This is not the first time I've read A Lion's Tale, in fact it is the third time. I don't have the world's best memory so this time seems like the first time all over again.
At the end of one of the first chapters you talk about how in this day and age of the Internet wrestling fans are totally different. I wholeheartedly agree. I think at any typical wrestling show there's a good percentage of the audience that are so-called smart fans.
I guess I'm one of those fans too, with my subscription to The Wrestling Observer and PWInsiderElite.com.
But I didn't start out as a smart fan. Sure, I've only been watching wrestling since 2000, and the Internet was definitely around back in those days. But the thing is, I didn't look for wrestling news back when I first started watching it. I just let the shows unfold in front of me, and damnit I thought it was all real. I HAAAAAAAATED HHH. Hated him with the proverbial purple passion.
Even after I discovered that wrestling news ran rampant on the Internet I still immersed myself totally in storylines, and assumed they were all real.
There are still times now, after I have become the true informed wrestling fan, when I am totally able to suspend reality and dive in to a storyline completely. Your tremendous feud with Shawn Michaels is a prime example. Even though I was reading behind the scenes info, I truly believe that you and Michaels hated each other. Grrr.
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