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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Cc @RevSw1m and
@aubreysitterson . By way of confession: I do find myself watching less wrestling and way more big fight anime and bloody/weird MMA0 replies 1 retweet 6 likesShow this thread -
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A fascinating commentary on manhood and capitalism, too
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The big fight pacing there, as in Baki, is so much better than any wrestling match it’s not even close, and both get us closer to the heart of pro wrestling than televised pro wrestling itself
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