Goofing around last night... (Patreon)

No, I don't plan on switching to wrestling anytime soon. But, if I did, it'd probably look a lot like this.

There's a little nub of a story idea in my head using masked wrestlers. I've been wanting to tell a story that plays around with the concept of identity and the power of anonymity, but that's one of the few themes that I don't think works well with boxing. 

There's this quote from David Cronenberg's Videodrome that I keep coming back to:

"The television screen has become the retina of the mind's eye. That's why I refuse to appear on television, except on television. Of course, O'Blivion was not the name I was born with. That's my television name. Soon all of us will have special names, names designed to cause the cathode ray tube to resonate."

Change a couple of words in that paragraph so it's not TV-specific, and you're describing a lot of people on social media, myself included.

Then there's this quote from Mexican wrestler El Hijo Del Santo:

"When I put on the mask, I'm transformed. The mask gives me strength. The mask gives me fame. The mask is magical. When I remove the mask, I'm a normal human who can walk right by you, and not even get a "hello". Usually with the mask on, everything is positive. Without the mask I'm a normal being who has his problems, who cries, who sometimes suffers. I could tell you that I really admire El Hijo del Santo. But do you know who I admire more ? The human being. Thanks to him, El Hijo del Santo has a life. And this human being sometimes sacrifices a lot to give this other identity life." 

Anyway. Back to boxing!