Wrestlemania weekend to a non fan
Apr 17, 2016 18:48:19 GMT -5
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Post by Captain2 on Apr 17, 2016 18:48:19 GMT -5
Now I don't know if it's just me but I find it really interesting to watch the reactions of people who are new to wrestling. It's a fresh take and often a new perspective. I listen to the how 2 wrestling podcast pretty much entirely for this reason. I had last tried to give my girlfriend a taste of wrestling back in 2013 and it went alright but she wasn't blown away with it. Basically the only things she remembers from 2013 was liking John Cena and The Miz (he was a face at this point) and absolutely hating CM Punk and AJ lee.
This year I subjected the poor girl to over 6 hours (I believe) of wrestling by having her watch both NXT Takeover Dallas and Wrestlemania 32. I tried to not sway her opinion in any way in order to enjoy the fresh perspective.
Some thoughts on takeover:
- Baron Corbin is massive and will probably murder Austin Aries.
-Sami Zayn is amazing and her favourite male wrestler at the moment.
-Nakamura is really odd because he looks very unkempt. She thinks he's smart though because he thought to wear a mouthguard.
-Shinsuke won her over by the end by shaking Sami's hand and showing respect. She likes him for that.
-Asuka is amazing and she's glad that she beat Bayley for the Womens championship. --She likes how Asuka isn't as young as Bayley and finds it frustrating that most of the women are so young. She wishes women stuck around like the men wrestlers do.
-Bayley's first impression came across as disengeuniune. She doesn't feel as though the person playing Bayley is actually anything like that in real life.
-Finn Balor is cool and puts a lot of effort into his body art. She was rooting for him because she comes from an Irish family.
-Samoa Joe is scary in a cool way and is a total beast.
Wrestlemania itself took forever to get through and had to be broken up into two viewings. Her thoughts were:
-She was extremely happy that Sami Zayn was in the ladder match. She wanted him to win the IC title.
-gasped audibly when Kevin Owens yelled at Sami to go back to NXT. She hates Owens now.
-she was extremely curious about Stardust and kept asking me questions about him. This naturally lead to questions about Goldust as well. I don't know if I could actually explain the whole situation well enough. She thought they were interesting.
-Was entirely confused by Ryder winning. Was sad Sami lost again.
-I can't say I could give her a neutral impression of the Jericho-Styles match because I was sitting next to her wearing an AJ hoodie.
-despite my preference for AJ the only thing she could say about him was that he has pretty blue eyes.
-she likes Jericho after watching this match and now loves yelling "you stupid idiot! " whenever he is mentioned. She was happy Y2J won.
-She thought new days entrance was interesting but she was a bit grossed out by the booty o's as they gave her an odd mental picture and she was eating reeces cereal at the time.
-She told me that Ambrose is really interesting and she wants to see more of him.
-She wasn't a fan of any of the women in the title match. She thinks it's unfair that Charlotte had Ric with her, Sasha came to the ring with Snoop Dogg and she just couldn't connect with Becky despite the Irish thing. She thought the match was really well done but she wants Asuka to come win this title too.
-she was rooting for Shane McMahon to win against Taker after watching the promo package.
-while Shane was on the cage she got really worried and asked me "someone is going to stop him right? His dad is going to come out and end the match before he jumps? He can't do this!" JR would have been proud of the commentary.
-she thinks Stephanine and Triple H have let being in charge of the WWE go to their heads and that they're kind of insane after seeing their entrance.
-Roman Reigns is boring. She didn't want Triple H to win but she didn't want Roman to win either.
-Would have rather seen Sami win the title
Phew. Anyway I held back on writing this because I didn't want to spoil the results for anyone. Then I got busy. Anyway here we are weeks later. I hope you found this interesting as a total outsiders perspective. She seems to be looking forward to payback and any future takeovers!
This year I subjected the poor girl to over 6 hours (I believe) of wrestling by having her watch both NXT Takeover Dallas and Wrestlemania 32. I tried to not sway her opinion in any way in order to enjoy the fresh perspective.
Some thoughts on takeover:
- Baron Corbin is massive and will probably murder Austin Aries.
-Sami Zayn is amazing and her favourite male wrestler at the moment.
-Nakamura is really odd because he looks very unkempt. She thinks he's smart though because he thought to wear a mouthguard.
-Shinsuke won her over by the end by shaking Sami's hand and showing respect. She likes him for that.
-Asuka is amazing and she's glad that she beat Bayley for the Womens championship. --She likes how Asuka isn't as young as Bayley and finds it frustrating that most of the women are so young. She wishes women stuck around like the men wrestlers do.
-Bayley's first impression came across as disengeuniune. She doesn't feel as though the person playing Bayley is actually anything like that in real life.
-Finn Balor is cool and puts a lot of effort into his body art. She was rooting for him because she comes from an Irish family.
-Samoa Joe is scary in a cool way and is a total beast.
Wrestlemania itself took forever to get through and had to be broken up into two viewings. Her thoughts were:
-She was extremely happy that Sami Zayn was in the ladder match. She wanted him to win the IC title.
-gasped audibly when Kevin Owens yelled at Sami to go back to NXT. She hates Owens now.
-she was extremely curious about Stardust and kept asking me questions about him. This naturally lead to questions about Goldust as well. I don't know if I could actually explain the whole situation well enough. She thought they were interesting.
-Was entirely confused by Ryder winning. Was sad Sami lost again.
-I can't say I could give her a neutral impression of the Jericho-Styles match because I was sitting next to her wearing an AJ hoodie.
-despite my preference for AJ the only thing she could say about him was that he has pretty blue eyes.
-she likes Jericho after watching this match and now loves yelling "you stupid idiot! " whenever he is mentioned. She was happy Y2J won.
-She thought new days entrance was interesting but she was a bit grossed out by the booty o's as they gave her an odd mental picture and she was eating reeces cereal at the time.
-She told me that Ambrose is really interesting and she wants to see more of him.
-She wasn't a fan of any of the women in the title match. She thinks it's unfair that Charlotte had Ric with her, Sasha came to the ring with Snoop Dogg and she just couldn't connect with Becky despite the Irish thing. She thought the match was really well done but she wants Asuka to come win this title too.
-she was rooting for Shane McMahon to win against Taker after watching the promo package.
-while Shane was on the cage she got really worried and asked me "someone is going to stop him right? His dad is going to come out and end the match before he jumps? He can't do this!" JR would have been proud of the commentary.
-she thinks Stephanine and Triple H have let being in charge of the WWE go to their heads and that they're kind of insane after seeing their entrance.
-Roman Reigns is boring. She didn't want Triple H to win but she didn't want Roman to win either.
-Would have rather seen Sami win the title
Phew. Anyway I held back on writing this because I didn't want to spoil the results for anyone. Then I got busy. Anyway here we are weeks later. I hope you found this interesting as a total outsiders perspective. She seems to be looking forward to payback and any future takeovers!
. Thumbs up!
