>>14136897I noticed. Really drove home that wrestling isn't for me anymore and hasn't been for a very long time. I love what wrestling can be, as a physical medium to tell stories, a world in which men settle disputed like men, i.e. through combat sport. But the presentation, product placement, cringe skits, overproduced MCU-inspired matches and angles, videogame logic rather than fight logic, and of course the corporate censorship and overt political messaging. I'm glad Cody had his moment, but that's it for me. Regardless of who's on top, the product just isn't what it used to be. It's too "safe."
>inb4 AEWEven worse just in slightly different ways.
It's aimed at the zoomer mind now: zero attention span, zero patience, worship e-celebs, and have no idea about the mechanics of a real fight because they've never been in one. That's not me. I'm done trying to get back into it. Wrestling died a long time ago, at least of the sort that I enjoy.
