I remember when I was a little kid, I always believed wrestling was real. I thought heels and faces were really enemies, and had no idea the moves were choreographed.
Around Wrestlemania 3, I had made a comment to my uncle that I hoped Hogan killed Andre in the ring. My uncle used to wrestle a little, in local gyms and stuff, and he told me about the whole thing, how the faces and heels are really friends, and about moves and storylines and everything. I was about 6 years old or so, and it drove me nuts at first.
Anyway, I'm curious as to when and how you guys stopped being marks, even at a young age.
I think that today even kids are more savvy to what's going on, simply because the business has changed and everything is in the open now. But, when the business was protected, it was harder to learn this stuff.
I heard that in the 50s and 60s, even adults believed it was all real, and any wrestler who broke character could find himself beat down in the parking lot, or even killed. Yes, I've read that, though I doubt how true it is.
Around Wrestlemania 3, I had made a comment to my uncle that I hoped Hogan killed Andre in the ring. My uncle used to wrestle a little, in local gyms and stuff, and he told me about the whole thing, how the faces and heels are really friends, and about moves and storylines and everything. I was about 6 years old or so, and it drove me nuts at first.
Anyway, I'm curious as to when and how you guys stopped being marks, even at a young age.
I think that today even kids are more savvy to what's going on, simply because the business has changed and everything is in the open now. But, when the business was protected, it was harder to learn this stuff.
I heard that in the 50s and 60s, even adults believed it was all real, and any wrestler who broke character could find himself beat down in the parking lot, or even killed. Yes, I've read that, though I doubt how true it is.