In this video, the host, Mike, discusses the idea that the childhood wonder and belief in Santa Clause around Christmas time and the celebration of him is extremely similar to that of the belief in professional wrestling. He argues that, when we are children, we come to believe the idea of Santa Clause as a person as told generationally, most notably his appearance in “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”. As his image and appearance has been passed down, the children who once believed in him find out the truth about his nonexistence and become adults. But why continue the lie to the next generation?
Mike then compares the adults who once believed in Santa to the community of wrestling fans. He states that a true fan of the sport of wrestling sees anything but wrestling. Wrestling is more of a drama than a sports competition by those who may have once believed in its authenticity.
In this video, the host, Max, chronicles the wrestling career of a character as told in the universe of what is seen on tv. In the end, he explains that “humans crave melodrama”, explaining that pro wrestling is not a competition like UFC, but it is instead more of a story following characters that just so happen to fight.
The wrestling fans stay as fans, not because of the lie that they believed, but the understanding of what it represents. Where wrestling is a drama, Santa can be seen as a sign of the season of giving. He becomes more of a cultural symbol than an actual person as we get older because we come to appreciate all that it takes to make “Santa” as a person real.
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