Is wrestling "real?"

**Kane Knight** · 04-19-2005, 01:13 PM

I hear that snickering there.

Serious question though. People say wrestling's fake, because the outcomes are predetermined. Fair enough, though there is much of wrestling that is real: Injuries, addictions, the people that are affected (Not the retarded fanboys who backyard wrestle, but the friends, family, etc.).

I say this because people don't generally call music acts fake. Though Manson, Kiss, Nine Inch Nails, whoever put on stage personas which do not totally reflect themselves, play predetermined setlists, and so on and so forth.

The characters are largely portrayed, the outcomes are predetermined, but does this qualify as "fake?"

Yes, I'm bored. I want to spark some discussion.

04-19-2005, 01:13 PM	#1
Kane Knight Ron Paul 4 EVA Posts: 152,467	Is wrestling "real?" I hear that snickering there. Serious question though. People say wrestling's fake, because the outcomes are predetermined. Fair enough, though there is much of wrestling that is real: Injuries, addictions, the people that are affected (Not the retarded fanboys who backyard wrestle, but the friends, family, etc.). I say this because people don't generally call music acts fake. Though Manson, Kiss, Nine Inch Nails, whoever put on stage personas which do not totally reflect themselves, play predetermined setlists, and so on and so forth. The characters are largely portrayed, the outcomes are predetermined, but does this qualify as "fake?" Yes, I'm bored. I want to spark some discussion. �There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old�s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.� --John Rogers