“I don’t like that! A no-name won!”
These were the words of my girlfriend Heather after Alberto Del Rio won the Royal Rumble match and the chance to main event Wrestlemania.
“He actually is a big name now; you just don’t watch every week.” I said to her. But even as I defended the WWE’s decision to give the newcomer such a big accolade, it was easy to see why she felt that way.
She is a casual fan at best, the kind of fan who quit watching regularly after the Rock/Austin era, didn’t realize that WCW was seriously messed up, and thinks that Hornswoggle is cute.
In her m...
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