Indisputable proof Pro-Wrestling is totally real
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by Simon in Internet, Pop Culture
There was a time when chopping your pelvis in the shape of the letter ‘X’ was the most amusing gesture a teenager could make. It was such a versatile action! Doing the Degeneration-X chop could mean anything: you’re mad, you’re teasing, you’re horny, you’re having an epileptic seizure.
One thing it most certainly meant was that you watched pro-wrestling. Which, I mean, c’mon — didn’t we all? Pro wrestling is one of those childhood topics that is universally fascinating, like dinosaurs, race cars and fire. The day I realized it was fake was so many times more devestating than the day I realized Polkaroo was the missing dude.
It was also the day wrestling transformed from sport to soap opera, paving the way towards years of even more engaged behaviour; reading online websites for news, Rock Bottoming people into snow banks and trying to guess what script writers would conjure up next for WWF Monday Night Raw.
So, long story short, I loved wrestling, and although I no longer watch it still have a soft spot in my heart for whatever amusement bone it tickled in my now mostly dormant adolescent Id. And whatever dark recess that might be, this clip exemplifies it.
As the person who tweeted this incredible moment in human history poignantly ponders: WHY ARE WE NOT HYPNOTIZED?
