Nostalgia serves as a psychological resource that helps individuals regulate their emotions and find meaning by connecting with meaningful past experiences.

“what happens is you're not running to the past and hiding you're reaching into the past to pull into the present experiences that will help guide you and then that puts you on the path forward”

Nostalgia acts as a powerful psychological force that can override established storytelling in wrestling, as seen with the reaction to the Rock versus Hogan match.

“This thing that they were supposed to follow of Rock the Good guy, Hogan the bad guy got completely thrown out the window because of the power of the dopamine that is gathered from nostalgia.”

Nostalgia is a powerful tool in professional wrestling because it connects with fans on a personal, emotional level.

“Nostalgia is like this very powerful drug because every time that you guys bring up an episode people go oh I remember that that was this part of my life”

Jared argues that nostalgia for childhood experiences like simple roasting games is a pleasant and lighthearted way to relive past memories.

“you know the yo mama jokes from back in the day oh my God take me back to third grade and do what hit on the girls there what what are you gonna do you have your own brain of a 25 year old you're gonna hit on third on third graders well I was thinking sick man like take me back they're prepubescent ”

Joey Bizinger views nostalgia as a negative emotion because it is often manufactured by corporations to exploit a desire for the past.

“I don't like it is cuz I feel like it's manufactured to make me miss things of a better time.”

Connor Colquhoun agrees with the characterization of nostalgia as a negative emotion based on the formal definition of the term.

“I agree with you about nostalgia being negative emotion though.”

Mark claims that people should focus on the present rather than mourning the past because nostalgia is counterproductive.

“I don't really miss that much I really don't miss much about you know you could get nostalgic about the things of childhood but I feel like that's like a universal feeling no matter what but also at the same time I really like the now”

Nostalgia is dangerous because it provides a false, rose-colored view of the past that obscures reality, undermines the present, and clouds the future.

“nostalgia is a rose-colored rear view not only does it falsely represent the past keeping us clinging to a two-dimensional version of life that didn't actually exist it dampens the present and clouds the future”

Jennifer Welch claims that people who are nostalgic for the past are often simply missing a time when they could behave badly without being held accountable.

“And I've been thinking about this a lot and I don't think it's necessarily that the old days were better I just think if you were a dick in the old days you were less likely to be called out for it”

Angie Sullivan agrees that nostalgic people are often misremembering the past to avoid being held accountable for their poor behavior.

“100% agree now people with their sexism their racism their homophobia be uh being religious nuts they get called out for it right that's what they don't like sure”