Because it does seem to go in mainstream popularity cycles (big in the 80's, down in the 90's, back up in the late 90's, down again in the aughts) and I guess we were due for another one. And I do get the appeal of it both as entertainment and digging into the behind the scenes shit/smart mark elements of it. I didn't think it was real, and knowing how exactly it worked only made me more interested back then.

But it's SUCH a shitty industry for 99.99% of it's employees (sorry, contractors, which is why they don't need to give them health benefits.) And even when it's done well, most of it is just garbage. As much goofy, problematic shit that I like, wrestling is one bridge I can't cross as an adult.