7 Strangest WWE Fandom Trends From The Internet

A "shipper" is a fan who is heavily invested in the building of relationships between characters on a show. Way back in the 90's, shippers were the fans clogging up The X-Files message boards demanding Mulder and Scully smooch while investigating. 

With advances in editing software and YouTube’s popularity, shippers are no longer limited to the written word. Couple Music Videos are the next stage in fandom for many young WWE shippers. 

A couple music video is a super-cut of two or more Superstars set to treacly pop music that makes it look like they're hooking up.
This manipulative style of editing is taken from reality shows like The Hills where characters are often giving each other meaningful looks at the end of scenes when the music cuts in.

At a time when there are almost no romantic story-lines going on, couple music videos are still some of the most seen WWE fan creations on YouTube. 

As in fan fiction, most of the creators are pre-teen and teen girls. AllyRollins even made specific videos for her YouTube friend sinem, who has over 17,000 subscribers and loves pairing Brock Lesnar with the Bella Twins. 

Unlike in erotica, the content is strictly PG, and the platonic bro-love of Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns actually dominates the couple music video genre. User oldnbaschool's "Roman Reigns x Dean Ambrose-Brothers" has 2.5 millions views, which is more than Roman and Dean's most popular pairings with ladies respectively. 

The strangest but most popular pairing is the AJ Lee and Kane couple music video "Start of Something Good" made by user 8DaBoss8 back in 2012, which has 2.4 million views. It's a bit disturbing to think more people have seen these videos than regularly vote in elections, but that's the power of suplexes and crushes.