A quick plug, and an answer to a nice debate....

First off, I'd like to plug a friend's show coming up in the Jersey area. Anyone in Lake Hiawatha, NJ or the general area that wants to go see some good action with the femme fatales of pro wrestling, check out Women Superstars Uncensored this saturday, September 22nd at the ECPW Arena. Check out WSUWrestling.com for information on the show, and more info on WSU. If you want the link and this one doesn't work, its in the palace network list on the sidebar of this blog.

Now, if you'd allow me the opportunity, there is a topic i found very intriguing I'd like to respond to.

I was approached from my friend Derrick asking me about the general consensus of opinions of what I would call casual observers of the pro wrestling world, and their less than stellar view of the business and what they feel about people who follow it, people like you, the readers of this blog, or myself, who write incessantly about it.

While I am not going to try and delve in to the general feelings of others, as that would be a topic that could take forever to describe and decipher, I am going to try and respond to this topic in this facet. Derrick sent me a good email, but out of respect, I am not going to print it, because it contains some items that I don't think Derrick would want me to publish.

The key word here is OPINION. Everyone has one, and every single person's is unique in every sense of the word. Some people find this to be their love, others find that, and not a single person has the same opinion as the next. Whatever your feelings on pro wrestling may be, any attempt to sway, maneuver, or manipulate anyone else to understand your desires, passions, or feelings on the sport is going to end up falling flat. Nobody can change what their opinions are about any viewpoint whatsoever unless said person decides they're going to do it.

Will people get up and wonder why you're following a sport that has such a colorful background? Sure. My own child asks me that question regularly, as recently as last week. But, for the colorfulness that plagues WWE right now, there is the other side of the coin, the pure athleticism that exists down below, in the gyms and high schools of this world, with the WSUs, the ROHs, and the other smaller companies that feature talents that may not look like Arnold, but can bounce around like Speedy Gonzalez.

Bluntly, to try and answer Derrick's query, this is what I would say. Don't spend your time trying to convert fans. Expose them, and let them make their own accords. Some will get it, some will accept it, and some will ridicule it. It's just the nature of the beast, and the nature of the human persona. I wish there was ways to manipulate it, but trust me, if Sigmund Freud couldn't figure it out, neither can we.

Has anyone had difficulties trying to explain to a casual viewer/observer/fan your love of the business? If so, share it. I'd like to hear it.