Although pro wrestling is viewed as fake, it is actually very real. I believe that pro wrestling is real because of all the injuries the superstars suffer from and the scripted storylines can become very real. Pro wrestling is often viewed as “real” or “fake” which has been debated over the course of time that wrestling has been around. People often debate that wrestling is fake because of the storylines and the acting that is often used to portray the stories of these feuds. Another reason people believe wrestling is fake is the acting that the athletes have to use to portray the feuds they are in. But another reason is the faking of the injuries that have to portray in order to convey the storylines and the matches. The superstars are given scripts to memorize and to portray to get the audience emotionally invested in the matches. I think this helps creates an extra emotional appeal to the storylines. Many people believe that wrestling is fake due to these two reasons alone. People also view wrestling as fake because of the characters that these athletes portray on screen. For example Nikki Bella’s character comes off on screen as snobbish, rude, self-centered …show more content…
One reason it is viewed as real is the real life injuries that the athletes suffer during matches. For example many WWE superstars like Edge, Lita, and Corey Graves have suffered neck injuries which has prevented them from ever wrestling again. Or in other cases the injury just takes the superstar out of action for 6 months to a year like Seth Rollins who tore his knee during a match and ended up out of action for a year or in Nikki Bella’s case where she injured her neck and is still healing from it and facing the possibility of having to retire soon, and because of that injury she has to modify her moves in the ring to prevent her from injuring herself
Vince McMahon’s WWF is a multi-million dollar corporation and has been wildly successful in capturing the sports entertainment market. “Monday Night Raw,” the weekly soap opera on TNN, is one of the three most watched cable shows each week. In addition, the WWF has weekly wrestling shows on UPN and MTV. Personally, I am caught up in the phenomenon. I set aside my Monday evenings to watch Monday Night Football and professional wrestling. I enjoy attempting to figure out the storylines before they unfold and attempt to guess the action that may happen in the next segment.
... of their wrestlers. The people in charge of the industry not caring only caused the death rate to increase.
The NBA can afford to risk alienating a few kids or slow sales of throwback jerseys, because portraying their players as professionals earns $350,000 more corporate dollars from another sold commercial spot. And this is the money that they want (Not Exactly Rocket Science). In conclusion, the players of the NBA have the abilities of a professional, are paid like professionals, and are powerful role models among the youth of society.
viewed in different lights. To some, the fights represent the risk of gambling and the
A long time ago, back in the olden days, Bruno Sammartino was a superhero who sold out Madison Square Garden countless times. Back in those times, wrestling strictly adhered to kayfabe, so many of the fans believed
Other sports, such as basketball, soccer, and golf, rarely even send the greatest athletes from each country because they would much rather win the NBA finals, the World Cup, or the PGA Tour thanks to the enormous paydays that the athletes can receive from winning such tournaments. The Olympics, however, pays only a fraction of that to their medaling athletes, but wrestlers are not in it for the money. As long as wrestling is involved, an Olympic medal will continue to be the aspirations of wrestlers around the world.
society portrays them to be. The wrestlers and their actions are widely exaggerated and people
The players say they are just there to play and work. They do not care if it is rigged as long as they are getting paid and they have a lot of fans to show off in front of. They do not care who there fans are or what they are doing during the game. Also the players do not care because most of them are getting sponsored by a brand that they wear and do not have to pay a thing. All they care is that the League has money for them to spend so they have nice places to play in or practice at and nice warmups wear. “And as with any business in today’s greedy corporate environment, profit is a paramount over any other concern” (International Business). The most important is that they are getting paid very
However, the mainstream media continually refuses to recognize professional wrestling for its true entertainment value and in the process, marks the very business that we so vehemently suppor...
Wrestling is the hardest sport both physically and mentally.The constant management of weight is what kills me the most, I can take all the cheap shots from opponents and the slams down onto the mat but the cutting weight part is the worst. It was the day before a tournament and I was 14 pounds over the weight I was going to wrestle that weekend. I had to lose it, so i did. I ran with layers of clothing on all night long and I didn 't eat or drink anything for two days, I made myself freeze at night so my body would burn more calories to keep me warm, me and friends drilled for hours to help me shed those final pounds. I went through hell and yet not one person tried to stop me or check to see if i was physically okay. They cared about the medal i was going to get that weekend rather than the fact that i was on the verge of dehydration and malnourishment. People should consider the mental and physical health problems wrestling has on a person such as dehydration, excessive weight loss,going days without eating,and the breakage of a person’s will, however all they think about is the titles and the medals they will receive if they can just make that weigh in.
...ost valued skill is the ability to entertain, the world becomes a place where lies become true, where people can believe what they want to believe” (Hedges, 2009: 51). In a world where entertainment is more prominent, people can easily be misled if they simply choose to believe what they see or hear without a shred of doubt. All in all, money can be the motivational benefactor for sustaining pseudo-events through celebrity culture.
While Americans watch these shows, it seems that the show is real life, but in reality, no pun intended, before the show is even filmed, it’s written, edited, and produced (Breyer 21). Writers humiliate and degrade people just for the plot of the show, making their private lives public (Breyer 16). One question that viewers ask is, “Is Reality Television really real?” One can think so, but in the long run, it is really not. A great example of this is World Wrestling Entertainment, also known as the WWE.
When they see the wrestlers they are so much bigger than they thought. The wrestlers have big and powerful wrestlers. They are always in top condition. The smaller wrestlers still have muscles but they are not as powerful as the bigger ones. The smaller wrestlers rely on their speed to win their matches.
There are many theories to why there is so much violence in sports today and one of them is because the athletes today are able to get away with more when they are young. An example would be if a high profile high school athlete who had a scholarship to a big time school were to get in trouble maybe it would be hidden a lot more. Where as if another non-athlete had done the same thing there would be more of a price to pay. So from an early age these athletes learn that they are more important then other students or people. When they get to the college or pro level and someone tells them what to do they don't know how to handle it in the correct manor. Many professional athletes have been looked upon as a problem before they become pro because of certain violence problems they have had in the past. And in many cases it has hurt player in where they are drafted and the money that they make.
One of the main reasons for watching reality TV is to provide people with entertainment. To an extent, the majority of society has a desire to explore what goes on in the world around them. People like watching drama that occurs on public television. “Insults, temper tantrums, selfishness, gross behavior, and plain old stupidity- these are the main ingredients for most of today’s reality TV shows. Guess who is watching them? Millions of viewers just like you” (Cohen). “Viewers cannot seem to get enough of the torture, embarrassment, temptation, and above all, drama of other regular, everyday people being placed in unrealistic settings and manipulated for the world to see” (Pontius). These two quotes state that the reason that the majority of our society watches these shows, is that they are entertained by the supposed reality that is portrayed.