Rob,While I am not a tennis fan, I must admit that I have often ended up watching it. My ex-boyfriend was a huge fan of the groaning, squeaking, bouncing bouncing game and I would often find myself subject to it. He even took me to the US Open once looking down from our seats made me dizzy for crying out loud.
I am, however, a fan of a sport. Well, a sport is probably not accurate. I am a fan of SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT. That's right, I'm talking professional wrestling. Now, before everyone flips out, allow me to say that I use the term lightly. I haven't watched wrestling (or TV, for that matter) in months. Promoting, day job, life in general has seen to it that my precious wide screen TV lie fallow.
But, if there were any sport for me to watch, it is the WWE. I could write about it for hours, but I'll spare the lot of you. Suffice it to say - I do NOT watch it for the men in tights sweating all over each other. If it were that easy I could just flip on a Bel Ami and call it a night. No, I am there for the unbridled faux violence. I thrill at every chair shot, scream at the TV when the ref doesn't see an illegal double team.
Once upon a time I might defend myself by saying that TV ratings and audience numbers show that I am not alone in this fandom. But then I went to a few live events and got a look at the audience and the ten or so teeth all 8,000 of them shared and... well... I like wrestling and that's all I need to say.
To all of you naysayers I must ask - have you ever given wrestling a legitimate shot? I mean, really given it a shot? Take an evening - let's say Monday - and watch WWE Raw. Or DVR Smackdown on a Friday night. And watch it from start to finish. Follow the story lines, listen to the mic work, watch the intensely edited video promos. Some of the most talented TV people in the business work for Mr. Vince McMahon (CEO and owner, bee tee dubs) and it shows.
Wrestling is, in the end, a man's man's soap opera. They borrow storylines from pop culture and history and literature, and then dumb it down with women in bikinis and guys drenching each other in beer.
In other words, you might just have some fun if you give it a chance.
xoJR
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