Professional wrestling is pretty awesome

Zhongda · Post by **Zhongda** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:07 pm

I don't know about you guys but pro wrasslin' is definitely cool. I like to see it as soap opera for dudes, because srsly, things get so serious on these shows.

They only got that much better when Vince McMahon got blown up this week. <3 <3 <3

Also although it is fake it's pretty fun watching and figuring out how they make it so moves like this not hurt as much as they look.

WRESTLING. DISCUSS.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:12 pm

Pro wrestling is definitely not cool.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:16 pm

yeahduff wrote:Pro wrestling is definitely not cool.

[Powerbombs Duff through a table].

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:17 pm

I find it amusing. I used to really hate it and thought it was dumb, but I caught it a few times because my dad likes it. He's a smart guy and has to put up with crap all day at the hospital, so if he wants to watch a silly event where people pretend to beat each other up when he gets home, I say go right ahead.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:25 pm

I admit I watch wrestling...and it isn't all stupid. There is a certain artistry and skill to what the good wrestlers do in the ring during a match. The endings are of course predetermined, so it's not a competitive sport...but I would consider it a performance sport in the same sense as something like gymnastics is a sport.

And yeah...the storylines are massively dumb often, but I will also say some of the funniest moments I can remember happening on TV happened during wrestling. And very occassionally it's actually becomes genuinely dramatic/compelling.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:27 pm

Vince McMahon in his rocking chair was creepy.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:32 pm

Jackhass wrote:I admit I watch wrestling...and it isn't all stupid. There is a certain artistry and skill to what the good wrestlers do in the ring during a match. The endings are of course predetermined, so it's not a competitive sport...but I would consider it a performance sport in the same sense as something like gymnastics is a sport.

And yeah...the storylines are massively dumb often, but I will also say some of the funniest moments I can remember happening on TV happened during wrestling. And very occassionally it's actually becomes genuinely dramatic/compelling.

You're not wrong, exactly, it's just that it's so........ dumb.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:35 pm

yeahduff wrote:
Jackhass wrote:I admit I watch wrestling...and it isn't all stupid. There is a certain artistry and skill to what the good wrestlers do in the ring during a match. The endings are of course predetermined, so it's not a competitive sport...but I would consider it a performance sport in the same sense as something like gymnastics is a sport.

And yeah...the storylines are massively dumb often, but I will also say some of the funniest moments I can remember happening on TV happened during wrestling. And very occassionally it's actually becomes genuinely dramatic/compelling.
You're not wrong, exactly, it's just that it's so........ dumb.

DON'T MAKE ME GET OILED UP AND PRETEND TO PUNCH YOU!

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:36 pm

When you punch, you gotta stomp the floor too.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:40 pm

That was a pretty wicked powerbomb. I take it all back.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:44 pm

theSuburbanLetdown wrote:When you punch, you gotta stomp the floor too.

And windmill your arm first for maximum power.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:19 pm

Meh. Professional wrestling is ok. I'd rather watch professional poker though.

Zhongda · Post by **Zhongda** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:20 pm

the new way to power up your punch to max power is to do some sort of gesture like 'you can't see me' and then magically the power level of ur punch goes over 9000

but yeah if hating on wrestling is ur kind of thing, you will get a kick out of the botchamania video series on YouTube...

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:28 pm

rkolter wrote:Meh. Professional wrestling is ok. I'd rather watch professional poker though.

Professional Poker would benefit from more guys hitting each other with steel chairs after they lose a hand.

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:30 pm

I had considered it for a career option, before things came up. I still watch it regularily, not for the soap opera crap, but for the "ballet" and emotion put forth. Sometimes the storylines are good, if the wrestler can sell (fake being hurt or under extreme pressure/stress) everything well.

I used to be one of those snobby fans who only would talk about the indies of wrestling, until I woke the fuck up and realized it was all spot wrestling, and no real meat or potatoes to it.

(They'd do retardedly dangerous moves constantly, as opposed to actually trying to sell the stress and pressure of going through an intense wrestling match with a legend/threat. I -like- flippy dangerously stupid moves...but not all the time. It's like throwing a wrestler through tables and hitting them with chairs every match. Do it all the time, it loses impact/effect. Do it sparingly, and it will look a lot more devestating when it is done.)

Zhongda · Post by **Zhongda** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:40 pm

rkolter wrote:Meh. Professional wrestling is ok. I'd rather watch professional strip poker though.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:47 pm

soap opera starring men in spandex.

yeah, I'll pass on that.

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:49 pm

WRESTLING ISN'T REAL

Never forget: 16/4/94

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:51 pm

IT'D BE WORSE IF IT WAS

MariaAndMichelle · Post by **MariaAndMichelle** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:59 pm

SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE MANLOVE