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Originally Posted by RainMaker
In Japan, is wrestling just considered more mainstream? It seems like it doesn't have that negative association you find in the states.
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Yes, absolutely ... but also, kinda sorta, not entirely either.
It gets fairly serious sports page treatment for example. The fans are a pretty good cross section, though he's coming away feeling like it's considerably more promotion-by-promotion than we previously understood. So it's segmented, but in a way different from the promotional loyalties we're accustomed to here.
At the same time, similar to anime I suppose, it's more mainstream but by acknowledging your fandom there is a certain degree of ... marginalization that you subject yourself to. There's just a bit more people willing to accept that marginalization, if that makes sense.