You know what Cambodians love? Wrestling. Not like the short-and-skinny-college-guys-in-unitards wrestling, either. But WWE wrestling.
On my first night in Phnom Penh, one of the guys in the restaurant turned on a fight and settled in to watch. Out of all the things on TV, I couldn’t believe he chose to watch that. But he did. Then the next day, I saw that a car in town had a wrestling sticker on its hood. Later, I found this recent Cambodia Daily article that talks about the sport’s following here. And tonight when I got out of the shower, guess what was on again (and is still on).
All this popularity and there’s not even Hulk Hogan* for them to watch…craziness.
*Embarrassing fact that I probably shouldn’t reveal about myself but will anyways: In Chiang Mai I went to a pub quiz night, and the only answers I could properly contribute to involved Hulk Hogan and Wham!
Nothing wrong with being a Hulkamaniac…
i have a friend in beijing who’s always going to these pub quiz things. is there an american equivalent of them?
I’m sure there is something in the US…but I think they tend to be more of a British thing…let us know on unhipla if you find any in the LA area!