I remember a time when they called people like myself, Sunflower, Heel, Dream, etc "gimmick posters" for not being in line with whatever the internet hivemind on wrestling was that week, yet now the thread is literally 20,000 posts of people cutting promos on each other in character as if they're really wrestlers. There was for real a time when daring to suggest that Dean Ambrose was kind of shitty would get people trying to get you banned for gimmick posting.
People got so angry, too. SO ANGRY. How dare you think differently! It's pretty rough reading in that wrassle thread now. Just today someone said:
Who's the most famous professional wrestler who's actually really shit in ring; Kevin Nash or HHH?
My answer is HHH
Secret Ultimate Answer - neither were shit in the ring, Nash understood his limitations and worked within them and HHH busts his ass all the time. When I see a post like that, I'm always conflicted - are they marks getting worked by hating HHH and Nash, who are heels, so they just pull this shit outta their bootyhole? Or do they just not...get wrestling?
It feels like most people (even myself) need to spend more and more time watching older wrestling to appreciate it more. There's always prospective wrasslers being told "watch more tape" on and on and on and wrasslin nerds expect they watch about the same amount. No chance. There's so much that should be mandatory viewing that puts a heck of a lot of perspective back in what we watch, and we can all gain all sorts of new appreciation for what's out there if we just watch a hell of a lot more.
That said, jesus fuck I didn't even have time to watch TLC yet but I'm looking forward to a few matches.