View Full Version : Is wrestling really fake?
Fallout
22-02-13, 03:36 PM
I used to think wrestling was real when I was a kid. Then as I grew up I figured out it was fake. Now I'm not so sure. This stuff is just far too realistic to be fake, surely?!?!
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Owenski
22-02-13, 03:50 PM
They must get paid a fortune...
Why ever else would they do it? Its cringeworthy
Tom_the_great
22-02-13, 03:55 PM
Fake !!!! :O noo *dreams shattered*
Its definitely scripted and the outcome of matches is pretty much always predetermined before the bell rings. Some of the knocks and bumps they take are definitely not fake though. Sure, some moves are made to look like they do tons of damage, but actually they do hardly any when they are done "right". Take a piledriver for instance. It should really break your neck. Ask anyone who has ever played this game about their injuries though and they are all very real indeed.
Thunderace
22-02-13, 04:02 PM
Yes! Got two mates that wrestle for vanguard wrestling in Chicago, all moves are called (they tell each other what they are about to do) to avoid serious injury, also matches are rehearsed to ensure calling moves in the ring can be avoided as much as possible, as fans hearing it can somewhat spoil the atmosphere!
Atlas J Horn and Ivan Manson are the tubby gheyers in question!
http://www.vwaawrestling.com/vwaahardcorekingship.htm
That vid is atrocious! Where the hell did you find that?
timwilky
22-02-13, 04:18 PM
OK, I know the video is American interpretation of wresting.
But locally a wrestler in the 70s (Vic Faulkner) used to own a pub The Railway in Euxton. dur to its location it was a popular drop in point for wrestlers heading to/from Blackpool so we would see the likes of Haystacks, Big Daddy etc. dropping in.
One of the lads told vic it was all scripted and they couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. I was impressed by his strength as he lifted the lad up the wall by his throat with just his right arm. But as for scripted? Hmmm. Vics wife Jen was a professional dancer/choreographer. I wonder
dizzyblonde
22-02-13, 04:28 PM
I remember watching American wrestling on tv as a kid. Can't remember the well known 'actor wrestler' at the time......but when he jumped off the corner rope and his leg snapped in half ... That was not fake!!
Edit : Sid Vicious!
Spank86
22-02-13, 04:30 PM
Its all fake but thats not to say it's not all very painful and they do get very very hurt.
Sometimes they will wrestle with broken limbs dislocated joints and anything up to and inculding concussion.
Chris Benoit was a famous wwf wrestler till he went mental and killed his wife and family, the coroner found so much damage in the brain he said it was a wonder the guy was able to function and many other wrestlers have said that they don't remember large portions of matches because they really do get hit on the head with those metal chairs and things. Thats not a fake hit, they just ham it up a bit.
dizzyblonde
22-02-13, 04:33 PM
Chris Benoit had so much pinning his neck together too, I'm surprised he could get in the ring.
I do like a good Tables, ladders and chairs match though :)
Fallout
22-02-13, 05:07 PM
So are you all telling me that hypnosis move is fake?! :smt090
dizzyblonde
22-02-13, 05:48 PM
Can't tell you.....tiz secret ;)
Spank86
22-02-13, 07:16 PM
So are you all telling me that hypnosis move is fake?! :smt090
Google "kayfabe"
dizzyblonde
22-02-13, 07:45 PM
Like that apparent break section
How has nobody posted this video yet? (assuming that the OP wasnt this, as i cant view it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTNyKIGXiI
U09oXyiAkOc
This certainly was not a scripted or planned move. The cage was not expected to give way, and the chair follows mankind down cracking his mouth open. As you may remember, the throw (image below) happened only minutes before and was in fact pre-planned.
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/503/882/165273132_display_image.jpg?1289798205
Don't make 'em like this anymore that's for sure.
Mr Speirs
22-02-13, 11:35 PM
Yes. Santa Claus is also not real, nor is the Easter bunny.
yorkie_chris
23-02-13, 11:41 AM
U09oXyiAkOc
This certainly was not a scripted or planned move. The cage was not expected to give way, and the chair follows mankind down cracking his mouth open. As you may remember, the throw (image below) happened only minutes before and was in fact pre-planned.
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/503/882/165273132_display_image.jpg?1289798205
Don't make 'em like this anymore that's for sure.
I remember watching that! Nostalgia!
Haha, we are off out on the p*ss for my mates stag do in a few weeks with a wrestling theme on the saturday night.
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