Evolving Wrestling fans, wanting to be in on more of a "cool wrestling product":
"It is a great question and an analysis, more of a commentary on society as a whole. What is happening is that you are getting these dissects of fan-bases as you see in WWE. You will have almost the "hipster" equivalent to the fan-base these days that says look at me 'I am so knowledgable and I can grow a beard and I happen to know when Bryan Danielson first wrestled', ok dude I get it and that's great but that doesn't make me any different nor better nor anything of a fan than you. There seems to be that divide happening between fans right now.
There is also this wave of, and I feel like the Lucha Underground fanbase, that doesn't want to know the spoilers, they don't want to know the guy's real name, they don't want to know that this guy is dating that girl, they just want to watch the wrestling and that is the kind of fan that I was too. I think the Lucha Underground fan is like, 'hey man, I like this and I know Breaking Bad isn't real and I know the guy doesn't have cancer', but they want to watch and there you go."
If that's the case that problem has existed for over 30 years since the 80's.
The problem's go far deeper than that and one of them is not being creative enough to get over the people they would like to push and ignoring the guys that are.
I see where he's coming from though I think LU fans that actually promote and encourage people to watch the show are those "hipster equivalent" fans he's discussing. But I get him not bash his own fanbase if its not necessary.
Rest of the interview is all about LU. I will quote the transcript if you're interested.
What can Lucha Underground's Season 2 possibly offer to fans that enjoyed Season 1 so much:
"I say this a lot and it always seems to come up and it always seems to be so fitting but if you want to hear God laugh, you tell him your plans. I think I've learned from wrestling and from television that you do what you are there to do and you don't think about tomorrow, tomorrow has enough thought's of it's own to paraphrase so I don't think we know. I think we were having a great time doing Season 1 and other people felt that energy and here we are doing it again and hopefully again and again."
Using the word "Season" when referring to Lucha Underground's presentation of stories:
"Well first and foremost I think certain words have worked their way into our lexicon in 2016 that weren't readily at the tip of our tongues in 96. With that said, I think the great term and I don't think they intended it to be this pure and honest when he coined it but it's Sports Entertainment. When you say 'Seasons', baseball has a season and Shameless on Showtime has a season so I think that what Lucha Underground is doing is it's becoming a sport as well as television show. So the person that says well I don't watch wrestling but they watch Lucha Underground versus the people that say they don't really watch Tele Novella's but they watch Lucha Underground is that it's able to cross everything for a lack of a better term."
Now being a "Lead Commentator" vs. being the "color guy" partners of his getting criticism:
"I think that my origins in my teachings lend themselves that whomever is in the chair next to me I am going to work to their strengths in a way from what I perceive to be their weaknesses and I hope that people do the same for me. I don't think the whole assignment of what position am I playing today, am I playing first, am I playing the outfield, I think I am just going to try my best in whichever chair I am sitting in whether it is a two man booth or a three man booth. If people knock Yoshi Tatsu, I use what I am with and who I am working with and I love Yoshi and think he did a great job and I'll talk about that for days too."
What it is like announcing beside Vampiro and how have they built their chemistry to be one of the most solid announce teams in wrestling:
"I think first and foremost Vamp and I are really a lot better away from wrestling then we are when we get to the building and get to the ring. We kind of do avoid each other for the most part of the day because we understand the whole riggamorow that gets involved but then five minuets before showtime we together and we have a little room that we spit some lines at each other for about five minuets and we go out there like a band and like a team we just play. I can explain it, it's almost kindred."
Filming the opening scene of Season 2 and picking up Vampiro from the Insane Asylum and the production value of the overall show.
"It was definitely a lot of fun. I don't mean to be self deafening but you could have put a monkey in that scene and it would still look cool. It's just the way it is shot. It was very cool to be a part of it and to see it come to life, out of the guy (who's name is Skip) to see it come to life out of his mind on to the screen is thrilling and is inspiring. The beauty of the show is it crosses boundaries. I am reminded of movies like Goodfellas or shows like That 70s Show where they were shot in a way that they were to convey something like a time period and the way it's shot it conveys something to the viewer and that is a tip of the cowboy hat to Robert (Rodriguez) and everybody else involved in the production and the concepts."
There ARE actual fans that think they are better at being fans simply by who they like to warch wrestle. & they absolutely will judge a person harshly for who they do or don't like. As if different taste does not exist. It's crazy.
This is true, but it's also part of life. One has to be prepared to defend his position or not be bothered by what others think about his interests. Is engaging in pro-wrestling different than what one experience's when engaging with sports? Attend any football game in an American stadium and loudly call for a defender to strip the ball instead of focusing on the tackle. Just wait for the responses from the knowledgeable fans to come out (perhaps even rain down on you). Do you want to engage in a heated discussion? Gather Canadian hockey fans together and discuss the validity of fighting (or even body-checking) in the game. You don't have to visit on online forum to discover that some people are devoted to specific wrestlers as they are with sports franchises. If a segment of the fan base genuinely tries to dictate how everyone "should" enjoy the show, then that's a legitimate problem. Few things are as formal as opera, however, there is still etiquette that needs to be followed when attending live events. Interfering in fellow attendees' enjoyment of an event is a two-way street. One man's sign is another man's obstruction. :wink2: Public statements and private statements aren't the same. It takes courage to do things publicly. Perhaps what's needed is a supporter's section like the ones deployed at European Football/Soccer stadiums? These are no place for Children, sensitive individuals or the uninitiated. Soccer Mom's beware. :wink2:
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