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102208, Public perception is that it's a rigged game with dirty, roided-up
Posted by ZooTown74, Tue Jul-01-08 07:38 PM
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Every now and then, "the zeitgeist" will decide that it's cool to shamelessly dig it, but then something happens to "put it back in its place"

With the mid-80's/early 90's boom, it was the Vince steroids trial/Donahue sexual harrassment scandal

With the Attitude era boom, it was Owen's in-ring death

With the new era, it was Benoit

And of course, it's marketed to children, so those children watch for a few good years then eventually grow up and move on to the next thing

I think those are a couple of reasons why it will never be accepted on as *consistent* a level as a Star Wars or anything of that nature...

BTW, this won't be a defense of me liking or watching pro wrestling... it is what it is, and I have my reasons for liking/disliking the product
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