>>13486872It's irony/postirony culture.
People are too selfconscious to get lost in the story & deep down get triggered by "you know its fake?" so work themselves into caring about workrate as if the athleticism is the main appeal ("it's fake outcomes but I like REAL ATHLETES"). Posers who want to be validated by sport fans but don't like sports, pretending their drama ABOUT sport is closer to real sports than to drama.
They like wrestling ironically. They cheer or boo ironically, or postironically to 'help the show'. They care about who's a good athlete or good performer or a nice guy backstage & cheer/boo based on that. Imagine that logic in regular TV, imagine watching Game of Thrones wanting Theon to win the throne because Alfie Allen's a good actor, or Hot Pie because you heard his actor's nice, or Grey Worm because we need a diverse figure as king. That's how these people approach wrestling pushes, they don't get invested in the character because that would mean playing along with the conceit, opening them up to "You know it's fake?" which they can't handle.
The antismarks are also postironic fans. They care about revenue, ratings, all this business shit. They base who they like or who they want pushed on business metrics. They don't cheer Roman because they like him, they cheer Roman because of business. They simp for other people making money just like AEWtists simp for rich performers 'deserving' more money & fame. None of it is based on what these people enjoy themselves, there's no authenticity or sincerity in the fandom anymore, or in the product, because being sincere in liking it & authentic in investment opens these nerds up to the ridicule they never learned how to deal with at school.
"Yes it's fake, like TV and film, I enjoy it anyway."
"Why do I want this guy to win the title? Because I like his character best, he entertains me".
If you don't invest on those terms, youre an ironic or postironic fake fan killing the business by enabling this shit
