Post by bababooey on Feb 7, 2017 20:59:15 GMT -5
I believe the vast majority do care about their fans. They got into this a business where a spotlight is on them and the goal is to gain attention. I'm sure every single one of them likes having fans. Everyone likes to be liked. But sometimes it gets overwhelming. Also sometimes you may read that a wrestler was rude but maybe you're reading about it from a rude fan's point of view. You also need to think of each wrestler's personality.
For example, Brock Lesnar is a very introverted person. Most of what I've heard is that he's not mean at all. He just prefers to keep to himself. I've even heard stories of him going to restaurants and tipping the server more than what the bill was.
I've also met Sasha Banks who gets a bad rap. I've seen stuff about her that does seem mean, but it was at times that she wasn't actually working. I met her when she was working at a comic con and she was super nice. All smiles and kept saying thank you for coming to see her.
This isn't wrestling but it's a great example of celebrity interaction with fans. This past weekend I was on a Walking Dead cruise. I'm semi friendly with some of the cast through mutual friends. I don't bother them when they aren't working, but if they see me they'll usually wave me over or come over to me.
One example I can think of from this cruise is a couple interactions with Michael Traynor and Ross Marquand. Friday night, my friends and I were in the club area. We were just having some fun and dancing when Michael Traynor shows up and comes over to say hi. We talked for a minute then he went to circulate around the room and mingle. Right away some girl starts dancing in front of him, so he starts dancing too. Then all of a sudden she just drops to her knees with her head by his crotch. He took off and pretty much ran to the other side of the room. When we saw him on Sunday, he was like "Yeah that was a crazy night. A lot of strange people grabbing me in weird places." Sunday night, we were in the club area again and we see Michael and Ross again. Ross points us out to Michael and they start heading over to us. Before they reach us, a bunch of girls run up and start like grinding on them. Michael left, Ross reached over and high fived us then started dancing with the girls that wouldn't let him through.
Probably the craziest thing I saw was on Sunday when the cruise stopped for an island day. My friends and I were just chilling in the water on the beach and not too far off to the side was Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alana Masterson, and Greg Nicotero playing in the water with their kids. We knew this was their personal time so we didn't bother them. We definitely looked over at them a bunch of times because it was interesting (and we did catch Chandler Riggs checking out my friend, then posing on a rock to try showing off his milky white body) but we didn't go over and bother them. We were pretty disgusted to see some people actually try to go over and get near the kids.
The point is to realize that celebrities appreciate fans, but there's a point where they are normal people too.
For example, Brock Lesnar is a very introverted person. Most of what I've heard is that he's not mean at all. He just prefers to keep to himself. I've even heard stories of him going to restaurants and tipping the server more than what the bill was.
I've also met Sasha Banks who gets a bad rap. I've seen stuff about her that does seem mean, but it was at times that she wasn't actually working. I met her when she was working at a comic con and she was super nice. All smiles and kept saying thank you for coming to see her.
This isn't wrestling but it's a great example of celebrity interaction with fans. This past weekend I was on a Walking Dead cruise. I'm semi friendly with some of the cast through mutual friends. I don't bother them when they aren't working, but if they see me they'll usually wave me over or come over to me.
One example I can think of from this cruise is a couple interactions with Michael Traynor and Ross Marquand. Friday night, my friends and I were in the club area. We were just having some fun and dancing when Michael Traynor shows up and comes over to say hi. We talked for a minute then he went to circulate around the room and mingle. Right away some girl starts dancing in front of him, so he starts dancing too. Then all of a sudden she just drops to her knees with her head by his crotch. He took off and pretty much ran to the other side of the room. When we saw him on Sunday, he was like "Yeah that was a crazy night. A lot of strange people grabbing me in weird places." Sunday night, we were in the club area again and we see Michael and Ross again. Ross points us out to Michael and they start heading over to us. Before they reach us, a bunch of girls run up and start like grinding on them. Michael left, Ross reached over and high fived us then started dancing with the girls that wouldn't let him through.
Probably the craziest thing I saw was on Sunday when the cruise stopped for an island day. My friends and I were just chilling in the water on the beach and not too far off to the side was Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alana Masterson, and Greg Nicotero playing in the water with their kids. We knew this was their personal time so we didn't bother them. We definitely looked over at them a bunch of times because it was interesting (and we did catch Chandler Riggs checking out my friend, then posing on a rock to try showing off his milky white body) but we didn't go over and bother them. We were pretty disgusted to see some people actually try to go over and get near the kids.
The point is to realize that celebrities appreciate fans, but there's a point where they are normal people too.