When did wrestling become fake?

[BigDaddyCool]

Well, when was that?

[Pepsi Man]

I'm not 100% sure, but I would have to presume around the early 1900s, if not the late 1800s. I do know one main reason for wrestling being "fake" is that to get a legitimate winner, you would often have to sit through LONG periods (some lasting days at a time) of pretty boring action, and that turned a lot of people off to it.

[BigDaddyCool]

yeah, I don't care, I should have asked if wrestling is fake.

[iwantviral]

fake wrestling also helps to huge incomes with bookers deciding the fate of each of the matches

[Pepsi Man]

fake wrestling also helps to huge incomes with bookers deciding the fate of each of the matches
What...the fuck?:|

[BigDaddyCool]

fake wrestling also helps to huge incomes with bookers deciding the fate of each of the matches

What...the fuck?:|

Indeed

[iwantviral]

What...the fuck?:|
:n:

[BigDaddyCool]

you can thumbs down it all you want. Next time just make more sence.

[iwantviral]

you can thumbs down it all you want. Next time just make more sence.

ok.

[Afterlife]

lol, I love broken English. hahahahaha....

I think he meant something about sponsors giving a bonus in $ to the promotions for their choice winning the match.

[El Santo]

Hmmmm... it looks like it was fake since the beginning:

"In the early days of professional wrestling, wrestlers toured the country and took on opponents from the audience. Many of the audience participants were approached beforehand and knew that they were supposed to lose to the star. Tom Jenkins and Frank Gotch were well-known performers of this early era, which ended about World War I (1914-1918)."

Source: MS Encarta

[iwantviral]

Hmmmm... it looks like it was fake since the beginning:

"In the early days of professional wrestling, wrestlers toured the country and took on opponents from the audience. Many of the audience participants were approached beforehand and knew that they were supposed to lose to the star. Tom Jenkins and Frank Gotch were well-known performers of this early era, which ended about World War I (1914-1918)."

Source: MS Encarta


:cool:

[Pepsi Man]

Hmmmm... it looks like it was fake since the beginning:

"In the early days of professional wrestling, wrestlers toured the country and took on opponents from the audience. Many of the audience participants were approached beforehand and knew that they were supposed to lose to the star. Tom Jenkins and Frank Gotch were well-known performers of this early era, which ended about World War I (1914-1918)."

Source: MS Encarta
Nah, people really have won against the carnival workers and really have gotten the payoff.

[Shadow]

you can thumbs down it all you want. Next time just die.

Fixed it for ya BDC.

[Chavo Classic]

Nah, people really have won against the carnival workers and really have gotten the payoff.

Didn't Puder do this while working in OVW? Turned out that Tank Abbott was in the crowd and took him up on his offer. Lol! :rofl:

That Puder is a fucking tool

[Kane Knight]

What...the fuck?:|

[Team Sheep]

Well I remember just before the Main event at Vengeance 2001, JR said "We will be crowning the first ever undisputed champion in over 100 years of professional wrestling". I don't know if that covers anything in particular.

[iwantviral]

Didn't Puder do this while working in OVW? Turned out that Tank Abbott was in the crowd and took him up on his offer. Lol! :rofl:

That Puder is a fucking tool

:yes: :y: :wave:

[DeadMan90]

I can't remember the specific year, but when wrestling became widely known as a fixed sport was after a drunk reporter read the next nights results over the radio while doing his news report. If that didn't happen, for all we know, we could still be thinking that it's real.

[Nervous Ferret]

no, we wouldn't

[BigDaddyCool]

Fixed it for ya BDC.

Just as well.