5 Stupidest Questions Wrestling Fans Get Asked
3. What Do You Watch Wrestling For?
Is there any other response than "Because I like it?".
It's easy enough to explain. Wrestling is probably the most unique form of entertainment on the planet; a beguiling fusion of sport and theatre, the sleight of hand aspect, when performed to the highest standard, is as impressive as that of even the most skilled magician.
The promos, boasts and insults are more entertaining than those seen in cricket* or boxing. The backstage machinations of the industry are almost objectively fascinating. The reasoning for Vince McMahon's sabotage of the ECWCW Invasion angle - one which conceivably could have made him several hundreds of millions of dollars better off, year after year - is the consummate example of how ego and pride can often obscure the very reason the industry exists.
And, with all due respect to Kenny Loggins, one of life's simple joys isn't playing with the boys - it's watching Shinsuke Nakamura kick somebody full force in the face.
In future, when asked the asinine question, just go with "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I WATCH WRESTLING FOR!" - or question why superhero films are somehow exempt from such scrutiny despite being patently more ridiculous.
Two human men simulating combat is ludicrous... but possessing a star in one's head is credible.
*Perhaps not cricket. When asked why he was so fat by a sledging Glen McGrath, Zimbabwean batsman Eddo Brandes replied "because every time I f*ck your wife, she gives me a biscuit". Ric Flair would have been proud of that one.