First off I'm sorry I haven't been active in forever (I miss writing), but I have been reading a lot of stuff and I have been getting a lot of good ideas for articles.
Let me be my own example. I go to school I have friends and none of whom know I watch pro wrestling, because I seriously don't need anything else to be ridiculed about. Some people (myself included) are afraid to admit they watch wrestling. Why? Because they don't want their friends to say, "That is dumb," or "That it is not a sport. It's just a joke."
It is hard to hear that when you have a real passion for something and enjoy it as much as I do. It's like saying your favorite football team sucks. You just don't want to hear it.
Maybe you have been called out for liking wrestling and it sucks when that happens. I know from experience. When it does happen you just really don't want to talk about it because you just know you’re going to be made fun of and there are only so many people I can say "f*** off" to in a day so I take the high road an avoid talking about it. Like many others do. Which is just fine.
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Is wrestling just a joke? Is it just posing itself as a sport when really it is a bunch of men playing "soap opera"? I have found no unbiased answer yet and I can't truthfully answer the question myself. I can however elaborate on the subject.
You can read any article anywhere, but there all going to be basied opinions based on the whole Chris Benoit thing or just by the fact that it is scripted. Which it is, but there is still plenty to like about pro wrestling. People unfairly judge wrestling’s book by its own cover. Wrestling is almost a variety show. Its an explosion of fun and energy. If people took the time and gave it a chance then I think they might change their tune.
Look at wrestling. You either love it or hate it. Wrestling has become something of an easy target for people who believe its beneath them and what they enjoy (football, UFC, etc...).
In my humble (but biased mind you) opinion wrestling is many different things to many different people. The people who love it will do anything to defend it (or in my case avoid defending it) and the people who hate it will do anything to make it look bad.
You can say whatever you want the people who think wrestling is a "joke" really just can't see the good in it. Which speaks loudly about their character. So if you love wrestling then NO it is not a joke because if you really love and have a passion for something then it can't be a joke. If you don't like wrestling then I find it funny that you’re reading my articles.
I thank you for reading and I would really liked to know what you think about this so feel free to comment below.
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2 months ago
i see what i you mean..i get the same treatment in skool,my buddies tink that im a dork coz i watch "fake sports"..people should atleast try to give respect even though they dont watch it
from 2 months ago
Your right.
from 2 months ago
exactly dude, not many people respect it, its still a hard sport to do, no matter if its scrpted or not, at least football, baseball, and basketll players get time off from their sport and we don't see it until like 3 or 4 months later, wrestling is on all the time, and when its not televised they still wrestle in cities across the country or World, I mean Jeff Hardy was just over across the World the other day and got hurt, but he will be at the Smackdown taping Tuesday or Wednesday, its hard but if it were a football or Basketball guy he would be out for the season, I mean there are differences, but its just as exciting at times as any other sport, scripted or not
from 2 months ago
There is no "Wrestling season" they just have to keep going or people might lose intrest. People seem to take shots at it for claiming to be a psort when its scripted. Which takes to compotition elemnt out of it. Wrestling isn't really a sport but it is pyhsical and the people who enjoy it should not be looked down on. Its just not right. You can't look down on someone for liking football or basketball. How is it fair to do on someone who likes wrestling?
2 months ago
i weigh in at 185 lbs. if i dropped an elbow on to any part of your body from the top rope you would have a devastaing injury. if i hit the top of your skull there is a good chance you would have brain damage or die! This so called sport sents a violent horible message to children and the action is so ridiculous whats the point? entertainment? you might as well watch roadrunner cartoons! jesus , a sport??? be serious!!! why don t any pro wrestlers play football or hockey then? Because they would get injured or look foolish. maybe some could actually go into body building which is actually more of a sport and im sure requires more effort and dedication than the pro wrestling farce that misleads everyone. PRO WRESTLING IS FOR MENTALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE! THOMAS
from 2 months ago
Thomas,
Many wrestlers are former track, wrestling and football stars from high school. It's not a sport, I agree. It's entertainment with an athletic twist. But to be that blatantly ignorant and say that Pro Wrestling is for mentally challenged people, let me ask you this: what is the difference between Wrestling and your average sit-com, drama or anything else with a script that ends up on tv? Think about that before you continue with your hypocritical argument.
2 months ago
THE DIFFERENCE IS IT SENDS A VIOLENT UN REALISTIC MESSAGE TO CHILDREN REGARDING THEIR BEHAVIOR IN LIFE AS ADULTS AND HOW THEY SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES AMONG SOCIETY! IT S A DUMB ASS WAY TO SPEND YOUR TIME LIKE I SAID WATCH FREAKIN CARTOONS! SAME THING!
2 months ago
PLUS APPARENTLY ITS TOTALLY UNREGULATED! STEROID USE IS TOTALLY ACCEPTED IM SURE ! LOOK AT THEM AND WHAT HAPPENS LATER IN THEIR LIVES! PHYSICAL AND MENTAL PROBLEMS EARLY DEATHS ETC ETC ETC.
from 2 months ago
You seem to just assume that steriods are allowed. Steriod use is not accepted. In matter of fact seteriod use will get you suspended without pay. If you read apart of my article I adress situations like this.
"You can say whatever you want the people who think wrestling is a "joke", but they really just can't see the good in it. Which speaks loudly about their character."
The guys who do this "entertainment" know what there getting into. Its not some big suprise they now that with great success comes great sacrifice. So don't write us wrestling fans as "metally retarded" that is just insulting and if you don't want your kids to watch it then I sujest getting the channel.
I have been watching wrestling since I was 5 years old and I'm an honor student at my high school. What do you have to say to that Thomas?
from 2 months ago
Correction: I should have said "I sujest getting the cannel blocked."
2 months ago
fuck thomas
from 2 months ago
Well thats more of a blunt way of putting it, but yes indeed. Fuck Thomas who reads wrestling artciles only to bad moth them.
(excuse me for being harsh, but its the truth).
2 months ago
Thomas calls us wrestling fans "mentally challanged"
This coming from a person who cant figure out how to take the caps lock off his keyboard.
And as far as the steriod arguement about "steriods not being regulated in wrestling"
and then liking this as an example to how it's not a sport. Then I suggest we no longer call baseball a sport as well then under this umbrella of rationalization.
2 months ago
hey thomas..i guess accordin to u,wrestling is so fake tat owen hart died or ta wrestlers get injured because it is written in ta script???huh?...seriously,man...u really need to know ta back story before giving these kind of comments...everyone knows tat it is choreographed or sumting like tat but its not 'fake'..real people really get injured...because its more or less a sport
2 months ago
1st of all none of you can spell. 2nd i said challenged, not retarded! thrid i didnt use profanity to make my point! if thats how you respond to an opinion other than your own, your pretty closed minded and not really suited for a website like this one. take your anger out at the wrestling matches. I m sure the participents will appreciate you screaming profanities and acting out your violent tendencies. and i didn t say it wasn t dangerous or people didn t get hurt. but it is totally fake! like i said let someone drop an elbow on your skull or other body part and see what happens to you! it takes very little strike pressure to break a bone and last time i saw someone punch another person you could certainly tell where they got hit. MMA is real and you can sure tell the difference between a real fighter and some fake! ohh and i left the cap lock on because i was shouting at the stupidity of your so called sport and the people that watch the 3 stooges like violence. Pure mindless entertainment and lousy acting too! Thomas
2 months ago
How can an honor student in high school have so many grammar errors and misspellings? Try reading what you write and making the proper corrections before you publish your comments. Maybe you need to slow down a liitle and think a bit more!
from 2 months ago
First of all you spelled little wrong :)
Hows that for grammer? Your right my spelling sucks. Everyone here knows it. I don't care. I'm a pretty damn good writer and if I make a few spelling errors oh well.
By the way, why do you have to make this personal? Your the closed minded one.
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"PRO WRESTLING IS FOR MENTALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE!"
Tell me how that is not an insult? Your the one who didn't even listen to my artcile. You insulted us for liking somthing and thats what my entire artcile was about. NOT doing that sort of thing.
I don't go to the Football page and say
"FOOTBALL IS FOR MENTALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE!" just becasue I don't like it.
So why do you feel the need to insult us for liking something? Its just rude and insulting and I can't blame the other wrestling writers for getting defensive.
2 months ago
im not sayin tat every blow n strike is real... sumtimes sumting might go wrong n ta wrestlers may really gt hurt n frm wat i can evaluate tats nt fake..
2 months ago
ok im sorry. just don t see much in pro wrestling as a sport. there are better sports. much better. im going to watch a roadrunner cartoon and the 3 stooges back to back. then friday night smackdown, then i ll see whats better.lol it s not personal! sorry. just an opinion like a holes. eveyone has one and they all stink. lol. oh and fuck you too nick! lol
from 2 months ago
Well at least your giving it a chance. I will tell you this I don't like EVERYTHING about wrestling. There are allot things about wrestling I find dumb and childish.
2 months ago
As far as wrestling sending a bad message of violence comment by thomas.
If that is your rationalization, then you might as well lump MNA and UFC into that catagory as well as boxing.
I know UFC is the current "flavor of the month" right now, and 3 years ago no one cared about it and I gaurantee in 5 years no one will care about it, the fact is it's alot more violent then pro wrestling.
and in my opinion UFC/MNA promotes savage violence that is no form of entertainment to young people alot more then wrestling ever could.
And I suppose baseball sends a wonderful message to young people too doesnt it.
All the top stars have tainted the record books by taking steriods.
If I was to choose who my child looked up to out of the following " Mark Mcquire, Jose Canseco, Sammy Sosa, Rafiael Palmero( lied under oath in a grand jury about not using steriods) and A$$hole Number 1: Roger Clemens, or John Cena, CM Punk, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, I'd choose the wrestlers in a heart beat.
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