+25
Professional wrestling is a form of hetero drag show. amirite?
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
So what's this mean for the female wrestlers?
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Men in proper drag, except for Becky who is just THE Man.
by After-Wishbone4 weeks ago
Same thing,
by Able_Credit67784 weeks ago
Also a sort of drag if the analogy holds, I think. Women can do anything they want, but the chiseled six pack and biceps which - even if they're for glamour - belong to someone who could definitely kick my ass according to the reptilian or simian side of my brain means it's probably a form of masculine presentation. ETA: I'm just learning about this now, but a way to think about it is that WWE is full of Drag Kings. You fight each other, you flex, you compete for a shiny bit of bling everyone's always trying to take from you, you engage in feats of humiliation and prowess for a hooting crowd egging you on to greater fights you're just going to lose one day. If that's not an expression and performance of what it is to be a dude regardless of what's between your legs, I dunno what is.
by ActiveAutomatic4 weeks ago
Professional wrestling is soap opera for sports fans
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
You should watch Lucha Underground
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Ever heard of The Undertaker? Early days of WWE had plenty of anime storylines.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
As far as demonic power goes, that's pretty much Finn Balor's gimmick. You might also enjoy Kenny Omega, whose character is heavily based on Final Fantasy and Street Fighter games.
by zcasper4 weeks ago
That makes me wonder why there's no Black Adam gimmick.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
So, we have an undead mortician whose brother is a demon (and republican politician) and one of them burned their parents' house down A regular guy who sometimes becomes a demon for a match at a time A children's TV host with a demonic alter ego And I think there was an ancient chinese evil entity giving commands to a few people for a bit
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
There was, but then she discovered duvet days and seems much happier for it.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
You didn't have to repeat yourself you could have just said demon.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
My husband was telling me about soft ground wrestling (mud wrestling) in Uganda where the main heel is a white colonialist and that's just solid storytelling.
by EffectiveLimp19884 weeks ago
That's what drag is.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Damn right! And lot's of intense face to face eye gazing to really let em know who's straight.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
oh how i love getting into my underwear with other men and rolling around on the floor with them totally straight btw
by connjameson4 weeks ago
Fun fact, wrestling rings aren't anything like trampolines. They are just wood planks and gym mats really. Little less pleasant to land on
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Wanna bet. My cousin was a blind referee.
by Able_Credit67784 weeks ago
That thing is not a trampoline. It looks springy on TV, and it kind of is to an extent, but it's literally wooden boards with a bit of padding over a metal frame.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
There's a spring in the middle but that's for dramatic effect, not fun.
by Hanejoesph4 weeks ago
These jokes get made because of the guys who get bent out of shape about even hugging their friends.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Not gonna lie it twitched a little
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Sorry, what now? It's 2024 and there's still people who think it's a trampoline and not a metal stage with a wooden floor and 4in mats? What rock have you been living under?
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Pro wrestling is too high of an art form for some people to understand and appreciate. You are one of those people. They aren't greasy underwear men. They're meaty men and they slap meat.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Hmm you're probably right. I'll YouTube "meaty men slapping meat" to get more informed about what true masculinity looks like
by Nayeli624 weeks ago
Any activity which has people dress in special costume is "a form of drag" using your criteria.
by Nettiemarvin4 weeks ago
Yeah! Under those criteria, you could call wrestlers "drag queens" just for wearing sequins and tassels, or dressing up like cowboys or… just boots and a Speedo. Not to mention wrestlers have straight-guy names like "Randy Savage"
by fschmidt4 weeks ago
Kane once wore heels to be as tall as the undertaker, even
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Lmao
by Additional-Cable4 weeks ago
Correct! You're getting it! That little business suit that people put on to go to the stock market. That is drag.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Another reason why professional wrestling is the highest form of art
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Wrestling is real. People are fake.
by mariannebauch4 weeks ago
Found Socrates, get in the telephone booth
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
No!!! It is redneck anime!
by jacobicarlie4 weeks ago
Why is this not higher up?
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Drag is anime?
by jacobicarlie4 weeks ago
No? Drag has a very specific definition that Pro Wrestling does not match
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Not to mention, drag isnt by definition homosexual either
by Mother-Objective4 weeks ago
Also every drag performer I know is a HUGE wrestling fan.
by parisianmicaela4 weeks ago
It's not entirely wrong much the same way saying army reserves are pretend military because they don't fight much. Nah it's 100% wrong kek
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Yeah this is one of the dumber takes I've seen on this site. It's basically saying live theater is a drag show. Dressing up in costume, playing the role of a character, and acting out a scene doesn't automatically mean you qualify as a "drag show." If anything, professional wrestling and drag shows are two different genres of live theater. The same way horror and comedy are two different genres of film.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
But OP didn't say that. They specifically talked about performing exaggerated gender characteristics, not just wearing a costume and being in character.
by parisianmicaela4 weeks ago
Right. And it was a dumb statement. I mean, is Rocky a movie about a Sylvester Stallone doing drag? Is Gerard Butler in 300 doing drag? Is Regina George in Mean Girls doing drag? Of course not. Each of these actors and actresses play a character and these characters have hyper feminine or hyper masculine traits. It doesn't mean their doing drag…which is a very specific form of entertainment.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
You're missing my point because you want to be edgy.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
You need to watch season 4 episode 2 of Drag Race…
by Davidtrantow4 weeks ago
I don't need to do anything, thank you very much
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Well in either case you'd be wrong.
by Davidtrantow4 weeks ago
No because Drag isn't Pro Wrestling just as much as Shakespeare isn't Pro Wrestling
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
But pro wrestling is Shakespearean so again…you'd be wrong.
by Davidtrantow4 weeks ago
They said Shakespeare isn't pro wrestling not pro wrestling isn't Shakespearean. I don't recall a Montague power bombing a Capulet through a table.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
It's a joke. A funny one at that. OP isn't trying to say drag is as ridiculous as pro wrestling
by Xgislason4 weeks ago
Then it's a badly conveyed joke
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Congratulations, you've created your first drag character. Let's hope you can dance, as well as the rest of the queens in your competition.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
You feel very strongly about this don't you.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
It's flamboyant masculinity, Just like in Jojo's Bizzarre Adventures
by No-Bus-17654 weeks ago
So you like to watch guys in tight, skimpy shorts, rubbing themselves against each other and throwing each other around for fun? 🤔
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
It's not a drag show, it's a soap opera for men.
by Pagacanne4 weeks ago
Drag involves people dressing up as the opposite gender, that's not really something you see in pro wrestling. Costumes and pageantry is not something that drag artists invented.
by Pagacanne4 weeks ago
Just look at what Seth Rollins wear every week🤣
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
So then the cooking channel is the opposite??
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
I disagree. It's acting, but they aren't exactly scrawny guys wearing muscle suits. They aren't using wires or special effects. Really it's far more on par with ballet than drag. The costumes are tights, they are always lifting each other in a coordinated show, and they completely wreck their bodies for the hopes to be famous to a very specific group of people.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
it's a form of theater. it's where drama kids and jocks intersect on the venn diagram.
by Imaginary-Ask42434 weeks ago
I would rather go to a drag show at this point in my life, but this is totally inaccurate 😭 maybe you could make an argument for the pageantry, but those men/women actually get pretty injured like all the time lmao It's a cute comparison for sure, but definitely not one with many similarities.
by Durward984 weeks ago
I too saw the South Park episode on wrestling.
by Hairy-Assignment-3784 weeks ago
Yeah, "hetero", sure.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
They are actually all just soap operas. Like all the characters have drama and beef and fight. Drag is less drammatic. Less emotional and just more fun. Unless its reality tv and then its about as real as kim Kardashian's Ass And I would argue that it is, like drag at MOST mildly heterosexual
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
It's actually a form of performance art boarding on self-actualization, but y'all not ready for that convo
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Action movies are just musicals in disguise.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
People are flaming in you for the drag part being inaccurate but I'm gonna say it's the heterosexual part that's questionable
by Hairy-Sea-60164 weeks ago
I'd say cosplay stage fighting is more accurate
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
What the heck are you on about
by bahringeralisa4 weeks ago
So all movies, plays, costume partys, and sci-fi/anime conventions are just drag?
by bahringeralisa4 weeks ago
I consider it to be more "aggressive ballet." Everybody knows their roles, has their moves and routines practiced and memorized, and they're all in tights.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
It's the other way around but sure
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
I'm sure the redneck audiences at these performances would agree. lmao
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
There's a massive queer following for wrestling, and more and more openly queer wrestlers performing these days. And because it's not a real sport, trans athletes can be involved without the controversy that happens in actual sports.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
the pro wrestling community has actually become pretty accepting in recent years
by ortizisabelle4 weeks ago
Don't forget the soap opera like drama
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
And the soap dropping drama ...
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
It is also kinda like what it would look like for men to fake orgasms together in an arena setting. Wooooo! Yay-uhhhhhh.
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
I saw an op-ed years ago about the huge disparity of right wingers who enjoy professional (?) wrestling(?) compared to a significantly smaller number of left wingers. Now it all makes sense. Projection anyone....?
by AideEnvironmental6564 weeks ago
if they aren't dressing across the line it's not drag, just really intense cosplay
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
Your local drag queens need to step their pussies up.
by Affectionate-Roof2024 weeks ago
I've seen drag queens doing backhand springs in heels …
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
are sports a form a drag now? cause you've just described pretty much every popular sport. dressing up ≠ drag not to mention there are woman wrestlers and women who love wrestling lmao
by Kulasgordon4 weeks ago
Pro Wrestling is Ballet for people who enjoy trucker hats
by Charlesspinka4 weeks ago
Says "it ain't ballet" on the box
by Anonymous4 weeks ago
I've had this theory for about a year now. Wrestling is absolutely straight people drag.
by EffectiveEcstatic5074 weeks ago
It‘s essentially gay soft porn.
by Cspinka4 weeks ago
not everyone has dissolute mind like OP
by General_Feedback96824 weeks ago
This might be the most accurate description of professional wrestling I've ever heard
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by After-Wishbone 4 weeks ago
by Able_Credit6778 4 weeks ago
by ActiveAutomatic 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by zcasper 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by EffectiveLimp1988 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by connjameson 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Able_Credit6778 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Hanejoesph 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Nayeli62 4 weeks ago
by Nettiemarvin 4 weeks ago
by fschmidt 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Additional-Cable 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by mariannebauch 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by jacobicarlie 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by jacobicarlie 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Mother-Objective 4 weeks ago
by parisianmicaela 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by parisianmicaela 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Davidtrantow 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Davidtrantow 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Davidtrantow 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Xgislason 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by No-Bus-1765 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Pagacanne 4 weeks ago
by Pagacanne 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Imaginary-Ask4243 4 weeks ago
by Durward98 4 weeks ago
by Hairy-Assignment-378 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Hairy-Sea-6016 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by bahringeralisa 4 weeks ago
by bahringeralisa 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by ortizisabelle 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by AideEnvironmental656 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Affectionate-Roof202 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by Kulasgordon 4 weeks ago
by Charlesspinka 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago
by EffectiveEcstatic507 4 weeks ago
by Cspinka 4 weeks ago
by General_Feedback9682 4 weeks ago
by Anonymous 4 weeks ago