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My girlfriend loves wrestling. Of course, when she first started watching, she couldn't stand the sight of it. But as she started investing in the characters, she turned big time. She is a HUGE Taker mark. I mean huge. I about came my pants when she told me she'd like a Taker shirt for her bday this year so he has a shirt to wear to the live events. I was fucking floored.
Not to mention, she almost instantly got the storytelling aspect of it. That's probably the hardest aspect of wrestling to get across to new or non fans. In ring storytelling is a bit difficult to explain, but she has gotten it down pretty quickly.
At the climax of HBK/Taker 2, she immediately pointed out that when Shawn did the cut throat gesture, he was telling Taker to end him because Shawn knew he couldn't win. I thought to myself "By God, she gets it".
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