Pro wrestling, Big sweaty soap operas for men?

[I.R Joey]

If you think aboout it these matches are pretty much just that. All of these grudge matches with big stars are like the classic "Wedding" episode where all things naughty come out of the closet. Plus there are very distinct hero's and villans, and whenever they confront eachother. There's a mess of side things that happen, like cars being burned, suprise guests in the ring, and stupid interviews. I mean seriously can the announcers talk about the "big" matchup when it actually arrives, instead of while a match is going on in the ring? They are suppouse to do play by play right? Oh well just some thoughts.

[James Harvey]

Pro Wrestling: A Waste Of Time

Is there anything mroe idiotic then this "entertainment sport"? It's just hilariously bad. I'm not sur eif it's supposed to be, but it's just so idiotic.

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by DickGrayson
Pro Wrestling: A Waste Of Time

Is there anything mroe idiotic then this "entertainment sport"? It's just hilariously bad. I'm not sur eif it's supposed to be, but it's just so idiotic.

Yeah, I agree it's idiotic. I don't watch any of it. Tried a few times, but could not get into it. At least I tried.

[The Mad Hatter]

Yup.

[Calhoun07]

I despise the wrestling section at the video store I work at, and it is generally met with disdain from most of the employees. That and the kids section, but that is another story.

Anyway, the wrestling section is quite neglected in our store and I had to put up with a guy one day complaining about a mismatched title he got. The wrong tape was in the box of the one he wanted to see. He had rented two or three of these things, and was saying, "I wanted to see such and such but now I watched this one (the one that was in the wrong box) and now I don't have to watch the one I wanted to see because I already know what happens." And I realized then that there are people out there who follow this stuff. And I was afraid, very afraid.

[joker]

i fallowed this stuf hardcore when i was in 5th and 6th grade....then it just got stupid.......and it was at the time to....soooo i dunno....its stupid all togther then

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

I've watched wrestling since I was 8 and I still watch it. It's stupid, but I respect the workrate and the injuries they are willing to take. Plus, they work around the year and damn, seeing a 300 pound man get thrown from the top of a 15 foot cage onto concrete is something I still have a morbid enjoyment watching.

Plus, wrestlers can adlib better interviews than 'real' athletes. I'd rather hear the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ramble on about crap than see Shaquille O'Neal mumble his way through an interview unenthusiastically.

[RockItShipper]

Originally posted by Leap Larry Jojo
I've watched wrestling since I was 8 and I still watch it. It's stupid, but I respect the workrate and the injuries they are willing to take. Plus, they work around the year and damn, seeing a 300 pound man get thrown from the top of a 15 foot cage onto concrete is something I still have a morbid enjoyment watching.

Plus, wrestlers can adlib better interviews than 'real' athletes. I'd rather hear the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ramble on about crap than see Shaquille O'Neal mumble his way through an interview unenthusiastically.

I've got to say I did enjoy him in the Mummy Returns. Not enough to start watching any sort of televised sports, but... he ate a scorpion, and pantomined... and ate a scorpion...

Oh boy I really need to go to bed right now...

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by RockItShipper


I've got to say I did enjoy him in the Mummy Returns. Not enough to start watching any sort of televised sports, but... he ate a scorpion, and pantomined... and ate a scorpion...

Oh boy I really need to go to bed right now...

He was in Mummy Returns? :eek: Coulda fooled me.

Still, making up promos is an art in wrestling. I mean, when the Rock says, "Why don't you get yourself a tall, delicious glass of....SHUT UP JUICE?" I have to admit it's a much more creative threat and funnier than the latest Mike Tyson threat ("I'm gonna beat his brains out and eat his kid") or the latest Tie Domi retraction.

And, well, I still have an odd fascination for seeing people being bodyslammed onto a bed of tacks.

[RockItShipper]

Originally posted by Leap Larry Jojo

He was in Mummy Returns? :eek: Coulda fooled me.
Well, he didn't really have lines and was all CGI in the last scene. Still, he was on set for the starring role in a Scorpion King movie before Mummy Returns even opened.

[DR. BELCH]

My brothers are big WWF fanatics--they bought every action figure there is, watch all the matches on TV, and even go to the Friday night fights (even with money tight and a family to support my brother never misses a match--hell, he and his wife even take the baby with them to the arena!)
What really bothers them is when I point out the yaoi aspect of pro wrestling... "I mean, you gots all them big sweaty mens jes' a-grabbin' each other and th'owing each other down and jumping on top'a one another and jes' panitin' away, with them oily-up muscles and them tight little britches they got on....[i]oh Lawdy, I gots the vapors!" ;)
I'll be honest, I haven't watched much westling since they cancelled G.L.O.W. http://www.ihs4ever.com/~cwm/otn/confused/shrug03.gif
:(

[The Dork Knight]

I like wrestling....PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!
But there is one wrestler I truly hate. Stone Cold Steve Austin. What a pansy. :D

[DR. BELCH]

Originally posted by Gotlucky64 :
...[T]here is one wrestler I truly hate. Stone Cold Steve Austin. What a pansy.
Oh, G.L., if my bother heard you say that, he'd open up a can of whoop-a** on you--industrial size. He'd drag you out tho the wrestling ring in our backyard and begin with a barrage of Stone Cold Stunners. He'd follow that up with a piledriver and then break a two-by-four/bottle over your head. Then he'd give you the People's Elbow...and cap off his abuse of you with his signature move, sitting on his victim's face and passing gas. You'd have to change your handle to D***MyLuckJustRanOut316. ;)

Shaquille O'Neal was in The Mummy Returns? Well...I'll still give it a look. Is it my imagination or is he wooden as a sequoia on film? The stock footage villains in KWB's "Static Shaq" showed a greater range of emotion and movement than he did. Maybe if he'd eaten an arachnid for the kiddies.... :p

[James Harvey]

Actually, THE ROCK was in the Mummy sequel.

[The Dork Knight]

I hate Austin because he beat up one of the announcers. Stone Cold sucks. Undertaker and Kane kick *****.
- Peter "Foley is good" Melnick

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by Gotlucky64
I hate Austin because he beat up one of the announcers. Stone Cold sucks. Undertaker and Kane kick *****.
- Peter "Foley is good" Melnick

Yes, but you do know that was an angle (Not Kurt), don't you? Austin is playing his heel role very well.

[Bud 'n Lou]

...[in effeminite lisping voice] "I mean, you gots all them big sweaty mens jes' a-grabbin' each other and th'owing each other down and jumping on top'a one another and jes' panitin' away, with them oily-up muscles and them tight little britches they got on....oh Lawdy, I gots the vapors!"

Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be more offensive.

[mxyzptlk]

i used to love wrestling but their comes a time when they start to run out of ideas all they do is start a new gang every week and its all abreviated. they used to entertaining like i have this best of wrestle mania video from like 1985 its so cool it has mr. t in it i hate wrestling now its just like a strip bar. girls walking around in bakinis and brawls

[Clayface]

I can't stand the whole wrestling craze. Probably because of my childhood memories of it.

I remember when I was a kid, and wrestling was big. I knew it was fake. But nobody else did - all my friends would watch it religiously, and I hated it. They'd never believe me that it was fake, and back then, the wrestlers wouldn't admit in public that it was either. In fact, I remember watching an interview once where an interviewer asked Hulk Hogan (I think it was him anyway) point blank if wrestling was fake. Hulk got incredibly pissed and actually punched the guy in the face - this wasn't an act for the wrestling show - this was a real life interview. Broke the interviewer's nose and everything. And then a few years later they finally came out and admitted publicly that it was all fake. I was finally vindicated, but to this day I still think about that poor interviewer that got his nose broken by a dip-sh#$ wrestler high on testosterone and ego. Makes it hard to ever get into the "sport".

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

The punches are pulled and the endings are scripted, but some of the moves hurt and they do take more punishment that your average athlete.

Has anyone seen "Beyond the Mat?" It's an interesting behind-the-scenes documentary. Also, Mick Foley's books also take you behind the scenes. Foley's a bit of a masochist, though.