Welcome to Spike.com, wrestling fans! And more specifically, Motor City Machine Gun fans! Hailing from Detroit, the Motor City Machine Guns, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, share their thoughts on everything from the Internet and music to wrestling against AJ Styles.

Chris Sabin

I’ve been Internet savvy for quite a number of years now, started using it when I was young, and never stopped. My Dad is a computer engineer, so I have had the fortunate opportunity to grow up in a “tech” household. Christmas of ’82 was a good year. It was a beginning on two different, but related, fronts. Not only did I emerge out of my Mother’s womb that year, but my Dad also acquired the legendary Commodore 64, our very first household computer. For my Dad, it was work, but for my Mom, me, and my brothers, it was the GAMES. Some of my earliest gaming memories are of Congo Bongo (which still holds up to this day), Potty Pigeon, and Forbidden Forest (which gave me nightmares as a young one). This was the first computer I ever used and I loved it. I wish I still had a working Commodore 64 right now. Ah, nostalgia.

Then came the Internet.

Boy, was I in awe the first time I heard the numbers dial and that crackling phone line sound. “What’s on the Internet, Dad?” “Anything that people choose.” Anything that people choose. Back then, I didn’t realize how significant that really was. A place where people could share any information they choose. Information (or maybe it’s a lack of information?), that is one of the most powerful elements of this world. Anyone with access to the Internet could share anything they wanted. Today, you can film your kitty doing backflips chasing a red laser dot, put it on the Internet, and it’s there for the world to see–that easy.

The Internet has also affected professional wrestling in a major way, the same way it has affected everything else–easy access to information. I’ve been a wrestling fan my entire life, and when I first started using the Internet to find out more about wrestling, I thought it was the greatest! If I missed a show, I could check results, look at pictures from the show, and talk with others about what was happening in the wrestling business.

Today, it’s evolved into a monster. When I was a fan, I admired and idolized the stars I would see on my TV, pretend to be them, dress up and do wrestling moves on the giant brown pillow we used to own, but never once thought to myself, “I wonder what he does when he’s not wrestling?” Today, many, many people are interested in that type of information. It’s almost become a part of the appeal of pro wrestling today. Not only can you watch your favorite superstar on TV, but you can find out who he has a beef with backstage, look at personal photos of his wife, etc. It’s almost a reality show-type feel, like some fans today follow not only their favorite wrestlers week-to-week on TV, but follow their entire lives. Personally, I don’t get it, but that doesn’t matter. Too many people do get it, and that’s the way it is.

It all comes down to what the internet really is: the free flow of information. The Internet is an amazing invention, although misinformation, propaganda, and sensationalism are very abundant. Just like everything else that exists it has come down to people being smart, logical, and analytical with what they choose to believe. It doesn’t matter if you think the Internet is good or bad, at this point, it simply is.

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