10 Wrestling Fan Complaints That Absolutely Suck
Big men aren't great men just because Vince McMahon says so.
The irony of the title and content synergy has not been missed, but this is what the internet is for.
It just gets infuriating, that fury builds up, and that fury spills over into Content. Wading through the online discourse to get to a half-decent meme, or an MP4 of some deep cut of Christian hilariously botching his way through a 2006 TNA promo, is exhausting. There's only so many times you can kick Mr. Thompson in the shin before launching into a rant.
Dave Meltzer has rated more ***** matches from Budokan Hall than the Tokyo Dome, Mr. Thompson.
Heels are supposed to make you want to watch them get beat and not change the channel, Mr. Thompson.
Selectively corrupt referees are a carny narrative crutch, Mr. Thompson.
You aren't allowed to like WWE and simultaneously bury the indies because they're pretty much all indie guys, now, Mr. Thompson.
No single experience on earth other than sleep should last as long as 7.5 hours and WrestleMania isn't automatically great because it's WrestleMania, Mr. Thompson.
The character of 'Kane' shouldn't have been a part of my entire goddamn adult life, Mr. Thompson.
Etc...
10. Old Wrestling Is More Believable Than Modern Wrestling
It is and it isn't.
Finishers were finishers back then, and weren't kicked out for a hollow pop, but then, the begging off spots in the 1980s look positively quaint, even cheesy, when viewed through a modern lens. Watching, say, a GIF of Bobby Eaton blowing away Ric Flair with a rapid, believable barrage of worked punches does give pause - there is absolutely none of the visible cooperation that facilitates much of the best moments in the modern game - but, were it actually real, Flair would emerge from that spot with cauliflower ears and a head like Joseph Merrick. It's a very, very convincing illusion, but as with almost all of professional wrestling, it does not hold up to a pedantic scrutiny the art form by its nature does not lend itself to.
Almost all of professional wrestling.
Too often, the people making this argument are looking at an isolated GIF in bad faith to support a macro point that can never hope to make sense. To use just one example of a performer who strives for shoot realism - many don't, undermining the argument before they send tweet - Zack Sabre. Jr.'s work is almost hermetically perfect, and it's not as if he's working Mid South.