Ironically, by recontextualizing the Crusher Hogan story this way, it means that Spider-Man's origin story parallels the ill-conceived and ill-fated Brawl For All shoot tournament devised by Vince Russo Which meant to sell Dr. Death as a legit badass and instead ended his career
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @arthur_affect
Has any retelling of Spider-Man's origin story ever explicitly acknowledged the reality of pro-wrestling that people aren't supposed to talk about?
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Replying to @cymaiden @arthur_affect
That's the issue I'm talking about, TANGLED WEB #14 It literally starts with Crusher working a match with a Chris Jericho expy and then dressing him down backstage after the match for working stiff
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @arthur_affect
If that's the case, then why is Spider-Man's enhanced strength and reflexes a factor if he's simply following a script like everyone else once he's in the ring?
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Replying to @cymaiden @arthur_affect
Well that's the thing Crusher Hogan was specifically making it clear to the audience that he could take them in a shoot fight That was the gimmick, that he could take any audience member down in an honest UFC-style match
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Which is not a very smart thing to do, in a universe where people have superpowers, but at the time mutants weren't a known factor
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @cymaiden
(And Peter isn't technically a mutant but a muTATE, which, well, is a whole thing)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @cymaiden
Yeah The MC2 universe made it clear that Mayday Parker sometimes resents her dad for passing his spider-powers to her because she absolutely LOVED high school basketball before they came in and permanently disqualified her from participating in league sports
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @cymaiden
Well, at least she doesn't have a Y chromosome amirite
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy
According to X-MEN 2, all mutants have one.
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Ha ha oh man Yeah the writers didn't think that one through did they
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