Yep, so when I say I find WWE stupid I usually get the response that “It’s just like a soap opera!” So basically I find the story lines for both to be terrible writing, but the WWE at least has some athletics… but not as good as you’d find in even an action movie. So it fails to be an interesting story and fails to have interesting stunts.
As someone who really loves pro wrestling, it’s not really for everyone. It’s about telling small stories which may or may not be consistent with previous lore, but the best ones are. Instead of having a solid structure, it’s like a TTRPG where there are characters, and there are events, and the drama comes from how these people react to the unfolding events, while other people react to their own events.
And sometimes reality creeps in, whether by design or chance, and everyone’s gotta scramble to adjust to it, how their character would react.
And then there’s the crowd. Pro wrestling is the only story I know of that can (and will) change outcomes in real time in response to crowd reaction. A Babyface will act heel-ish to put over a guy being cheered by the crowd, but at the end of the day they’ll still be a Babyface
They’re kinda the same thing, no?
Yep, so when I say I find WWE stupid I usually get the response that “It’s just like a soap opera!” So basically I find the story lines for both to be terrible writing, but the WWE at least has some athletics… but not as good as you’d find in even an action movie. So it fails to be an interesting story and fails to have interesting stunts.
As someone who really loves pro wrestling, it’s not really for everyone. It’s about telling small stories which may or may not be consistent with previous lore, but the best ones are. Instead of having a solid structure, it’s like a TTRPG where there are characters, and there are events, and the drama comes from how these people react to the unfolding events, while other people react to their own events.
And sometimes reality creeps in, whether by design or chance, and everyone’s gotta scramble to adjust to it, how their character would react.
And then there’s the crowd. Pro wrestling is the only story I know of that can (and will) change outcomes in real time in response to crowd reaction. A Babyface will act heel-ish to put over a guy being cheered by the crowd, but at the end of the day they’ll still be a Babyface
It’s amazing