I tend to agree – there needs to be SOME mystery in order for fans such as yourself to enjoy the spectacle. Knowing too much can (and does) lead to less enjoyment of Wrestling as a whole.

I remember when I was just a fan, long before I got into the business. I didn’t even know the term “Indy” existed, let alone there was such a thing going on. Then after my best friend at the time started a promotion in Phoenix Arizona (He wrestled as Mr murder), I got smartened up quickly even though i was still just a fan. I used the terms around the boys – and yes, more than one shunned me because of it. But *I* believed that I was showing them an honor by trying to learn their ways.

It wasn’t until years later after I started working for UWC in North Carolina that it all gelled in my brain that I was (back then) doing a bad thing in their eyes. I was an outsider daring to speak their language – a language they earned the right to use and I hadn’t.

But today, things are different. Words like Gimmick grew out of being just a Wrestling term and now has it’s own meaning in other venues. So even though Fans use the word – it’s no longer disrespect in most cases, because it’s now mainstream.

Again, Thanks!

What I’m rambling towards is this.. I appreciate that the wrestlers have their own codes and I don’t know them.. I enjoy the mystery.. Real fans normally read those posts by the “internet journalists” and shake their heads (at least I personally do of course I can tell when someone is trying to make themselves sound more important than they are).. And I wanted to thank you for realizing that as a fan we have paid dues in ways that only we as fans can know.. Just like a fan could never understand what the wrestler he is watching has gone through to get where they are.. So if my vote means anything leave the curtain down, and let the moronic be the less you pay attention to them the more silent they become..