(13-09-2025, 02:05 PM)Aragorn Wrote: Pro wrestling faced the very real threat of fading into obscurity if it continued to play its gimmicks with a straight face in the age of the digital highway that is the internet and social media - but they've done a shockingly good job at evolving; and circuits other than WWE keep the competition healthy.
It might not be ''real'' but it's not about how real it is per se, it's about the story telling. And wrestling has some transformative story telling at times when it bends fiction and reality - hell the UFC has been actively trying to become more and more like WWE in the past few years. Drama sells.
As for the pics - try imgur

(13-09-2025, 05:27 PM)squallman1 Wrote: I’ve been back into WWE ever since it came to Netflix! I tried to start watching it 6-8 months prior to it being on there but I refused to pay towards another subscription to watch it. 
Since it’s been on Netflix, I’ve been heavily addicted to it. Even watch it with my partner who was never a fan in the first place. It’s been fun getting back into it again and following along all the storylines. 
Would love to go to a show whenever it comes to the UK again, hopefully one day!

(15-09-2025, 08:19 AM)Wayno Wrote: I've not watched wrestling since maybe 2003 but I still keep up to date with it, strangely. I'll listen to wrestling podcasts on YouTube as background noise when I'm walking or juggling. They really tickle my nostalgia receptors.
I'd love to go to a WWE event and I was very tempted to get two tickets for the Manchester show recently for me and a friend but the prices were extortion. Although it might not have been too had as he's a wheel chair user and I may have got a carers ticket.
If AEW came to Manchester I'd go for a reasonable price even if the product doesn't appeal.

(15-09-2025, 10:31 AM)Dirty Duck Wrote: Haven't watched professional wrestling in a long time but in recent years I've attended some shows by a local amateur wrestling group a few times which is always fun. Great to try and get a big group out to see it as its very high energy. It's a queer wrestling group called Fist Club and the love they have for WWE is very clear to see. As part of the interval a drag king will dress up as a WWE icon and do a lip sync. They did Goldust last time I saw them and it was great. Incorporated an interview clip where Dustin Rhodes explains a phone call where Goldust was suggested to him and he agreed to do it but then didn't actually know what the word "androgynous" meant hahaha.
They also have someone just literally playing Paul Bearer most of the time which I love. Undertaker has always been my favourite Wrestler and I thought Paul Bearer rocked.