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 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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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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This type of fan enables me to make 1-2k a month off wrestler obituaries and accessible historical essays
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