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Originally Posted by B.Barnato
(Post 18116668)
uhh actually the winners are not decided beforehand, neither are the story lines scripted!
it is the one true thing left in the USA that is not fake, they also often show outside footage of how the situations have developed for the viewers to follow.
It happens that the fighters have feuds and disagreements so it is obvious that they are not all best friends!
If they are lucky to capture footage of one guy dissing another or one of his closer fighter friends or course there is gonna be drama.
Also the things that happen in that industry are real because how can you script a fight or disagreement? Compared to boxing or MMA it is much more transparent so we can all see the real motives.
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Your entire post = completely wrong.
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Originally Posted by Varius
(Post 18116884)
@Robbie: Agree and I bet anyone facing a guy like a Regal, Bradshaw or Bob Holly can only dream they'd stop 2 inches from their face :1orglaugh
As far as rehearsals go, they usually practice big spots or sequences as well as the finish, but not much else. How could you? It'd take a hell of a memory to remember the entire sequence for a 20 or 30 minute match, while being dropped on your head and beat up.
Wrestlers usually call the match while wrestling it; usually one leading (often the veteran but not always; Chris Jericho is known to let the rookies get baptism under fire when wrestling him by having them call it). It's pretty easy to notice them whispering to each other when in rest holds or if the camera men are asleep on the job.
I still think most wrestlers are extremely talented athletes and have a tough life. Just the travel schedule (for WWE guys) is enough to wear anyone else out, never mind the injuries!
Bottom line, though, is wrestling is for entertainment. It's like watching a movie, or TV show. I argue all the time with people who say "but why do you watch that and not UFC, UFC is real!" to which my reply is usually, I am more entertained by story lines and seeing guys performing often incredible feats and moves, than watching guys hump each other on the ground for an hour (yes I'm generalizing, but you get the point).
To each their own, but for me, I'm WAY more entertained by ROH, WWE and even TNA the few times I watch it, than any MMA event. :2 cents:
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YOUR post however is pretty much spot on point-for-point. :thumbsup
(especially the part about the UFC and guys humping each other, ha)
I spent many years back in the late 70's and early 80's working around and for the wrestlers, have known many of them quite well. They used to come in to the gym my family owned, and a few years later I worked for the hotel they stayed at when they were in town. Drove them to and from matches, drove them to and from appointments, even picked up their prescriptions for them. I often spotted guys like Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, Ken Patera, Nick Bockwinkle, The Iron Sheik, etc, on the bench press or other exercises.
"Golden Boy" Adrian Adonis once asked me for my towel while I was working out near him and Jesse V, and he wiped his stupid face in my pit sweat. (I didn't really care for that guy, he was one of the few who was a true dink both in and out of the ring)
They were all basically friends outside the ring, at the very least brothers in arms. In front of the camera or otherwise in the public eye they mostly kept quiet around their fellow wrestlers in order to keep up appearances for their scripted "feuds", rivalries, etc.
On several occasions I was witness to their practice times, where they went through their dry runs and rehearsals for upcoming matches.
The movie "The Wrestler" actually had a lot of elements of the life correct. Every one of the old greats I knew pesonally were all pretty beat up, had taken a pounding to their bodies for years and decades, and all showed signs of it being a pretty tough life. Ken Patera once told me "Whatever you do don't become a wrestler". I know some of them wouldn't trade it for the world though.
