Do You Think Wrestling Is Fake - Movies Message Board

When they have practice runs, you know it's fake. (I read this somewhere, I'll do a search for reference) This is not to say there all injuries are faked though some are. Some are accidents happen when someone tries to alter what was to be planned or when something planned just went wrong.

Reply #81. Jul 04 07, 9:53 AM

Lympathy

The result is pre-written, which is the ultimate downfall of Wrestling.

Reply #82. Jul 04 07, 10:35 AM

guypineapple

It is fake although some "stuff ups" do occur which have been known to change the outcome.

Reply #83. Jul 08 07, 7:48 PM

holland5361

My uncle works for a wrestling company and most of it is indeed fake. He helps plan out what the wrestlers are going to do. But sometimes things can go wrong or they put in a little touch of themselves so that it changes it up a bit.

Reply #84. Jul 08 07, 8:10 PM

TheuntouchablE

It is but it is still enbtertaining

Reply #85. Jul 10 07, 10:00 AM

geminijune

Yeah I think it is fake, but some has to be real. Right? Like the weapon use has to be fake but the (at least) punching is real...sometimes.
I dont care if its fake or not- its fun to watch!

Reply #86. Jul 11 07, 11:47 AM

jonnowales

Of course it is fake. There is very little real about it.

Jon

Reply #87. Jul 11 07, 12:00 PM

jcdt7sonic

wrestling is all the blood is real and that is all i know.

Reply #88. Jul 13 07, 6:31 PM

jcdt7sonic

wrestling is real and all the blood is real and that is all i know.

Reply #89. Jul 13 07, 6:32 PM

jonnowales

Really! I am interested to know how you know that :)

Jon

Reply #90. Jul 13 07, 6:56 PM

TheuntouchablE

Wrestling is fake. The ref gives the wrestler a razor and he cuts himself. Triple h was most noticable at wrestlemania 20.

Reply #91. Jul 14 07, 9:27 AM

BZ-B	i always chuckle to myself when i predict what is going to happen (like who's going to come out when somebody is talking on the mic, what move someone is going to do next..etc) and then the exact same thing happens Reply #92. Jul 17 07, 3:07 PM

metaldelph

Wrestling is scripted. Matches have a pre-determined winner, and the wrestlers do plan some of the moves they intend to do in the match. As a sport, it is fake, but it's not a sport, it's 'sports entertainment'.

Reply #93. Jul 17 07, 3:20 PM

Lord_Digby

It's just showman's ship, that's all. Clever but all pre worked out.

Reply #94. Jul 17 07, 4:00 PM

clipperraider

Dakota North,

I beg to differ with your comparison between professional wrestling and professional football. Heck, nowadays, I'm not even sure that you could use "acting" and "gimmicks" as a qualifier to differentiate the two, as players like Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson sure like to work gimmicks and self-promotional mugging to the cameras in their "acts", lol, but I wouldn't categorize football plays as choreographed. The plays in football are strategies designed solely to defeat the opponent. I don't believe that the teams move in unison as "partners" to come to a predetermined conclusion, nor are any of the plays "choreographed" to make room for an "accidental" fumble or sack. I think that that's what differentiates wrestling as entertainment from football as sport.

Reply #95. Jul 17 07, 4:11 PM

TheuntouchablE

soccer is more fake

Reply #96. Jul 18 07, 4:11 PM

zaman89

Wrestling has become faker and faker every year. That's why I think they changed the name from WF to WE

Reply #97. Jul 18 07, 4:46 PM

MrMoneybags

Scripted yes. The actual fighting, bleeding, and injuries are real. But its entertaining nevertheless.

Reply #98. Jul 18 07, 5:05 PM

Schoonie101

Wouldn't be surprised if "Pro" Wrestling gets phased out entirely in the next couple years with Ultimate Fighting making such a huge splash lately.

Why watch something fake and trumped up when you can watch something that's legitimate?

Reply #99. Jul 18 07, 7:32 PM

Ingold

Pro wrestling is most definitely choreographed. I wouldn’t classify it as fake; extremely dramatized would be a more accurate description. I disagree with MrMoneybags statement “The actual fighting, bleeding, and injuries are real.” The fighting is a long drawn-out series of pulled “slaps” and moves assisted by the opponent. Most of the bleeding is some sort of coloured dye, the amount of “blood” that is drawn at the moment of the injury would indicate a serious laceration and the flow would not subside quickly, yet in most cases the flow of blood is minimal. The physical injuries and some of the blood are a natural side effect of any activity that places such high demands on the human body.

Reply #100. Jul 18 07, 8:39 PM

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