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re: Adult Wrestling Fans: Help Me Understand Why You Follow This Entertainment Industry
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:20 pm to Prominentwon
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:20 pm to Prominentwon
I loved wrassling when I was a teenager. I remember my friend showing me wresting videoes from the Von Erich’s. We were surprised that the results from Wrestlemania I wasn’t published in the newspaper. I kind of had to realize that wrassling wasn’t important as a sport and was scripted. Lol. I think I was 16 years old.
I still loved the characters of MidSouth. I stayed up till midnight watching JYD.
It was fun being a kid.
I still loved the characters of MidSouth. I stayed up till midnight watching JYD.
It was fun being a kid.
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Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:22 pm to Klingler7
I still remember going to my only wrasslin match, and the JunkYardDog picked my buddy to dance with him in the ring, before the match. LOL
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:26 pm to Longstreet
It’s fun.
Seeing a guy getting genuinely offended when Flair says “my shoes cost more than your house” (and it’s probably true) is pure entertainment.
Seeing a guy getting genuinely offended when Flair says “my shoes cost more than your house” (and it’s probably true) is pure entertainment.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:35 pm to Longstreet
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Seems like there’s a pretty big fanbase.
Maybe they come out at night.
Why would any half intelligent person admit they enjoy this fake crap! 
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:44 pm to Longstreet
This is the bell curve of people who like wrestling:
People who think they are smart
Fall in the middle. Smart people enjoy it, or don’t care enough to post about it.
People who think they are smart
Fall in the middle. Smart people enjoy it, or don’t care enough to post about it.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:11 pm to Longstreet
Mainly nostalgia.
It's harder to follow nowadays though because of how scripted everything is and the focus on vanilla midgets who can't draw flies to shite. You know the business is in the shitter when the supposed "best" tag team is a couple of 175 pound rejects who couldn't even cut the mustard in TNA.
It's harder to follow nowadays though because of how scripted everything is and the focus on vanilla midgets who can't draw flies to shite. You know the business is in the shitter when the supposed "best" tag team is a couple of 175 pound rejects who couldn't even cut the mustard in TNA.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:24 pm to Korin
What tag team is that?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:32 pm to lsucoonass
Young bucks?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:33 pm to lsucoonass
I took the woman I was seeing at the time, and her kid to an event. I knew it was all fake. The kid knew it was fake. He told me the guy waiving the Iranian flag was from Canada. I was calm for a while while but then I was jumping and screaming USA! USA! With the crowd. shite was fun hoss.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:35 pm to Longstreet
Because it’s funny.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:39 pm to Overbrook
Its all predetermined, of course, but the scripting varies-- the people in the ring will usually call their way through a match, so you do get to see some of their creativity on display.
The other thing is, that unlike most fiction, at its best, it allows the viewer to choose their own adventure, in a style nothing else quite does-- fans determine who 'gets over' with a crowd, not based on just a victory or defeat that's scripted, but by how the performers interact with the crowd, and sell the job they are doing, while performing entertaining acts of athleticism.
When pro wrestling fails, is when it thwarts those impulses from its fans, to reward people with 'hard scripting', AKA, we love this giant dude in the company, we're going to make him champion, no matter what our audience wants.
The other thing is, that unlike most fiction, at its best, it allows the viewer to choose their own adventure, in a style nothing else quite does-- fans determine who 'gets over' with a crowd, not based on just a victory or defeat that's scripted, but by how the performers interact with the crowd, and sell the job they are doing, while performing entertaining acts of athleticism.
When pro wrestling fails, is when it thwarts those impulses from its fans, to reward people with 'hard scripting', AKA, we love this giant dude in the company, we're going to make him champion, no matter what our audience wants.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:44 pm to Longstreet
Jet Flyin', Limousine Ridin', Kiss Stealin', Wheelin' Dealin', Son Of A Gun.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:51 pm to Longstreet
Nostalgia.
But I’m not really following it like I used to back in high school and before my grandfather passed away. The last real conversation I had with him was about Raw. He loved wrestling.
But I’m not really following it like I used to back in high school and before my grandfather passed away. The last real conversation I had with him was about Raw. He loved wrestling.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:31 pm to Longstreet
It's a scripted drama and just like other shows I watch when it's good and I don't when it's bad.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:34 pm to Longstreet
I love pro wrestling.
DGAF who makes fun of me for it and never have.
DGAF who makes fun of me for it and never have.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:40 pm to Longstreet
Back in the day, the characters were larger than life, even on a regional/territory level. No one could whoop JYD, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Kamala, etc. in real life. They would whoop your arse in a bar fight.
I would venture to say that the Junkyard Dog was a bigger celebrity statewide than the Saints QB in the early ‘80’s in Louisiana.
I would venture to say that the Junkyard Dog was a bigger celebrity statewide than the Saints QB in the early ‘80’s in Louisiana.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:15 pm to Longstreet
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Would you watch football if you knew the outcome was already predetermined, no matter what, even though you didn’t know what the predetermined result was?
Absolutely. Why not? The entertainment value is still there, and the outcome is still uncertain.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:40 pm to W RRIOR
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The entertainment value is still there, and the outcome is still uncertain
Hell, Jim Cornette Or Skandar Akbar distracting a ref when they would be calling pass interference would be awesome.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 9:00 pm to Longstreet
I still watch it because my son likes it. I liked it when there were territories.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 9:03 pm to Ric Flair
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I would venture to say that the Junkyard Dog was a bigger celebrity statewide than the Saints QB in the early ‘80’s in Louisiana.
Do you know who the Saints QB was in the early 80s? He was a pretty big deal.
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