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Originally Posted by Kane Knight
That's the thing. Arguing that it's not "fake" becomes semantics. It's fake, even though people really do get hurt. We can put a softer face on it as wrestling fans, but...It really comes down to being fake. It's not even ignorance to call it fake, it's ignorance to think that changing the wording makes it any less staged, scripted, or fake. I wonder why people are so eager to look past the elephant in the room.
There are smarter ways to handle a statement like that, but then maybe this is why wrestling looks so stupid to the uninitiated. Because our ambassadors to the outside world are rarely well-spoken or insightful. On the other hand, the transcripts don't sound hostile on either side. Edge doesn't read as defensive, Anderson doesn't read as inflamatory.
On a side note, I wonder how RVD would have reacted (Had he gone to Iraq, or had he been interviewed in another scenario). JBL's intelligent, but RVD's a truly cool customer in almost any way imaginable.
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The point is, that there is a lot of people who seem to take these things so seriously, certain people on this thread & Edge included, which is systematic of the whole industry at the moment. The whole notion of 'fakeness' is almost like bad press to the WWE. Or an insult to some fans.
They probably coach them to say certain things if anyone does this in the media. 'Pull out something about an injury' - I mean, it's perfect, most of the roster have had them.