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Post by Shameful_Lobsterhead on Mar 19, 2011 10:07:03 GMT -5
Nope; the way my personality is, I could go alone and still have a great time.
Everytime I went to a event for whatever promotion is was either with Family Members or my Friends.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2011 10:12:15 GMT -5
At the very least, I always had my wife or my brother with me. It's something I like and always want to share in it. Plus it's a live event, which is always better than what's on TV. Like the guy said on the AWA DVD about Verne Gagne, Wow, Verne Gagne's coming to town to wrestle live! The guy I see on TV every Saturday! This is about as cool as, say, Clark Gable or Jimmy Stewart coming to your hometown to do theater.
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Post by froggyfrog on Mar 19, 2011 11:27:34 GMT -5
I would never go alone to a show. Never.
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Post by sshfof on Mar 19, 2011 17:51:48 GMT -5
as long as there is inexpensive beer, you could have a good time!
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Post by Big L on Mar 19, 2011 19:19:56 GMT -5
Lol no
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Post by jadison on Mar 19, 2011 19:22:16 GMT -5
You may end up making a new friend. Plus, we're wrestling fans. Not very high on the social totem pole to begin with. Go to the show and enjoy yourself. If nothing else, bring a notebook and pretend to write during the show and say you're reporting for a newz site. Hah! Wow that is a great idea. I'm definitely doing it next time I'm at a show by myself, because it is super awkward at WWE shows when you're surrounded by children and parents and you're a mid 20 year old in the by yourself in the middle of it all holy shit run on sentence Plus I'd probably actually write and submit it to PWinsider or something anyway. |
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Post by Chainsaw on Mar 19, 2011 19:27:07 GMT -5
The next time I go to a show, I'm wearing my Dr. Wagner Jr. mask, a sportscoat and slacks, and a turtleneck, like I'm a luchador out in public. THAT will surely not make me a loser when I go by myself!
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Post by Bushwick on Sept 9, 2011 21:51:15 GMT -5
Sorry to bump an old thread, but it's not like the topic is irrelevant or anything. Hope I'm not breaking a rule.
Anyway, there is a Raw house show coming to El Paso in a couple of weeks. I haven't been to a WWE show in years but have become a lot more interested in the product in the past year, especially after the rise of CM Punk. Anyway, I don't know any wrestling fans around here. Stuff like movies I wouldn't feel weird going alone to, but it might be strange at a wrestling show where you are supposed to be loud and crazy.
Anyone else have extra thoughts on the matter? Also any forum members from the El Paso area who are thinking about checking the show out?
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Sept 9, 2011 21:55:08 GMT -5
...No? Why would doing something you love make you a loser? Well how often do people go to concerts or the movies (at night) by themselves? It's just awkward, since everyone else there is in a group or couple. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 9, 2011 22:06:18 GMT -5
zombie thread! Zombie thread! KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE!
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Sept 9, 2011 22:09:07 GMT -5
...No? Why would doing something you love make you a loser? Well how often do people go to concerts or the movies (at night) by themselves? It's just awkward, since everyone else there is in a group or couple. When I was in college, I went to the movies by myself plenty of times. I wanted to see something, nobody I knew wanted to go with me. Besides, I go to the movies to see a movie, not talk to somebody. That's my 2 cents, anyway. |
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Post by BatPunk on Sept 9, 2011 22:10:43 GMT -5
I go to shows mostly by myself. Honestly, I usually enjoy it more that way.
However, I am a bit of a snob when it comes to getting tickets. If I cant get seats in the first few rows, I tend not to go, because the guys who are in the first, say 3-4 rows, are the dedicated fans and are just my type. People in these rows, I've found, are almost exactly the same type of crowd, whether it's WWE here in Australia or ROH in NY or Dragon Gate in Japan. And I've made some really good friends who I speak with often.
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Post by J.O.B. Squad on Sept 9, 2011 22:52:57 GMT -5
I normally go to shows alone when it comes to wrestling since I don't know alot of people who are into it,which is fine with me I get into it just the same as if someone else was there for me.
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Post by Jazzman on Sept 9, 2011 23:29:13 GMT -5
The only crappy part about going to shows alone is if you have a long drive, that can make it hard.
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Post by unoriginalalex on Sept 9, 2011 23:30:37 GMT -5
No, it doesn't make you a loser, what makes you a loser is when you have (really good) free tickets and you practically have to beg YOUR OWN FATHER, to go with you like I have had to do, hahaha.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2011 23:36:54 GMT -5
I can't go by myself. I feel wayyyyy too weird being by myself in a crowd of people I don't know. I almost ended up in that situation a few years ago at a Smackdown taping when my buddy backed out because of work on the day before and I was scrambling. I ended up giving my second ticket to my cousin, who already had tickets but they were worse seats.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2011 23:47:28 GMT -5
I'm probably going to Raw in Kansas City alone in about 2 weeks.
It makes me feel like kind of a loser, but I'd probably feel like a bigger loser watching it at home knowing I could have been there.
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Post by Dean-o on Sept 9, 2011 23:51:30 GMT -5
Of course it doesn't make you a loser. Just like going to the movies by yourself doesn't make you a loser.
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Post by molson5 on Sept 10, 2011 0:12:34 GMT -5
It's a different experience, and it might be a little awkward at first. But if you can get past that, there's definitely some advantages....you might end up with a better ticket, up closer, where there was a random odd seat available. It's also kind of nice to do things completely on your schedule, and it can be fun to completely lose yourself in the crowd, and the event, without the distraction of being all chatty with a friend.
Certainly though, don't let being alone stop you from going to an event you want to go to. You're not any less of a loser if you sit and watch the show by yourself at home. You're actually much less of a loser if you go, because you're not worried about such things as "looking like a loser". And as others have said, ya, these are wrestling fans at these shows. Not the top of the totem pole socially anyway.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Sept 10, 2011 13:44:29 GMT -5
I've been to 2 TV tapings completely by myself and I didn't regret them one bit. I can get excited and get into the show without feeling self-conscious. In short, I'd rather be there by myself than be there with someone who doesn't want to be.
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