OMG THE ROCK HAS RETURNED TO WWE!

[RoyToy]

[video=youtube;vPVB1COw0Gs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPVB1COw0Gs[/video]

[video=youtube;D6f-KjOZCT4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6f-KjOZCT4[/video]

 

[CelticKing]

 

[VanillaGorilla]

This is HCP.

 

[MickZagger]

In the WWE, the "players" know who is going to win the "game" prior to even getting in the ring.

Dumb analogy.

Whats the difference if the players know, or not? If its predetermined, its predetermined.

 

[ehizzy3]

the rock is what made me watch wrestling, and what made me stop when he did. lol

 

[maxiep]

You often say when we play LA its 5 on 8. If you truly believe that, which you often bring up. Then yes, I'd say thats just as phony as the WWE.

Opinions are like...well, you know.

 

[TehChad]

Once I turned eight and I discovered wrestling was fake, I lost interest.

Here's thing thing with professional wrestling: yes, the outcomes are predetermined and all the fluff surrounding the matches is little more than acting, and it's not really a sport per se. Every WWE fan (well okay, except for the 1% who are indeed idiots) knows this, and you're right, in that sense the WWE is completely fake.

With that said, however, what these wrestlers do to each other is very real. When they bleed, it's not fake blood (contrary to what some people think). There's nothing fake about jumping off the top rung of ladders, slamming people through tables, and hitting someone in the face with a chair. You're very ignorant if you can't see that. Also, that ring is not a nice, soft mattress: when you get slammed in that ring, it hurts. A lot. Injuries occur all the time, often devastating, and a number of moves are extremely dangerous (such as the Undertaker's "Tombstone Piledriver" finisher, which can easily break someone's neck if not executed correctly). But there's no question that the men and women who participate are tremendous athletes with very high tolerances to pain, and I have a ton of respect for them and their talents.

Anyway, just making sure people who call it "fake" know the full story

 

[maxiep]

Here's thing thing with professional wrestling: yes, the outcomes are predetermined and all the fluff surrounding the matches is little more than acting, and it's not really a sport per se. Every WWE fan (well okay, except for the 1% who are indeed idiots) knows this, and you're right, in that sense the WWE is completely fake.

With that said, however, what these wrestlers do to each other is very real. When they bleed, it's not fake blood (contrary to what some people think). There's nothing fake about jumping off the top rung of ladders, slamming people through tables, and hitting someone in the face with a chair. You're very ignorant if you can't see that. Also, that ring is not a nice, soft mattress: when you get slammed in that ring, it hurts. A lot. Injuries occur all the time, often devastating, and a number of moves are extremely dangerous (such as the Undertaker's "Tombstone Piledriver" finisher, which can easily break someone's neck if not executed correctly). But there's no question that the men and women who participate are tremendous athletes with very high tolerances to pain, and I have a ton of respect for them and their talents.

Anyway, just making sure people who call it "fake" know the full story

Repped. I appreciate the background. I was watching it for sport and was disappointed to find out it was predetermined. After that, I focused on other actual sports.

 

[RoyToy]

You have to respect a guy who puts his body on the line like this

[video=youtube;tTtZmdzv_L0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTtZmdzv_L0[/video]

Nothing fake about that

 

[Natebishop3]

I honestly never had any interest in wrestling. I always thought it was stupid, and I didn't understand the fascination. It's a bunch of guys in tights throwing each other around.... rather watch boxing or MMA.

 

[alex42083]

I've been a pro wrestling fan in and out since childhood, grew up in Hulkamania and all that. Loved the Macho Man. Some of the stuff WWE nowadays does makes you wonder why the hell you're watching it, and then other times -- like The Rock coming back -- it certainly is worth it. It's a spectacle and entertainment, and I've come to appreciate what these guys do, traveling 300 days a year, doing 200-plus shows around the country and the world with barely any time off unless they get injured. It's gotta be grueling and it's a brutal schedule to work, I'm guessing. It certainly isn't for everyone, but it will always have its niche in pop culture. Being able to attract 70,000-80,000 people every year for Wrestlemania is pretty impressive.

 

[MickZagger]

You have to respect a guy who puts his body on the line like this

[video=youtube;tTtZmdzv_L0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTtZmdzv_L0[/video]

Nothing fake about that

I rented that pay-per-view.

Mick Foley was a crazy fuck. I remember renting his shit when he wrestling in Japan in fire matches getting hit in the head with barbwire baseball bats and losing his teeth. That guy took it to the extreme.