Wrestling: Its just a phase

**dablackguy** · 04-18-2009, 10:58 AM

I think we're looking at the first of what will be an emerging breed.

What I'm referring to is the trend of wrestlers who started out in 'the business' and then moved on to their "future endeavors" Pun intended, I guess.

In the last few years, we've had Lesnar, Black Lesnar, The Rock and SCSA to some degree leave the business as to pursue a career in some other field. That's 4 top guys or were to be top guys that up and left for something better. And I can't see why more guys won't be doing it.

From a credibility standpoint, its an easy choice. To begin with, the public's idea of wrestling is shit. People still look at it as a carnie 'sport'. Rather than hear about how tough a lot of these guys are or how athletic you need to be to perform like they do; you only hear about how 'fake' or 'stupid' it is. Rather than give people "male soap opera-like" storylines, Vince would rather feed us cheesy, unrealistic storylines. What's worse, Vince degreades these guys even further by calling them entertainers. If I were a wrestler, I'd be pissed to be put on the same level as someone like Dane Cook or some actor. To not be discussed as a great athlete is silly. You hear about how a lot of these guys start as football players and I think a good percentage of them could go back and do that, but I don't think most football player could just jump into a ring and be athletic enough to wrestle. Really, its not like anyone can just jump into the ring and do this without killing themselves or their opponent. As a wrestler, your status as opposed to other pro athletes is in the toilet. Why wouldn't you go to a field where respect was more abundant?

From a financial standpoint, its not really even close. The Rock makes more money shooting 2 movies a year than he probably could ever hope to make in WWE. Not that everyone could attain that status, but to play a couple of parts in a movie per year would have to be more rewarding financially. Lesnar is the exception to some degree as he stood to make like 5 ml per year with vince and wanted respect instead. I think this will be a growing trend.

Healthwise, its a no brainer. I don't think I need to explain why.

I guess the main point is I expect to see more and more guys getting into wrestling for a couple of years and leaving to do other stuff like MMA or moviemaking. (Shitty WWE films not included) I thnk we should enjoy what we have; this is a dying breed to true devoted wrestlers. The guys that make it out will be the best of the best, the ones that don't will be regarded as never good enough. This will in turn hurt the prduct.

Discuss

04-18-2009, 10:58 AM	#1
dablackguy Tacos! Posts: 795	Wrestling: Its just a phase I think we're looking at the first of what will be an emerging breed. What I'm referring to is the trend of wrestlers who started out in 'the business' and then moved on to their "future endeavors" Pun intended, I guess. In the last few years, we've had Lesnar, Black Lesnar, The Rock and SCSA to some degree leave the business as to pursue a career in some other field. That's 4 top guys or were to be top guys that up and left for something better. And I can't see why more guys won't be doing it. From a credibility standpoint, its an easy choice. To begin with, the public's idea of wrestling is shit. People still look at it as a carnie 'sport'. Rather than hear about how tough a lot of these guys are or how athletic you need to be to perform like they do; you only hear about how 'fake' or 'stupid' it is. Rather than give people "male soap opera-like" storylines, Vince would rather feed us cheesy, unrealistic storylines. What's worse, Vince degreades these guys even further by calling them entertainers. If I were a wrestler, I'd be pissed to be put on the same level as someone like Dane Cook or some actor. To not be discussed as a great athlete is silly. You hear about how a lot of these guys start as football players and I think a good percentage of them could go back and do that, but I don't think most football player could just jump into a ring and be athletic enough to wrestle. Really, its not like anyone can just jump into the ring and do this without killing themselves or their opponent. As a wrestler, your status as opposed to other pro athletes is in the toilet. Why wouldn't you go to a field where respect was more abundant? From a financial standpoint, its not really even close. The Rock makes more money shooting 2 movies a year than he probably could ever hope to make in WWE. Not that everyone could attain that status, but to play a couple of parts in a movie per year would have to be more rewarding financially. Lesnar is the exception to some degree as he stood to make like 5 ml per year with vince and wanted respect instead. I think this will be a growing trend. Healthwise, its a no brainer. I don't think I need to explain why. I guess the main point is I expect to see more and more guys getting into wrestling for a couple of years and leaving to do other stuff like MMA or moviemaking. (Shitty WWE films not included) I thnk we should enjoy what we have; this is a dying breed to true devoted wrestlers. The guys that make it out will be the best of the best, the ones that don't will be regarded as never good enough. This will in turn hurt the prduct. Discuss