Hey all,
I have been watching wrestling for over 30 years now (almost 31!). As a girl growing up in the 80's and early 90's, I was picked on A LOT for liking wrestling. People always asked, and still do ask, "why do you watch wrestling?...It's FAKE!" I always tell them they are using the wrong "F-word"...It's not FAKE so much as FIXED. I never denied the endings are predetermined. It was about the characters themselves and their story-telling ability.
I consider myself a trailblazer for other female fans. I took a lot of heat for liking such a MANLY thing. My sexuality was in question even before I hit puberty! Can you imagine I am 6 or 7 and hearing all these derogatory things being said about me because of a show I loved to watched...kids can be cruel! However, for the record, I am straight. LOL!
Then the late 90's hit and the "Monday Night War" was at it's peak. All of a sudden all these haters from elementary school are running into me at the events spewing all the latest catch phrases! They tried to talk to me and I told them all off in front of anyone who were in earshot. I called them out on the whole "jumping on the bandwagon" bullshit! It infuriated me the way I was razed and NOW my tormentors are seeing what I had seen for almost the last two decades.
A pet peeve of mine is bandwagon jumpers. One week fans are cheering for their fave next they are booing him. I don't know why it annoys me so much, It just does! Well this is the end of this rambling.
Thanks for reading my rambling and I hope you will come back for another helping of dish served up as only I can!!

