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AlecSkorpio
03/25/20 12:33:38 PM
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None of my redneck family watches professional wrestling anymore, they were obsessed with it up until like the early to mid 2000's I think.

My sister is obsesssed with wrestling though, but she never really liked it until the rest of the family stopped caring around the early to mid 2000's. All of her friends are obsessed with wrestling too, on top of a bunch of other nerdy things.

What happened? Was it just a shift that happened in the 2000's? Or is this just a weird thing just for me?

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El Mexicano Texano
03/25/20 12:35:15 PM
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When something popular dies down, in come the hipsters to make it seem cool.

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Austin_Era_II
03/25/20 12:38:16 PM
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When Austin left and Cena took over.

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ExtremeLuchador
03/25/20 12:38:53 PM
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The rise of UFC in 2002 killed it for the mainstream.

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R1masher
03/25/20 12:40:50 PM
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Thats a derogatory term, why do you insist on being racist ?

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SmidgeIsntBack
03/25/20 12:42:00 PM
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I think most nerds just grew up with it. Stuff like Hulkamania wasn't just a redneck thing.

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AlecSkorpio
03/25/20 12:42:42 PM
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R1masher posted...
Thats a derogatory term, why do you insist on being racist ?

I can use that term cause I'm half red neck.

My other half is white trash, before you ask.

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Kolibri X
03/25/20 12:43:31 PM
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They moved on to MMA.

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Southernfatman
03/25/20 12:43:53 PM
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All the normal fans got run off through WWF/E's shitty booking and buying WCW. All that's left are the nerds who were obsessed with wrestling and most of these promotions and wrestlers cater to them with their flips, neckbeardy meta humor, and video game and anime re-enactments. Unless WWE does it. Then it sucks.

It's the only fanbase I've seen that wants their favorite thing to look as dumb and be as niche as possible.

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