WWE is the big dog in the sports entertainment industry, and they have been since the mid 1980s when Vince McMahon decided to take his father’s company national. In all fairness, though, it’s the smaller scale and independent wrestling shows where these types of fans show their true colors. The big explosions and flashing lights of WWE make anybody turn into a mark, somebody who treats all of the action as though it were real, despite the fact virtually every fan is on the up and up about the whole kayfabe thing. When there are less than 1,000 people in the audience and a wrestling fan still acts like themselves, we find out the type of fan they really are, and usually it’s one of these 15 archetypes. Keep reading to learn which types of fans you’ll meet at every pro wrestling show, and maybe decide which one you are, yourself.
