Pollo del Mar wants to be hated. As a bad guy (or heel) in the NWA—the National Wrestling Alliance, a professional wrestling company owned and operated by the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan (no shit!)—it’s her job to get heat, i.e. the boos and jeers and chants that separate professional wrestling’s villains from its heroes. There’s […]
    • I'm A Different BirdOPEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, it’s something that’s really grown in recent years, which is just awesome.

    • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      7·
      1 year ago

      It’s much better now than 20 years ago, for sure - the locker room culture these days is a heck of a lot better (but not perfect since there’s still a hella lot of Qanon weirdos in NXT).

    • Cybrpwca@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      It’s even more noticable in some of the indie promotions. FEST and Enjoy come to mind first. I will watch Edith Surreal any day.

      • I'm A Different BirdOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Edith Surreal is pretty rad. Caught her in the main event at Wrestle Queerdom against VENY, and she put on a great show