8 Reality Era Matches To Convince Doubters To Get Into WWE
Once you've seen Punk vs Lesnar, you can never go back.
WWE.comIf you're reading this you're a wrestling fan... which means you know my pain. Scenario: You're sitting there on your couch, casually flicking through the internet whilst you've got the latest episode of Monday Night Raw on in the background and Cesaro is wrestling Kofi Kingston. He double-legs Kofi down for the Big Swing. At this point, your brand new girlfriend of only a couple of weeks walks in and after saying Hi., casts an eye over this man in tights spinning another man in tights around whilst Jerry Lawler has an orgasm. She has NO idea what this lark is. When she asks, what do you say. It's WWE... wrestling... no, not like the Olympics... it's scripted, they're acting... that's just one of his moves, that big swing, he does it all the time... well, no, it wouldn't hurt, it's more to get a pop from the crowd... oh, that's Michael Cole, just pretend he doesn't exist, that's what I do. Without trying to sound like an old man, wistfully reminiscing about the past, it used to be so easy! During the Attitude Era, people would ask what you were watching and you need only answer WWF, because, before too long, DX would make a knob gag or Austin would drive a massive truck into an arena or Rock would raise an eyebrow. It was cool and you, the faithful fan, were to be rewarded for your support by being the one who got everyone else into wrestling. Now, those times are gone. The cool factor of the Attitude Era is a distant memory and, for those of us who stuck with it, we're shackled with the issue of defending ourselves as grown, adult, men and women who watch other, grown, adult men and women jump around in tights without the safety net of an Austin beer bash or a violent, bloody brawl to fall back on. So, here's what we must do: when that new girlfriend or mate you've met at work asks you what the devil you're watching during that Cesaro v Kingston match, rather than the stuttering, rushed attempt to defend and excuse yourself for it, let's once again take pride in just answering WWE. Then, when you get the inevitable glance-out-of-the-side-of-their-eyes-with-raised-eyebrows look, give her the same look back, tell her to sit down, hit up YouTube and show her one of the following 8 matches from this modern, reality era- i.e. since Punk's pipebomb in Las Vegas. For these are the matches that can silence the sceptics... the matches that remind us why we, ourselves, are fans.