Current Events > Why do people watch pro wrestling if it is fake?

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Swagnificent119
12/31/17 9:20:35 AM
#51:


I don't give people shit so much because it's fake, but just because of how extremely childish it is these days.

It used to be something you watched if you were a hillbilly, then in the 90's it was a bunch of trash TV so it was something you watched if you were white trash.

Now it's clearly shit meant for children, yet every hardcore wrestling fan I know is a complete weirdo about it and acts like it's for intellectuals or something.
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WizardofHoth
12/31/17 9:27:43 AM
#52:


Why bother watching WWE wrestling?

Why do YOU bother breathing when you're gonna die anyway?
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omega cookie
12/31/17 9:29:40 AM
#53:


Swagnificent119 posted...
I don't give people shit so much because it's fake, but just because of how extremely childish it is these days.

It used to be something you watched if you were a hillbilly, then in the 90's it was a bunch of trash TV so it was something you watched if you were white trash.

Now it's clearly shit meant for children, yet every hardcore wrestling fan I know is a complete weirdo about it and acts like it's for intellectuals or something.

Hey look everyone, someone who has no clue what they are talking about!
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Gamer99z
12/31/17 9:36:05 AM
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So, you don't consume any type of fiction media? Must suck to be you.

I don't consume media that pretends to be a real competition. It is like watching a staged baseball game. Boring.

It's a scripted show, with writing, choreography, and stunt work for entertainment.
So you also don't like anything that's scripted but intentionally presents itself as being serious. So you don't like mockumentaries like Spinal Tap, Pop Star, American Vandal. You also don't like movies like Rocky because it's all scripted.
Again, a sad life to must live. I'm sure you're fun in social gatherings.

Why sad? Not that I'm defending him bashing pro-wrestling but I find that I'm enjoying nonfiction entertainment more than fiction these days, things like documentaries, biographies, diaries, news articles, etc.

Yeah, everyone loves a good documentary and other nonfiction media. But if you're someone who would write off all fiction because "it's not real, it's all fake!" then you're missing out many amazing things and are probably a pretty obnoxious person to be around socially if that's the lense you view entertainment through.

I don't know. I say to each their own. I don't think preferring one or the other says anything about someone as a person. Besides, I think the "it's all fake" is a valid reason to not like fiction. Is it not true? Not that I feel that way but people aren't wrong when they say that.

I'm not saying having a preference is wrong, but to write off the entirety of fiction is moronic. Imagine being at a party and some popular song comes on and TC is the kinda guy to go "this shit is fake, they didn't even write the song themselves, who would listen to this!" Instead of just having fun.
That's the kind of guy you're at a movie with and during the movie they stop to say how unrealistic some specific thing was.

That's the kind of guy nobody likes.
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TableLicker
12/31/17 9:36:06 AM
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Reality tv is far worse at being fake tv that pretends to be real.
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vicedungwinsgam
12/31/17 9:43:19 AM
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Why do people watch the NBA if it's clearly fixed for entertainment?

Same with the NFL...

People watch what entertains, nothing else matters
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Swagnificent119
12/31/17 9:43:28 AM
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omega cookie posted...
Hey look everyone, someone who has no clue what they are talking about!


WWE is clearly meant to be a family show, I hear you mother fuckers bitch about this shit more than anyone else, don't get triggered because someone points it out.

Conflict posted...

You sound like a manchild so I guess it's perfect for you


I bet you're the kind of dude who asks these female wrestlers how big other wrestlers dicks are when they do interviews on the internet.
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vicedungwinsgam
12/31/17 9:43:54 AM
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MabusIncarnate posted...
I hate pro wrestling but don't much rip on people who do. Even if it is a soap opera for men.


I'd consider it much less soap-opera-like than the NBA.
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/31/17 9:50:51 AM
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I loved wrestling as a kid, and I can even watch that old stuff for nostalgias sake.

But when I try to watch it today it just doesn't interest me. It's the total package. The storylines are too clean and there is something about the production values that bother me.

I wouldn't give anyone shit because it's fake, I'd just give them shit because it's shit to me.

Plus, I know way too many people who stuck with it and turned out like this dude that really tarnishes it for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTNyKIGXiI

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weapon_d00d816
12/31/17 9:53:12 AM
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"Gat dangit Bobbie, are you watchin' that dubya-dubya-E again? It's nothin' but a buncha steroided-up grown men pretending to hit each other in their underwear!"
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omega cookie
12/31/17 10:00:37 AM
#62:


Swagnificent119 posted...
I hear you mother fuckers bitch

You have never heard this motherfucker bitch about it, because I never have. I watch it because the athleticism of the matches is entertaining, that's it. I don't care about story lines, and I don't even care who wins or loses. Doesn't change the fact that if you think that someone flipping through the air and crashing down on someone else can only be enjoyed "by kids", you have no idea what you're talking about.
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Southernfatman
12/31/17 10:06:18 AM
#63:


I miss when it pretended it was real instead of being the completely goofy and silly mess it is now. Now wrestlers and the hardcore fans left don't care and it's obviously choreographed and staged with moves and gimmicks so dumb and silly they make Doink The Clown, The Yeti, and Glacier look like MMA guys in comparison.

Fans can suspend their disbelief, but when you slap them in the face with the fact that it's fake they get turned off of the product.
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Swagnificent119
12/31/17 10:10:00 AM
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omega cookie posted...
You have never heard this motherf***er b**** about it, because I never have. I watch it because the athleticism of the matches is entertaining, that's it. I don't care about story lines, and I don't even care who wins or loses. Doesn't change the fact that if you think that someone flipping through the air and crashing down on someone else can only be enjoyed "by kids", you have no idea what you're talking about.


I shouldn't be surprised that a person that gets triggered over wrestling can't seem to understand I'm talking about the storylines of WWE when I mention how it's child like.

I mean, that's not even getting into how you're taking this personally when I'm talking about fans generally, and generally all they talk about is the stupid fuck storylines on this board and not the moves or anything.
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Darkninja42
12/31/17 10:10:32 AM
#65:


Southernfatman posted...
I miss when it pretended it was real instead of being the completely goofy and silly mess it is now. Now wrestlers and the hardcore fans left don't care and it's obviously choreographed and staged with moves and gimmicks so dumb and silly they make Doink The Clown, The Yeti, and Glacier look like MMA guys in comparison.

Fans can suspend their disbelief, but when you slap them in the face with the fact that it's fake they get turned off of the product.

Are you talking about current WWE? Because a common complaint about it right now is that there aren't a lot of characters. Everybody is just a regular "vanilla midget".
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/31/17 10:13:53 AM
#66:


Darkninja42 posted...
Are you talking about current WWE?


That's clearly what he is talking about and I agree, at least for the little bit I end up watching.

It always seems a little too on the nose, a little too meta. I complain about the production values, but this is part of it.

It's not so much that it's fake/scripted, but they *act* like it's fake/scripted. It's almost like they do everything except directly wink at the audience.

But, I only catch like a single raw or smackdown a year now, so maybe I just watch at bad times or something?
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omega cookie
12/31/17 10:14:40 AM
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Swagnificent119 posted...
triggered

Swagnificent119 posted...
you're taking this personally

You should really stop this, it's pathetic. I haven't even insulted you, yet you seem to think I'm over here shitting my pants with rage. You need to get some perspective, my dude.
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AlecSkorpio
12/31/17 10:16:37 AM
#68:


I used to love Pro Wrestling as a kid, I can't stand it now. And yeah, I think it has something to do with how everyone feels like they're "in" on it.

It'd be like if there was an episode of The Walking Dead, and they constantly referenced real life shit in the storyline vaguely or just seemed like they weren't really scared of the Zombies or something.

I love watching wrestling shoot videos though, and botchamanias. Those are still entertaining. I just can't watch actual wrestling shows.
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Darkninja42
12/31/17 10:16:50 AM
#69:


Fair enough, yeah right now they're in the "Reality Era". With the rise of the internet it was kind of impossible to keep kayfabe alive so they just embrace it now. The story quality is at an all-time low, so I just watch for the matches, they're generally entertaining.
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Southernfatman
12/31/17 10:17:35 AM
#70:


Darkninja42 posted...
Are you talking about current WWE? Because a common complaint about it right now is that there aren't a lot of characters. Everybody is just a regular "vanilla midget".


I'm referring to various indy feds and wrestlers more so, but WWE is guilty as well. Wrestling in general pretty much.

WWE's problem is that the product has become so corporate and sanitized that nobody gets the chance to really break out and become popular. Everyone besides the tippy top guys have to recite lines written by Hollywood writers who don't know wrestling. WWE will even cut the legs out under a guy if they get popular without their permission while shove the chosen ones down everyone's throat.

You can have larger than life characters without going too goofy with it. The best wrestlers just play themselves just with the volume knob turned up. WWE won't let anyone do that because Vince and Co. have their heads up their own asses.
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Swagnificent119
12/31/17 10:22:16 AM
#71:


omega cookie posted...
You should really stop this, it's pathetic. I haven't even insulted you, yet you seem to think I'm over here s***ting my pants with rage. You need to get some perspective, my dude.


The fact that you even feel the need to keep defending yourself when nobody specifically called you out on anything is what is pathetic. Especially to some "nobody who doesn't know what he is talking about."

Dude, it's just family entertainment. No need to take it as a personal insult when someone calls it out as such.
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omega cookie
12/31/17 10:23:29 AM
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Swagnificent119 posted...
No need to take it as a personal insult

omega cookie posted...
You should really stop this, it's pathetic.

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Swagnificent119
12/31/17 10:25:23 AM
#73:


He says after admitting he watches wrassling because he likes seeing grown men jump on each other.
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Youngster_Joey_
12/31/17 10:26:18 AM
#74:


I don't watch pro wrestling but I love watching those interviews on youtube where fans ask wrestlers how big Batistas dick is or if Chyna was a man.

Classy group of people, all around.
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omega cookie
12/31/17 10:28:18 AM
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Swagnificent119 posted...
He says after admitting he watches wrassling because he likes seeing grown men jump on each other.

omega cookie posted...
You should really stop this, it's pathetic.

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2SweetforTurtle
12/31/17 10:29:34 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYvMOf3hsGA

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BilalPowell
12/31/17 10:42:01 AM
#77:


I's like watching a live play. You know it's acting, but you don't know what will happen.
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JebronLames
12/31/17 11:14:04 AM
#80:


better than "real" and boring baseball even if it is fake
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StridentArremer
12/31/17 12:05:39 PM
#81:


Why do people watch DBZ if it's fake and has virtually no plot? Pardon the unintentional and potentially unwelcome beckoning to feminist theory, but it's just some male power fantasy where guys try to self-insert with the characters and live vicariously through them. Some guys' interests fit gender stereotypes to a T. But I suppose there's nothing actually wrong with that.
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Vol2tex
12/31/17 7:37:03 PM
#82:


BilalPowell posted...
I's like watching a live play. You know it's acting, but you don't know what will happen.


Good analogy
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Medussa
12/31/17 7:47:32 PM
#83:


2SweetforTurtle posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYvMOf3hsGA


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Zack_Attackv1
12/31/17 7:49:19 PM
#84:


Get a load of Truman Burbank over here.
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HBOSS
12/31/17 8:01:55 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYvMOf3hsGA

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