It's scripted. Basically the matches are fixed and blows that people receive are softened by using different techniques.
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If i would get a cent every time you make a thread i could buy 10 copies of badrats now!
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The matches Wwe put up are cut to shreds sometimes. I'm pretty much only watching lucha underground when I can, sometimes watch Wwe ppv when with some friends. Watched wcpw for a while, but wasn't a fan of the personalities involved or the booking. Had a stint with tna around 2007-2012, really started to drag though, and hated the way aj styles, Samoa Joe and some others were being booked. Watch nxt and njpw every now and again.
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I stopped watching that years ago. BUT, if I WERE to choose one, Mick Foley. one reason is that he's a good wrestler and a great multiple personalities. And another is that I actually met him at a book signing, Great guy, fun to be around. And he didn't drive up in a limo. He rode up in the back seat of a Ford Pinto. I swear.
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I used to watch WWE ... when i was a kid .
Like long long time ago , when Undertaker and Kane ware duo ... Mat and Jeff hardy ware there ... Kurt Angle , Chris Jericho , Triple H Stone cold ... etc .
AS for favorite , it was Obviously the Undertaker ... who doesnt like that guy cmon :P
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None. Aren't they all fake anyway? Some sort of a "theatrical show"? MMA is probably rigged too, but it's much better.
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You obviously haven't heard of Combat Zone Wrestling. Don't look it up.
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I shouldn't have looked it up. ;_; But anyway, MMA is much better. MMA fighters have some awesome skills and they're really fast.
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Not gonna argue, MMA fighters are great combatants. The only thing i dislike about MMA is the fact that most of the battles are decided on the ground. Wrestling is definitely flashier and i personally find it more appealing. :3
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Common misconception. Wrestling's scripted, not fake. The things that they do, they still do, although with just more safety precautions. Otherwise the "entertainment" in the term "sports entertainment" wouldn't really work, since most people would always be injured and stories like that barely happen in real life.
If you still hold the belief that it's fake, then I leave you with this. You can't really "fake" this.
Even if you don't, it's still an interesting thing to watch :D
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Fake, scripted, same thing. ;P They're strong and they can do some awesome moves, but whatever happens, is arranged beforehand. I know a guy that does the exact same thing in Greece and he told me that they arrange everything beforehand.
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I think you are confusing entertainment with sports.
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Well, depends on the wrestlers. Many like to plan while in the match.
But yeah, it's scripted as in they know who wins, who loses and so on.
But as UlverHausu said, it's entertainment. It's not sports.
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WWE is my fav brand. I still play the Smackdown vs RAW PS2 games from time to time. :3
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Difficult to choose between Big Daddy Or Giant Haystacks
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Haven't watched it in years, but I used to like Kane and The Undertaker on WWF. Old school, when Undertaker had his cape, and Kane still wore the mask.
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I used to LOVE Raw and Smackdown, but it was ~2010. Then i could not watch it for a while (no TV in my student room), and when i tried to come back last year, they were so many new face, I did not cling back to it.
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In no order, my top 10 current -- Broken Matt Hardy, Joey Ryan, Rusev, Miz, Johnny Morrison/Mundo, Kevin Owens, Jay Lethal, Timothy Thatcher, Chris Hero, Styles. Cody is up there as are the Bucks. Honestly it's easier to just list who I don't like right now -- especially in the WWE.....Dolph Ziggler. ....uhm......wow that's about it. And probably Apollo Crews because well as awesome as he was as Uha Nation, you need a personality up there.....and smiling isn't a gimmick, even as a babyface.
Any listeners of We Watch Wrestling?
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also for the MMA debate......look, you think I actually want to see people really try to hurt/murder each other? What kind of savage do you think I am?
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As to Apollo Crews, all I can say is that he has been screwed over. He's never really been given chances. No chances to build character or anything. His current storyline is also nothing much since he's sharing the spotlight with Kalisto and has no mic time or anything like that. Basically a glorified bathroom break.
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But... I thought u just made a wrestling thread the other day.
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I just watch WWE's main shows (RAW and SDL). I tried NXT, but I found it to be just too lackluster in terms of the stories and interesting ideas and 205 Live is just a short show with nothing really.
As to wrestlers, I just keep loving Sami Zayn. The man's got everything.
But I can't really not mention TJ Perkins and Jack Gallagher. Those guys are talented as all hell as well.
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Lucha Underground. It gets better with each season
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I'm watching every episode of WWE Raw and Smackdown + PPVs of course (thanks to the Network I'm not bound to the TV times.. and I can watch it in English..). Last year I visited a show, when they visited my hometown. I do follow NXT, but not on a regulary base. I don't like TNA, it's too trashy (although WWE sometimes is as well).
For me fake and scripted is not the same.. they really need to be fit and train, it's kinda acrobatic + playing a character... so it's not fake in my understanding. But of course it's not to be mixed up with real sport competition, as it is not.
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