BigBadZ
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Post by BigBadZ on Aug 18, 2013 1:37:59 GMT -5
"Mum... dad... This is gonna be hard to tell you but... I-I like wrestling." "WHAT!?" "HE SAID HE LIKES WRESTLING!?" "WHERE DID I GO WRONG?" Dad? Is that you??
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 1:42:45 GMT -5
"Mum... dad... This is gonna be hard to tell you but... I-I like wrestling." "WHAT!?" "HE SAID HE LIKES WRESTLING!?" "WHERE DID I GO WRONG?" DID YOU... DID TRY TO LIKE REAL FIGHTING?
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Post by salsashark on Aug 18, 2013 2:14:45 GMT -5
After being "in the closet" with wrestling for a long time, I'm fully open about my love for it and feel happier about that.
Now, I feel like people who are unafraid to admit or mention their wrestling fandom--especially if they openly discuss other hobbies and interests--betray the cause and make things look worse for the rest of us.
Look: I know it's not easy to be associated with wrestling, but if you are a smart, reasonable person--especially if you break wrestling stereotypes--please share just the fact that you are a fan with others. I've been told, "Wow, you always seemed too smart to be a wrestling fan," which is a hell of a backhanded compliment, but still, it indicates that there is this big stereotype that all wrestling fans are backwater hicks and overgrown manchildren, and it'd be nice for it go away in time.
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Post by cahuette on Aug 18, 2013 2:20:59 GMT -5
I have no shame in saying it if people ask me what I do for fun or what I watch on TV, but I've heard a lot of "don't you like real sport too?", I usually try to explain even if some see me as weird for it, if they have a problem with me liking a TV show they can go f*** themselves.
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Post by thegame415 on Aug 18, 2013 2:24:10 GMT -5
I came out of the entrance way about three years ago. I kept it hidden from 2003 until about 2007( I didn't watch much in 07-09). This is when I was in high school and tried to impress the ladies. That worked well....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 2:34:21 GMT -5
I used to feel that way but since I started watching again (I stopped from 06-11) I don't mind anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 2:39:14 GMT -5
The thing about wrestling is, like comic books, it's totally absurd. So I wear that absurdity on my sleeve. I love wrestling. I watch tons of it, read websites, play videogames, read books, all sorts of stuff. So when I bring it up I flat out say "Yeah. HUGE wrestling geek." But I own that thing like I own every other aspect of my personality. No one gives me crap about it. I train five days a week at an MMA gym and spend the other two bouncing at a bar with a bunch of fun loving meatheads. It's the exact group you'd expect to give you guff about it. But if you project being ashamed of your hobbies, people will hop on it and tease you about it.
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mrbananagrabber
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Aug 18, 2013 3:36:16 GMT -5
I have no problem telling people I like it, I often go overboard telling them how much I like it ("I watch six hours of wrestling a week" and "when it's good, it is THE best show on TV". Which are both true. I don't care who knows.
The pub I drink in, for example, is full if guys that know I watch it and they don't, so yeah I get some light fun poked at me ("half naked oily guys rolling around a ring together" etc) but it often leads into "those guys are insanely tough" and "it's fake but if you messed up one of those moves you'd never walk again" conversations.
I love double double E. I have since I was 14 years old and I probably always will. If you don't like that, in the immortal words of Cameron - bohbye.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Aug 18, 2013 4:56:41 GMT -5
I never hold back when asked, but I'm not too quick to mention wrestling out of the blue.
I think treating it the same as any other hobby like going to see a band, or watching every episode of television series is the best way to go about it when discussing it with others. And if they want to be an asshole about it be sure to respond with the most withering condescension.
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Post by muzzle on Aug 18, 2013 6:14:31 GMT -5
The thing about wrestling is, like comic books, it's totally absurd. So I wear that absurdity on my sleeve. I love wrestling. I watch tons of it, read websites, play videogames, read books, all sorts of stuff. So when I bring it up I flat out say "Yeah. HUGE wrestling geek." But I own that thing like I own every other aspect of my personality. No one gives me crap about it. I train five days a week at an MMA gym and spend the other two bouncing at a bar with a bunch of fun loving meatheads. It's the exact group you'd expect to give you guff about it. But if you project being ashamed of your hobbies, people will hop on it and tease you about it. I despise meatheads
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Post by #RUDO Coco Del Rio on Aug 18, 2013 7:00:34 GMT -5
I've always flaunted the fact that I was a wrestling fan in an attempt to get guys who also like or liked wrestling at one point in their lives to like me. No luck so far.
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Essential1
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Post by Essential1 on Aug 18, 2013 7:10:28 GMT -5
I usually hear "Hey isn't that for kids?"
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 18, 2013 9:31:52 GMT -5
I act like a wrestler and look like one so that helps. I cut promos often about normal everyday things. I kinda give off a cool vibe, they never ask though. This sounds far more embarrassing than being a wrestling fan. Also I just let this stuff roll off my back these days. We're not at school any more, people.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 9:37:22 GMT -5
It is definitely a mixed bag, but I find if you're a confident, intelligent person and talk about wrestling like an art form in some way (which it is) it definitely changes the way people see it. At work the other day I told someone I was going to a house show and they were like - Oh, you like wrestling? I used to watch when guys like Hogan were wrestling.
And I basically went on a small-ish monologue about how Hogan's character never really evolved beyond the same one dimensional caricature that he was at his peak and despite the fact that he's still working for a smaller promotion he refuses to add additional depth that might actually make him a more developed personality.
Stuff like that. The co-worker was like, "Huh, well, when I watched it was just guys in tights fighting."
Oh! And, just yesterday (puts on hipster glasses - as I was waiting to go see Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen perform at the Berkeley Rep) a random person stopped me in the street to say how much they loved my wrestling sleeve. So, that was cool.
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Post by Jessica Cadavre on Aug 18, 2013 9:43:09 GMT -5
My friends attempt to make fun of me being a wrestling fan, but it's mostly in good nature, since they know I really don't care what they think of it. As for the it's fake thing, I let that roll off my back more the older I get. I've been watching practically since I was born... that's 24 years. I'm aware of exactly what it is, so it doesn't matter to me what people who aren't interested in it think about it.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 18, 2013 9:46:29 GMT -5
Its very unlikely to come up, but if/when it does, I just say it's fun to watch. I don't care bout any stigma or whatever.
Self loathing that infects so many fans is odd to me
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Post by rybackrulez on Aug 18, 2013 9:50:41 GMT -5
I hate getting anything pushed in my face, so i have wrestling friends and frienss who know i like wrestling.
My girlfriend knew i liked wrestling right out the gate because she asked me what i liked.
It has got way easier for me to say i love pro wrestling the older i get
But i never jam it into people that i love wrestling so f*** off
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 9:51:37 GMT -5
I'll never tell a soul, 'cept you guys. Not even my therapist.
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Post by agent817 on Aug 18, 2013 9:54:25 GMT -5
I used to feel weird buying wrestling DVDs at a store but I don't anymore. I don't outright announce that I like wrestling. If I am out in public wearing a wrestling shirt, few would get it and if one DOES get it, then it indicates that the person is a fan. I just don't feel like I need to tell people that I am one. I am not ashamed, but why announce it if I don't need to?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 10:19:29 GMT -5
There's a joy in being the only guy in a group that likes wrestling, I love cluing people in on the more absurd storylines in wrestling. Like I'll keep people at work informed on the latest happenings in the Aces & 8s storyline, which is embarrassing enough to watch but when you find yourself laying out what's happened in that angle out loud it really sinks in just how dumb the whole thing is.
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