10 Wrestling Fan Complaints That Absolutely Suck

by Michael Sidgwick

1. The Very Fact That Wrestling Fans Tend To Complain

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"Nobody hates wrestling as much as wrestling fans."

This take is awful.

WWE fans have been served a product that has defied what they audibly, overwhelmingly wanted for so much of the past - checks notes - two decades. Most every journey to the top is convoluted, resisted, and beset by nonsensical politicking. CM Punk didn't want to wear a suit. Daniel Bryan didn't eat meat. Becky Lynch wasn't Charlotte Flair. The process is so arse-backwards that WWE, weirdly, markets this now as a virtue. In the recent examples of Kofi Kingston and Drew McIntyre, surviving sh*tty gimmicks and directionless creative and toughing it out for the best part of your physical prime is... a good thing (!) that in no way indicts the company as a pitifully ineffective pro wrestling promotion.

So why keep watching? is the usual follow-up question.

Because - personally - I absolutely love Daniel Bryan as a person and a performer and will support him forever. It's not just Bryan. WWE fans ignore mounting, inescapable evidence to support the talent they see more in than the company ever did. WWE doesn't deserve its fans, and the fans are somehow considered the problem by too many. And if that talent does falter, it's difficult to summon a forced feeling.

"God, they liked him when he was hot, and now they've cooled off when he got booked like sh*t. They're so fickle!"

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Michael Sidgwick (Creative Writing BA Hons) is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over a decade of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential UK 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 AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and 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!