Do you need to know your history before you can wrestle?

**Xero** · 06-07-2009, 02:53 PM

Vault frequenters know what I'm talking about here. For those who don't, there's a female wrestler who visited the Vault the other day and kept asking the DUMBEST questions (she also somehow injured her leg taking what she called a running powerslam, and no one could figure out how she did this, but this is irrelevant). (It's also irrelevant that she felt the need to explain that you don't squeeze the genitals while preforming a move.)

This girl didn't know that the War Games shows involved two rings at all times (I suppose she thought they set the other ring up just for War Games). And she thought the promotion she worked for made up the fatal four way elimination matches (the ones with tags, name escapes me right now). Also didn't know the year of the WCW/WWF merger, which was arguably one of the most important dates in wrestling history.

But here's the kicker, she claimed you didn't need to know the history of the business to become a wrestler. To an extent, I guess she's right. These are not things you NEED to know. But I completely lost faith in the new generation of wrestlers coming in if any percentage of them think like this. If you're in this business and love it (IE: you don't do it just to have work, which is how she came off) you should have the respect to learn the history and not just brush it off.

Am I off here? Does she have the wrong attitude or am I just being a bit over-reactive?

06-07-2009, 02:53 PM	#1
Xero He's Here Posts: 60,735	Do you need to know your history before you can wrestle? Vault frequenters know what I'm talking about here. For those who don't, there's a female wrestler who visited the Vault the other day and kept asking the DUMBEST questions (she also somehow injured her leg taking what she called a running powerslam, and no one could figure out how she did this, but this is irrelevant). (It's also irrelevant that she felt the need to explain that you don't squeeze the genitals while preforming a move.) This girl didn't know that the War Games shows involved two rings at all times (I suppose she thought they set the other ring up just for War Games). And she thought the promotion she worked for made up the fatal four way elimination matches (the ones with tags, name escapes me right now). Also didn't know the year of the WCW/WWF merger, which was arguably one of the most important dates in wrestling history. But here's the kicker, she claimed you didn't need to know the history of the business to become a wrestler. To an extent, I guess she's right. These are not things you NEED to know. But I completely lost faith in the new generation of wrestlers coming in if any percentage of them think like this. If you're in this business and love it (IE: you don't do it just to have work, which is how she came off) you should have the respect to learn the history and not just brush it off. Am I off here? Does she have the wrong attitude or am I just being a bit over-reactive? Last edited by Xero; 06-07-2009 at 03:03 PM.