Hey man, I'm happy to help:
1.What makes you apart of this community? Why or why not?
- I love to discuss wrestling and learn about it, and with this being WRESTLING FORUM, it's the most obvious to be a part of. Although I have a lot of friends into different things, I have very few who like / watch wrestling, so coming here and being able to discuss it is great for me. I've been here a good few years now and always enjoyed it. I've learned things I never though I would, not specific to what has occurred or why it occurred, but the dynamics of wrestling and things other members know better than me. Overall, it's a fun forum that a lot of posters don't take them too seriously, a good place to discuss a large part of my life and the definitive voice in online wrestling discussion.
2.How long have you been a fan?
- Honestly, the day after I was born I was put in front of the TV sat with my brother who was watching wrestling. I can never remember not watching wrestling. I'm 29 today and can honestly say I've watched wrestling the entire 29 years, and honestly have been a fan since before I can remember.
3.What kind of language do you use with someone when talking about wrestling? (are terms like face/heel used?)
- Talking about wrestling in real life or on Twitter with someone who knows what they're talking about, I will say things like face / heel and lingo we're all used to, but I never go too far down that road. It's cringeworthy reading people who have never wrestled or been involved in wrestling using insider terms or just saying things to prove how "smart" they are, (there's someone I followed until recently on Twitter who refers to Triple H as 'Paul' and it's awful. They're being ironic, but they're trying to prove how smart they are, you know?), and there's nothing worse than one fan calling another a fan a 'mark' as an insult as they don't realise they are one, too. Overall though, yeah, if I'm talking to a fellow fan I will speak in terms I know they'll understand, but just talking about it to other people I will just use things like good / bad instead of face / heel.
4.What do you enjoy most about wrestling?
- Hard question to answer, honestly. This is probably a cliche, generic answer but it's an honest one, I think I most love the theatrics of it, the storytelling and the fact you can get lost in something you know isn't real but reels you in each time. I care about every wrestler I see and respect all of them, and the fact that each one entertains me in a way I get from movies or music, possibly more, is fantastic to me and leads me to still enjoying it almost 30 years later.
5.Is there a stereotype associated with being a wrestling fan? If so what is it?
- There is, yes. It's a shame but we still get people either telling us it's fake, as if we don't know, or laughing because we haven't grown out of it. On the outside the stereotypical fan is some sort of man child who can't determine real from fake, someone who should have outgrown something a long time ago and a person who is easily laughed at, which is absolutely stupid. There's wrestling fans I know who I've been out with and have actively denied being a fan which is absolutely crazy. I think the stereotype is wearing off, in my country anyway (England) because wrestling is now a fun thing to see / do, and is becoming more and more of a nightscene in recent years and it's a place where large amount of friends attent together, which is great. I do find that those who judge don't understand though, and think that they all think we're all sat believing everything we see.
6.Whats the difference between someone who watches the live show versus someone who may go to the live event?
- Not sure, really. I don't think there are a lot, it's just liking it in other ways. I personally haven't been to a live event because with work and a family, and again not having a lot of wrestling fan mates, I don't get to go, but I don't think I'm a worse wrestling fan for it. I'm a football fan too and hear an argument a lot that you're not a real fan if you don't attend the matches which is strange because some can't afford it or work on matchdays and a lot of other reasons, but some think they're better because of it. Now I don't see that often in wrestling but I have, people who think just because they attend shows they're somehow more of a fan than those who don't, so I don't think there's a lot of difference really. I think we all just enjoy it in different ways.