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Perry told me that Al is all about characters and thats why hes pushed us [to develop them]. The performer emerges from the wings and struts, preens, demands a reaction from the crowd. So it had been 13 years of me being gay, but I wasnt living gay. I’m telling them things that have worked in my life and what the reality is. When I asked how they felt about an openly gay wrestler, their faces froze, fell to the ground and shattered.
Over the next few weeks you saw Reverend Stu tweak out a little more, and now hes fully possessed.
To clarify, its Perry himself making headlines for being the first openly-gay heavyweight champion, and not Amon, who as a demon, thrives not on relationships, but acting out his evil impulses.
Being evil also means there are no rules: The heels cheat, and the babyfaces play fair.
Roger Brigham: Yes it is naive. While I was happy to check off yet another item on the gay agenda, the last thing I wanted was to visit a place I imagined was not only hyper-masculine, but a magnet for MAGA hats.
When I arrived, the staff was in hustle mode, exuding that universal, pre-show energy as they set up for the match.
Since coming out, he gets the occasional Facebook message from acquaintances who are worried about his mortal soul and his parents have cut off contact, but the response from the wrestling world has been positive.
I work at a psych facility with kids and, while they dont know Im gay, someday they might, and its great because now they can see that gay doesnt mean you have to put on a dress or whatever I beat up people and got the same belt John Cena did.
It was an hour before the show when they told me I was going to win the belt.
Because I’m not following any formula, I’m not following any script, what the kids are getting from me is the honest truth. You walking away didnt stop me, me being gay didnt change anything. And I want people to know.
Wrestling, an American art form
Before Perry arrived, I chatted with Al Snow, the new owner of OVW.
Snow, a notable former WWF/ECW wrestler, director and commentator, has the physique of a pro wrestler and a strong vision for the future of OVW. He expressed particular interest in the development of characters and stories and how the audience responds to those.
The details matter to Snow.
If you think about it, he said, while I stared at his arms, aside from jazz, wrestling is the only truly American art form.
His wrestlers seem to understand his vision.
Joy can be an immaculately designed evening gown, a parade float adorned with rainbows or the first-violin rising above the rest of the orchestra.
And sometimes, for some of us, joy is watching a man in a speedo get tossed around onstage by a sweaty, demon-possessed Reverend. Then, after a mishap onstage, Perry discovered what so many villains have always known: Its fun to be bad.
It was actually an accident, he explained.
Ohio Valley Wrestling has its first openly-gay heavyweight champion, and fellow queers, weve been missing out.
That there are athletes who are gay isnt unusual, but for a lot of us, this particular, er… sport a hybrid of showmanship and athleticism evokes gargantuan, mulleted white men who can barely be restrained, with spittle flying as they shout threats at their opponent.
I came out to my family when I was 15, and it was fine. From a stage, from a video, anything.
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Sign up. Its all perfectly spelled out for the audience, and, despite this clear articulation of good and evil, the audience shows no hesitation about crossing into the gray area and championing the heels sometimes for giving a good show, sometimes, in the case of wrestler Billy O, for being a hot guy writhing around in his underwear.
Amon, Perrys demon character, lords over a team of minions called The Void, whose existence annihilates any sense of fair play.
It doesnt always matter who wins; people like to know why things are happening.