WWE (as well as other wrestling organizations) have a long, cruel history of portraying homosexual characters. It would be one thing if the company ever pushed a gay man as a tough, honest babyface, but they're almost always heels. Even when they are a good guy, they're still highly effeminate, and written to be mocked. From Adrian Adonis to Goldust, WWE attempted to create crowd heat, because the wrestlers appeared to like members of the same sex. Every year as society became more accepting, WWE remained stuck in their ways. In 2002, they went all in by having Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo decide to get married. This was not a Macho Man/Elizabeth type wedding, where fans were supposed to share in a great moment together. This wasn't even Kane and Lita where the crowd was supposed to be angered over one man stealing another man's girl as part of a storyline. This was just two men getting married as a publicity stunt, and we were supposed to boo them. Of course, WWE didn't go through with it. Despite the company getting a lot of positive publicity from gay rights groups, they instead gave us a swerve where Billy and Chuck faked being gay and only promoted a wedding for attention. They went with the horribly dated Seinfeld quote (even by that time) of "Not that there's anything wrong with that." Actually, there were a lot of things wrong with it, mainly how childish and ignorant WWE was about the whole thing.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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