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I agree but remember who wear wrestling shirts
Nerds and children
Even self respecting nerds like myself find shirts that aren't so #deadgiveaway but we still buy...
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Nerds and children
Even self respecting nerds like myself find shirts that aren't so #deadgiveaway but we still buy...
None of my roommates in my new place know my Balor Club shirt has anything to do with wrestling and I wear it all the time
Remember Affliction? Heady times when men would roam around the public openly wearing the apex of manchild excess on their bodies.
You losers are too concerned with what total strangers whom you'll never see again will think of you. I'll wear certain wrestling shirts out in public, simple looking shit like the Samoa Joe NXT shirt or an nWo shirt. Used to wear the Hulkamania shirt out in public too before the racist shit happened.
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Depends on the shirt, friend...
Better to be self aware than someone...who has no self awareness
Intheflorsh
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I'm no prophet, but I don't think having a product that people are largely and vocally dissatisfied with is a good way to help your brand in the long run. We'll see how WWE fares when TV collapses and they lose the majority of their income, but in the meantime I'll keep complaining because that's my right as an American, dammit.
Violence Jack
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Same here. That's the only reason I still have Sling.
Did we decide that the NWO shirt was #Safe a while back? Tons of people have no idea it has anything to do with wrestling. I certainly didn't when I was a kid. Probably an oversight on WCW's part!
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If they were dissatisfied though the end result should be that they leave, that their presence vanishes. Even with #CancelWWENetwork trending it showed, well, what those researchers said about Howard Stern and who liked him vs who hated him:
Researcher: The average radio listener listens for eighteen minutes. The average Howard Stern fan listens for - are you ready for this? - an hour and twenty minutes.
Pig Vomit: How can that be?
Researcher: Answer most commonly given? "I want to see what he'll say next."
Pig Vomit: Okay, fine. But what about the people who hate Stern?
Researcher: Good point. The average Stern hater listens for two and a half hours a day.
Pig Vomit: But... if they hate him, why do they listen?
Researcher: Most common answer? "I want to see what he'll say next."
NWO is pretty #Safe, Hulkamania shirts used to be pretty #Safe for a while too (they still might be), Austin 3:16 is probably #Safe, I'd personally say the classic Cactus Jack shirt might be on the #safe side too.
Basically most wrestling t-shirts made after the year 2000 are #NotSafe
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None of those are safe, friends. No no no
Brian_FETO
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Yeah I don't think the shirts are bad if it's subtle. Grabbed Asuka/New Day shirts in their leap year B1G1 sale
I would've grabbed the AJ shirt but "I Am Phenomenal" ruins it for me. It would be ok if it just said "phenomenal" but ughhhh
As gawdy as the Nakamura shirt is, I think that one's pretty decent overall
I would've grabbed the AJ shirt but "I Am Phenomenal" ruins it for me. It would be ok if it just said "phenomenal" but ughhhh
As gawdy as the Nakamura shirt is, I think that one's pretty decent overall
Give us some safe choices.
I didn't even watch Mania because I cared for nothing on that card. From what I heard about it I have not missed much. I did watch RAW though to see where they might be going and that cemented my feeling of not wantin to return. I'll just continue to watch the Takeover shows because those are awesome.
Bluekaveli
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nWo is probably the safest shirt in wrestling. This chick I went to school went since Kindergarten pulled out an nWo shirt in high school. This was possibly 2008 and she was part of the crowd who was family well known. And of I knew she didn't watch wrestling but the shirt looked brad spanking knew.
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There's honestly VERY few. I have a Bruce Tharpe-des shirt, a Scott Norton flexing in front of Mt Fuji, a Bad Luck Fale shirt (shut up Data) and an Ascension shirt. Safest one is either Norton or Tharpe.
I'm never turning to you for fashion advice especially with that rainbow hair of yours
I gave a quick look on the WWE shop and not only where there no safe shirts they mostly looked like crap.
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No surprise there
New Day are turning into the most acceptable shirts out there, but lots of crossover with the types of people that would wear a street fighter hadoken shirt
Cesaro's shirts and the old school shirts are fine
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I'm still laughing inside that Stone Cold beat down Santa Claus and asked him if he was the real Santa Claus or just a fat piece of trash. It's killing me because canonically STONE COLD BELIEVES IN SANTA CLAUS STILL. So good.
Bluekaveli
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Joe shirt reminds me too much some popular brand that tools wear.
Hulkamania being #safe really depends on whether or not the people around you know he's a racist fucktard. There's surprisingly a lot of people who don't know about the racist shit he said.
Does anyone want to see that match or program?
Bluekaveli
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I remember having a Hulkamania drawstring bag in middle school. My cousin never lets me live it down, I wasn't the biggest fan but it was the best of all the options in 2005.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Really though most subtle wrestling shirts are generally safe. The ones that aren't safe are those gaudy as fuck ones like what Roman Reigns has. Wearing shirts of older wrestlers (like the Steamboat one above me) are usually fine too.
Old wrestler shirt - "Oh, that's a wrestler you liked back when you were a kid? That's cool" #Safe
Current wrestler shirt - "Oh.... you still watch this?" #DeadGiveaway
That and current wrestler shirts are ugly as fuck
Old wrestler shirt - "Oh, that's a wrestler you liked back when you were a kid? That's cool" #Safe
Current wrestler shirt - "Oh.... you still watch this?" #DeadGiveaway
That and current wrestler shirts are ugly as fuck
blackaroni
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Bluekaveli
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Is that the emancipation of michael mcguilicutty?Is this #safe?
Intheflorsh
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Howard Stern's "edgy". "Edgy" doesn't sell as much as it used to, even the WWE figured that out.
Current subscribers are one thing, but what about their future post-TV? WWE's going to need a lot more than the 1.4 million (reported) paid subscribers to stay at their current level of profitability. In many ways, now is probably the most important time in the company's history for them to make Raw a watchable thing so they can hook in as many people as possible before they make that transition.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You guys are pathetically concerned with what people think about you.
Bluekaveli
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That's how you know you're a nerd. Once you've been in college, most of the times you forget what people think of you. At least I did.
Intheflorsh
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Everyone's concerned what people think of them, if we weren't we'd all leave the house in bathrobes and sandals.
no wrestling shirts from WWE are safe. it's fucking wrestling. fake sports. you KNOW it's fake, right?
if under armor or roots of fight put out a rock line, that would be ok.
it's true. i walk around with a hoody, track pants and velcro shoes cause it's comfy and i dont give a fuck what people think about me
if under armor or roots of fight put out a rock line, that would be ok.
it's true. i walk around with a hoody, track pants and velcro shoes cause it's comfy and i dont give a fuck what people think about me
Seriously though, this is a truth bomb. After college I generally stopped giving a shit about what people thought of me. I just don't wear certain wrestling shirts because they're ugly.
Wyatt can't be worse that he is right now. A loss to Lesnar has no meaning.
Says the guy that probably owns a Spider-Man shirt and other "fake" characters.
C'maaaaaaan.
"Real" sports fans and fake sports fans are equally terrible.
If you live in society people thinking good things about you is probably just a good idea in general.
Not to say I'm not a nerd but just speaking in broad terms being concerned with appearances is good.
EDIT: Also, I tell people I like wrestling because I'm in college and I don't care what they think. But if I did I probably would keep that to myself.
Bluekaveli
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Shit, I'm a straight male but I own a Wonder Woman shirt that I wore to a gym where you're being judged by lots of college students. I never got any flack because of who I am. When those Boots 2 Asses shirts came out, I wore them to the gym and people loved them(probably because you come to the gym to kick your workouts ass).
You have to be comfortable in your own skin and just stop caring. That's part of growing up, I guess.
After being picked on for being fat most of my life, when you cut down 130lbs you know how it feels to just be comfortable and not care.
Marvel
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If yellow didn't make me look like I am dying (im pale lol) I'd wear this.This one is pretty cool:
WouldYouKindly
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I fucking love my what? shirt and my austin 3:16 i wear em all the time.