Kanenite Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Why is it that some people have such a major problem with Wrestling? On numerous occasions in the past 3 years I have been a victim of loving Wrestling. People have said things such as 'Why do you like Wrestling, it's crap!' but why do they do it? The other day this lad said to me 'Wrestling is crap, don't you know it's fake?'' and I just said to him 'You watch Eastenders, that is fake' but I think that what I said was very right. Some people watch Soaps and films and they are fake so why do they watch them? The bottom line is no-one is going to change my oppinion on Wrestling and I can see myself still watching it in years to come. So lets have your oppinions on why People think that Wrestling is trash and what is there problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWE Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Wrestling is Trash RAGE :P Lol, seriously now: I don't know... it's annoying and I get it too... watching football I hate it (I like playing it though) and if somebody said about Wrestling and I say about football, they look away or something... :roll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Impaler Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Its just people sterotype things like wrestling, think their too cool for skool-maybe they wont be so rude when you put them in ankle lock and break them ( just kidding), although oneof my mates did do this (its true, its true). Basically evryones differnt blah, blah, blah who cares if they dont like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Gringo Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Because they remember a few sterotypical things about wrestling that they can poke fun at... Number one it used to have men in spandex suits that 'fondeled' each other on the mat... Number two it has crazy and outlandish characters that would have been laughed at in any soap opera... And number three because they are snobs who wouldn't know real entertainment if it bit them on the ass.... If they can get as much enjoyment from old bids gossiping in a pub like in Coronation Street as I did for the 'Who Ran Over Stone Cold' angle then they are sick and twisted individuals who need a)locking up or b) shooting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.C. Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Anytime someone does this I remind myself - "Only coooool folks like the wrestling." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgehead Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 I sometimes get that crap from people at work but it really doesn't bother me cos I know that wrestling rules all and anyone who thinks otherwise should be rounded up and shot :xyx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Gringo Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 I wear a Chris Jericho T-Shirt to work.... My workmate enjoys it after finally getting back into it thanks to his kid and my boss (who is a women) loves the Rock and watches it with her boyfriend who I went to school with... All the lads at my school (who where seen as uncool and are now therefore not a)chavs, b) in prision, c) on drugs or d) on JSA where into wrestling... We even brought in our n64's and Playstations and played No Mercy and Smackdown 2 at dinner time on the portable TV in my form room much to the digust of the trendy girls and boys.... End of the day I am now in a better position and aren't a stain on society like they all turned out to be... Being a wrestling fan makes you a better person, thats a fact! That is with the following exceptions... Greenburg... Remlap... Saddam Hussian... Satan and Bon Jovi.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyo Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Whilst wrestling is great entertainment, some of the time, there is a really wholly pathetic element to it that can draw derision from people. It's the fact that a) it's not real b) the fans know it's not real c) non-fans know it's not real d) the storylines are not real e) it cannot call itself a sport any more f) it's not really drama the worst thing is: g) everyone knows it's not real yet people go crazy as if it WERE real. Real sport. We all know that Triple H vs Hurricane will be won by Triple H, and we can quite often predict how he will win it (Pedigree). We all know that when The Hurricane gets his requisite few moves in they will amount to nothing, but we still cheer Hurricane even though we know it will amount to nothing and Triple H will win. Cheering for the person you know will lose in the end, because it looks like he will win, despite EVERYBODY knowing that he won't, can make some wrestling fans look a little silly. The old "I marked out like crazy when Spanky tried a cross-body on Big Show", when you know damned well Big Show will catch and probably eat Spanky, is kinda dumb. However, my housemate, an on-off wrestling fan, has been rather impressed with the recent approach WWE has taken, and this could work with the popularity of the WWE generally. Cheers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Redman Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 The old "I marked out like crazy when Spanky tried a cross-body on Big Show"' date=' [b']when you know damned well Big Show will catch and probably eat Spanky[/b], is kinda dumb. :D Gold! I dont know why, but that made me laugh out loud so hard... But indeed. When people say "oh but its fake you know..." I just grill them about what THEY watch on TV... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyndorf Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Some breast's are also "fake", alot of them still look damn pretty though.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christof Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I don't know why its socially unacceptable, but I won't be mentioning around the office why I want August 22nd off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyndorf Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I don't know why its socially unacceptable' date=' but I won't be mentioning around the office why I want August 22nd off.[/quote'] Why not? All you're doing is getting together with a bunch of lads to watch grown men covered in baby oil bear hug one another..........................oh, I see........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christof Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 no it's worse than that. I am meeting up with a group of friends that I have met on the internet. We are then staying up until 4am to watch oiled men in spandex grapple each other. Then we'll chat about it on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beltster Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Watching wrestling is generally placed in that same category of nerds painting little led Warhammer 40K figures and going to their local 'Games Workshop' to have battles on a big table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Monkey Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Being a huge fan of wrestling, I have been met (using the words of hassan) with much predjudice!! Seriously, if people have a problem with it thats their business. I brag at work about how much I love it, and the fact that I am planning on going t WM 23. Only idiots who get no satisfaction in their own lives feel the need to ridicule. they are like school bullies. I also get the same cos i am a huge fan of rock/metal music, but meh, what are you to do?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jung Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Its like anything really, people will hate it, because they don't understand it. They don't understand what grown men and women, find great about watching sometimes terrible acting, stupid gimmicks, staged fighting, and just general over the top tomfoolery, but of course they aren't fans, so they won't ever get it. Just because they don't understand, is simply why they don't like it. And its why most after watching it a few times, enjoy it. Same can be said for people who don't like rugby, football, American football to stuff like ice skating and cricket. They don't like it, cause they don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 no it's worse than that. I am meeting up with a group of friends that I have met on the internet. We are then staying up until 4am to watch oiled men in spandex grapple each other. Then we'll chat about it on the internet. Yeah, dude! How cool are we? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I watch and participate in wrestling. I read comics. I collect Incredible Hulk, Star Wars and Muppets memorabilia. Hey, I'm Fonzie cool! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 It's easy enough to hide a love of wrestling. As long as you make sure you never miss going out to stay in and watch a show, don't use any obvious catchphrases, empty your PC's history, give yourself a wrestling related MSN name or make the rookie mistake of leaving wrestling shirts/video games/DVDs lying out in the open, you're pretty much sure not to be caught. I lived with a girl for about a year and she didn't have a clue that I was into wrestling in a big way. I kept all my wrestling products at my house, I deleted her laptop's history after every vist to TWO, WO and the like, and of course, I made sure to watch Raw/SD!/PPVs at someone else's flat. Hell, even when I was writing the Video Games Updates for W101 I told her I was "emailing friends". It's easy enough to hide that you like wrestling, and you get all the fun of stealing the best quotes. I still use HHH's "This is an A to B conversation, so C yourself out of it" when the need arrises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I'm not going to hide my love of wrestling! Sod that! If people who watch cricket :sleep, or talk about football endlessly :sleep, or follow soaps, Big Brother and who is dating who in Heat magazine can do so with head held high, then damn it, I HAVE NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFill Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I'm quite lucky living near Atlanta - it used to be a hot-bed of wrestling, so down here it's nothing to be ashamed of Pity that the WWE doesn't come through here that often now - they're actually in the UK more often than they're in Georgia :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2James Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 It's easy enough to hide a love of wrestling. I know ive been doing it for 3 years. As long as you make sure you never miss going out to stay in and watch a show, Meh, They wonder why I never go out on Friday nights and why im tired tuesday mornings, but still dont know. don't use any obvious catchphrases, I dont speak much anyway. empty your PC's history Dont know how to, its not like they check my history anyway. never give yourself a wrestling related MSN name or make the rookie mistake of leaving wrestling shirts/video games/DVDs lying out in the open my msn name is James The Butcher taken from Abdullah The Butcher but I told them it was my dream job. I dont own any shirts, everyone has the video games even non fans, my house is full of wrestling videos DVDs thats why I never let them in my house. you're pretty much sure not to be caught. Worked so far. I dd tell a friend not so long ago, this is whatt happened. Jack: You dont still watch wrestling do you? Me: Yep Jack: And you wonder why you have never had a girlfriend? Me: At least I didnt go and get anyone pregnant. Thats another story though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malaphesto Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Here's something funny. We had this project for school and we had to choose a company Me and my friend choose WWE. Somebody else came up to us and said "Why do you watch wrestling? it's just a bunch of oiled up muscular guys in speedos." umm... ok. usually when i think wrestling i think of violence and entertainment. not softcore man porn, but hey what ever makes him happy i guess 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anime Otaku Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Here's something funny. We had this project for school and we had to choose a company Me and my friend choose WWE. Somebody else came up to us and said "Why do you watch wrestling? it's just a bunch of oiled up muscular guys in speedos." umm... ok. usually when i think wrestling i think of violence and entertainment. not softcore man porn' date=' but hey what ever makes him happy i guess[/quote'] Classic!!!! :worship :worship :worship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Wrestling's cool! You've got the combination of athletes at the top of their sport and storylines that soaps would kill for, I love it!!!! :flower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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