# I know there aren't many wrestling fans here, but... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940 "2000-07-18T03:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/1 "2000-07-18T03:34:00Z")
Last night Mr. Rilch and his friend went to ECW Heatwave 2000. They had ringside seats and the event was broadcast live on pay-per-view, so they made a lot of signs. Mr. Rilch’s favored sign read “Cyrus Is a Meat Smuggler”. (Meat smuggler means what you think it does.) Friend’s favored sign was a bit more complex. ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) is being challenged by an outfit called EPW (Extreme Pro Wrestling). ECW says they’ve claimed the word “extreme”, and are trying to get EPW’s name changed. Meanwhile, Friend has been creating a website for another competitor: CWO (Central Wrestling Organization). He made a sign that said only “[www.cwo.com](http://www.cwo.com)”. All signs have to be inspected before fans can enter the coliseum, and the guards were so preoccupied with scanning for EPW propaganda, they didn’t notice that Friend had a sign for another competitor! He held it up at every opportunity, and his boss called him that night, in a dither, to tell him they’d been getting an “extreme” number of hits! So Mr. Rilch may have launched a new catchphrase, and Friend gave his employers tremendous publicity for “free”. (He’ll get his due, if I know him.) The 2Ks. God love 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/2 "2000-07-18T04:55:57Z")
I’ve just been corrected by Mr. Rilch. It’s **XPW** , not EPW. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/3 "2000-07-18T07:36:04Z")
Hey there Rilchiam. I must say that I envy Mr. Rilch, very much. My friends and I had to settle for watching it on Pay-Per-View. Actually saw the sign you refer to on the broadcast last night. As for the name thing, it seems that everyone is playing the copyright game now-a-days. It reminds me of a great book “Survivor” by Chuck Palahniuk. In it, there is an agent whose company has copyrighted every conceavable name for cures for different diseases. They’ve even got all of the pill bottles already made up. Kind of reminds me of the web domain name scalpers. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/4 "2000-07-19T04:26:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by silent\_rob \* > **Actually saw the sign you refer to on the broadcast last night.** Woohoo! Which one: Meat Smuggler or CWO? ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/5 "2000-07-19T08:05:29Z")
Sorry to be getting back to you so late. I saw the “Meat Smuggler” one in like the first 5 minutes of the show. Their was an interview and then the second shot started on the “Cyrus is a Meat Smuggler” sign. It was a fairly big sign in an area without many so it was pretty easy to spot. I then saw the “CWO” sign just a few seconds later. I have since checked out the rebroadcast at a friend’s house. Was Mr. Rilch wearing a plaid shirt, glasses, and has brown hair? I’m in what you would term as the void of North America. Wrestling federations, singers, bands, and all other forms of entertainment just skip over my province (Saskatchewan). Wish I coulda been there. ECW is definitely my favourite wrestling fed. Did Mr. Rilch have a good time (as if I needed to ask)? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/6 "2000-07-20T03:12:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by silent\_rob \* > **It was a fairly big sign in an area without many so it was pretty easy to spot.** I think it was the biggest hand-held sign in the arena! > [@](#): > > **I then saw the “CWO” sign just a few seconds later. I have since checked out the rebroadcast at a friend’s house. Was Mr. Rilch wearing a plaid shirt, glasses, and has brown hair?** That’s him! > [@](#): > > **I’m in what you would term as the void of North America. Wrestling federations, singers, bands, and all other forms of entertainment just skip over my province (Saskatchewan). Wish I coulda been there. ECW is definitely my favourite wrestling fed. Did Mr. Rilch have a good time (as if I needed to ask)?** He had a blast! If you remember the bit where a group of people tried to climb in the ring, he saw more of that than what got on camera. I just showed him this post and he says, “I’m a rock star!” ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/7 "2000-07-20T04:38:15Z")
Rock on, Mr. Rilch! Yeah, that was weird when the people tried to get in the ring. Actually, it appeared that one of them was going after the female manager. Then every wrestler came out to take him on. If I were that guy, I would not have doddled in the parking lot on the way out. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/8 "2000-07-20T05:53:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by silent\_rob \* > **Rock on, Mr. Rilch! > Yeah, that was weird when the people tried to get in the ring. Actually, it appeared that one of them was going after the female manager.** Mr. Rilch says that one of them grabbed her ass. Don’t know what happened to him outside the arena. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/9 "2000-07-21T04:14:40Z")
Oh, but something that did happen outside the arena is that one of the security guys whomped on some kid and left him unconscious. **Left** him. Mr. Rilch called 911. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/10 "2000-07-21T05:27:14Z")
AWesome Rilch! I am a wrestling fan though I have never gotten much into ECW. I went to a WWF Raw last November and a WCW Thunder last April. WE had ringside seats as well and made lots of signs, It is so much fun. I can’t wait to get Demo to one! ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-there-arent-many-wrestling-fans-here-but/25940/11 "2000-07-21T08:54:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*Oh, but something that did happen outside the arena is that one of the security guys whomped on some kid and left him unconscious. **Left** him. Mr. Rilch called 911. \*\* Lucky Mr. Rilch was there. Geez, I knew it was hardcore, but to the fans too? And psycat, you’re a wrestling fan but not of ECW? I’m inclined to shame you; the wrestling is sooooo goooood! Though I am also a fan of WWF but as far as WCW goes…I think I’ll just not say anything so as not to offend anyone. It’s good to know there are a couple of wrestling fans on the SDMB or people married to people who were lucky enough to attend an event that I could only wish to attend. ☹