LYT: WWE Finally Makes A T-Shirt I'd Wear Again
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Jan 12 2010, 6:01 PM
As anyone who knows me can tell you, wrestling T-shirts make up a good 60% or so of my wardrobe. I've made Darren Aronofsky envious with my '80s Ultimate Warrior jacket, and shed a few tears about the vintage shirts I let go once the wrestler in question made a face turn and caused me to stop liking them (Sgt. Slaughter, Macho King Randy Savage). Yes, I only liked the bad guys back in the day -- Warrior was an exception because he finally beat Hogan.
But the best shirts of all came out during the Attitude era, when WWE realized that you could put a catchphrase on a shirt, i.e. "Layeth the Smacketh Down," and it could be funny even to casual observers who had no idea who or what "The Rock" was. And Steve Austin's "F*ck Fear, Drink Beer"...I bought EVERYTHING that had that phrase on it.
Sadly, the recent PG turn has led to merchandise that mostly sports cartoonish logos. But today, I went to Shopzone...and saw one I would buy:
Can't stand the Miz, but who cares? I AM awesome. So I can wear it.
As anyone who knows me can tell you, wrestling T-shirts make up a good 60% or so of my wardrobe. I've made Darren Aronofsky envious with my '80s Ultimate Warrior jacket, and shed a few tears about the vintage shirts I let go once the wrestler in question made a face turn and caused me to stop liking them (Sgt. Slaughter, Macho King Randy Savage). Yes, I only liked the bad guys back in the day -- Warrior was an exception because he finally beat Hogan.
But the best shirts of all came out during the Attitude era, when WWE realized that you could put a catchphrase on a shirt, i.e. "Layeth the Smacketh Down," and it could be funny even to casual observers who had no idea who or what "The Rock" was. And Steve Austin's "F*ck Fear, Drink Beer"...I bought EVERYTHING that had that phrase on it.
Sadly, the recent PG turn has led to merchandise that mostly sports cartoonish logos. But today, I went to Shopzone...and saw one I would buy:
Can't stand the Miz, but who cares? I AM awesome. So I can wear it.
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