Comment on Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?

Vopyr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Since when is that allowed!? /s

  I’m fine with that. My bigger question was simply why am I seeing it in sports news instead of entertainment news all of a sudden? It’s not a sport. it’s a variety show sponsored by the makers of steroids.

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  • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Since when is it forbidden? Who is gatekeeping the sports page?

    And I think you see it in sports news because it reaches their demographic better—some WWE fans are too insecure in their masculinity to visit the arts and culture section, and I’d bet dollars to doughnuts that football and wrestling have a huge crossover demographic.

    We have been living in a post truth world lately, and pretending that WWE is a sport is just another facet of it. Strap in, the nonsense is just getting started.

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