Now, The Internet Wrestling Community (or IWC) is not a legitimate, unified body of wrestling fandom the way that is sometimes implied by incorrect usage of the term. They/we do not get together in a big building and plan meetings to decide whether or not we like Seth Rollins heel turn or if Dragons Gate USA is better than ROH. Essentially, if you join discussion threads online, read wrestling sites and post argumentative, rant-laden articles (!) on the web, then you are the IWC. If youre reading this (and especially if you comment), you are The IWC. Happy to have you, welcome to the club. Now get the f*ck over it. Wrestling fans coming together to chat about wrestling and enjoy one anothers (virtual) company can only be a good thing. And it is. Theres just one thing wrong with it. A lot of fans are shockingly ignorant about wrestling as a business and The IWC as a result has become a bustling hub of shared ignorance. To make matters worse, those that arent ignorant tend to be snobby instead, forcing their opinions on anybody that SHOCK HORROR actually enjoys wrestling as a form of entertainment. What do you mean you like Skunky McStinkington? If you knew anything at all about pro wrestling youd hate him with a passion as I do! Support Buford Bland instead. He has no charisma or marketing potential, but he does a lot of tricky holds and somersaults for promotions that have no TV outlet. His matches arent even on YouTube yet, so you know hes good! WWE are stupid not to hire him! B*llocks to all that. Be a FAN first and foremost, be the IWC, but use the net as a way to chat to other fans the same way that fans of Game of Thrones or Big Bang Theory do, share the joy, not the crap. And, while were on that particular subject...
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