Do grown men actually watch this stuff? I stopped watching WWE at like 13/14.
You do realise we as grown men also watch a bunch of football players run around kicking a sphere object getting paid thousands to do so.
Nothing wrong with a bit of wrestling.
Professional Wrestling is cool
Football is completely unscripted - Wrestling is scripted and rehearsed I'd imagine so they are worlds apart, you could even argue that the WWE/Scripted wrestling is more of a performance than an actual sport.
You've missed the point. Both are things you get into as a child and watch as an adult. There's probably some incredible cool person posting on football forums asking if grown men still watch it as they stopped when they were 12/13.
The point is ones a real legit sport and ones an acting show, there is wrestling as a sport which is real and brutal but the TV stuff is very different to that.
So what exactly is "the point" you're alluding to, because you've not made it very clear what you're saying. Something to do with adults knowingly watching a scripted TV show that you don't watch?
Not having a dig. Just baffled as to what you want to convey or learn.
I guess what I’m getting at is why do adults want to watch it when there are versions of it that are completely unscripted and surely are more entertaining?
I just don’t get the lure for it as an adult, I can completely understand it as a child.
The thing is, wrestling isn’t really trying to compete with real, unscripted sports. It’s more like a live-action TV show or theater production that just happens to be built around athleticism and fighting.
For a lot of adults including myself, the appeal comes from the storytelling. It’s like a soap opera with body slams. You know it's scripted, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be emotionally engaging.
Do grown men actually watch this stuff? I stopped watching WWE at like 13/14.
You do realise we as grown men also watch a bunch of football players run around kicking a sphere object getting paid thousands to do so.
Nothing wrong with a bit of wrestling.
Professional Wrestling is cool
Football is completely unscripted - Wrestling is scripted and rehearsed I'd imagine so they are worlds apart, you could even argue that the WWE/Scripted wrestling is more of a performance than an actual sport.
You've missed the point. Both are things you get into as a child and watch as an adult. There's probably some incredible cool person posting on football forums asking if grown men still watch it as they stopped when they were 12/13.
The point is ones a real legit sport and ones an acting show, there is wrestling as a sport which is real and brutal but the TV stuff is very different to that.
So what exactly is "the point" you're alluding to, because you've not made it very clear what you're saying. Something to do with adults knowingly watching a scripted TV show that you don't watch?
Not having a dig. Just baffled as to what you want to convey or learn.
I guess what I’m getting at is why do adults want to watch it when there are versions of it that are completely unscripted and surely are more entertaining?
I just don’t get the lure for it as an adult, I can completely understand it as a child.
Some people just like different things to you. It really is that simple
I get that, but I’m interested in why people like it? Like what makes it exciting even though it’s fake, is Logan Paul that good of an actor?
Ever watched a film in your life? Even ones where the plot is a bit corny and the acting average at best? That's wrestling, but wrestling has some pretty cool action moments every week
There’s more legitimacy in the action shown in a wrestling ring than your average scripted TV show or film that requires 100 takes per scene to record.
It’s a hybrid between physical action and theatre. Think of a Jackie Chan movie but performed live in front of an audience.
Then throw in the sorts of drama/storytelling that you get in your regular sitcoms. Betrayals, underdog stories, ‘who done it’ situations.
Adults tend to take an interest in the inner workings of the business just as much as the show. A bit like how many people on this forum take interest in the behind the scenes aspects of Charlton. The contracts, transfers, tactics etc.
The behind the scenes elements of the industry can be wildly entertaining. People spilling the beans on who they do/don’t get on with, why they got fired etc. It’s an absolute circus at times.
If you are genuinely curious then watch the ‘Mr McMahon’ series on Netflix. It will blow your mind as to how a “kids TV show” can actually run, and the bonkers backstage goings on around it.
Do grown men actually watch this stuff? I stopped watching WWE at like 13/14.
You do realise we as grown men also watch a bunch of football players run around kicking a sphere object getting paid thousands to do so.
Nothing wrong with a bit of wrestling.
Professional Wrestling is cool
Football is completely unscripted - Wrestling is scripted and rehearsed I'd imagine so they are worlds apart, you could even argue that the WWE/Scripted wrestling is more of a performance than an actual sport.
That's not really the point I was trying to get across.
Take a TV series, or a film, or a fictional book instead.
It's like walking into a cinema and saying what's the point, they're acting, or what's the point in a book, it is just fantasy.
Just because something is scripted or rehearsed, doesn't diminish its value.
If you don't like wrestling entertainment, then fair enough, it isn't for everyone, but to undermine it when its obvious millions of grown adults enjoy it just seems a bit unenlightened.
For me personally, it's the nostalgia, the music, the stories and the big events that keep me tuned in.
There’s more legitimacy in the action shown in a wrestling ring than your average scripted TV show or film that requires 100 takes per scene to record.
It’s a hybrid between physical action and theatre. Think of a Jackie Chan movie but performed live in front of an audience.
Then throw in the sorts of drama/storytelling that you get in your regular sitcoms. Betrayals, underdog stories, ‘who done it’ situations.
Adults tend to take an interest in the inner workings of the business just as much as the show. A bit like how many people on this forum take interest in the behind the scenes aspects of Charlton. The contracts, transfers, tactics etc.
The behind the scenes elements of the industry can be wildly entertaining. People spilling the beans on who they do/don’t get on with, why they got fired etc. It’s an absolute circus at times.
If you are genuinely curious then watch the ‘Mr McMahon’ series on Netflix. It will blow your mind as to how a “kids TV show” can actually run, and the bonkers backstage goings on around it.
Theres Mr McMahon or watch a couple of episodes of Dark Side of the Ring on Channel 4. Some proper batshit crazy stories in that series
Regal said it best, it's the only career you can do where people will say "that thing you do for a living, it's a load of shit isn't it." Yet actors who do their own stunts get praised, and they don't perform them in front of a live crowd.
Wow. Didn’t realise he was even unwell. Arguably one of the biggest names in wrestling history ever. The heel turn at bash of the beach will never been forgotten in the history of the industry. Plus him body slamming Andre the Giant in front of 100k screaming Hulkamanicas.
An absolute icon in the wrestling world. Will divide opinion on Terry Bollea as a person, and was at his height as a wrestler in the good guy/bad guy age of the WWF in the 80s/early 90s, but he was a decent wrestler when he broke through in the 70s and his heel turn in WCW was superb
I’d long since stopped wrestling when he faced off with The Rock at Wrestlemania, but having seen the footage since, the pop in the crowd for that match was immense
RIP - one of the men that built modern sports entertainment imo
Wow. Didn’t realise he was even unwell. Arguably one of the biggest names in wrestling history ever. The heel turn at bash of the beach will never been forgotten in the history of the industry. Plus him body slamming Andre the Giant in front of 100k screaming Hulkamanicas.
RIP, brother.
Not entirely clear that he actually was. I don't wish to speculate but there's other reasons he could have passed without being ill before.
I think that’s what might happen. The fact they’ve not even said what his injury is or given a timeframe gives me a sneaky feeling he is going to screw over CM Punk.
It would have been a brilliant plot-twist had WWE just done a little bit more in making the “injury” believable. Come out and say he’s out for 6-9 months, torn ACL, whatever.
Some wrestling fans have an attention to detail on absolutely everything, and as soon as the ‘theory’ started doing the rounds it became a real possibility that this was going to be the way it goes.
Still a great finish and a creative way of building a cash-in, but just a bit frustrating that they can plan something so well in advance but be a bit lazy in the execution on it.
It was excellent tbh, I can't stand the social media wrestling community for the most part.
They'll guess a thousand things and when one comes to fruition it's all "told you so!" "Boring booking!" Etc. Proper freaks.
The problem is now, everyone is so suspicious that everything is a work, people just start predicting it, and when it comes to life, they act like right little Know-It-Alls.
They did their bit in making it believable, and just because it was predictable, doesn't mean it wasn't executed well.
I loved the shot of him turning his back and dropping the crutches, great WWE story telling.
Looking forward to night 2.
Cody heel turn on the cards, or too soon?
I am guessing Cena will drop the face act again and cheat to beat Cody somehow, that's my prediction
I think the Rollins injury/cash in was much more than one in a thousand different theories though. The fact that WWE didn’t do any of the usual things they typically do when someone is injured long-term gave the theory real credence, to the point it became half-expected.
I completely missed the rumours so enjoyed the ending of Summerslam, which I didn't see coming as you can see from the group chat! Interesting that Jade didn't go over. I think she hasn't done as well as they had hoped.
Not a fan of Unreal but the scene with Cena and the Make A Wish children was incredible. That man is a Saint and too good for wrestling. I don't think he's turned face and it's a rouze. Too early for a Rhodes heel turn, they still haven't turned on him yet which shows how little I know. 😃
The fact they’ve made this a Street Fight quite late in the build makes me think there’s something they’ve got planned for the finish that they couldn’t do otherwise.
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The thing is, wrestling isn’t really trying to compete with real, unscripted sports. It’s more like a live-action TV show or theater production that just happens to be built around athleticism and fighting.
For a lot of adults including myself, the appeal comes from the storytelling. It’s like a soap opera with body slams. You know it's scripted, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be emotionally engaging.
The behind the scenes elements of the industry can be wildly entertaining. People spilling the beans on who they do/don’t get on with, why they got fired etc. It’s an absolute circus at times.
If you are genuinely curious then watch the ‘Mr McMahon’ series on Netflix. It will blow your mind as to how a “kids TV show” can actually run, and the bonkers backstage goings on around it.
Take a TV series, or a film, or a fictional book instead.
It's like walking into a cinema and saying what's the point, they're acting, or what's the point in a book, it is just fantasy.
Just because something is scripted or rehearsed, doesn't diminish its value.
If you don't like wrestling entertainment, then fair enough, it isn't for everyone, but to undermine it when its obvious millions of grown adults enjoy it just seems a bit unenlightened.
For me personally, it's the nostalgia, the music, the stories and the big events that keep me tuned in.
Anyway, Roman is back! 😃
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RIP, brother.
I’d long since stopped wrestling when he faced off with The Rock at Wrestlemania, but having seen the footage since, the pop in the crowd for that match was immense
RIP - one of the men that built modern sports entertainment imo
When i saw the headline i assumed he was dead sure that he auditioned for Metallica.
He called me a “mark” and blocked me. It’s my only claim to fame.
Story will then be Punk chasing Rollins and having to go through his goons, whilst on the other side of the fence it'll be Cena being chased by Cody
It would have been a brilliant plot-twist had WWE just done a little bit more in making the “injury” believable. Come out and say he’s out for 6-9 months, torn ACL, whatever.
Some wrestling fans have an attention to detail on absolutely everything, and as soon as the ‘theory’ started doing the rounds it became a real possibility that this was going to be the way it goes.
They'll guess a thousand things and when one comes to fruition it's all "told you so!" "Boring booking!" Etc. Proper freaks.
The problem is now, everyone is so suspicious that everything is a work, people just start predicting it, and when it comes to life, they act like right little Know-It-Alls.
They did their bit in making it believable, and just because it was predictable, doesn't mean it wasn't executed well.
I loved the shot of him turning his back and dropping the crutches, great WWE story telling.
Looking forward to night 2.
Cody heel turn on the cards, or too soon?
I am guessing Cena will drop the face act again and cheat to beat Cody somehow, that's my prediction
Not a fan of Unreal but the scene with Cena and the Make A Wish children was incredible. That man is a Saint and too good for wrestling. I don't think he's turned face and it's a rouze. Too early for a Rhodes heel turn, they still haven't turned on him yet which shows how little I know. 😃