

I still don't know WTF curling is, even after this thread.

It's perhaps the worst sport in the Winter Olympics.

 

[BillCutting4585]

I also try to get into soccer every World Cup. While I love watching Messi, I just can't with soccer. It's too slow, it's too abstract in time management, and I can't get over the flopping. The flopping kills it for me.

The only team, in my opinion, that is exciting to watch is Brazil. The rest I watch but only because the cup is every 4 years.

 

[Sunburnt Indian]

Walking 1/3 mile among the tatanka (buffalo) at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge at the Comancheria at age 17.

Am I stupid enough to do it today? No. Would I do it today? Not a chance. The old Comanche was my coach. I froze twice when I got bull's attention. Starting my walk, there was a boulder 100 meters at 10:00 where I planned to seek refuge if needed.

For the board's slow: 100 is a hard metric number. 17 is not.

 

[greyghost14]

I’ve never watched it, I have heard about it, crazy dumb ass crap …..

 

[NavigatorII]

Walking 1/3 mile among the tatanka (buffalo) at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge at the Comancheria at age 17.

Am I stupid enough to do it today? No. Would I do it today? Not a chance. The old Comanche was my coach. I froze twice when I got bull's attention. Starting my walk, there was a boulder 100 meters at 10:00 where I planned to seek refuge if needed.

For the board's slow: 100 is a hard metric number. 17 is not.

That's as nuts as the "run with the bulls" in Spain. 😂

 

[gatordad3]

Walking 1/3 mile among the tatanka (buffalo) at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge at the Comancheria at age 17.

Am I stupid enough to do it today? No. Would I do it today? Not a chance. The old Comanche was my coach. I froze twice when I got bull's attention. Starting my walk, there was a boulder 100 meters at 10:00 where I planned to seek refuge if needed.

For the board's slow: 100 is a hard metric number. 17 is not.

You say Tatanka? I also have Kamala, The Undertaker, and Paul Bearer.
Tatanka was kind of a bust in the old WWF. @GhostOfMatchesMalone would know more about this.

 

[skybsbll]

Lived in Japan for three years so it was Sumo. Hakuho was a beast.

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

You say Tatanka? I also have Kamala, The Undertaker, and Paul Bearer.
Tatanka was kind of a bust in the old WWF. @GhostOfMatchesMalone would know more about this.

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I followed WWF when it was doing Saturday Night's Main Event. Then in the late 80s my parents got a big ass antenna installed that could pick up stations in Mississippi and that's when I discovered NWA/WCW, World Class and UWF.

Stopped watching wrasslin' around 1990, started watching it again in 1997 or so. Started watching Nitro after the NWO angle had happened so I came in on the tail end, which was crap.

Missed the Attitude era completely. I watched Nitro till Vince bought WCW, watched WWF for about 6 months, then haven't watched consistently since 2001.

Did get hooked on 1990s All Japan Pro Wrestling a few years ago. You really need to go watch that shit. Misawa, Kenta, Kawada, they literally beat the shit out of each other. Misawa died from a heart attack in the middle of the ring after a move. Brutal as shit.

A lot of American wrestlers were there in the early 90s: Steve Dr Death Williams, Terry Gordy, Stan Hansen, Dynamite Kid, Road Warriors, but after about 1994 or so, Misawa/Kawada/Kenta (there was a 4th guy) got so popular they stopped using them.

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

BTW, the wrestling style in the 90s AJPW is called 'strong style'. The idea was that they literally beat the shit out of each other, so much that the guy that loses actually seems like the winner for taking the punishment. And they had the loser get closer and closer to winning throughout matches that the champion would have to create new moves to beat him. For instance Misawa at first could beat Kawada with a modified powerbomb. But after a few months Kawada got 'better' so Misawa had to do the same move, but drop Kawada STRAIGHT ON HIS HEAD to beat him.


They really went too far with the progression of the moves. It became legit dangerous.

 

[gatordad3]

The one exact video I refuse to watch to this day is Sid Vicious breaking leg in a match vs Scott Steiner. I heard as Sid leaped off the corner of the ring, it was probably the most horrific break as he landed in the middle of the ring.

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

The one exact video I refuse to watch to this day is Sid Vicious breaking leg in a match vs Scott Steiner. I heard as Sid leaped off the corner of the ring, it was probably the most horrific break as he landed in the middle of the ring.

I haven't seen that one and am in no hurry to watch it. Did you see the move where Seth Rollins injured Sting? I think it was a powerbomb but Sting's head hit the top turnbuckle. Ended his career in the WWF. In one of the AJPW matches, I think it was Kenta picks up Misawa like he's going to powerbomb him and runs across the ring and drops him in the corner so that his head hits the turnbuckle on the way down. It almost made me sick seeing it and still don't know how it didn't break his neck.

 

[gatordad3]

I followed WWF when it was doing Saturday Night's Main Event. Then in the late 80s my parents got a big ass antenna installed that could pick up stations in Mississippi and that's when I discovered NWA/WCW, World Class and UWF.

Stopped watching wrasslin' around 1990, started watching it again in 1997 or so. Started watching Nitro after the NWO angle had happened so I came in on the tail end, which was crap.

Missed the Attitude era completely. I watched Nitro till Vince bought WCW, watched WWF for about 6 months, then haven't watched consistently since 2001.

Did get hooked on 1990s All Japan Pro Wrestling a few years ago. You really need to go watch that shit. Misawa, Kenta, Kawada, they literally beat the shit out of each other. Misawa died from a heart attack in the middle of the ring after a move. Brutal as shit.

A lot of American wrestlers were there in the early 90s: Steve Dr Death Williams, Terry Gordy, Stan Hansen, Dynamite Kid, Road Warriors, but after about 1994 or so, Misawa/Kawada/Kenta (there was a 4th guy) got so popular they stopped using them.

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Did Misawa actually suffer from a heart attack in the ring? I only heard bits and pieces of his tag team match vs Saito and his partner whom I can't remember, that Misawa took one of those suplexes from Saito, and actually laid motionless in the ring. At least that's what I read about 12 years ago.

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

Did Misawa actually suffer from a heart attack in the ring? I only heard bits and pieces of his tag team match vs Saito and his partner whom I can't remember, that Misawa took one of those suplexes from Saito, and actually laid motionless in the ring. At least that's what I read about 12 years ago.

I had to look it up:

Reports: Japanese wrestling legend Misawa dies

Japanese professional wrestling legend Mitsuharu Misawa died Saturday from an apparent heart attack after receiving a back suplex move in a match in Hiroshima, according to multiple media reports.

www.espn.com

If I remember the story correctly, he had retired but his new company NOAH needed him to keep wrestling and I think he was the owner. I also think he had some previous injury and that's why he retired the first time, but he needed to be in the ring to draw crowds so he made the choice to keep wrestling even though he was told to stop.

 

[greyghost14]

The one exact video I refuse to watch to this day is Sid Vicious breaking leg in a match vs Scott Steiner. I heard as Sid leaped off the corner of the ring, it was probably the most horrific break as he landed in the middle of the ring.

Worse than LT on Joe Theisman ?

 

[greyghost14]

I haven't seen that one and am in no hurry to watch it. Did you see the move where Seth Rollins injured Sting? I think it was a powerbomb but Sting's head hit the top turnbuckle. Ended his career in the WWF. In one of the AJPW matches, I think it was Kenta picks up Misawa like he's going to powerbomb him and runs across the ring and drops him in the corner so that his head hits the turnbuckle on the way down. It almost made me sick seeing it and still don't know how it didn't break his neck.

Sting was in a match a long time ago with Rick Rude in which Sting broke Rudes' neck.
I think Sting dove through the ropes to the outside and either speared of shoulder blocked Rude to the metal floor where upon impact Rude suffered a broken neck.
You'd have to look it up but there is video of that actually happening.

 

[gatordad3]

Worse than LT on Joe Theisman ?

I would almost have to say so. The old saying in pro wrasslin' is, it's scripted but the injuries are real.

 

[Sunburnt Indian]

Tatanka means bison in the Lakota language.

Getting off the plane at Goose AB in Goose Bay, Labrador Friday morning, Mr. Irresistable Sweet Daddy Siki and his opponent were all laughing and buddy buddy. Friday night at the Canadian skating rink they were killing each other. Saturday morning they were all buddies again mounting their return flight to Toronto.