Baked Studio in Makati City, PH, home of Filipino Pro Wrestling
Fairly recently, this blogger has been reading as well as watching videos on Tribalism In Pro Wrestling.
This topic is nothing new to this blogger, wrestling fans, wrestlers, promoters, writers and the like.
Growing up during the Territory Era (late 1960s when I first started watching), if you lived in a large area like I did in the San Francisco Bay Area, we wouldn't have known that it happened. There was no internet, computers, cell phones and social media groups.
It wasn't until the early 1970s when I learned about promotions other than the National Wrestling Alliance. A the time, wrestling fans in North America had the NWA, AWA and WWWF (now WWE). Local television never showed the other promotions. It was through a wrestling magazine on newsstands called The Wrestler.
Times have certainly changed. Communication is much broader than 50-60 years ago. And so is tribalism.
This fan loves pro wrestling. Not only do I watch it on television or streaming here in America, but I follow NJPW as well as Southeast Asian Pro Wrestling.
Early this morning on Facebook, I saw a post on this topic from several of my friends in the Philippines. Right away, I went on to the You Tube Channel and checked out a page called Forever Youngboys.
Gabriel has done a great job with the vlog and the page he's put together. He may not remember, but I took a photo of The Yolo Twins following a Filipino Pro Wrestling show back in August 2023. The Yolo Twins are very entertaining, very athletic and, in this fan's opinion, are the best tag team in Southeast Asia.
Hopefully, Gabriel won't mind this but this fan wants to give a shoutout to him, his vlog, Filipino Pro Wrestling and all of the wrestling promotions in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
In closing, all of us who are wrestling fans, undoubtedly have a favorite promotion(s). However, tribalism is NOT in this blogger's dictionary nor it should be in any wrestling fans either. The industry itself needs to be supported and not being torn down. That's my opinion and I'll leave it at that for now.
Here's the link to the Forever Youngboys page and please subscribe. Thanks everyone!
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