If you didn't watch wrestling as a kid...

**NoRoolz** · 02-10-2014, 08:43 AM

... how likely is it you'll watch it as an adult?

I don't think that I know a single person who follows wrestling now that DIDN'T watch it as a kid. Even the kind of guys who just watch a PPV or two each year (essentially me for the past few years) - all watched as kids.

I started wondering recently after me and a few friends got together to watch the Rumble as tradition. Of this group, only one actively follows wrestling, but we all watched as kids and we'd all agree it was a big part of our childhood...

This year, another guy came round to watch the Rumble, and it was so clear from the off-set that he hadn't really watched as a kid. He'd said that he had, he dropped the classic Austin/Rock references, and I'm sure he genuinely had watched some bits, but he isn't a guy that could start naming themes, and wouldn't be able to tell you with 10 guesses who won the 1999 Royal Rumble. One of those guys.

Anyway, this dude stood out like a sore thumb as we watched. The over-the-top parts of the show that entertained the rest of us the most just seemed ridiculous to him. Sometimes he'd let out little laughs when a move 'realistically' looked low impact or something. His levels of interest regularly waned and several times I clocked him on his phone slyly scrolling Tinder or some shit.

He wasn't actually being a dick about it, he didn't purposely say anything out loud, and seemed to feel a little guilty when he'd laughed at a move or whatever, but it was blatantly obvious that he just didn't 'get it'.

And, with wrestling, well, WWE I should say, you really, really need to 'get it'. And by 'get it' - I guess that means you need the ability to take certain things with a pinch of salt, appreciate the over-the-top goings on and the theatrics of the whole show. That probably is the part of the show that we all fell in love with as kids. And I suppose if you didn't learn to do that as a kid, it's a lot harder to do as an adult.

Thoughts? Anyone on here a Johnny Come Lately/know of any examples?

02-10-2014, 08:43 AM	#1
NoRoolz dave ain't here? Posts: 2,709	If you didn't watch wrestling as a kid... ... how likely is it you'll watch it as an adult? I don't think that I know a single person who follows wrestling now that DIDN'T watch it as a kid. Even the kind of guys who just watch a PPV or two each year (essentially me for the past few years) - all watched as kids. I started wondering recently after me and a few friends got together to watch the Rumble as tradition. Of this group, only one actively follows wrestling, but we all watched as kids and we'd all agree it was a big part of our childhood... This year, another guy came round to watch the Rumble, and it was so clear from the off-set that he hadn't really watched as a kid. He'd said that he had, he dropped the classic Austin/Rock references, and I'm sure he genuinely had watched some bits, but he isn't a guy that could start naming themes, and wouldn't be able to tell you with 10 guesses who won the 1999 Royal Rumble. One of those guys. Anyway, this dude stood out like a sore thumb as we watched. The over-the-top parts of the show that entertained the rest of us the most just seemed ridiculous to him. Sometimes he'd let out little laughs when a move 'realistically' looked low impact or something. His levels of interest regularly waned and several times I clocked him on his phone slyly scrolling Tinder or some shit. He wasn't actually being a dick about it, he didn't purposely say anything out loud, and seemed to feel a little guilty when he'd laughed at a move or whatever, but it was blatantly obvious that he just didn't 'get it'. And, with wrestling, well, WWE I should say, you really, really need to 'get it'. And by 'get it' - I guess that means you need the ability to take certain things with a pinch of salt, appreciate the over-the-top goings on and the theatrics of the whole show. That probably is the part of the show that we all fell in love with as kids. And I suppose if you didn't learn to do that as a kid, it's a lot harder to do as an adult. Thoughts? Anyone on here a Johnny Come Lately/know of any examples?

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