Pro Wrestling 101: The Truth You Always Knew

For years, pro wrestling has had it's deep dark secrets its hidden from the fans. Some of them are well guarded. Some have been exposed to diehard fans. And some have are so obvious that they're not really secrets at all.

But today is those questions come to the forefront. Kayfabe is thrown out the window, no disrespect but we deserve to know, and questions will be asked. You've probably thought them, or even yelled your wonders at your TV screen, but today is the day we get some answers.

Here are the truths you've been seeking, and the basics to pro wrestling 101.

Magical Referees

How is it that every time a 150 lb. referee gets kicked in the face by a 220 lb. wrestler, he's knocked out cold, only to wake up at the perfect time to count the one, two, three?

Anatomy 101

How can a world title match end in DQ via a low blow, when only two matches earlier a jobber received a kick in his personal space and his opponent gets off with a warning? Or worse yet, the referee suddenly thinks that the midsection has expanded below the waste line?

Parts Unknown

How is it so many wrestlers are billed out of parts unknown? And if the location is unknown, where does the WWE send the wrestlers 1040 Form for tax time? And if Parts Unknown is a real place, how come no fans are allowed to visit?

Above the Law

How is it you can run someone over with a car, hit them in the face with a sledge hammer, bury them alive, destroy their limousine, or brake into their house on national TV and never get arrested?

Missing a Few Zeros

How come the Million Dollar Man could only afford a $40,000 belt (the value of the Million Dollar belt according to Ted in an interview with IGN)?

Inside Scoop

How is it that every time there's a fight backstage or outside the arena, there's camera crew conveniently waiting to bring it to us live?

It's Only a Name

How is it that the word wrestling can be removed from a broadcast, leaving wrestlers to be known as entertainers and wrestling to be known simply as entertainment, all by a company that has WRESTLING in its name? How weird would it be to call the company World Entertainment Entertainment?

Green Card Needed

How come they call trash cans, steel chairs, and title belts "illegal" objects? How come no one ever goes under the ring and pulls out a "legal" object?

Name Your Move for the Easy One, Two, Three

How is it that a wrestler can deem a move a "finisher" and when applied, it instantly knocks out an opponent. Triple H could nail Rey Mysterio with a vicious clothes line and Rey would get up a second later.

But if JBL were to hit Rey with that same clothes line, the only thing different being JBL decided to give his clothes line a name, Rey would suddenly be down for the count.

Taking the High Road

How is it that Rey Mysterio and others are labeled a high-flyers? Is there such thing as a low-flyer?

Translate This

How is it that the Great Khali gets a translator and nobody else does? Nobody can understand Umaga's mumbo jumbo, yet no translator for him. Nobody can understand what Cody Rhodes is saying over all that spit that keeps shooting out his mouth, yet no translator for him.

And nobody can stay awake during JBL's 30 minute rambling of how rich he is, yet no translator for him.

Trusty Friends

How is it that Triple H's sledge hammer is always found under the ring? How come the referees never check for it before a match since he uses it so often?

Bring on the Express

How come I have to continue to sleep through Vladimir Koslov's matches and promos when the more entertaining and better wrestler, Elijah Burke was let go?

These are only a few of the basic questions plaguing pro wrestling. If you have some more please feel free to give them here.