is wrestling for real?
468414
Yes they do beat each other but drama is more involved for entertainment purposes.
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)
1078688
Hey, do you know why nobody BETS on Pro Wrestling?  \n\nCause, it's fixed.   \n\nWatch the show, and be entertained.  It's not a real sport, it's just FUN.  \n\nAndre the Giant was the REAL DEAL.  On a recent program that reviewed his life, they pretty much said that he lost the big fight against the Hulkster, "for the good of the Sport".   He knew that his time was up.
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! :)
953785
good question... who knows.. its still indy wrestling.
1151009
Stop asking this quesiton.  It's a sport just like pro wrestling is a sport.
979853
fake is completely the wrong word! i mean YES it is staged by the writing crew , eg. the outcome of the matches , backstage goings on! but who the hell cares? the people who say it is"fake" are the overweight  , loners who have never watched a match in there lives! they have never taken the time to sit and watch WWE, and see the passion and excitement and injuries that the superstars generate!just like Rey mysterio said "you try getting slammed in a match by a guy twice the size of you , then getting up and this time get punched or kicked then slammed once more!" these idiots are the people who watch wrestling once , take no notice of the superstars warnings then go out and break the neck of their mate , then have the audacity to blame WWE and other wrestling promotions. they say it to me all the time in school, just to get a response but i just say "its sports entertainment" and some of them say "yeah, but its still fake!" i don't know were they get it from because wwe have never pretended its anything more than sports entertainment! I'm so glad that there is someone who feels the same as me! \ni hope this helps!\n\nI love WWE, master of SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT!
1134155
Pro wrestling is fun to watch.  Doesn't matter if it's real or not.
614093
I have met Black Angus, Greg Lake, and The Patriot. All tell me the same thing. Is it fake? That's like asking if Desperate Housewives is fake. Neither are fake. They are what they are: entertainment. Injuries and deaths? Far less performers suffer injuries or death in pro wrestling than in the construction of a bridge. Any performer who deviates from the script other than ab lib comments, is drummed out and never will work again. Probably not even as an announcer, ticket seller, popcorn dude, or stuntman. The opportunity to injure someone within the pro wrestling establishment is so great, it is not, nor has it ever been tolerated. They are actors. It is a show. You must be a guy.\nMAXIM recently did a story on the 20 best performers in the modern hx of wrestling. Yes, Tommy (Hulk) Hogan, and Andre the Giant were amongst them. In 1980, a NY cabbie, who was born in NY with parents of mideastern descent, agreed to train for the role of the "Iron Shiek. The Iranian National Wrestling Champion". He could not lose - part of the deal. He was heckled, he took hostages twice, he tried to "kill" SGT. Slaughter, and never once did anyone even throw anything at him. Even \nthe old ladies there knew it was a show. 1980; think about it. Are there ANY smart dudes out there?
463671
wrestling is scripted, choreographed. wrestlers do get hurt. the main purpose of wrestling is not to get hurt. 90% of wrestling is real. 75% of the moves you see on television are real (especially the submissions).
272023
Yes it is real. I went to one of the matches in Vegas, but when I seen it in person it was way more violent than I thought it would be and I totally cant watch it anymore, but it is most def. real.
210915
Yes, it's real. And it's July 20 this year. See\nhttp://www.worldjumpday.org/
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.
738830
Wrestling is fake.  Who cares?
1060018
What?????!!\nThere's someone out there who thinks wrestling is real???\nYou must be really really really stupid. Poor you.\n\nAnd don't listen to the other stupid people above who think they cut themselves. They don't. They're actors for goodness sake.....
9848
Real? It is real. Well what they do is real. They're really making contact & the blood is real (9 times out of 10) Do they really hate each other if they would have seen each other on the street...no. Is it predetermined who's going to win a match.....yes. It's all sports entertainment. The difference between something like this and football is the fact that it's in a sense fixed. Hense the entertainment portion of the WWE.
1077664
I love these questions.\n\nSo, basically you want to know if it is ok to like wrestling?\n\n:rolleyes:\n\nEDIT: nobody thinks it's real.  Moreover, why is that the first thing everyone says about wrestling..it's fake.  Yeah, EVERYTHING on TV is fake.  Wrestling is like a more physically demanding male version of a soap opera.  OF COURSE IT'S FAKE!  That's what makes it interesting!