It’s not fake. It’s staged. There’s a difference.
"Wrestling is fake."
No! Hell no! Even though the moves and the outcome are predetermined, wrestlers still endure physical pain. Staged? Yes. Fake? No. Wrestling is like a Broadway show or a TV drama. You wouldn't call Mad Men fake. You wouldn't call Sunday in the Park with George fake. So why would you call pro wrestling fake?
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Also, I would like nay-sayers to enlighten me as to how Mick Foley managed to fake this:
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"Wrestlers aren't real athletes."
I dare you to tell that to Cesaro, who lifts weights like a beast seven days a week! Go ahead. Tell him... WWE Superstar Seth Rollins lays it down perfectly: "I consider myself an athlete. I train like an athlete, I eat like an athlete, I recover and get sore just like any other athlete... [Wrestling] is a mental and physical grind." Oh, and there's another thing: Pro wrestlers, especially in WWE, don't have an off-season. Their work schedule is a year-round ordeal.
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