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: The fans can derail angles and wrestlers

One of the unfortunate consequences of social media and the internet is a mob mentality. Someone says something mean or pithy about a wrestler, and it's picked up and repeated by thousands of others.

This can lead to fractures in the wrestling audience, as certain factions will want to be 'cool' and try to boo whoever the WWE seems to be interested in presenting--lately, it has been Roman Reigns as the target, but John Cena has suffered from this phenomenon as well.

You don't go to the movie theatre and boo Iron Man, but many wrestling fans seem to disagree and use the internet as a bullhorn to increase their volume.

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