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PieceOfFelt
10-25-2013, 03:02 AM
A bunch of roided up eccentrics beating each other to death... sounds like an awesome sport.
miller-time
10-25-2013, 03:07 AM
If it were real it wouldn't exist for very long. Either so many rules would be put in to pacify it or it would be outright banned because of the high death rate lol. Plus half of the moves require the opponent to let the other wrestler hit him. I doubt in real life someone is just going to stand there and let someone bash their head in with a chair.
PieceOfFelt
10-25-2013, 03:09 AM
If it were real it wouldn't exist for very long. Either so many rules would be put in to pacify it or it would be outright banned because of the high death rate lol.

Exactly. People love barbaric shit and this would definitely be barbaric. Plus you add the flair these wrestlers bring to the table and you've got yourself one hell of a sport.
9erempiree
10-25-2013, 03:17 AM
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x383/sanlovesajc/photos%20for%20blogs/hbk-1.png
Myth
10-25-2013, 03:27 AM
If for some reason this weren't shut down for legal reasons and fighters were stupid enough to use those fighting styles, it would be super popular among meat heads and would be protested like crazy by other large groups of people.
DukeDelonte13
10-25-2013, 08:09 AM
If it were real it wouldn't exist for very long. Either so many rules would be put in to pacify it or it would be outright banned because of the high death rate lol. Plus half of the moves require the opponent to let the other wrestler hit him. I doubt in real life someone is just going to stand there and let someone bash their head in with a chair.


pro wrestling already has a crazy high death rate.
HarryCallahan
10-25-2013, 08:37 AM
:kobe:

It already exists, it's called the UFC.
knickballer
10-25-2013, 09:04 AM
:kobe:

It already exists, it's called the UFC.

lol, I was thinking the same thing or just regular wrestling.

It's kinda like saying if professional football had no pads it would be the most popular sport but wouldn't it just be similar to Rugby?
miller-time
10-25-2013, 09:22 AM
pro wrestling already has a crazy high death rate.

True but usually those deaths happen outside of the ring. The league can wash their hands of those deaths.
SCREWstonRockets
10-25-2013, 11:24 AM
Moves like a pile driver or power bomb can literally kill you lol
DukeDelonte13
10-25-2013, 11:33 AM
True but usually those deaths happen outside of the ring. The league can wash their hands of those deaths.


i think with the sheer number of how many ex-wrestlers have died the league has some culpability.
MadeFromDust
10-25-2013, 11:36 AM
What do you mean, "If"? It is real
MavsSuperFan
10-25-2013, 12:03 PM
no it would not be. The UFC and Boxing combined is nowhere close to the NFL in popularity or profitability. despite the stereotypes the economic evidence seems to indicate that Americans aren't that into combat sports.

Personally I am a fan of the UFC and MMA, but its not that popular overall.
JMT
10-25-2013, 12:09 PM
If it were real there'd be message boards filled with guys screaming about how the reffing sucks and the whole thing is fixed.
MP.Trey
10-25-2013, 12:42 PM
If it were real there'd be message boards filled with guys screaming about how the reffing sucks and the whole thing is fixed.
:roll: So true.
Budadiiii
10-25-2013, 12:51 PM
http://i41.tinypic.com/erhqns.jpg
TheMarkMadsen
10-25-2013, 01:37 PM
Well technically professional wrestling is supposed to a "fight" without usin closed fist..so it would look like amateur wrestling if the outcome wasn't pre determined.

Still, knowing that doesn't ruin it's entertainment value for me
B-Low
10-25-2013, 01:40 PM
Speaking of pro wrestling, Shawne Merriman signed a developmental deal with WWE. He tweeted this picture from his first day at the training center (The welts are from bouncing off the ropes. Til your skin gets used to it they tear you up)

http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1391972_576326459107621_1189241508_n.jpg
DaSeba5
10-25-2013, 01:58 PM
Wrestling is real; it's just staged. All of the slams, moves, and stunts are 100% real and can't be faked, but they are done a certain way so they don't seriously hurt their opponent or themselves. Wrestlers have had too many health problems and injuries over the years to say it's fake.
riseagainst
10-25-2013, 05:43 PM
can anyone explain to me how are the WWE wrestlers getting bloodied heads and stuff?
TheMarkMadsen
10-25-2013, 05:54 PM
can anyone explain to me how are the WWE wrestlers getting bloodied heads and stuff?

They cut themselves with a concealed blade. I don't think WWE allows this anymore after the Undertaker/Orton incident
Myth
10-25-2013, 07:32 PM
can anyone explain to me how are the WWE wrestlers getting bloodied heads and stuff?

Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ULFyG3-hJg
TheReal Kendall
10-25-2013, 07:46 PM
They cut themselves with a concealed blade. I don't think WWE allows this anymore after the Undertaker/Orton incident

What happened???
MadeFromDust
10-25-2013, 10:20 PM
What happened???
I think it's when Orton Sr. tested positive for some blood-born pathogen or some shiite and bled out on the UndieTaker and then the dead one was all worried about his life and shiite. He got scurred
TheMarkMadsen
10-25-2013, 10:24 PM
I think it's when Orton Sr. tested positive for some blood-born pathogen or some shiite and bled out on the UndieTaker and then the dead one was all worried about his life and shiite. He got scurred


Pretty much this. I think it was hep c though


WWE doesn't allow blood anymore, if you see blood on wwe tv these days it means somebody was busted open accidentally. They are a public company now..they've went PG & if they do show blood (like when Lesnar was opened up earlier this year on raw) they show it in black and white when it's replayed.
I<3NBA
10-26-2013, 01:11 AM
If it were real there'd be message boards filled with guys screaming about how the reffing sucks and the whole thing is fixed.
:oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol: