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10-06-2010, 01:00 PM   #1
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Is wrestling Fake?





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I am sure that there are many who do believe it is real but I would think many watch it purely as entertainment. Like testosterone filled action soap opera. I mean we know some action movies are not real but we allow ourselves to be entertained by them and for a few moments we believe.
I don't watch "wrassling" myself but briefly graze on it for a few seconds as I channel surf on Friday nights. Those guys do some good stunt work at times and also cry as much as soccer players for as big as they are.
The stunts they perform are real. The falling down they do is real. But just like a Jackie Chan movie or Star Wars it is entertainment.
I know you were not actually starting a debate, I'm just adding comments.
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all jokes aside, i wouldn't be surprised if there are a few more Brock Lesnars waiting to come out. It takes immense power and stamina to do some of these moves. I mean look at that kick below. It must have been some unimaginable chi and power to do an air kick.



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Why the clips of Mark Henry "The World's Fattest Man" and WWECW? <rant> I mean is it "Extreme" wrestling if you don't allow real chair shots? WWE got really boring after they outlawed anything remotely dangerous. TNA got boring when they brought in all the living fossils and all but got rid of the X division. And don't get me started about "Diva/Knockouts". If I wanted to watch women wrestling I'd be watching tapes of AJWP from the early 90's. </rant>

There is artistry in putting on a worked match that draws you in and makes you want to suspend your disbelief. What the major American promotions is putting out is just drek.

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The winner is predetermined. As a competitive match it is fake. And some of the moves are fake (eg the guy lying on the ground being pinned and with just a flip of his chest sends a 250lb man flying off). But the bumps, bruises, anger and cuts are real.
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Fake?

No way.....



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Wrestling fake? Let's ask 20/20's John Stossel.

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Compare it to college wrestling....very little if the truth be told. Pro wrestling is a form of entertainment that requires the "actors" to have some form of athletic ability, but if you really disect some of the so called "matches" you will see that same suff in the vids the OP posted. Then you have the "Mega Event...Wrestlemania"....a pay per view event featuring the superstars duking it out..... I will say...I liked watching it back when I was a lot younger...but I knew back then it was all pretty much scripted.......
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QuoteOriginally posted by Nowhere Matt Quote
Wrestling fake? Let's ask 20/20's John Stossel.
Stossel doesn't work for 20/20 anymore. He works for Fox "News".
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When it was EC F'n W

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sURB9Q31VY0[/YT]
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Yep....it aint changed much....they bounce off of the ropes...and you wait to see who is going to have the winning move....in the battle...and that is always mesmerising to me....body slams....head slams...jumping off the top rope...and lets bring it all down to the floor...with the gates and chairs.....yea.......entertaining for most of us?....or maybe a few?
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No, It's not. In fact, I think they should allow legal gambling on it, like horse racing.
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Wrestlemania III. Pontiac Silverdome. Saw it live and it looked pretty real to me when King Kong Bundy jumped on top of that midget.

Wrestlemania III part1 - GUBA Video


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Back in Ancient times....Romans used to watch Gladiators fight to the death. In that video....the stadium was packed. Football here in America gets more ratings on TV than Baseball....our national past time. Are you all seeing were I am going with this? Why Pro wrestling is so popular? MMA is starting to eclispe boxing?
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