From: Metal_DK | Posted: 5/12/2012 3:43:25 PM | #060
Honestly if the acting was good I don't think I'd enjoy it as much. It's the over the top cheesy "they are really saying this with a straight face" part of wrestling that appeals to me.
at first i thought your response was really dumb, but honestly when I think about it, you are right on with that.
I guess the acting that I will never think is "good because its cheesy" is some of the actual wrestling.
The most recent time I watched wrestling (Cody Rhodes lived right down the street from me when we were in high school, and I saw an ad for a weeks episode of monday night WWE or something), the way the wrestlers would be pinned for like 3 seconds, wobble a small bit, and then the one trying to pin the other would just fall off. It was pretty painful to watch.
I don't see what part of "I like cheesy things that take themselves seriously because that's hilarious" is dumb. It's not exactly a concept that applies only to wrestling. But yeah, I agree that the wrestling itself has some terrible acting, which is part of the charm. It's great to see something that makes absolutely no sense and having the commentators try to take it seriously.