Why don't more self proclaimed Nerds watch Wrestling?
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Did you watch you watch any of the videos I posted?sergnb said:
Or anything on Billzeroism's page?
The appeal is in the odd combination of extreme athleticism with both comedy and some drama...
That and you get see things like this:
or maybe this
I'm a self-proclaimed nerd. Why don't I like wrestling? Because it's loud, it's crude, and I don't really care to watch large men grapple each other.
Granted, the stuff I generally see is all the staged stuff, but I don't think I'd like the "real" stuff either. I dislike most sports because I just can't see the point.
Granted, the stuff I generally see is all the staged stuff, but I don't think I'd like the "real" stuff either. I dislike most sports because I just can't see the point.
I enjoyed the colourful characters of the Rock 'n Wrestling era and occasionally watch the WWE Vintage Collection. I loved hearing the banter between Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse the Body. I will still mark out if I hear the first chord of "Hart Attack."
Everything just faded for me between the Montreal Screwjob and the fall of WCW. I guess it was how WCW turned into a farce with Vince Russo doing the writing. I turned to WCW because they seemed to promote the good guys as faces instead of jerks like Stone Cold Steve Austin and had competitive cruiserweights (and Chris Jericho was always fun to watch), but the nWo oversaturation almost turned me off. The Wolfpac schism kept my interest until the Fingerpoke of Doom, and then I wanted out. Then Warrior showed up, and I remembered how much I enjoyed watching him. Then I saw how bonkers he'd gone. Then the company folded.
Then WCW fell, the ill-planned, poorly-executed InVasion angle started, and that was it for me. I never watched TNA, especially now that it's becoming even more of a farce under its recent creative direction. Professional wrestling in North America has passed its zenith.
Just because some wrestlers are nerds doesn't mean all nerds should like wrestling.
Everything just faded for me between the Montreal Screwjob and the fall of WCW. I guess it was how WCW turned into a farce with Vince Russo doing the writing. I turned to WCW because they seemed to promote the good guys as faces instead of jerks like Stone Cold Steve Austin and had competitive cruiserweights (and Chris Jericho was always fun to watch), but the nWo oversaturation almost turned me off. The Wolfpac schism kept my interest until the Fingerpoke of Doom, and then I wanted out. Then Warrior showed up, and I remembered how much I enjoyed watching him. Then I saw how bonkers he'd gone. Then the company folded.
Then WCW fell, the ill-planned, poorly-executed InVasion angle started, and that was it for me. I never watched TNA, especially now that it's becoming even more of a farce under its recent creative direction. Professional wrestling in North America has passed its zenith.
Just because some wrestlers are nerds doesn't mean all nerds should like wrestling.
Yes, I have. Please, don't try to shove your personal tastes through my throat, not everyone is going to like the same things you do, deal with it.SadakoMoose said:
Being that said, I KNOW the appeal is that it's an unlikely show where people happen to smack each other in extravagant manners, but as I said, I just don't see the appeal anymore. I just think it's a lame spectacle.
And let me be clear with this, I don't think wrestlers (or rather, actors) are to blame here, they do their job extremely well, they are prepared physically to the extreme and bare the most intense pain, but the actual SHOW is just boring and not exciting.
Please proofread before you post, ok?Biosophilogical said:
No, pro wrestling is not an insult to other forms of sport.
No, most wrestling fans do not insult other sports because of the all the homophobic whispering and underhanded jabs that go on in the mainstream.
And no, historically most fans of pro wrestling from after 1950 do not believe that it is a competitive sport. That's just silly. While we're at it, stop throwing in the word Gay as a way of slamming people. It's pretty immature.
Maybe you should have a word with the people from /co/ or Ponychan...Dom Kebbell said:
You know, because watching MLP FIM makes you look gay...which is funny!
Because gays are inferior and laughable, right?
You might as well just use "Black" as an insult, for all it's worth.
If I want to watch two people fight, then I want to watch two people who are masters of their respective martial arts go at it. And not that BS "Ultimate Warrior" TV show.
I'm more of a "nerd" than most of my friends. And most of them like wrestling and I don't, so your definition of a "nerd" doesn't hold water. But then again MovieBob did a nice segment on the whole "nerd" definition [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/2522-A-Nerd-By-Any-Other-Name]. So a "nerd" is really anyone who is really into something, so they're a "[their hobby] nerd".
So your question should be: "Why don't more self proclaimed wrestling nerds watch wrestling?"
I'm more of a "nerd" than most of my friends. And most of them like wrestling and I don't, so your definition of a "nerd" doesn't hold water. But then again MovieBob did a nice segment on the whole "nerd" definition [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/2522-A-Nerd-By-Any-Other-Name]. So a "nerd" is really anyone who is really into something, so they're a "[their hobby] nerd".
So your question should be: "Why don't more self proclaimed wrestling nerds watch wrestling?"
I used to be a huge WWE fan a while ago.I guess I just sort of forgot about it. Now I don't know who half the new cast is. Who the heck is Sheamus?
That second video is an absolutely shocking display of wrestling. That Japanese guy is lucky not to be paralyzed, what an absolutely terrible worker the other guy is.
Anyways, I am a nerd and a wrestling fan, but then i'm also into Sports in general as well which is kind of frowned upon. Doesn't bother me too much, I enjoy most things, and don't really care who likes what.
Anyways, I am a nerd and a wrestling fan, but then i'm also into Sports in general as well which is kind of frowned upon. Doesn't bother me too much, I enjoy most things, and don't really care who likes what.
Because it's dull, poorly choreographed and extremely cheesy only it seems to take itself seriously while it's doing it which makes it more pathetic than funny.
I mean, watch any fight scene and the whole thing screams lame. Or rather, mutters it quietly while playing with a barbie doll.
If I want to watch fighting I watch fighting, if I wanted to watch Japanese anime then I would.
It's not the homosexual aspect, I don't get that really and don't get me wrong some of the athletics is impressive. It's just less impressive then stuff done elsewhere. Stuff which is done better without all the pathetic bigging yourself up and fake mini orgasms from the commentators.
I mean, watch any fight scene and the whole thing screams lame. Or rather, mutters it quietly while playing with a barbie doll.
If I want to watch fighting I watch fighting, if I wanted to watch Japanese anime then I would.
It's not the homosexual aspect, I don't get that really and don't get me wrong some of the athletics is impressive. It's just less impressive then stuff done elsewhere. Stuff which is done better without all the pathetic bigging yourself up and fake mini orgasms from the commentators.
Yeah, that's the legendary Kenta Kobashi right there...SilverIntoSteel said:
He took a lot of bumps like that, survived cancer, and still wrestles to this day...
Just not like he used to, thanks to his knees being destroyed...
Some Irish guy...Doesn't matter what the WWE is doing right now.SteakHeart said:
The real action is on the indy circuit or overseas...
The few shows i've watched on TV was, no offence meant, some of the lamest shit i've ever seen.
They spend more time acting out poorly poorly written drama that'll make the worst soap opera look like the pinnacle of film making, (like the south park episode on wrestling, only not funny)
And when they got down to bussiness, most of it looked worse than bad a staged amateur.
Some of the parts where they threw each other aorund looked impressive, i'll give them that but honestly, the punches didn't even look like they connected, i know it's staged, i know they don't excpect peopel to believe it's real, but at leats make it look real, people has been sitting through soap drama worse than crappy fanfiction to see the part, and they can't even deliver a staged fight scene better than a bad B movie?
Maybe it wasn't the right show or whatever, but i couldn't be arsed to sit through soemthing like that again, if i wanna watch fighting, i'll watch real fighting tournaments, or action movies...
They spend more time acting out poorly poorly written drama that'll make the worst soap opera look like the pinnacle of film making, (like the south park episode on wrestling, only not funny)
And when they got down to bussiness, most of it looked worse than bad a staged amateur.
Some of the parts where they threw each other aorund looked impressive, i'll give them that but honestly, the punches didn't even look like they connected, i know it's staged, i know they don't excpect peopel to believe it's real, but at leats make it look real, people has been sitting through soap drama worse than crappy fanfiction to see the part, and they can't even deliver a staged fight scene better than a bad B movie?
Maybe it wasn't the right show or whatever, but i couldn't be arsed to sit through soemthing like that again, if i wanna watch fighting, i'll watch real fighting tournaments, or action movies...
Sorry Wrestling is a bunch of acted fights... doesnt really peak my interest...
prefer UFC... there theyre really fighting...
prefer UFC... there theyre really fighting...
I am an nerd and I watch Wrestling. I find that it doesn't require much thought to watch. It's a good way to rest my brain.
I wouldn't say professional wrestling was very important in establishing any culture's identity. I also don't care what country likes what fake sport; I don't like fake sports.
The stereotype goes, nerds are smart and like odd, intelligent things. This of course is bullshit; for more, see Duke Nukem Forever defenders, or for that matter Duke Nukem 3D defenders, particularly those under the age of 15 who don't know what a Pentium is. So there's nothing Earth-shattering about being a wrestling fan and a nerd. It is a soap opera, though, which is worth pointing out. Maybe that's why you don't consider it nerdy. Not a lot of geeks and dweebs watching Desperate Housewives.
The stereotype goes, nerds are smart and like odd, intelligent things. This of course is bullshit; for more, see Duke Nukem Forever defenders, or for that matter Duke Nukem 3D defenders, particularly those under the age of 15 who don't know what a Pentium is. So there's nothing Earth-shattering about being a wrestling fan and a nerd. It is a soap opera, though, which is worth pointing out. Maybe that's why you don't consider it nerdy. Not a lot of geeks and dweebs watching Desperate Housewives.
Because it is senseless and boring?
Yet, I will admit it is better than The Escapist now forcing us to watch ads in order to post instead of the captcha, unless we pay them. This is getting as bad as Activision is...
Yet, I will admit it is better than The Escapist now forcing us to watch ads in order to post instead of the captcha, unless we pay them. This is getting as bad as Activision is...