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Post by hehatesshe on Mar 27, 2019 23:32:05 GMT
Every election is now also rigged. In Australia we have compulsory voting with results nearly always in line with polling and you will still have idiits going on SM and shouting "rigged result," if their preferres option doesn't win. It's a new way of denying reality. Not much better in America. The fucking president calls it rigged if he doesn't win. Then he wins and simply says "I used to say it's rigged, than I won, so I don't care anymore."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2019 23:46:29 GMT
I think what makes me a 'sports entertainment / wrasslin' fan to this day is...
I'm completely heart broken at the WrestleMania card this year as ridiculous and pathetic as that may sound to the masses.
Wrestling was always entertainment to me. Good vs. Evil. Larger than life characters.
'Mania to me was appearances by the entertainment stars too - Ali, Liberace, The Fridge, Mike Tyson, Cindi Lauper, wasn't there an abundance of NFL players in a Battle Royal in 'Mania II? Lawrence Taylor in the main event vs. Bam Bam.
It's a show - an extravaganza. Once a year - the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.
Now?
We've got chick matches as main events - and the fans today complain who's main eventing these chick matches - i.e. one chick got screwed over and another chick deserves a chance.
And it's 5'8 150 lbs guys with no personality or no mic skills. No presence.
To me 85% of wrestling was the promo and mic work - the presence - the Iron Sheiks, Paul Orndorffs, Hulk Hogans, the cartoon characters of Demolition, The Bushwhackers....
It's gone. All Gone.
We've got a chick main event and hardcore emo super hero fanboy dorks are going nuts Ric Flairs kid is in the main event and Ronda Rousey is in the main event.
Sad days folks.
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Post by Caesium137 on Mar 28, 2019 8:59:01 GMT
The entertainment
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Post by Zos on Mar 28, 2019 12:06:07 GMT
I can understand it's popularity with children, but you genuinely seem to have grown up people who believe it is for real and that is utterly beyond me.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 28, 2019 12:15:43 GMT
I can understand it's popularity with children, but you genuinely seem to have grown up people who believe it is for real and that is utterly beyond me. I don't think that's true. Not even the performers or the ownership say it's real anymore, or have for decades. There are definitely adults who take it way too seriously, but I doubt that any of those people genuinely think it's a true competition.
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Post by ctown28 on Mar 28, 2019 14:22:57 GMT
It’s no different than any other show on television. To all the people that want to bitch and moan about it being fake, do you believe Breaking Bad is real? Game of Thrones? It’s entertainment, plain and simple. If it’s not your cup of tea, don’t watch
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Post by Zos on Mar 28, 2019 17:07:59 GMT
It’s no different than any other show on television. To all the people that want to bitch and moan about it being fake, do you believe Breaking Bad is real? Game of Thrones? It’s entertainment, plain and simple. If it’s not your cup of tea, don’t watch Then perhaps it shouldn't be mentioned on a "sport" board?
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Post by poelzig on Mar 29, 2019 6:21:08 GMT
It’s no different than any other show on television. To all the people that want to bitch and moan about it being fake, do you believe Breaking Bad is real? Game of Thrones? It’s entertainment, plain and simple. If it’s not your cup of tea, don’t watch Then perhaps it shouldn't be mentioned on a "sport" board? Why not? People talk about soccer and it requires far less athleticism and soccer players fake bumps a lot more than wrestlers.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 6:39:25 GMT
Then perhaps it shouldn't be mentioned on a "sport" board? People talk about soccer and it requires far less athleticism Have you played a full game, not a kickabout with mates, an actual competitive full 90?
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Post by hehatesshe on Mar 29, 2019 8:44:26 GMT
People talk about soccer and it requires far less athleticism Have you played a full game, not a kickabout with mates, an actual competitive full 90? Have you ever had a 20 minute wrestling match?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 8:47:44 GMT
Have you played a full game, not a kickabout with mates, an actual competitive full 90? Have you ever had a 20 minute wrestling match? No, but I'm not suggesting that doesn't take athleticism.
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Post by Zos on Mar 29, 2019 10:32:31 GMT
Then perhaps it shouldn't be mentioned on a "sport" board? Why not? People talk about soccer and it requires far less athleticism and soccer players fake bumps a lot more than wrestlers. The most popular sport on the planet by a clear mile played competitively by over 200 countries and Football Associations, with a world Cup watched by over a billion people compared to a fake bunch of men in spandex pretending to wrestle each other in front of some rather odd people? Yes, educated comparison.
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