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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
My initial tendency was to chalk it up to the same thing, that it's just the nature of a different modern audience ... until I realized that he was also high on the list of my 8 y/o son's favorites too. Granted, he knows it's all a work, he knows about bookers, angles, shoots, etc. at least in a basic way. But the rest of his reactions to characters are pretty much exclusively along kayfabe lines -- he thinks AJ is the most talented guy he's ever seen, marks big for Sting, hates Jarrett & Steiner, etc., all pretty much the reactions that viewers are "supposed" to have -- except that he's made a clear exception for Joe.
I guess that's what throws me, I don't quite get how he gets the free pass even from the marks.
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One of the cool things about wrestling is how some guys just get heat, and no one can really explain why. I always give the example of Hacksaw Jim Duggan. I LOVED Duggan growing up. All of my friends loved him. He was totally awesome.
Now, looking back, he was just a guy who said "HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" a lot and stomped around the ring for a while. There was no reason to like him. But we did. Now, granted, he was pushed as a face--so it is not quite the same thing as Joe--but I see some similarity there.
Some guys just get the crowd support. And some guys don't. And sometimes (if you are a good booker) you don't try to figure it out. You just work with it.