The two years that I had roommates in college, they wouldn't stop making sarcastic comments about the show when I would watch wrestling, or else they would try to watch it with me but they were only able to engage on an ironic level.
And this was pre-hipsters!
So basically from fall '01 through spring '03 I had my grandparents record everything for me and I'd just marathon WWE every weekend at home. <_<
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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