8 Terrible Excuses Adults Use To Justify Watching Wrestling

2. "But WWE Do So Much Charity Work"

What are you, a fan or the WWE's PR team? It's true, the WWE has become quite the force for good in this world. Far from being the concussion-spewing, steroid-encouraging, hepatitis-spreading machine that it used to be, the modern WWE has created a number of charitable foundations, campaigns and sponsorship deals. Be A Star, Susan G Komen For The Cure, Superstars For Kids, all receive much charitable support, as does the Special Olympics, Muscular Dystrophy charities and that's not even taking into account John Cena's Make-A-Wish record. The man has granted over 450 wishes to sick children. That's an astonishing number. The second most is Justin Bieber with just over 200, it's not even close. Cena is a dream-granting machine, so much so that he's been recently nominated for Sport Humanitarian of the Year. But, harsh as it sounds, that only makes WWE as a company good, it makes John Cena good, it doesn't make wrestling good. No matter how much of his paycheque Adam Sandler donates to charity, it doesn't make his movies better, and Vince Gilligan could steal money from blind old widowers, Breaking Bad would still be amazing. In fact, to the cynical majority, the more that WWE and wrestling fans champion the company's charitable giving, the more it makes it look like WWE is massively overcompensating for something. To clarify, wrestling fans should feel immensely satisfied that WWE is a force for good in this world, but using it to justify their enjoyment of actual wrestling itself? That rings forever hollow.