Ben Bishop discusses his philosophy as a content creator. Even though he makes videos poking fun at some of the not so great tropes about the world of wrestling, at the end of the day, it's all fun.
Ben Bishop is a professional wrestler, but he may be best known for the content he creates on social media. Bishop posts videos on YouTube, X, and Instagram poking fun at wrestling fans and certain tropes in the independent wrestling community.
During a recent interview with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp, Bishop discussed the process of making these videos and the feedback that he has received within the industry.
"When I first started making the videos, everyone was liking them, right? I kind of told myself, like, ‘Oh, man, everyone likes everything I do. This is great. I'm good forever,’" he said. "Until, you know, then eventually the tide turns, right? Like, okay, got a little too comfortable, made some videos, I made some people upset, and then I just always tried to assume people would understand what I'm saying. Now I just have to understand that you can't assume context, and if you take it the way you take it, that's fine. I don't care if you don't think I'm funny, I don't care if you don't think I'm a good wrestler, I don't care, it's all subjective. I don't like every comedian. It doesn't mean they're not funny. I just might not be a fan of somebody's comedy. That's okay. I'm not gonna tell them that they're not a funny person or they're not good at what they do. Which everyone likes to tell me, which is fine. Again, we both get it.
"At the end of the day, I tell everybody I'm having fun with it," he continued. "They’re playful videos, I'm not trying to put anyone down. I don't mind what trolls think. They can think what they want. They're not gonna like me at the end of the day, but I told any new wrestler, if you have a problem with what I say, or if you have a problem with a video, please just reach out. We can talk about it, and a few have, I'm not gonna name them, but a few have, and we've talked through it, and they understood a little bit more."
Bishop also admitted that he decided not to upload all the videos he created, feeling he already had enough heat.
"Oh, there's a few. There's a few in the chamber that I was like, ‘I got enough heat, I'm not gonna do that one.’ There's some that I'll do, and I'll be like, ‘Ah, let's see how this goes.’ I'll just sit there, ‘Okay, I actually did better, I looked better.’ But then some of them I'm like, ‘Oh, everybody will understand this,’ and then it's like, ‘Oh, boy. No, they don't.’ Yeah, I've definitely been the talk of wrestling Twitter for a few times in the past few months, but you know what they always say—if they're not talking about you, you're doing something wrong. At least they're talking about you. Not very favorably, but they talk about you."
Also, Ben Bishop admitted that he can't seem to crack the social media golden nut that is TikTok. So, just call him an Instagrammer.
"You know what's so funny about TikTok? I have like the least amount of followers on TikTok. I got like less than 3000, and they’re calling me a TikToker. I have Instagram, you can call me an IGer or Instagramer or whatever. You call me that. TikTok, I can't figure out TikTok," he said. "I've tried Blue Sky. It's not really taking off... That’s true, that’s true. That's what you learn. That is social media 101, folks. It's a science. It's not an art. It's a science."
In the end, Bishop reiterates that these are all just for fun, and most who meet him and interact with him can see that he's a good guy.
"I think at the end of the day, folks, I'm not a bad person. I'm actually a super nice guy. You can ask a lot of people that meet me. Yeah, I like to have fun and make some videos, ‘cause my sense of humor is my sense of humor. I'm telling you, I always say, I don't care if you don't like me as a wrestler. I don't care if you don't like me as a comedian, if you want to call it that. But you don't have to come after my character. I'm a good guy. I'm a good guy. I just want to have fun. I do this for fun. I started as a huge wrestling fan, did it for fun. I obviously started for fun and I want to keep doing it for fun. If I stop having fun, what's the point of doing all this? It's all BS, you know?"
Elsewhere in the interview, Bishop spoke about the evolution of wrestling as it's moved away from men his size being the standard in the industry. Read his comments here.
Fans can follow Ben Bishop on X and Instagram to check out his videos on social media, where he jokes about tropes in independent wrestling.
Check out the full interview embedded above.
