10 Problems Only WWE Fans Will Understand
7. Everyone's A Critic (Especially You)
But none of the indie devotees, the puro purists or the lucha aficionados argue like WWE fans do. It’s in our blood from an early age: from the second we ventured timidly online, hoping to find likeminded fans of this strange new thing called ‘wrestling’, only to find a bunch of smarks snarking at one another instead.
There are more factions and fighting in WWE fandom than you’ve ever seen on RAW. We’ll snipe at each other over anything. Back in the day, when internet access was… well, less accessible, online wrestling fandom called itself the IWC - the Internet Wrestling Community. That moniker is as out-of-date as dial-up in 2017, because these days everyone is online: on their desktops, laptops, tablets and even their phones.
A decade ago, we were more or less united in our loathing of John Cena - now, the fandom is split over Roman Reigns. That’s not because he’s any more popular than Cena was in 2006/2007; back then, only diehard WWE fans could be bothered to take the time and trouble to argue about wrestling online.
Now kids and casuals, historians and analysts, neckbeards and obsessives - whether you’re a mark or a smark, you can get online with your phone anywhere in the world and tell the next guy he’s a d*ck for having an opinion.