Talking To Casual Wrestling Fans

**Mr. JL** · 05-15-2005, 04:23 PM

On Friday night my buddy Dan and I decided to hit up the movies. We went to watch the recently released "Unleashed" featuring Jet Li. It turned out to be quite a great movie with a good story mixed with some crazy action scenes.

Anyways, we were waiting to see the movie and about half a billion previews were playing. About 50 million previews were for the WWE's new energy drink called "RAW" or something. So, then my friend blurts out that he wants to see Batista beat that guy who had the belt (he didn't know Triple H's name, which I find funny) at Backlash. And this guy doesn't have any idea of how much I enjoy watching professional wrestling, so I laugh and say "oh yeah" and he continues.

He says Batista is like the ultimate wrestler. He can kill anyone, look at how big he is and he doesn't even care if he's champion, he just likes beating people up. He's a TANK.

I then, out of instinct call him a 'mark' and laugh at him. I say, "First off, I find it absolutely hilarious that you don't know 'that guy who had the belt's name'. Secondly, Backlash already took place a few weeks ago and yes, Batista won. Thirdly, Batista is a jack-up hoss who's technical ability has peaked once he has applied the basic headlock manouver."

I couldn't get through to him (not that I thought I could anyways), that Batista is not a good wrestler. Didn't matter, he absolutely marks the fuck out for Batista. Can't get enough of him. Which is good, cause it shows that Batista is connecting with the casual fanbase. He even compared Batista to Hulk Hogan.

Then, he continues to talk about his little knowledge of wrestlers and I discovered he can only accurately name 5 wrestlers.

1. Hulk Hogan (honestly who doesn't know about Hulk Hogan?)
2. Stone Cold (no surprize here).
3. The Rock because he's funny and a movie star.
4. Batista (as explained above)

The fifth is......... (and he even got the thumbs ready)

ROB VAN DAM

He continues to talk about how cool RVD is.

Instantly, this then got me thinking about how over RVD must have been and how MUCH MORE OVER he could have been, if he was actually pushed. He cared enough about Rob Van Dam to actually remember his name (which is more than I can say for Triple H) in this paricular occasion.

It is still good to see that even though the WWE fucked up with RVD that they are capitalizing on Batista's popularity and his appeal to the casual fans.
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Just some insights from the casual mark fan that I thought would be interesting to share here at TPWW.net

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"TALKING TO CASUAL WRESTLING FANS".

05-15-2005, 04:23 PM	#1
Mr. JL Posts: 4,834	Talking To Casual Wrestling Fans On Friday night my buddy Dan and I decided to hit up the movies. We went to watch the recently released "Unleashed" featuring Jet Li. It turned out to be quite a great movie with a good story mixed with some crazy action scenes. Anyways, we were waiting to see the movie and about half a billion previews were playing. About 50 million previews were for the WWE's new energy drink called "RAW" or something. So, then my friend blurts out that he wants to see Batista beat that guy who had the belt (he didn't know Triple H's name, which I find funny) at Backlash. And this guy doesn't have any idea of how much I enjoy watching professional wrestling, so I laugh and say "oh yeah" and he continues. He says Batista is like the ultimate wrestler. He can kill anyone, look at how big he is and he doesn't even care if he's champion, he just likes beating people up. He's a TANK. I then, out of instinct call him a 'mark' and laugh at him. I say, "First off, I find it absolutely hilarious that you don't know 'that guy who had the belt's name'. Secondly, Backlash already took place a few weeks ago and yes, Batista won. Thirdly, Batista is a jack-up hoss who's technical ability has peaked once he has applied the basic headlock manouver." I couldn't get through to him (not that I thought I could anyways), that Batista is not a good wrestler. Didn't matter, he absolutely marks the fuck out for Batista. Can't get enough of him. Which is good, cause it shows that Batista is connecting with the casual fanbase. He even compared Batista to Hulk Hogan. Then, he continues to talk about his little knowledge of wrestlers and I discovered he can only accurately name 5 wrestlers. 1. Hulk Hogan (honestly who doesn't know about Hulk Hogan?) 2. Stone Cold (no surprize here). 3. The Rock because he's funny and a movie star. 4. Batista (as explained above) The fifth is......... (and he even got the thumbs ready) ROB VAN DAM He continues to talk about how cool RVD is. Instantly, this then got me thinking about how over RVD must have been and how MUCH MORE OVER he could have been, if he was actually pushed. He cared enough about Rob Van Dam to actually remember his name (which is more than I can say for Triple H) in this paricular occasion. It is still good to see that even though the WWE fucked up with RVD that they are capitalizing on Batista's popularity and his appeal to the casual fans. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just some insights from the casual mark fan that I thought would be interesting to share here at TPWW.net Feel free to comment on this post or you can post your own experiences about "TALKING TO CASUAL WRESTLING FANS". Last edited by Mr. JL; 05-15-2005 at 04:25 PM. Reason: title was gay and this ones no better either