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BigDaddyCool 08-12-2005 02:13 AM

When did wrestling become fake?
 
Well, when was that?

Pepsi Man 08-12-2005 02:17 AM

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 08-12-2005 02:19 AM

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

iwantviral 08-12-2005 02:29 AM

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

Pepsi Man 08-12-2005 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iwantviral
fake wrestling also helps to huge incomes with bookers deciding the fate of each of the matches

What...the fuck?:|

BigDaddyCool 08-12-2005 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iwantviral
fake wrestling also helps to huge incomes with bookers deciding the fate of each of the matches

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pepsi Man
What...the fuck?:|

Indeed

iwantviral 08-12-2005 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pepsi Man
What...the fuck?:|

:n:

BigDaddyCool 08-12-2005 02:58 AM

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

iwantviral 08-12-2005 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDaddyCool
you can thumbs down it all you want. Next time just make more sence.

ok.

Afterlife 08-12-2005 09:48 AM

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 08-12-2005 10:48 AM

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 08-12-2005 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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


:cool:

Pepsi Man 08-12-2005 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

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

Shadow 08-12-2005 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BigDaddyCool
you can thumbs down it all you want. Next time just die.

Fixed it for ya BDC.

Chavo Classic 08-12-2005 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pepsi Man
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 08-12-2005 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pepsi Man
What...the fuck?:|


Team Sheep 08-12-2005 09:35 PM

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 08-13-2005 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chavo Classic
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 08-14-2005 01:29 AM

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 08-14-2005 01:47 AM

no, we wouldn't

BigDaddyCool 08-16-2005 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Shadow
Fixed it for ya BDC.

Just as well.


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