5 Reasons social media and the internet are bad for pro wrestling, and 5 reasons they are good

The Rusev Day phenomenon has its birthplace on social media like Twitter.

Bad for wrestling: Sometimes the wrestlers share too much

Zahra

Shreiber

got into hot water for tweeting about her Nazi memorabilia

It used to be much easier for wrestling companies to control how their Superstars were depicted in the media. Interviews could be scripted, then edited, and fans had little actual free access to the wrestlers.

These days, all it takes is one bad decision turned into a social media posting and it could spell doom for someone's career. Zahra Schreiber is one unfortunate example of sharing too much information on social media:

About the author

Christopher Scott Wagoner is a writer from Austin, Texas in the United States. He is also a proud descendent of the Choctaw and Lakota people.
Chris has an English and Creative Writing degree, and is a published author with Simon and Schuster. He's ghost-written over eight million words in more than 500 books.
A long time wrestling fan, Chris is also a professional journalist who covers sports-entertainment. He's been writing for Sportskeeda since 2018.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav