Listen, if you want a fan group, go to Facebook. I'm a major wrestling nerd, the markiest mark of them all, of course I'm going to want to talk about one of the biggest promotions in the world with some of my favorite wrestlers in the world.
Wrestling is a dumb subculture. I mean we are all nerds for liking it. Calling someone a mark isn't calling them out, it's part of being a wrestling fan.
Now, that being said, I don't intend to gatekeep anyone from liking AEW or anything. I just hope that people use AEW as a launch pad for other wrestling that I do love. Like if you're excited for MJF/Janela, watch old Dojo Wars! If you think Darby Allin is awesome wait until you see his Ethan Page feud from EVOLVE!
Besides honestly if your enjoyment of an entire wrestling company is ruined by one guy just repeatedly saying "actually Yuka Sakazaki should be champ you nerd" then maybe you're just a little insecure in your hobby.
Btw I'll make sure to post pictures in a few weeks since I'll literally be attending the first TV show in DC live as a fan.
Okay, I'll open here. You're making me pretty mad. Facebook fan page? This is the reason half of us ignore you. You're so rude and talk down to people all the time in this thread and the monthly wrestling thread. You don't even engage with others. You take cheap pot shots.
The fact you ignore the main criticism of my post and go straight to saying others are insecure for disliking your attitude really shows off how egotistical you are about this stuff. You're calling people that want to wear an AEW logo shirt marks? Dude... grow up. That is like the obnoxious scene kids in high school judging people for their band shirts or some other dumb shit. Sub-culture shmub culture. Who gives a shit? That shit is classically toxic and you're bringing a lot of that shit that makes me avoid that exact subculture here. I don't think any one of us like you or your posts enough for you to call us a mark without assuming you're looking down your noses at us.
This isn't about the product. It's about you!
All of us are going to enjoy and criticize this shit whenever you come in here to put it down. I'd add the caveat about you lifting up the things you like but I really haven't seen it. Most everyone here knows the other promotions are online and readily available! Like I watch plenty of different promotions whenever it sounds like their big show will be something to tune into. I happily do that regularly and I bring friends when they can join. People come here because it is the interesting new thing. That means different interest levels and literacy about how the sport works. This whole hyper negative attitude without much deeper discussion on those things with a generally uninviting demeanor is what makes the discussion you bring dour and you hard to approach.
There's this attitude you have that some things just don't stack up to other things for you. And that in itself is okay. But, I don't have infinite time and find to watch every promotion under the sun. I don't have time to go back and dig through the history. To assume others do too is presumptuous. You clearly have a pretty high bar for what you think makes a match good and that's cool. However if you presented this stuff and talked about it differently it would be admirable. But this isn't what you do. You have to put other things down to lift your favorites up.
I genuinely could not TELL you who your favorites are based on the posts I've seen of yours. Not going to act like I see every post and page in the thread or around Era, but I honestly come up with a blank.You'll probably go and dig them up like that time Sweeney called you out, and whatever. At this point I don't care because that's then and a different matter entirely at this point because the thing that's actually at matter now is how insultingly low you clearly think of the rest of us.
I am genuinely astounded you're going to the premier taping. Based on how generally down on the shows I've seen you be it's truly strange and feels like more a move to make just go because you can. If I'm wrong literally nothing I've seen you say has ever gestured to the contrary. Have fun. I hope you enjoy yourself. Really, I do. I expect it to be a fantastic night and hope you come out loving wrestling as much as you ever have in your life and I look forward to the pics.
Just consider yourself talked to over the general icy feeling you put off. Perhaps review and make nice instead of pointing fingers the other way.