As established earlier in the series, professional wrestling is widely ridiculed by people who do not understand the many types of entertainment it can provide to its fans.
Despite this, on April 3rd, at Wrestlemania 32 the WWE claims it made a total of 17.3 million dollars as well as managing to set a new attendance record of 101, 379 for the biggest event in its calendar.
This figure has been disputed with reputable wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer claiming the actual figure to have been 93,370.
Fair to say that, even if the true attendance is closer to what is suggested by Meltzer wrestling is able to say it has one of the strongest and largest fan-bases globally.
People travel from all over the world to attend this great show piece, and some do it more than once, at great personal expense.
UK based wrestler Liam Lazarus described the fans of pro wrestling to me as: "Passionate. Highly dedicated and not afraid to speak their minds."
Paul Smiles has been a fan of pro wrestling since the age of five or six and as I sit down with him all of the characteristics described by Liam are apparent.
While growing up Paul watched on TV and loved the spectacle and colourful characters of the early 90's roster of stars including Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior.
Eventually he grew to respect the athletic ability and various character enhancing skills that some wrestlers possessed more than others among so many other reasons.
Wrestling has become a life long commitment for Paul, and when asked how much he believes he has spent on his love of pro wrestling the answer may shock people who are not a part of this tight-knit community of fans: "I have been buying my own tickets and travel to shows as well as merchandise since I started working at 16, I'm now 31 and I would say that I have spent easily into the tens of thousands of pounds."
The most expensive purchases made have been the two trips to America that Paul has made to watch Wrestlemania's 24 and 30. Flights and accommodation to Orlando and New Orleans don't come cheap.
Jennifer, is Paul's wife and had no interest in Pro Wrestling before they met, however she was also part of that trip to Florida in 2008. Now that they have a son together, who is also wrestling mad, the pair are aware that the spending is set to continue: "Ethan already has a collection of wrestling figures that were his dad's, but we are already having to spend a small fortune on the new superstars. His face when he plays with them makes it all worth it though."
Pro Wrestlers appreciate the commitment that fans have for their product and travelling the world to see them perform.
Jay Lethal is a wrestler with the American company Ring of Honor (ROH) but he regularly makes trips all over the world to wrestle for fans from other countries.
At the Recent Chaos Wrestling event in Bristol he defended his ROH title infront of a crowd of 650 UK wrestling fans. Speaking before the event he said: I'm from Tampa Florida, and it is super cold here for me, but there is nothing more important than putting on a show for people who support you and to give back."
The mutual connection between the performers and the fans leads to unprecedented levels of respect when the wrestling community suffers losses, whether it be when legends of the business like Dusty Rhodes pass, or when up and coming stars like Kris Travers lose a brave fight against cancer.
At times of true loss, there are no where that unites together more than the fans of professional wrestling.
This unity is what means that despite how many times they are told that the thing they love is fake and rubbish, they stay true to their passion because they know for everyone person who tells them this, they have millions who truly understand what it is that they love.
Hopefully having read this five part series there will be a little more appreciation shown to the both the men and women for who this is a career and those of who it is their passion.
