Professional wrestling is at its all-time high right now. Especially WWE shows are seeing immense success in live crowds, merchandise sales, and viewership. While this is proving to be highly rewarding for WWE and the fans of professional wrestling, it seems to be creating a problem in the marital life of a couple.
A 26-year-old woman had posted on Reddit claiming that her husband (33 Years) has become obsessed with professional wrestling and that is ruining their marriage.
In the Reddit post, she mentioned that her husband had rekindled his love for wrestling recently, and she was supportive at first, but then things got really bad for her. Her husband has gotten extremely obsessed with the programming. He constantly watched every show, and things got extremely bad. He has been forcing his wife to sit and watch with him and he would get upset if she doesn’t play along. For example, he would get angry when his wife does not raise her finger when he yells out the phrase ‘Acknowledge me.’ As wrestling fans know, it is the catchphrase of The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns.
At WrestleMania weekend, he had demanded that his wife address him as The Final Boss, but when she did not, he got very upset. He’s also spent a lot of money on purchasing the merchandise and title belts.
She thus asked Reddit if she would be right to leave her husband, as she cannot take it anymore. Some of the users replied by suggesting that he needs to get some friends who are also fans of professional wrestling and watch the shows together.
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What do you think is the right thing for the wife to do?
The woman’s full post is below:
My (26F) husband (33m) is obsessed with pro wrestling and it’s ruining our marriage – do I leave?
Throwaway as my husband is on reddit.
My husband was into pro wrestling as a kid, fell out of it, but over the last few years has eased back into it. I’ve NEVER been a pro wrestling fan – I thought it was something that people watched as kids and grew out of. But he has become obsessed and it’s escalating to a point where I no longer feel comfortable.
(apologies as I may not get all the terms right, I’m exposed to wrestling a lot but I try to avoid watching it)
It started harmless enough. He’d watch the pay per view events like Wrestlemania. Then he started watching recaps of the weekly shows. Now he’s glued to the couch every night there’s a live pro wrestling event. He watches multiple wrestling shows, not just WWE.
He’s started spending money (I mean, A LOT of money) on merchandise. T-shirts, hats, action figures, the fake belts, etc. I was ok with this as it was nice to see his passion reignited for something (he’s been in a rough spot with work lately) but now pro wrestling is the only thing he cares about.
He yells at the TV like he’s part of the crowd, cheering or booing. When he’s watching and when he’s not watching, he constantly shouts out their catch phrases randomly (He says things like Yeet, acknowledge me, you can’t see me, etc). He actually gets irritated if I don’t play along with him – like if I don’t raise my hand when he says “acknowledge me.”
This past weekend was the worst of it. Those of you who know, know it was Wrestlemania. He asked me to refer to him as “the final boss”(?) all weekend. I laughed it off and thought he was joking, but he wasn’t. We actually got into an argument about it Saturday evening because he said I wasn’t supporting him in the way he needs and that whenever we’re watching wrestling, I look bored, disinterested, etc
I look that way because I am! He’s gotta be watching 15 hours of wrestling a week easy
When Jay Usoe(?) won at Wrestlemania he literally jumped on top of our couch waving his arms. It was embarrassing and I left the room.
I don’t want to say too much regarding our intimacy, but he’s asked for a lot of role playing lately as well and it has me very concerned. The things he’s asked me to do and say make me super uncomfortable. It’s all wrestling related.
Things have taken a toll on me mentally. It’s nonstop. He sends me memes of Romen Reigns and a bunch of other wrestlers. He talks like them, acts like them, and demands I participate in his little performances.
Sunday night the wrestler he wanted to win didn’t win, and it’s still affecting him today. His mood’s sour and he seems depressed. I hate to admit it, but it’s been kind of nice. He hasn’t been as loud and noisy as usual.
So, reddit, I need help. I just don’t think I can deal with it anymore. He sings the wrestler songs, he does their sayings, he’s got all their t shirts, he’s even got tickets for us to the next show coming through in about 3 weeks. But I just don’t think I can take it.