wrestling is more fake than NBA basketball....

what a joke!! You can't possibly be entertained by this rubbish can you???

I laugh every time I see it...its soooo fake....how dumb....

:laugh:

It's as real as you want it to be. I don't think anyone who follows wrestling claims it to be 100% real. That's what the E in WWE stands for, Entertainment. Do you go to the movies and think that Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings is real? No, you go because you want to be entertained, nothing more, nothing less. Some people. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:



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The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are very real to me. I myself think I'm a wizard, but I haven't been able to control my powers yet. I'm Lord of Kinish, son of Thorah, brother of Abrait.... :rolleyes: :pooh:

AkronObsessed Wrote:wrestling is more fake than NBA basketball....

what a joke!! You can't possibly be entertained by this rubbish can you???

I laugh every time I see it...its soooo fake....how dumb....

:laugh:

I bet the banks who cash and deposit the checks from these wrestlers doesen't call it a joke.You won't to talk about entertainment?I would like to see a typical hollywood idiot step in the ring with any of these wrestlers and lets see who hollers uncle first.

I never use the term "fake" when talking about wrestling....are the winners and endings predetermined? yes...but the guys and gals that do this for a living put their bodies on the line everynight....they do athletic moves that most of us could not handle...I respect anyone that works hard in the business day in and day out....not many of us could put on a good show night after night

I like to think of them as stuntmen. Putting their bodies on the line for entertainment. Wrestling is like a live action play to me.

NCTrafficMan Wrote:I never use the term "fake" when talking about wrestling....are the winners and endings predetermined? yes...but the guys and gals that do this for a living put their bodies on the line everynight....they do athletic moves that most of us could not handle...I respect anyone that works hard in the business day in and day out....not many of us could put on a good show night after night &nbsp;

You are so right NCTM. I agree 100% with what you said. :bluethumb:

AkronObsessed Wrote:wrestling is more fake than NBA basketball....

what a joke!! You can't possibly be entertained by this rubbish can you???

I laugh every time I see it...its soooo fake....how dumb....

:laugh:

It's called "sports Entertainment". It is a hell of a lot more entertaining than watching baseball, tennis, shuffleboard, etc.....

If you don't like it, don't watch it, simple as that, nobody is forcing you to watch . :rolleyes:

Amen brother!

I used to hate wrestling until I joined my fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha, at the University of Montevallo. Several of my brothers were very interested in that stuff, and my big brother in the frat got me hooked!!! We used to watch WCW a lot. Those were the days. :(

Professional wrestling is a very unique entertainment industry. I chose to look at it as a sort of soap opera for men

I grew up watching Mid-Atlantic Championship, then grew out it of once I left home. A few years ago when I moved my family overseas, we were incredibly limited in what we could watch on television. We had all of one channel for 3 years. MrsTater detested wrestling until that time, as she just could not identify with any of it and did not understand anyone who couldn't see how fake it all was.

But it's amazing how watching it for a little while can get you hooked. Yes, we all know very well that it's completely staged. Nonetheless, you have to be awed by the stunts these people pull off. I see the way their bodies land flat on the mat and I am amazed that they do not seriously injure themselves. BTW - I know for a fact, the mat is not cushioned.

(Break for long-winded story)

A few years ago we had a group of old-time rasslers who travelled around on a circuit doing shows for overseas military installations. They visited our base (NAS Sigonella, Sicily) 2 summers in a row. I got to meet such greats as Tony Atlas, Nicolai Volkai, The Honky Tonk Man and Natch's old tag-team partner, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.

We had the night shift, the evening preceeding the show and I noticed none of my guys (the base cops) were up to their customary routine of attempting to hang out in the building all night long. Things that make you go, "hmmmm". So I rolled over by the rasslin' ring and sure enough.......

......they had taken their duty belts off and were tossing each other around in the squared circle. :D .......Truthfully, I couldn't resist trying it out myself for just a moment, so I checked my weapon and joined the battle royal. :chair: I didn't last long. :(

Today, MrsTater keeps close tabs on what's happening on WWE. :D It's become very interesting to both my wife and I , as well as our TaterTots.

One of the coolest things I've seen a WWE rassler do in recent times was something Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) did for a USS Kitty Hawk sailor last year after a RAW performance at the Yokohama Arena in Tokyo. This young Petty Officer had The Rock swear him in at his re-enlistment. Prior to The Rock swearing him in the correct way, he did a mock swearing-in and this young Petty Oficer was all into it ! It went something like this:

And I do solemly swear
(And I do solemly swear)

That if I ever see
(That if I ever see)

Usama Bin-Laden
(Usama Bin-Laden)

That I will kick
(That I will kick)

HIS CANDY A$$ !!!
(HIS CANDY A$$ !!!)

:D :D :D