10 Things Wrestling Needs To Ban RIGHT NOW

7. MORE Stomach Stuff

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Wrestlers are absolutely fascinated with eating, aren't they?

Many former WWE wrestlers had no choice; a few short years ago, since there was nothing else to do beyond mill around catering, it's no surprise that this fascination has developed. You'd hope AEW puts on a decent spread, too, since that promotion has utterly broken its own talent:TV time ratio. Happily, the food in catering is most likely "great", since according to Tony Khan, virtually everything else is.

In addition to becoming furious at the mere prospect of somebody stealing food from their table, a lot of wrestlers these days are always "hungry".

This is obviously a synonym for "motivated", and while using the word "hungry" is halfway effective in casting the wrestler as somebody who'd happily devour flesh to get the job done, it's very over-used in 2024. They're all "hungry". Some of them are more hungry than ever before. Some of them need to scoff something, and pronto, because this word is becoming supremely irritating.

More irritating, in fact, than when a toddler who refuses to eat something suddenly turns into Adam Copeland two minutes before beddy-byes.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!