What do you think of guys who "won't hang it up"?

[Zeeboe]

I think they do it because it's all they really know how to do, and do well. They get addicted to wrestling too, and it's just hard to give it up. They have a true love for it. As long as people are also willing to pay them good and easy money, they are going to stay around as long as their bodies allow them to. They probably do it to stay busy, and they like to feel needed and important and liked and just can't stand the idea of being forgotten and becoming nobodies.

If a wrestler is in his 50's, he probably is just barely getting along, but some are in decent shape, can still wrestle well, and can still draw crowds in who enjoy nostalgia. That right there is why I have always been a mark for older wrestlers. However, I think by the time you hit 60, you should consider retiring. If you're 60 and over and still wrestling, you're going to look pretty bad no matter how good of shape you're in. The human body can only look good for so long before nature takes over, and I have to question just how healthy it is to keep on wrestling if you're 60 and older. I guess the 60-something year old's could take on a non-wrestling role, and/or keep on wrestling because again - As long as they are making money, they probably won't stop.


I kinda feel bad for the young guys on the indy scene who have to wrestle and job to fat old guys like the Honky Tonk Man with his jiggling man-boobs and his big beer gut flopping around. HTM can *barely* move, he won't let his feet be lifted off the ground, and you can barely touch them because if you do, you risk hurting him for real.


I'd love it if I could travel around the world and have all my expenses paid for, and then sit on my butt all day signing pictures of myself from twenty-five years ago and have people cheering for me and kissing up to me and telling me how much I made their lives better when I don't even personally know them and was only doing my job, and was only doing it for the money.

Then I get to go and get into fake wrestling matches for the main event of the evening and wrestle for five minutes and barely put any effort into it while competing with guys younger and stronger then me, and then I get to beat them on top of it and get the loudest pop of the night. That's a damn dream job!

It doesn't matter how old or fat I get either if I am a has-been wrestler, I'll still get that treatment. Hell, those young indy wrestlers will be kissing my ass too before and after the match, and will make an effort not to hurt me for real and will gladly let me beat them and will make me look good.


Kids with brains should inspire to become fat, old has-been wrestlers on the Indy scene when they grow up.