10 Secrets To A Guaranteed POP In Wrestling
5. Saying Something Reprehensible
A massive thank you to the pro wrestlers who sacrifice their bodies for the entertainment of millions is probably overdue - thanks - but by the same token, the vast majority of them are brazen carnies better approached from a considerable distance.
Picturing their WhatsApp message threads is amusing.
There'll be some boring nuts and bolts stuff in there as they toss around ideas for their upcoming match, but the etiquette of the insult is something else. They have to delicately phrase what they'd like to say as an insult to avoid situations like the one that arose between Eddie Kingston and Sammy Guevara last summer.
How do they approach this?
"Now, I would never dream of suggesting that you're out of shape, but this seems to be the sentiment online. You know how these marks get. All that said, can I call you a fat disgusting blob on TV? It'll get a pop!"
And a pop it does get, which is why it happens. And the thing is, a wrestler is considered a mark for themselves if they don't go along with it, too - which is why you hear things like "Your beloved family member died recently, and that gets me off!", the taboo of which is a veritable pop generator.