8 Things about wrestling we believed when we were kids

Growing up as a fan of wrestling is the best thing that can happen to one's childhood. It's awesome to see bad guys going after good guys beating them by pulling out some tactics.

Remember "Stone Cold" Steve Austin laying a beat down on Vince McMahon in a hospital or Kane and The Undertaker battling their opponents as brothers, yes that was the most remarkable things that one kid would find no trouble to remember.

The things that were presented in front of us was enough to believe that those superstars have some real heat between them.

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But while witnessing those moments, we bought those storylines in a way that they felt so real that no one could argue about. Growing up we didn't know much about behind the scenes as much as on-screen.

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#8 No assistance during matches

Wrestlers call their moves before they perform it on one another

When most of us saw wrestling for the first time in our childhood, we remember a wrestler putting down his/her opponent through a table and finally locking their finisher getting the 1-2-3-count.

While we saw it we believed that the two superstars were tearing each other apart without any cooperation of one another. Well, that wasn't the same case as we know now that all of the things that happened back then was scripted and pre-determined.

It was all done just so the two superstars should stay safe for the better good of their own. A term we weren't familiar back then as we now are is calling. This means that one of the two wrestlers call his/her move first before performing it on another superstar.

#7 The on-screen characters were real

In real life, Vince McMahon is a nice man

The characters that were portrayed by respective superstars back in the '90s made us believe that those superstars were the same in real life just as they were on-screen.

Remember Steve Austin beating Mr. McMahon, fighting every bad guy in WWE and drinking beers all night long all of that was enough to make a young fan believe, everything that was happening in front of them was just as same behind the curtains.

Due to the perfection in their character–as a heel or a babyface–if anyone sees them now, they would be forced to believe the same. During that time, portraying your character was so important that heel and babyfaces weren't even allowed to drive together due to which wrestling felt so real at that time as it now.

#6 Masked wrestlers are always masked

As soon as the show was over these wrestlers remove their masks

Remember watching Big Van Vader or Rey Mysterio in WWE they were always shown wrestling in masks.

No matter if they were making some media appearance or meeting the young fans, they were always masked. This led most of us thinking as to they always remain masked in their home or anywhere else.

It was fair to think at that time as we were only kids and we have always seen them appearing on TV with masks covering their faces. But all the adults must've known that this wasn't the same case as a matter of fact as soon as the show was over they used to remove it as they were not in character anymore.

#5 Champions take their championships everywhere they go

Seth Rollins on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart after winning WWE Championship back at WrestleMania 31

Back in the day when wrestling was at its highest peak, all of us were so passionate about it that we couldn't miss a second of it. Everything was going so right then that it was the right time to be a wrestling fan.

Remember when we were closely following our favorite wrestlers, especially those champions who were appearing on the daily shows with their respective championships. Due to which we all were forced to the thought that once they win those titles they get to keep it with them every time, everywhere. Even when they are sleeping.

The thing that made us believe this fact was that every time we saw them on TV they were actually with their championships that they had won beating their opponents –and the matter of fact was that they were given those just so they could promote the company– and every time we saw their pictures, they had that gold on their waist or shoulders which was enough to make a fan believe this point.

#4 WCW was invading WWE and the vice-versa (in-real)

This storyline was a big deal

The invasion of both brands started back in 2001. The first move was made by WCW and the second by WWE. The real deal was that Vince McMahon actually bought WCW. But on screen, it was shown that Mr. McMahon's son Shane McMahon had bought WCW. The same was confirmed by Shane when he appeared on Nitro.

This led them to present the biggest storyline in their history. The invasion started when Lance Storm appeared on an episode of Raw involving himself in a match attacking WWE wrestler. After this several invasion occurred between both brands but the most memorable of them was when Triple H and the other took a tank to invade WCW. That felt a real big deal.

This storyline between the two brands led young fans to believe that they were actually invading each other and the opposite brand had control over it. But all of us knows how it was just a storyline there was never, ever an actual invasion.

#3 Authority figures and general managers actually had power

A clear example of that is Eric Bishoff and Vince McMahon

Back in the time Raw and Smackdown had their general manager. They were shown (and still are) like they are the ones who are making matches for the shows and respective PPVs, signing superstars to the WWE and firing the ones who they don't like.

Since the time, GMs and authority figures were presented to us as the heels (though now it has changed a little bit) which led us to believe they were the real ones who were setting up these things thought it wasn't the same. The creative department and WWE writers were the real ones who were setting up these feuds for fans.

A clear example of that is Eric Bishoff and Vince McMahon. Since becoming the GM (Eric Bishoff) and the authority figure (Mr. McMahon).

#2 The Hardcore Title was actually defended 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

If you were the Hardcore champ then you have to defend it 24/7

Back at the time when Attitude Era was at its peak, the Hardcore title was introduced. The rule for the title holder was that if you are the Hardcore champion then no matter where you are what you are doing if you are the champ then you have to defend it 24/7.

The major thing in the title scene was that one can beat the champion on by just having a referee by his side. This strange rule of the Hardcore championship led us fans (at the young age) to actually believe that it can be defended 24/7 due to which the champion was safe nowhere on earth.

Due to the huge stipulation (that it can be defended anywhere in the world) of the title, many brawls were seen at the clubs, in street, backstage area, and in more places.

#1 On-screen siblings are related by blood

The Brothers of Destruction

On-screen tag teams like The Brothers of Destruction (Kane and The Undertaker), The Dudley Boyz (D-Von and Bubba Ray), many many more were shown in WWE as real-life brothers. And the matter of fact was that we people (as kids) actually believed that all of it was true, they were related by birth in real.

But now all of us know it wasn't true. There are not related by blood it's just for the screen and sake of fans.

Watching those superstars at the young age, they were presented to us as brothers who will fight together to protect each other. All of those moments felt so real back then that no one can argue about them as to they were real siblings or not.