Wrestling, Fake Or Real?

   

“If Shakespeare was alive today, he would be writing Wrestling shows” – Chris Jericho.

Chris Jericho, a veteran of the industry made the statement. If you want to know if pro wrestling is a theatre, go to the ground and watch it live! Forget about what you see displayed on the TV screen by the protagonists – it is camera work.

Do you remember that fight between Mankind and the Rock? Where Mankind got an inhuman battering from the Rock? Do you think those strikes that landed on his face really hurts? People who watch these scenes live not on TV will understand. Pro wrestlers work extra hard to convince the audience that their actions are true while making sure that their opponent don’t get seriously injured. Pro wrestling becomes real when the protagonists goes out of script and fake when they stay on script. Know that when two wrestlers enter the ring, both wrestlers already know who the winner will be – the fight was already arranged to happen that way and the wrestlers will just choreograph for the audience to watch.

Sometimes a protagonist goes off script or fail to choreograph his part well – this may result in serious injury or even death. A good example is Owen Heart, who died when he missed a choreographed fly into the ring. This one went terribly wrong!

Pro wrestlers try everything possible to make you see what they want you to see but not what actually happen. They are skilled masters in this. They are master illusionists.

There was a match sometime ago in 2014, if you can remember, It was between Brocks Lesnar, the UFC mega star who left UFC to join WWE. Brocks Lesnar was fighting against Randy Orton. As the fight went on, Brocks Lesnar removed his gloves and began giving Randy Orton a real pounding – giving Orton a gnash in his scalp. With Randy Orton in serious pain, the officials stepped in to call off the fight. Chris Jericho who came to check on Randy Orton after the match, was completely mad at Brocks Lesnar and the two got into a heated confrontation. Vince McMahon, stood in to separate them. Vince McMahon assured Chris Jericho that the fight went according to script. The plan was to make it appeared as though Brocks Lesnar had gone off script – according to the wrestling observer newsletter.