How does it have nothing to do with that? Being a casual fan, not knowing anything at all about the behind the scene of professional wrestling, not knowing kayfabe, etc. I started watching wrestling during the end of the 90's I think, and just started getting on forums and wrestling websites during the summer of 08. So in that time frame I learned about the backstage politics of pro wrestling. Being world champ you need to draw, put people in seats, have top of the line matches, sometimes good on the mic. Does a casual fan know that? No. I had no idea what kayfabe was, no idea what drawing meant, what heel and face was, squash matches, jobbers, talent enhancement, nothing.. You cheer the good guy boo the bad guy. And when you win the Rumble, you mainevent WM, you have to be able to draw good in order to do that. Does a casual fan know that... No.
Some examples, when Jeff fought Taker in that Ladder match years, I actually thought Jeff would win it. Others thought Jeff would win it, not knowing backstage politics. If you had known it, you'd known that Taker wasn't going to drop the title Jeff, because he wasn't ready, wouldn't draw, etc. The MitB match, you win, you got a title shot anytime, I've wanted Benjamin to win that many times, but knowing backstage politics, he wont anytime soon because he wouldn't draw good, and has bad mic skills. The casual fans don't know that. Some casual fans like Kung Fu Naki, if he was in that match, they'd want him to win. But knowing backstage politics, we all know that's not going to happen. Again the rumble, everyone wants their favorite wrestler to win it, not knowing backstage politics it's people who'd want guys like Helms, R-Truth, Umaga cause of his size, Kozloff cause he's undefeated, Benjamin as the guy up there said. But knowing backstage politics, we know that's not going to happen, that why mentioning him gets laughs because we know that's not going to happen. Knowing backstage politics, you know that they need somebody who can draw and put on a good WM mainevent. Why are people saying Christian he's not even on the roster, it's because of rumours, why are they saying it was him that attached Hardy, because of backstage rumours, why are people saying before he was injured that it'd be Batista, because they know backstage politics and know that it'd be a good place for Cena/Tista II, good match, good draw, and blah blah. People say was going to be coming back early and win the Rumble, he can't do that, Orton's kick gave him a concusion, and he had surgury (they played video), so how would he be back, it's because peopel thought he'd pull a Cena and come back early, backstage politics again.
That's why I regret finding wrestling sites and forums sometimes because knowing backstage politics, it makes it predictable. But not people around here watch wrestling so being here, I can talk to people who know about it. So it has everything to do with knowing backstage politics.
