THE BLOG OF DRU #7: I HATE THE FANS

I hate the fans.

Well, maybe not all of them (90% of them). But I hate the fans who think there’s no consequences to their actions and attitude. 

The worst type of attitude? Entitlement. 

Wrestlemania 42 has come and gone, but the aftermath is still being felt. The two night event itself was somewhat underwhelming (outside of the CM Punk/Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar/Oba Femi matches) but the buzz surrounding that weekend was what was happening outside of the squared circle.

Footage was released involving a fan, CM Punk, AJ Lee (Punk’s wife) and former WWE Women’s champion Bayley. Bayley and AJ were having a personal moment between them (the emotions from AJ Lee in her first Wrestlemania in over a decade might have played a role) and the fan decided to butt in and started to record them together. A second later, CM Punk steps up to the fan and slaps the phone out of his hand (rightfully so. I’m NOT on the fan’s side). Punk got into the fan’s face and the situation was defused moments later. The moment went viral and fans were divided at first before the true reason behind the video came out. (No charges were pressed against Punk or any disciplinary action from the WWE/TKO)

When you combine entitlement, technology and social media and mix it into one big pot, you receive incidents like this. Add in the influencer/content creative world that we are in as well, all you need to do is log into Instagram/Twitter/Tik Tok to see actions of the energy that it puts out on a daily basis. You get what you get from these types of fans. And in terms of other abuse, we can mention the fans who have stalked wrestlers (showing up at their homes, hotels, following them in the airport, etc) Google the Rhea Ripley incident, Liv Morgan stalker and countless of other examples.

I don’t have any respect for these fans. I hate these types of fans. I really do. What happened to just buying a ticket to an event, enjoying the event, creating awesome moments, and leaving? Why do fans think they can just do whatever they want inside and now outside the arena? It’s the same thing for movies as well (Don’t get me started on the Marvel/DC/Star Wars/etc fandom groups. Also, when fans are super invested in celebs relationships aka Meg the Stallon and Klay Thompson. Yikes and yuck.) it’s okay to have passion about the things you love/that you are a fan of. However, you are NOT entitled to a person’s everyday life, where they live, who they are with, etc. Because when those types of “fans” cross those lines, here come the excuses and the lack of accountability. The fan related to the Punk situation had the audacity to ask for an apology. Excuse me? The fuck? If I was Punk, I would have done the same thing, especially since his wife was being recorded without permission.  

I have zero sympathy for these types of people. Because they know what they’re doing. And they should know better. Until these fans improve their behavior, I’m all for wrestlers/athletes or whoever checking them for stepping over their boundaries. 

It’s needed in today’s time more than ever.