[RETRO] Wrestling Megastars by Epic Toys

The 3POA podcast with Matt was good. It really seemed to clear the air with most of the misconceptions and remained cordial enough to have disagreements that didn’t seem to leave a bad taste in anyone’s mouth. Go listen if you haven’t already - you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll cringe.

There were points coming from each side that I feel some people here can really learn from. One thing that I did want to touch upon is the assumption of tone or “putting a voice” behind a comment. This is probably one of my biggest flaws here and elsewhere. What we say and the way we write it is open to the interpretation of the reader. There are times where I have had difficulty reading something in multiple ways and instead only taken something as a negative. It’s even harder when you feel as though you know the person.

In this episode, a text from Chelsea’s sister was referenced. Chelsea had taken that text and interpreted it automatically as a negative thing. For her, I’m sure it’s easy to take something like that from someone she knows and have an educated guess at what she meant by it. It doesn’t mean she will always be right. Similarly, most here are familiar with Matt’s voice, his cadence, and his vocabulary. When he posts here you can hear his voice. Given the things that had been said about Epic several weeks ago, it was hard to read any interaction without that same tone of disgust and frustration. And that isn’t truly fair so I do apologize if I came off as more aggressive than I should have been.

The Matt Cardona in that interview was more casual and subdued than what most of us are used to…and that is anything but a negative. It harkens back to that interview Mark Sterling did with Zombie Sailor where there is less of an emphasis on the gimmick or trying to be entertaining and more focus on the passion of the individual. That shift in tone in both that interview and today’s episode really reinforces the point that was made about trying not to assume the worst when it comes to people’s comments here (and elsewhere).