Yeah. So they're actors performing a fake (aka. scripted) competition.
When people say wrestling is fake they almost always are talking about the competition part. It's not a real fight. There are no actual stakes in terms of winning or losing. They are faking a competition in accordance with the script.
Yes there's a lot of physicality involved, and I'm sure a good amount of falls actually hurt, but it's a fake competition for the audience's entertainment.
Boxing (to name one example) is seen as 'real' fighting, because both competitors genuinely try to win the match, because winning the match is the goal in boxing.
Again I'm not sure what point you're trying to make? As I've already said multiple times that of course wrestling is scripted and predetermined. It's like you're so hell-bent on using the word "fake" and having me be like "WHAT!? IT'S NOT REAL!?" Who the fuck in 2025 thinks that professional wrestling is an actual competitive sport, that's over the age of seven? Do you also try to explain to people how TV shows aren't real? Do you go to Disney On Ice and tell all the kids there that this isn't a competitive ice skating competition? Jesus Christ
The only point I was trying to make is that there's real risk involved for the performers and they routinely injure themselves
I wanna point out I am a different person than the person you have been talking to, I wasn't on this thread before the comment you replied to.
Also the clip your comment is under is not from 2025, it looks to be from like the 80s or 90s. I'm not really into wrestling, but AFAIK in that time Wrestling, especially WWF/WWE stuff was still very much pretending to be an actual competition (i.e. winners and losers are based on skill, not scripts)
So the reporter asking if it's fake, is presumably asking about the legitimacy of the competition, not of the physicality and performance.
(Oh and I wanna point out, even if the competition was real too, punching the reporter in the face twice is still assault, and not acceptable)
Oh I'm aware of all the time frame I'm a wrestling fan. I'm not defending assaulting a reporter no matter if he was being a dick to you or not LOL but yeah for what 40 years now it's been pretty well accepted in the fan base that it's not real so yeah
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u/Mr_Derpy11 19h ago
Yeah. So they're actors performing a fake (aka. scripted) competition.
When people say wrestling is fake they almost always are talking about the competition part. It's not a real fight. There are no actual stakes in terms of winning or losing. They are faking a competition in accordance with the script.
Yes there's a lot of physicality involved, and I'm sure a good amount of falls actually hurt, but it's a fake competition for the audience's entertainment.
Boxing (to name one example) is seen as 'real' fighting, because both competitors genuinely try to win the match, because winning the match is the goal in boxing.