First things first I want to talk about a major thing that happened this week.
So one of my older cats Eric became very lethargic, he just wasn’t himself. Now since mum passed I have been so worried about anything happening to the cats, I just didn’t know how I would deal with it. I knew he needed to see a vet he really wasn’t a happy boy.
Anyway I was brave, got him an appointment and took him to the vets. Turns out the little guy has been fighting and had taken a pretty nasty bite to his butt, it needed some work and he needed some shots but he is doing so much better. I am very proud about how I dealt with the situation, I did find the whole thing emotionally exhausting but I am so happy Eric is getting better.
Now on to the main subject. It’s Wrestlemaina weekend, well these days it’s a more like Wrestlemania week.
Back in 2002 I was lucky enough to attend my first Wrestlemania in Toronto, pretty much every year after that bar 2007, 2014 and 2015 I have had the pleasure of attended the WWE spectacular Wrestlemania in some respect up till 2019….. I was meant to go last year but Covid-19 interrupted those plans.
This year I’ll be watching with my support bubble with my extra support bubble on a video call.
Wrestling has been a huge part of my life since I was 10 years old. It was my first “specialist subject” which I was obsessed with, like I had to know everything….. in retrospect now this was maybe an early sign of my late in life diagnosed autism.
Wrestling has given me so much, my best-est friends, my greatest memories and so many experiences and opportunities.
I have travelled the world to watch wrestling and as soon as the world re-opens to me I will continue to travel to experience wrestling.
I really want to travel to Japan to experience wrestling there, that is defiantly on my bucket list.
So why was I attracted to wrestling? I think because it was a whole world I could get lost in. I discovered this is called a hyperreality, I even wrote my dissertation on the hyperreality of wrestling when I was in Uni.
I have always had an alternative reality in my head that I could just slip off to when ever I wanted some alone time. I think wrestling just resonated with me because of this.
As the years went on I started to appreciate wrestling for other reasons, the story telling, the athleticism, the art form.
I remember going to my first live event, it was so exciting and like nothing I had ever experienced, it just cemented my love.
Wrestling has brought out more emotion in me than anything else in my life.
This year’s Wrestlemania will be different, it’s split over 2 nights again which I will admit I am not a fan of, it dilutes the spectacle for me. Also it’s going to be the first event with a substantial number of fans in attendance since Covid-19 shut the world down. Its going to feel strange seeing it on TV with a crowed knowing that there would have been no way I could have attended. But I know I’ll still love it.
I’ll be watching through the eyes of my inner child and enjoy every moment of it, I suggest you do the same 🙂
If your going to be watching enjoy fellow Outliers.
GimpyBits 