BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) FLIPPITY-DO-DAH MOVES
I like highspots. I don’t like watching a match that’s full of highspots, but when a wrestler busts out a big top rope or high flying move at just the right time it’s pretty magical. I know there are some crazy flips out there, but I’m just as happy with a well done moonsault, a good top rope leg drop, or even classic 450 or Shooting Star. These moves look bad ass. A wrestler shouldn’t solely rely on it for a character, but it’s always something you can bet a crowd will go home and talk about.
(THREE) SPEAKING CARNY
When you’re “in” the business you get exposed to a few “inside” things. One of those things is a wrestler-style language that only those on “the inside” can understand and speak. It’s basically carny. It’s like a cross between pig Latin and Snoop’s “izzle” talk. It sounds silly as hell and it is, but once you know it you can’t shizzake izzit.
(TWO) BILLIONS OF HOURS BACKLOGGED
Unless you’re some kind of wrestling wizard you have not seen everything. There is literally a trillion billion hours of professional wrestling on tape. You can watch old wrestling from different countries, obscure classics, or random bullshit independents from down the street. If you want to see new wrestling, it’s not hard. Even the stuff that you have seen is always there. Any memory or moment you cherish in wrestling can found somewhere to rewatch and relive over and over again. That’s awesome.
(ONE) THE OCCASIONAL POP-CULTURE CROSS OVERS
Wrestling tries to cross over all the time. It rarely ever works out, but when it does it’s crazy. It’s a rare moment when a wrestling nerd can wear their markdom with honor because for a brief moment wrestling not only accepted, but it’s “cool”. In the 90’s, the Attitude era made it really easy to be an “open fan” of wrestling. Wrestling is always going to be “lame”, but it’s OUR “lame”. That doesn’t mean we don’t realize it’s not going to get us laid or any street cred. When the pop-culture cross over happens, it’s that glimmer of hope that we’re not “lame” too. (We are though).
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