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MARVELLOUS MUSINGS The torment of being a wrestling fan in the 'real world'. Happy Valentines Day. I hope you people are happy celebrating one of the most irritating and pointless dates on the calendar. You should be telling your loved one how you feel all year round any way. Go find something else to wastle your money on, try taking up smoking or something. I hate Valentine's Day!!!! Sorry, I've been having one of those 'I look around and everyone has someone except me' kind of days. *Sigh*. Enough of this self-pity, on we go to: I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING EMAILS Seeing as I didn't get any valentines :( , here is mdb of [slash] fame to disagree with me: You wrote: "WHY have the Radicals (I HATE THAT NAME! DAMN YOU JR!) been Turned heel? They got a great reaction from the crowd when they 'invaded'. Why take three men who are getting a great crowd reaction and turn them heel?" Spread the word far and wide: The WCW4 are better as heels, much much better. Besides, Heel WCW4 vs. Face Hardyz, Edge/Christian, Jericho. Think about it. Plus McMahon will probably use this to turn the NAO face since that seems to be what they really want in life. And he's elevating Too Cool recently with the heel turn. I hate McMahon, but he knows what he's doing. btw, I like the purple. mdb I suppose so. I always see heels as being the big talkers though. Benoit and Malenko are not so hot, Saturn is passable. Eddy rules on the mic, I loved it when he would shout at Rey Mysterio Jr. and say "REY! YOU LITTLE TURD!" funny. Unfortunately for the purple, everyone else hated it so that's the end of that really.
Another problem is that most non-wrestling fans don't realise that we do know that wrestling, or more specifically the stories and some of the characters, are absolutely ridiculous. I know I don't take most of the story surrounding the actual matches seriously and I don't know of anyone who thinks otherwise. Yet if we like wrestling we are silly, especially if we aren't children. You see, most people think that the WWF, WCW etc are for the kiddies. That's why so many kids are watching the WWF, because the parents don't understand that its rated PG 13 for a reason. But anyway, people think we are dumb because we watch programming that the non-wrestling fan thinks is aimed at the young, which makes us look very uncool outside of our non-fan groups. You can be made to feel kind of ashamed, as if being a wrestling fan is socially unacceptable. Try and explain your love of wrestling to a non-fan. Tell them how easy it is to be caught up in the grandiose spectacle of it all. How your heart lurches when a wrestler kicks out just before the three count. How horrified/impressed you were when you saw Mick Foley dive off the top of the cage through the table. Just try and explain how you felt when you saw your favourite wrestler rise through the ranks and finally win some championship gold, the pride you felt. Try and tell a non-wrestling fan why you think Chris Jericho is hilarious. Explain why Ric Flair is the greatest. Explain why even though he has a dreadful gimmick, Kane is still great. Tell them you tune in every week to see it because you have to see what will happen next. Tell them you would pay far too much money just so you can go and see it all in person, the thrill as one of the wrestlers slaps your hand, your hand as he goes past. Tell them Foley is God, that Chris Jericho is a genius, that Ric Flair is a legend. See the detractor as he/she listens to what you say and, inspired by you passion and love for the sport, says those words......... "But it's not real." OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
By the way, I'm thinking I won't do any more versions of the Madden picture. Should I stop or carry on? Mail me and tell me what you think, even send suggestions! Its up to YOU, yes YOU! That's it for now folks. I'll probably see you sweet people next week when I will return with more Musings. In the mean time mail me at marvellous_martin@yahoo.com and talk to a lonely Brit. I guarantee a reply, either personally or through my column, unless I take a particular dislike to you. If you have anything really interesting to share, perhaps you'll provide inspiration for a future Musings, then you'd be FAMOUS!!! Thanks, and take care of yourself and your fellow man/woman. Remember, being nice can be difficult at times, but at least people won't call you unpleasant names behind your back like they do at the moment. Cheerio.
Marvellous Martin
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