Is the action in World Wrestling Entertainment a real one?
102132
Are you kidding?? No it's not real. lol
849945
Wrestling is so fake\nb
489059
It's fake in the sense that these guys are really beating each other up. It's real in the sense that their bodies take a beating, much like stuntmen or women. Most of the injuries are real. Some are self-inflicted, like cuts to the head.\n\nIf you want real wrestling, you have to go to the college or high school ranks. Real fighting can be found in UFC. (or in Iraq)
552529
No. I went through wrestling school too.  It should not be. I don't let my kids watch it. These days...what are they going to watch...Smackdown or RAW?  When Vince McMahon has a playboy playmate on his lap and he is stroking her cleavage....uh that alone would say no for me.  Then, how do I expain that crashing down on an opponet on a table is fake.  The violence is too much for a young kid.
185326
It's for entertainment and like others, it's not real.\n\nThe only exciting part in it is the wrestling.\n\nI agreewith others, it's becoming more of a soap opera.\n\nBut still, I can't stand watching it because of the "Action".
79992
All of the answers are correct.  The physical contact are all real, but there's a predetermined winner.  In other words, scripted.  I myself is a WWE fan, but I watch for the sake of entertainment.  That's it.  \n\nYou might wanna read the infamous Montreal Screwjob, where WWE chairman Vince McMahon literally changed the outcome of the match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels in what would've been the biggest controversy in pro-wrestling.  This for sure that all results are predetermined and thus having a storyline for each character.  It just happened that McMahon changed the predicted outcome that led to an almost boycott of Monday Night RAW by some superstars the day after.
854533
You know, I never thought of it that way, seriously.  Movies are fake too but you never see ppl putting that down like wrestling.  Thanks for a different way of looking at things.
738830
Wrestling is fake.  Who cares?
228935
it's not a silly question. just so you know most wrestling is staged, the in ring stuff is choreographed and the outside the ring is as well. but sometimes things do go wrong. the injuries are sometimes not planned. if you watch the punches and as it lands they stomp their feet. but these guys are real good performers and can make it look like they got the crap knocked out of them. all wrestlers are trained in various places. a friend of mine trained in the ohio valley wrestling school with dave batista, eddie guerro, and brock lesner and even eugene aka nick densmore, and even the cripler chris benoit has came to that school to train. but in answer to your question yes it is staged but remember accidents do occur, most common are concussions, torn muscles, knees, and even worse and a slim chance death look up owen hart for that occurence. but there are other sources you can look at to research wrestling and it's origins, jim ross is a good place to start. he has an email address i am sure on the net and is extremely more knowledgeable.
881314
no, you won't be able to tell unless they are terrible at hiding it. I have been to amateur matches, front row and it all looked real to me!
64657
wwe is fake. I, however, am a highschool wrestler. I just got home from an all day tournament, in fact. And let me tell you, High school wrestling is as real as it gets. It is the hardest six minutes of any sport. I had to have my coach open my fingers cause i used my arms so much and my hands wouldnt open. So "pro" wrestling is fake and a waste of time, where olimpic and high school wrestling is unimaginably difficult and real.
418394
Many people have mis conceptions about professional wrestling. I agree with the fact that everything is staged, a lot of matches are pre planned. But even though that statement is true the wrestlers do actully hit each other, although in a way that cause less pain than a typical punch, and they do get slammed down onto the wooden floor of the canvas, which is springy to create less damage. \n\nAll wreslers are trained to take all variety of bumps and how to land correctly, but this does not reduce the possiblity of injury. Professional wrestlers train intensivly to get thier bumps perfect and to increase their pain barrier. All professional wrestlers have to be well trained and most are highly trained althetes.\n\nAs i said earlier most matches are pre planned but a more recent tend for the better trained stars is to give them and ending and let them decide on the way a match progresses. This tends to happpen more in independant federations or with better trainerd veterans in big companies like the WWE.\n\nIn short, yes some elements are staged, like all the storylines, although some are not (called shoots) they are very rare, with the most famous being the montreal screwjob. But there are also elements of real pain and injury for the wrestlers.
600706
The results and the storylines are scripted, and wrestlers do know how to protect themselves from injury.  But, don't kid yourself, there is still a lot of athleticism involved.
278516
It is scripted, not fake. There is a difference. Experienced wrestlers work as much as six nights a week and want to continue to earn a living at what they do, so they are careful, and punches are pulled. Contrary to some beliefs, the matches are not choreographed. At least not like you would  commonly define choreography. The wrestlers are not told how the match will go until they get to the arena. Sometimes they are not given this info till a few minutes before they go in the ring. The person who "runs" the program gives the wrestlers the pre-determined ending of the match, and the time allotted for the match. It is then up to the wrestlers to fill in the gaps. 99% of the holds and throws are real, and can be used to bring down an opponent. Every now and then there will be some ludicrous "magic" move that is total fantasy. The matches are like a soap opera. The good guys (called baby faces) represent the struggle of the common man against the evil of the world. This evil is represented by the bad guys (called heels) The good guy constantly seeks justice from the representatives of law and order (the referees) When this justice is obviously never forthcoming, the good guy takes justice in his own hands and fights fire with fire. He uses the bad guy's tactics against him and cheats to defeat him. EVERY ONE can identify with this in real life. Even when the good guy loses by getting caught, the fans feel justice has finally been served! So, there you have it. Scripted!.....By the way, the wrestlers refer to the fans as marks: the unsuspecting victims of a fraud. They have their own pig-latin style language that is used when discussing the secrets of the profession when they think a mark may be in hearing range.
1079964
WWE, in fact all sports entertainment is staged, just like most television programmes.  WWE is an action packed Soap Opera for men.  Wrestlers are a combination of actors, sportsmen, body builders and stuntsmen.\n\nWhat one must remember is that if what they were doing was real it would be illegal is proffesional wrestling is so violent.  What makes wretling enjoyable to watch is the fact that the wrestlers do their best to make it appear incredibly dangerous.  The truth is while there is some risk of serious injury involved everybody involved is trained to fall properly and how to carry out moves which appear to be high impact when they are not.\n\nNeedless to say sometimes wrestlers can get things wrong which is again part of the appeal.  Brock Lesnar, Chris Benoit, HHH and Shawn Michaels have all picked up very serious injuries at some stage in their career and Owen Hart has actually died as a result of a WWE stunt.
991852
Of course it is fake.  Sane people would never go out and do that to their bodies unless they had some control over it.  They do get hurt and they do put their bodies through the ringer but they are all choreographed and they know who will win before they step out to see the crowd cheering them on.  \nI like it because it is better than a soap opera.  It's like Survivor meets Real World meets tough Enough meets General Hospital... all to good music with great drama, men and women in revealing costumes showing off their goodies and beyond all that... it's a couple hours away from every day stress that makes me laugh, scream at the TV and basically forget my problems as i watch them battle out out for my viewing pleasure.
1102094
You are correct. WWE is fake.\n\n\nBut, who says everything entertaining has to be real? I am a personal fan of WWE, and I used to watch it almost religiously. (*enter dreamy sigh about John Cena Here*).\n\nEven if it is fake, the injuries they sustain *ARE* real. The effort and time it took for them to get the way they are *ARE* real.\n\n\n\nIn a sense, WWE is real. Now, it's about 10% realisim, 90% acting.\n\n\n\nIt's all good American fun. I don't want to watch something that's real 24/7.\n\nWhy do you think I watch Reality TV shows? (AMERICAN IDOL COUNTS. IT'S FIXED. ALL LIES!) Survivor, Big brother, American Idol, WWE, it's all fake, but entertaining! :)