Do you think Wrestling (like WWE, WWF) are real?

I think the whole thing is directed. But for the fun of the game I don't think about this when I am watching the games. I guess people chose to be ignorant of the obvious signs just to enjoy the game

Wresting is so fake, the only thing that is real if UFC/MMA. This is because you see the players bleeding

Hi,

Nope, I don't think they are real.

Regards,
Cornel Tanady

Hi,
I dont think they are real. This whole programme is going through a particular direction. Its all a scripted acting. But its enjoyable also.

This just happened to be in my local paper today...insight from one of the "bad girls" of the WWE...Marshall back home after wild wrestling career | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL

Hello,
I see Mick Foley all the time in some of the local stores,he lives on Long Island right
In my area.
He has plenty of scars to show for his efforts.

It is most definitely a show, it's entertainment, but it's a show where you can get hurt.

Take the piledriver, for instance. The piledriver is a carefully executed maneuver where one wrestler drops the other on his head on the mat. There have been cases of this maneuver being done poorly, the result being the wrestler getting dropped actually having his neck broken because he was dropped too far. It's only supposed to look like his head hit the mat, not actually have him hit the mat.

Ever heard of the term 'sell it'? Here's what that means: You slap me across the face as hard as you can, but never actually do more than make slight contact, yet I fly backwards and land on my back as if you whacked the heck out of me. That's selling it. It goes on in pro wrestling all the time.

It's choreographed, there's no way to work it without it being that way. Wrestlemania has most likely already chosen the winner weeks ahead of time. Controversy sells tickets and pay per view. Before the wrestlers get into the ring for a match, they already know who's supposed to win this one. That's what makes the money.

But ask any pro wrestler if they get hurt. They get hurt all the time. Broken bones, strains, ripped tendons, concussions, the list goes on. This is dead serious stuff. You can be seriously injured without a drop of blood coming out.

If you don't believe it, take a look at the movie 'Beyond The Mat' and you'll learn a thing or two.



Comedian Andy Kaufman learned a thing or two. He got slapped right out of his chair by Jerry Lawler (but whether it was a stunt or not remains unanswered):

Andy Kaufman Gets Slapped. Hard. - Top 10 Disastrous Letterman Interviews - TIME

Fans know that everything is just part of a storyline and that's the very reason why we watch it. Some call it soap opera for men.

Wakunahum, of course these guys are going to pull their punches. Good Lord, how long a career do you think they'd have if they really actually got the crap knocked out of them? But just because they are pulling their punches doesn't mean they don't stand a real chance of being seriously injured. Things go wrong, people miss their marks, and honestly, do you really think getting hit in the head with a metal folding chair isn't real enough? What about jumping off the top rope and landing on a table which is about 8-10 feet below your feet? I'd have to say that's pretty real. The table will break some of your fall but after it collapses all that's left is a concrete floor. That takes some mighty big balls to jump from that high onto something like that.

Let's put it this way, if a guy is big enough and strong enough to pick me up off the ground and body slam me, that's real enough for me! (I'm 6' tall, 210 lbs.) I have trouble picking myself up out of bed in the morning!

But it's also entertainment. They put on a good show. They know how to get a crowd worked up.

And I might add we could all learn a thing or to as internet marketers by studying the marketing tactics used by the WWE, the WWF, etc.

It's not for real Everything is scripted and only acting. That's the reason why they consider themselves, the greatest entertainer on Earth!

But anyway, it's really fun to watch WWE and other wrestling shows.

They are not real they are fake full of acting but one thing i cant consider how they bleed and they hit in chair,hammer, etc,,,,,

One of the most popular wrestling shows in Spain is 'Smack Down'.

In between bouts, there are infomercials broadcast starring the wrestlers in the days programme with a simple message for any children and idiots watching - "Hi, I'm ......... a WWF star and I tell you, please do not try these moves at home. We are trained professional entertainers and have spent years perfecting our craft. Do not try to do what I do in the ring."
Since these are dubbed into Spanish, I presume that these are broadcast all over the world.
Incidentally, when did a microphone become part of a wrestlers kit?

When I was young I watched "raslin" and had a favorite.I got to go see him live and I was excited. After the match we stopped to eat. Low and behold, there in the restaurant was my favorite wrestler drinking a cup of coffee with the wrestler he had just beat up. Ruined it for me.But I still think it's real. Just like Santa and the Easter Bunny and the Tooth fairy.

Its real in the sense that there are really big guys throwing each other around. I would imagine there are times that punches get mis-timed and taking even a partial punch from a guy thats 300lbs of muscle is going to hurt.

They do train, they are in pretty good shape, and they are getting pitched, choked, and other behemoths are coming off the top rope to land on them.

but its orchestrated chaos.

I am not a big fan of wrestling, though I watch it from time to time, it never occured to me that it was not real, I don't know...

The movie of Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler" says it all.

My favorite wrestler when I was a kid...This is from 1966:

Rowdy Roddy Piper...

The Scientific matches, yeah. That's when the snack bar always did the best business...

Wrestling ain't real when it's the pro's on TV that wrestles. If they start to bleed it's because they have made a mistake.
And you can't survive many of the throws unless you do what they train all day long to do. Plus they don't try to each other.

Well - here's where I surprise you all - I was a pro wrestler - nickname was 'Rembrandt'

I was not particulary 'artistic' I got the nickname because I spent most of the time on the canvass.

I was knocked down so many times that they sewed handles on my shorts to make it easier to drag me out.

I believe 100% that all those are FAKE

I think the WWE and WWF are faked, with staged scripts and storylines.

But I think the WF is 90% real.

Regards,
Allen

I know this is unreal! i thought by now the sport would have died out...but, they have a new found fan - my 11 yr old son! ugh! hate it! he wants everything WWF. and i'm so tired of hearing about john cena!! lol i hope this is just a phase...

I think I might of believed it as a kid. & I think a lot of kids, some adults like to make believe it is real. Just like television shows or movies. If it were real & not scripted there would be a lot more people getting hurt. LOL

You guys do realize that there are wrestling schools that train these guys right? They learn to do flips, throws and then later make up their own signature moves.

There used to be one of these schools not to far from my hometown. While the fight is scripted, the throws and everything are still actually happening.

When you see a wrestler thats 300+ lbs climbing to the top rope to jump, thats still 300+ lbs thats coming down on you, and you can practice that all you like, but unless you know some magic trick that changes the laws of physics, its still going to hurt.

The trick is watching HOW they do the throws and stuff. You cant see it if they are done right, but most of the moves/holds are done in such a way that while it looks painful, the bulk of the wrestler and the way the move/hold is set up keeps it from really doing damage.

Like for instance, a pile driver. If you watch a pile driver happen, between the lats (muscles between your neck and shoulders) on the guy thats getting piledrived, and the quads (thigh muscles) of the guy doing the pile driving, the guys head never really hits the canvas.

Plus anyone one thats ever actually been in a fight can tell you that two muscle bound 300lb guys aren't going to trade blows for 20 minutes at a time. Nobody is impervious from a concussion and a punch with that much muscle and weight behind it is something that will crack a cranium

WWE and so on are piece of joke!
Only kids could believe it's real

WWE in my opinion is real but staged in that they do the moves so they don't hurt so much!

In my opinion wrestling is not really real. I think its a fake. But its long time ago since I have seen a match, it is not really the favourite "sport" in germany.

The so called wrestling referred to is as real as the Easter Bunny.

If you want to see real men in real sports, watch Australian football or the rugby codes.

aussie football is insane. its like a street fight with a ball. love watching that stuff

AFL (Aussie Football) is pretty tough, I play in a local league, up in a high division and you do get smacked about! Rugby from what I have heard is a lot tougher and the injuries are worse. AFL is one sport that is both great to watch and play!

It is a show-wrestling. Ofcourse acsidents happens and sometimes THERE WILL BE BLOOD!!! But 95% of it is SHOW!!! Not real If you want some real maching, wach UFC.

Professional wrestling is just what it's marketed as: Sports entertainment. However, that doesn't mean that these performers don't put their bodies on the line for our entertainment every night they go out there.

One of my favorite filmmakers, Darren Aronofsky, released a film with Mickey Rourke in it called The Wrestler back around December on the Indie circuit. It received a small awards push and is making its way onto DVD this Tuesday. It looks into the life of a former "big-time" professional wrestler whose fame mirrored that of Hulk Hogan, and how his body has been taxed for so long and how he's fallen from his fame that he's not even a fraction of the man he used to be. It's a pretty chilling look not only at the fall and redemption of a man but it also makes you appreciate professional wrestling a little bit more for the performers who do it, if not for the actual product itself.

To iwanttomakemoney , I have watched this film recently, I really liked it !

I just watched 'the wrestler' last night. that movie is pretty much spot on i'd guess.

I think calling it fake or real is off base these days. We all know the outcomes are predetermined like any show or movie. The guys are performers like any action movie or soap opera, but they only get one take in front of a large audience. I mean falling off a 20 foot ladder, going through tables onto concrete, you can't fake those things, they just know whats happening ahead of time to prepare theirselfs the best way they can.

Professional Wrestling is choreographed high impact entertainment.

To say it is fake would mean that it is trying to be something it is not. There was a time in the good old days when wrestlers tried to claim that everything they did was real, but now even the WWE admits that its entertainment. So, if it isn't trying to be real... then it can't be fake.