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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 1:43:45 GMT -5
Is anyone else here a closet wrestling fan? I hate to say it but im one. I wish I could be open about how ive always loved wrestling since i was a kid but it seems kinda taboo in alot of social circles. Not to mention its almost social suicide to say that you watch. Im 28 by the way and the people i hang around dont watch, never watched, never cared, and think anyone who knows anything about wrestling is gay. Some people know about the attitude era and the nwo but other thain that it seems to be looked down upon. I even keep my dvds sealed up in a box in the back of my closet so no one will see them when i have people over. I hate to say it but the way wrestling is now-a-days i think ill be in the closet on this one for the rest of my life.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 8:56:11 GMT -5
I was when I was in my early 20s. And only one of my friends were into wrestling so we would discuss it. Now I wear it as a badge of honor. I let everyone know I love wrestling and if they don't like it they can eat a dick. Made a lot of wrestling fan friends recently and even converted some too.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 9:01:56 GMT -5
Nope.
I am who I am. If someone dislikes you for liking something, are they really worth your time in the first place?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 9:13:17 GMT -5
Nah. Never been a closet anything.
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Post by Happy Pizza on Sept 18, 2015 9:54:24 GMT -5
Nope. I wear wrestling shirts to the gym and out in public all the time. I don't ever worry about people I don't know judging me. Should it ever come up in conversation, I handle it like this:
"Isn't that stuff fake/dumb/for kids?"
"It's a scripted TV show I started watching as a child. Sometimes it's stupid, sometimes it's entertaining."
"Ok. Cool."
It's that easy. If somebody gets that hung-up on one of your hobbies, stop talking to them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 10:48:36 GMT -5
"It's fake."
"So are your moms boobs."
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Post by Zigzag on Sept 18, 2015 12:03:05 GMT -5
I wore my Vaudevillains shirt to the gym once. One of the trainers (male) was staring at me. When I caught his gaze, he's like: "Oh, sorry man. Just trying to read your shirt. It's so cool. Where'd you find it?"
We became friends soon after.
To answer the question more fully: I have a pretty large collection of wrestling shirts, dating back to WM 11. Lately, it's mostly CM Punk & Daniel Bryan, and a couple NXT ones. If the subject of wrestling comes up, I'll contribute to a conversation, and people respond well. Don't be afraid to make it known, when appropriate.
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Post by Stuart? on Sept 18, 2015 12:17:11 GMT -5
I know exactly how you feel. I'm 17 and in my 2nd last year of high school and I haven't mentioned it once, other than to my best friend who watches WWE sometimes. People have talked to me about it because they see 'Stuart liked WWE's post' on Facebook or whatever. I don't talk about it a lot though, only when someone else brings it up.
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Post by 👑🇵🇭⭐️ on Sept 18, 2015 12:17:59 GMT -5
Closet Professional Sports Wrestling Entertainment fan?? This is what you see when you go into my Trophy / Toy Room.  This is what you see when you walk down to my basement known as the Pat-Cave / Fortress of Pat-titude.  This is how Pat-Cave / Fortress of Pat-titude looks on Poker night.  This is what you see when you watch TV downstairs.  |
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Post by J12 on Sept 18, 2015 12:20:09 GMT -5
I didn't ever hide it, but I didn't talk about it in high school. I was a little apprehensive in college at first, then I stopped caring.
Now I'm in my mid 20s, I have friends who like it, I have friends who hate it, I have friends who don't care either way, and that's just fine. I don't hide it, and I'll engage people in conversation about it willingly if they want. I think anyone who is important to me knows that it's a huge part of my life. It feels far less taboo to me now than it did years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 12:24:19 GMT -5
I've never once hidden anything like that...if I like some thing then I like something.
I remember being asked what I like to do in my free time during my last job interview. My response was "hang out with my friends, eat junk food and watch wrestling". I got the job.
I haven't collected figures in years but when I did there was usually a small display in my room. I never hid them when I had girls over. I still got the butt.
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Post by Escape The Rules on Sept 18, 2015 15:23:11 GMT -5
Nope. Everyone that knows me knows I'm a big wrestling fan, I've always been very proud to be one - it's always been a big part of my life and who I am as a person. Through childhood, primary school, high school and now my twenties, I've never felt ashamed or afraid to be a wrestling fan. I think the only time in my life I'd maybe feel that way was maybe when I was 10 or 11 years old, impressionable and surrounded with class mates who were becoming "too old for that crap" and thought it was childish. That kind of mindset at the age of 11 is hilarious. I sure grew up with some very insecure friends. One dude I went to school with never grew out of that insecure mindset and was still like that right through high school and beyond. The boy was a complete sheep and tried so hard to fit in with everyone and the latest trends that I named it "Jack Wright syndrome". He's still like that now at 23 years of age and it's brutal. He wouldn't even admit to watching Wrestlemania 28 on Facebook a few years back, he deleted my post when I asked him what he thought about the show. No wonder I stopped talking to him. Insecurity at it's best. When you tell others that you don't watch wrestling, you're also lying to yourself. Anyone who can't accept you for who you are really isn't worth your time. Simply put:  them. Most of those types are usually very insecure people. Don't hide from it, I never have and I can't say I've ever had ANY problems in life from people knowing that I was a wrestling fan. You could actually be missing out on some great friendships by not being honest with yourself. You never know what kind of doors it could open for you in life. There's nothing to be ashamed of, be proud of what you love. It's so much easier to be a wrestling fan when you just embrace it. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 15:23:34 GMT -5
Closet Professional Sports Wrestling Entertainment fan?? This is what you see when you go into my Trophy / Toy Room. This is what you see when you walk down to my basement known as the Pat-Cave / Fortress of Pat-titude. This is how Pat-Cave / Fortress of Pat-titude looks on Poker night. This is what you see when you watch TV downstairs. Dude! Where did you get that IWGP Belt?! |
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Post by 👑🇵🇭⭐️ on Sept 18, 2015 15:33:49 GMT -5
Dude! Where did you get that IWGP Belt?! I got it from PuroresuShop.com right before it shut down. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 15:43:54 GMT -5
When you tell others that you don't watch wrestling, you're also lying to yourself. Anyone who can't accept you for who you are really isn't worth your time. Don't hide from it, I never have and I can't say I've ever had ANY problems in life from people knowing that I was a wrestling fan. You could actually be missing out on some great friendships by not being honest with yourself. You never know what kind of doors it could open for you in life. There's nothing to be ashamed of, be proud of what you love. Well I never really lie to people about being a wrestling fan. I tell them the truth, that i used to watch it when I was a kid. (because i haven't watched it since about 05) I just never elaborate on the subject. In my experience though when I have met people that know wrestling and i start to talk to them about it I quickly find out that they just watched for about 6-8 months during the attitude era. And the people that i meet that know wrestling inside and out seem to be the kind of people that I would never hang around. No offence to anyone here this is just in my experience. Where I live people just look down upon it. I used to work at a bowling alley years ago and in my free time my friends and I would always hang out there. Well their was this guy who was kinda slow who would hang out up there and just order chicken tenders and watch wrestling all day.(we had a bunch of flat screens in the place) He would be there on monday for raw, friday for smackdown, and whenever tna was on. He would never bowl or play the arcade games he would just sit there in his own world and watch wrestling. He was a really nice guy and i was always cool with him but because of him everyone I know seems to think that you have down syndrome to watch wrestling.  Sometimes when you have a reputation, the less you say about wrestling, the better. Most people just seem to view it as men in underwear pretending to fight. My girlfriends have always known about my dvd collection but aside from them I just choose to share it with very few people. |
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Post by A-Rob on Sept 18, 2015 15:53:45 GMT -5
No, all my friends and family know i'm a huge wrestling fan and i don't care what they think.
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Post by Adam on Sept 18, 2015 16:10:34 GMT -5
Closet? The door has been wide open.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Sept 18, 2015 17:00:16 GMT -5
Dude! Where did you get that IWGP Belt?! I got it from PuroresuShop.com right before it shut down. Is it toy or a replica and do you know where I can get one? |
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Post by Daws on Sept 18, 2015 17:09:30 GMT -5
Nope, it would be hard if I was because wrestling is all I talk about, plus the only shirts I wear are wrestling shirts.
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Post by King Richius on Sept 18, 2015 17:12:09 GMT -5
It's hard to be a closet wrestling fan when I have a display of over 300 figures in my living room, another room with 150 more figures setup around a complete arena, ~50 wrestling DVDs, and a few wrestling related t-shirts I wear regularly. If I could afford it, you can be sure I would have several replica belts proudly displayed as well but I can't justify the $200-$400 they go for. I have no shame about being a wrestling fan.
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