Wrestling Fans Are Morons And Should Be Treated That Way

The other day I was checking out some wrestling news getting ready for another episode of the amazing, spectacular and incredible podcast Powerbomb Jutsu, when I came across an article about Dave Meltzer getting an award. That's normal, I'm sure he gets lots of awards. During his speech he stopped to talk to a member of WWE creative that was in the audience. He told him simply "wrestling fans aren't morons and shouldn't be treated like they are," according to the article. That's true for a lot of wrestling fans, but majority of wrestling fans are morons.

Wrestling is like The Muppet Show. Sure we get a show, but we also get a bunch of backstage segments about putting on a show. It's like Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. So, while we have all this entertainment in front of us what do wrestling fans do? They hop over to their favorite wrestling news site to see what's going on behind the scenes. Forget what's shown to you on TV, wrestling fans really care about shareholder meetings now. It used to be you would go on wrestling forums and talk about the show and how cool Rey Mysterio's debut was. Now you go on a wrestling forum and it's all about if Alberto Del Rio will resign with Impact and if he's secretly battling a drug addiction. We're morons, because we're not even looking at the show anymore.

There's another kind of wrestling fan that is a moron. Wrestling fans that think everything needs to cater to them. These guys are everywhere and constantly complain when things do not go their way. Roman Reigns is being shoved down their throats, Sasha Banks is overrated, nobody cares about Jinder Mahal, Zack Sabre Jr. is the real future. These are the guys usually showing up at events and just ruining it for everyone around them. Constant stories about kids crying and wanting to leave early because these guys couldn't stop telling eight year old little Jimmy why John Cena killed wrestling pop up every week. These guys are the fan equivalent of Jim Cornette. If you don't know who Jim Cornette is he's the wrestling version of Joe Budden. You're not happy, you're not enjoying a comedy match and you're not going to lie to them because those are not your values.

Oh, you know what I love? When wrestling fans get exactly what they ask for and then throw a fit. "I want WWE to push new people," but when Jinder Mahal becomes WWE champion they throw a fit because what they really meant to say was "I wish WWE would push my favorite wrestler ___." What about the people who only cheer for the heels, or the bad guys? Usually they're blaming whatever company it is for forcing them to cheer for the bad guy. When in reality they're jumping through hoops to explain why they're cheering the bad guy no matter what. "Kevin Owens isn't really the bad guy, he's a good guy because...YEAH." You people are easily confused by heel and face dynamics. Braun Strowman spent weeks beating the shit out of random people and doing things like putting Kalisto into multiple dumpsters, sometimes throwing them off the stage as well. But, Roman is the bad guy for putting a stop to that? You are morons.

Then there's people who will not give their opinion on anything until someone like Dave Meltzer does. "Hey man, that was great match, what did you think," gets a response of "Meltzer only gave it four and a half stars."Yeah, but what did you think about it? You literally have to wait for someone else to tell you how to feel about something before you comment.

Then there's the guys who tell you that you're wrong for just sitting back and enjoying the show because they've been watching wrestling longer than you've been alive. These are usually the guys who only watch WWE because of supreme brand loyalty. They don't recognize any wrestlers achievements until they go to WWE. AJ Styles traveled the world and won championships in all kinds of companies. At that point he was just someone who couldn't make it in the big leagues and wasn't good enough for WWE. Suddenly he goes to WWE and he's one of the best wrestlers in the world. He was already one of the best wrestlers in the world you moron. Same goes for Samoa Joe, Shinsuke Nakamura and other people WWE have signed during their talent raids recently.

Sure there are plenty of smart wrestling fans, just not the guys who always tell you how smart they are. As a whole wrestling fans do need to be treated as morons, because as a whole we are morons. Those of us who are not morons will be perfectly okay because we'll just watch for entertainment.

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