9 Guilty Pleasures That Wrestling Fans Secretly Love

6. Rewriting The Product In Our Heads

This one is a given. Just look at this website and how many articles there are by fans claiming that we know exactly what is wrong with WWE and how we can turn it around. Then compare the WWE articles to another section of the site like TV. The difference is stark to put it mildly. Unlike most television, wrestling has a level of flexibility inherent to its structure that makes change easy. When you€™re watching €˜Game of Thrones€™ you might have ideas about what you have liked to have seen, but the numbers of fans that get out and seriously write about them is miniscule. It happens sure €“ but most people understand that their favourite show is fixed and that it€™s pointless to write alternative endings and alternative characters. Only the most devoted fans write fan fiction, and only the most insufferable discuss all the implications of an alternative narrative with their friends as they€™re viewing the show. Not wrestling fans though. If you took away the element of fantasy story writing and booking from a wrestling fan€™s experience you wouldn€™t really be left with a hell of a lot after that. Watching wrestling without analysing what needs to change and what matches we like to see would be like having a cheeseburger without the cheese. Or meat. Or salad. Or condiments. Or top bun. Or bottom bun. Basically without fantasy booking you€™d be left staring at an empty wrapper wondering what the hell you€™re doing with your life.