10 Times Wrestling Ruined What You Loved
9. Patriotism
Your writer (and indeed the website this is being written on) is based in the United Kingdom, and your writer (and indeed the website this is being written on) has focused the majority of their wrestling attention on Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment.
This is the reality of being the global market leader in a niche marketplace - people will watch you from any and everywhere, even if you have a rather parochial promotional style. WWE has a home nation no matter which other ones they serve, and don't we all know it.
From the low ebbs of Hulk Hogan's laziest storylines in the Golden Era, to Lex Luger on a bus, Kurt Angle dedicating a Royal Rumble to the troops or Jim Duggan forgiving Sgt Slaughter on behalf of 'Murica, whenever the former Chairman's needed a quick win, he's turned to the stars and stripes. For those outside the United States Of America, this simply isn't much of a sell.
Despite McMahon's best efforts in alienation, WWE remains the preserve of the obsessive hobbyist fanbase. Plenty of people watch everything, but for decades this level of jingoism has left them feeling absolutely nothing.