What do you call the type of wrestling that isn't fake? If it isn't WWF wrestling?
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Olympic, College, Sumo or Girls Mud Wrestling?
511075
Just because pro wrestling is fake and the results are scripted doesn't mean that it doesn't require a great deal of skill and talent. Pro wrestling is a performance art. The art of pro wrestling is to make everything seem as real as possible without actually hurting yourself or your opponent. There's no art in purposely hurting yourself or your opponent. The main goal or objective in pro wrestling is to allow the audience to suspend disbelief and lose themselves in the story and the best way to do that is make everything seem as real as possible without actually hurting anyone and the wrestlers that can do that are considered the greatest.There are variances in skill level among wrestlers just like in any other profession that requires any kind of skill.Acting and actors are also fake in the sense that they are portraying characters and using scripts but some actors are considered great and others mediocre or bad.There have been a lot of quarterbacks that have played in the NFL but only a select few possess the combination of physical and mental skills to be considered  great and pro wrestling is no different in that regard.To me the talent and skill that Bret Hart had in terms of ring psychology and storytelling is no less impressive than the skill Dan Marino had to accurately throw a football. Granted it is a completely different kind of skill and football is a sport while pro wrestilng is a form of entertainment but it is a skill nonetheless. My point is that it is disrespectful and inaccurate to suggest that pro wrestling(when done right and well) doesn't require skill and talent.
897951
Yes, it's fake, in the sense that it's coreographed and the outcomes are predetermined, but that doesn't mean it's not difficult. Those wrestlers are in peak physical condition and train everyday to maintain themselves and put on a show for so many fans each night. The also know exactly how to perform a manuever without hurting their opponent and still make it look real, which takes a lot of skill. Being slammed onto those mats is probably pretty painful nonetheless.
593189
Real Entertainment Yes.  Wrestling is a form of sports entertainment. It is the choice of the professional entertainer as to whether or not they use tacks, sledge hammers, etc. However, sometimes, they really do get hurt. \n\nProfessional wrestlers train really hard to perform and not get hurt. They also train very hard to make it appear as real as possible.\n\nBottom line, it's entertainment.
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.
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Yes, all the matches are all planned out and pre-determined before the actual match even begins. The wrestlers ain't only trained how to wrestle, but to act as well. The matches are planned out, the hits are fake, but they still are very entertaining to watch. I used to love wrestling, and watch it sometimes.
1169965
It's called World Wrestling ENTERTAINMENT.  We know it's fake.  Too bad you don't know you're an idiot for being so damn stupid and narrow minded!!
260582
Pro wrestling is fake. It is entertainment. It requires *athletic* ability, but so does Hollywood stunt work. Pro Wrestling is not a real sport (Collegiate, Amateur, or Olympic wrestling is a real sport.)
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Finisher - Crippler Crossface\nEntrance - Mick Foley\nFavorite show - Currently ECW, has some good old school wrestlers. Saw ONS and it was so much better than any other ppv out there *besides wrestlmania* even though it is a light version of ecw.
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!
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http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/wrestling.html\ncheck this out.
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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! :)
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Yo I know its fake some of it but it is still cool. That what the "E" stands for in wwe "entertainment".
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Not offhand, but look for indy wrestlers playing up a foreign gimmick such as Japanese or Samoan. Japanese and Samoan wrestlers sometimes wrestle barefoot or in partial foot coverings (such as Jinsei Shinzaki aka Hakushi and Yokozuna) - that would be your best bet, anyway. There are tons of indy feds out there; hopefully I've narrowed your search a bit.
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Wrestling is so fake\nb
874530
none... i think wrestling is gay... and fake... even ufc and pride are now fakish... get you some money and find an illegal underground tourney... find a nice italian guy in town and ask him where to see a good fight :D
1067457
You are right about the WWF style wrestling....it is merely entertainment...\nYou want to see some real wrestling watch high school or collage wrestling...now those kids have talent. \nMy husband and I are youth wrestling coaches...and it is unreal the amount of kids that will sign up thinking it is WWF .... it is so frustrating....\nWe have to show them Wrestling really is a sport not a smack down brawl.