Zimbra Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I don't wear wrestling stuff but one time I broke my "no talking to strangers" rule and complimented a librarian on his Blue Demon shirt, but he had no idea who Blue Demon was and just wore the shirt because it looked cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 That just makes me think of the guy standing on the car, blood streaming from his head screaming SLAYER SLAYER over and over on the Live Intervention VHS haha Hey, was it this guy? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 The last concert I went to was Iron Maiden and the guy next to me, who I'd never met, found a way to work in two separate jokes about Bang Bus into small talk with me during my time there. I don't really go out much anymore. 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Was he trying to get you in a porno? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 59 minutes ago, Zimbra said: I don't wear wrestling stuff but one time I broke my "no talking to strangers" rule and complimented a librarian on his Blue Demon shirt, but he had no idea who Blue Demon was and just wore the shirt because it looked cool. To be fair, that's a good rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Back in Seattle I nearly got into a fight for wearing one of my NWO shirts. I was at the local and this guy asked what the letters stood for and I responded with "New World Order..." "What kind of commie shit is that?" "Uh, it's a pro-wrestling thing..." "Oh, I don't watch now it's all fake. Back in the day when Dutch Savage and Playboy Buddy Rose were wrestling it was real..." "Uh, yeah, exactly..." Couldn't leave fast enough. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Although not many people recognized it for Bayley, my "I'm a Hugger" tee got Incredibly great reactions at metal shows. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I had a Biggie t-shirt and I'd get stopped all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I'm not real big on wrestling shirts, but I've worn out three of Christopher Daniels "Fallen Angel"* tees, I am totally bummed that he doesn't sell them any longer. It was one of my two dart league shirts, the other one was Arrogant Bastard Ale, (yeah, I know seems an odd choice for a guy that doesn't drink, but my last team in Seattle was the Arrogant Bastards.) Darts needs more heels and you just know I was one of the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt925 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 My most surprising comment when I was wearing a wrestling shirt happened at Living Spaces (ikea style cheap huge furniture store). I was wearing my LIJ shirt and a 20 something female employee chased me down and said “I was at the G1 Special in San Francisco. It was so fun.” That was literally the last thing I expected to hear. I was like “...oh, cool! Yeah I was there too, it was great.” Before anyone says anything I was with my wife and kids. She just had to stop me and share her enthusiasm. It was great. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I was walking to a coffee shop with my friend. A guy got out of his car to yell, “BANG BANG!” With the Foley finger guns. I didn’t tell my friend it’s because of my Cactus Jack shirt so he thinks I’m in a rougher neighborhood than I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 You know how the Cactus Jack Wanted Dead shirt was out of print for ages, and then came back as the compromised and unimpressive Wanted Dead or Alive? I met a guy at a Wrestling show who was insanely jealous that I had one. Especially when he found out I bought it in '95. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 The Wanted Dead shirt is absolutely a top 5 wrestling shirt all-time. I've never owned one but it's the kind of thing I wouldn't mind having. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, AxB said: You know how the Cactus Jack Wanted Dead shirt was out of print for ages, and then came back as the compromised and unimpressive Wanted Dead or Alive? I met a guy at a Wrestling show who was insanely jealous that I had one. Especially when he found out I bought it in '95. LOLOLOLOLOLOL. The one I have is actually Wanted Dead or Alive. After reading your post it clicked and I double checked. Woof. Apologies for unintentionally posing Mic Foley street-cred. I’m cracking myself up over the goof up, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I'd just put a piece of electrical tape over "or Alive". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Write Sabu on it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Ultimo Necro said: I can’t think of anything I hate more than people talking to me for no reason, but people talking to me for no reason about wrestling things because I’m wearing a wrestling t-shirt is the stuff of nightmares. With a few notable exceptions, being approached by randos wanting to talk to me because of the shirt I'm wearing ranges from tedious to annoying. If the average wrestling fan were similar to the representation of most of the people on here that would be one thing, but most wrestling fans are not exactly people I enjoy talking to. I tend to keep my wrestling fandom on the dl in general due to the general reaction being some casual fan wanting to talk about whatever is going down on Raw and who thinks it's still real, or people who find it necessary to remind you that it's fake/stupid/problematic/for idiots/etc. Then there's wearing the garb of some more obscure or foreign wrestler, having people ask you about it, then having to explain it. 4 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: You know, I've only ever had two wrestling shirts (a WWF Attitude shirt that I got shit for in school because I admitted it was bought at Walmart, and a Lucha Underground logo shirt) but my entire wardrobe is made of band t-shirts. Nobody ever says shit about the band t-shirts. Like, EVER. I can't even remember someone even giving me a shout for, say, a Maiden shirt in public my entire life. 80% of my wardrobe is probably metal shirts and I wear them a lot less when out and about in general just because I got annoyed of people asking about what the shirt said, being weirded out about something on it, or being into Korn and thinking we were somehow on the same wavelength music-wise. Then there were actual metalheads who talked to me who just ended up being annoying meatheads (see comment about talking to casual wrestling fans above). The last few years I was at Maryland Deathfest there was a huge uptick in the amount of wrestling shirts I saw. Apparently it was some micro-trend to use wrestling shirts as backpatches for vests. I saw some guy who had a backpatch made from a Barely Legal ppv tshirt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Web Conn said: Write Sabu on it? Black electrical tape, not white masking tape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I’ll compromise: Dead or Sabu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Jiji said: An Asian Couger t-shirt. So obscure! Did it have his mask on it and not just the words "ASIAN COUGER"? I had no idea he worked ECCW and was all over the place before Osaka Pro. It has pictures of him on it and Japanese writing, so it could literally say "MILF HUNTER" under it and I would have no idea! We saw him at an ECCW show and dude was doing headfirst dives over the ropes in a low-ceilinged Elk's Hall that no longer exists for a tiny little Kelowna crowd who mostly chuckled at his name and little else. My brother's best reaction wearing a wresting shirt was a DDP shirt he picked up second-hand and had an older woman stop him outside of a drugstore and ask very seriously "Excuse me, what is Dop?" And you know what? It did look like it said "Dop" on the back! We still chuckle about that exchange. (And for the record, he very nicely answered "Uh, he's a pro wrestler" and she kind of made a face and left). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 6 hours ago, HumanChessgame said: I saw some guy who had a backpatch made from a Barely Legal ppv tshirt. It's possible he wasn't a wrestling fan, and really wanted everyone to know he was into porn starring girls who were 18 but looked younger? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Blue Sam Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I was once wearing a Nixon Newell shirt in Spoons, when a guy in a Cody American Nightmare shirt stopped me to say he liked my shirt. I said thanks, and then there was then an awkward pause where I think he wanted me to return the favour, which didn't happen, before we both went off in opposite directions 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 13 hours ago, twiztor said: presented without comment: https://thetruetruetruth.com/john-cena-2/ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 RJ City and Orton are having a very funny Twitter exchange currently. City is wildly entertaining on social media. Can he actually wrestle or is it all shtick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, caley said: Now that you guys mention it: I've owned 5 wrestling shirts in my life. I have a Randy Savage shirt that is like 7 years old and still looks new (that's an Old Navy shirt), a Christopher Daniels shirt that I don't wear anymore because it looks more religious than wrestling (which I bought directly from him) but is still completely wearable otherwise despite being almost 20 years old and an Asian Cooger shirt (which I bought from him and was sized all weird and I was honestly never able to really wear but still looks pristine). Yet my two official shirts were: an nWo shirt which was a WCW product and looked like it had been consumed by moths within months of getting it; and a WWE Bushwhackers shirt which is older but now faded into oblivion and also covered in holes. I have five I Was There shirts from the WWE house shows I attended and four Daniel Bryan shirts. A Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Cesaro, Sasha Banks and Kevin Owens shirt as well. I'm waiting for my NJPW hoodie I ordered from NJPW's Global Shop to arrive. Edited July 21, 2020 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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