Then there's another type of fan, and I numbered among this group for a while, that loves pure "workrate" and "athleticism" above all else -- true snapped suplexes in matches that are 30 minute spotfests
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There is a certain type of pro wrestling fan who isn't so much a fan of wrestling as they are of wrestling gossip and wrestling nostalgia
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Then you've got the post-postmodern fan: the fan who is obsessed with total performance, the fan who willingly embraces kayfabe, the fan who is a kind of e-wrestling "fedhead" or fantasy booker. A growing number of modern wrestling nerds are like this
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But where do I fall now? I guess, like Mac on It's Always Sunny (no, not writing a hot take on how it's ok to like problematic things, BuzzFeed already did that), I care about pure mass, beef, real hunks of flesh -- bulkbros and size sisters and all the other enormous performers
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@aubreysitterson . By way of confession: I do find myself watching less wrestling and way more big fight anime and bloody/weird MMAShow this thread
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Also everyone was apparently a fan of wrestling at some point, in some way, even the boomers and their parents, and they all enjoy wrestler obituaries and "where are they now?" pieces (which is good for me)
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I always wonder what are the moments that 9 year old wrestling fans nowadays will always remember- we had our barbershop windows & Austin 3:16s but I wonder what moments will people point to in 20 years that made them fans
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