1. Un Legado de Intolerancia en el Wrestling.
Múltiples comentarios identifican la homofobia, el racismo y la misoginia como elementos históricos en la lucha libre, especialmente en épocas como la "Attitude Era" de la WWE, donde eran utilizados para generar reacciones del público y construir personajes.
- Attitude era wwf, for example, has aged like milk. People try to wax nostalgic about it, but it was 95% absolute shit. The most blatant homophobia, sexism, and racism imaginable and that’s just from the babyfaces.
- Everything that old wrestlers complain about on their podcasts and socials about modern wrestling (especially aew) is rooted in their own racism, misogyny and homophobia pass it on.
- Wwe in the 90s routinely exploited misogyny and homophobia for cheap pops. And it was routinely some of the most watched tv of the decade.
- "where criminality and controversy, racism and sexism, ableism and homophobia, are simply part of the irresistible lore, a handy way of selling tickets and pay-per-view packages.".
2. La Tensión entre Homoerotismo y Rechazo.
El texto destaca una contradicción fundamental dentro del wrestling: su inherente homoerotismo, presente en la fisicalidad y estética de los luchadores, a menudo coexiste con un fuerte sentimiento homofóbico tanto en la industria como entre los aficionados.
- You need to understand, wrestling is one of those arts where the homoeroticism is inherent and the homophobia is rampant.
- I could write a novel about wrestling and its relationship to masculinity and homophobia.
- “but audrey, what about all of the blatant agitation of the audience’s homophobia via heel gimmicks like adrian street and goldust?” if anything, those gimmicks allowed people an outlet to personify, isolate and other the homoeroticism they were experiencing.
- It is odd to me how much homophobia has been in wrestling/its fanbase over the years though.
3. Críticas a la Industria y sus Aficionados.
Los comentarios critican duramente a promociones como WWE por su historial de escándalos y su cultura corporativa, así como a segmentos de la afición que perpetúan o defienden estas actitudes, a menudo en el contexto de la rivalidad entre empresas.
- Fuck the fed. Watch the wrestling that does not willingly support and promote pedophiles, fascism, racism, homophobia and transphobia.
- Wwe fans specifically are very sensitive about how the company they like is a complicit/an active participant in a multitude of crimes and abuses and tie themselves in knots to prove that actually it's okay for them to like the sex trafficking homophobia company run by trump supporters.
- Love how quickly you turned to homophobia just because someone's taste in wrestling is different from yours.
- I consider pro wrestling to be red state entertainment. The history of racism, misogyny, homophobia. Red state entertainment is not entertainment, it's a softening of your decency for others.
4. Evolución y Resistencia: Hacia un Espacio Inclusivo.
A pesar del oscuro historial, los textos también reflejan un cambio positivo. Se menciona cómo las nuevas generaciones y promociones como AEW buscan crear un ambiente más inclusivo, y cómo los propios aficionados han comenzado a rechazar activamente la homofobia, marcando una evolución en la cultura del wrestling.
- I was writing about homophobia in wrestling in the 200s, and it's honestly joyful seeing how much this generation has moved past that.
- I love how aew is like the attitude era without the homophobia, racist, and problematic elements :).
- It was refreshing to see internet wrestling fans push back on homophobia iirc “be a star” followed this.
- The heart of pro wrestling isn't steroids and playboy pillow fights and homophobia. At least not anymore. It's geeky and queer and beautiful.