Have you ever been so emerged in a television series, a movie saga or a ficional book that you wish it were real? That your fantasy could somehow combine with your reality and be a part of your day to day life? Well thats pro wrestling. Its a world where life and art combine to create this enigmatic, athetic form of entertainment. But throughout the years it has seemingly lost its mainstream caliber and has turned into something a little more obsolite in pop culture.

Now a days you say that you are a wrestling fan and about 80% people will look at you weird, about 15% will say they watched it when they were a kid and only a very small minority will say “Cool. I am a fan too.” But most of the time people just talk about WWE and have no idea that other wrestling exists all around the world. (Other then Mexican Lucha Libre.) So strange! Maybe that’s just were I live.

What people fail to understand that pro wrestling is much more then crazy antics or two middle aged duded yelling “Suck it.” It can give people inspiration and the role models they need to stay on a good path. In my case, after i rediscovered pro wrestling my entire life did a 108 and I because the person I always wanted to be. Everything revolved around Wrestling. From the clothes I wore, to the music I listened to, to the books I read. Everything has to do with the business.

Wrestling is a dream, a world. Something where creativity, imagination meet action and athleticism. And to be honest, ask a wrestling fan why they love it and most of the time they will have no idea why. I don’t know why I am so passionate about it and I know I’m not the only one. Don’t believe me? I’ll prove it to you.

This is a presentation I found on http://www.slideshare.net done by a WWE fan. Most wrestling fans have been watching it since childhood and cannot even remember now. It might of been a family member or a friend who introduced us to it. Maybe it was a particular wrestler, storyline or style that sucked us in. Bottom line pro wrestling is an addicting, rush and it has the most passionate fans in the world and in order to do it you have to love it with everything you got. Again, don’t believe me? I’ll prove it.

If Finn Balor didn’t love pro wrestling would he have put his body on the line for it? People like Seth Rollins, Kurt Angle and Lita have battled through painful, career ending injuries with the goal of getting back in the ring. But why would they endure such unimaginable pain just to roll around in a ring? Because they love it.  Its not all about money and fame ya know. Pro wrestling is a passion and lifestyle and it requires a huge sacrifice and I thank every person who has ever laced up a pair of wrestling boots. It takes a lot of guts and talent.

So why does Pro Wrestling matter? Because it just does. End of story.

So that’s all for now folks. Stay Weird and remember “Pro Wrestling is real, people are fake.” -Ken Anderson

-PJ Cage