Bottom Line: It's Sports Entertainment, Dumbass!!

Following Benoit’s death, Vince McMahon knew he had to show that he wasn’t hiding from the media; several wrestlers were suspended anywhere from 30 days to 60 days to even several months. Though some wrestlers accepted their punishment in stride, some such as Chris Masters and Booker T didn’t take it very well.

Masters, who still to this day denies he uses steroids, was released just a few weeks after learning that he would be suspended. Booker T, on the other hand, used it to his advantage. Upon learning of his suspension, he negotiated his release from the company and quickly found a new home in TNA where he currently continues to entertain the fans.

On a side note, there was one death that wasn’t steroid related. For those who feel that the stunts are staged, they should ask the Hart family. Bret Hart’s younger brother Owen was killed when his neck snapped off a turnbuckle at a Pay Per View in Kansas City back in 1998. But I’m going off the subject, so it must be time for…

 
The Bottom Line

I am well aware of the fact the pro wrestling is fake. But I am also well aware that some of the things that they do to entertain regular people like me leave me respecting them. There isn’t many people who can truly do the things that some of them do. And seeing it first hand in person makes a world of difference.

There are some things in life that are guaranteed: Life and death. But I think I speak for the millions and millions of people who grew up seeing it, still watch it, and even take their kids to it that even though it is a fictitious sport, it is still a sport.

So I will continue to write about professional wrestling, because those guys and girls, are athletes. They spent years training just like any other athletes we write about every day. They bleed, sweat, and cry just like those athletes, and just like you and me.

And even if I am the only person out of the entire Bleacher Report staff of writers who will write anything about wrestling I will feel good knowing that I am still writing about sports. Despite the contrary to what some anonymous readers and George says, professional wrestling is a sport. It’s a sport; it’s entertainment. It’s “Sports Entertainment.”

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