Don't get me wrong I am a WRESTLING FAN

Anyone who may have read my Burning Mind Column when it was at Comicsbulletin.com, or my current Burning Mind blog, would know I occasionally go on rants. I have avoided doing much in the way of rants on Wrestlementary, but I am going to let this one fly.

I watch Hulu a lot, including WWE Programming. On Hulu is a commercial about some idiot getting a WWE logo tattoo, and saying “Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a wrestling fan, I’m a WWE fan.”

I don’t know if this is a Hulu produced commercial, WWE produced, or co-produced.

I do know that it is fucking insulting to the WWE fan base that are Professional Wrestling Fans. Why would one watch the WWE if they were a wrestling fan in the first place? Despite the fact that Vince has tried to distance the product from wrestling, its core business and main draw is still wrestling, no matter what they brand it.

Let’s say you are a WWE fan, and not a pure wrestling fan, this commercial is still an insult to you. It makes ALL WWE fans looks like losers. How? At one point in the commercial the idiot talked about quitting his job because it prevents him from watching WWE! That is a good and positive way for Hulu/WWE to present WWE Fans. Great job!

Yes, I know the commercial is a promo for WWE on Hulu and the guy is an actor (I’m not bashing the actor, just the character and commercial). It’s an insulting one that it not funny or humorous. It presents WWE fans in general in a poor light, as having no life outside of WWE, and blatantly pisses on wrestling fans.

- Ace Masters