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Excuse me sir, but are you implying that in 1993 at WrestleMania 9 when Giant Gonzalez knocked out the Undertaker using a chloroform soaked rag that it was all
by isk517 4y ago
Excuse me sir, but are you implying that in 1993 at WrestleMania 9 when Giant Gonzalez knocked out the Undertaker using a chloroform soaked rag that it was all fake? If so then mister, I think you are full of crap. /s
- listless 4y agoUpvoted despite the Reddit flavoring
- ss108 4y agoIt was real if it was real to you goddammit
- mrguyorama 4y agoProfessional wrestling got a lot more fun and cool when I realized it isn't "fake", because it isn't trying to be real because it's actually supposed to be modern day Shakespeare
- isk517 4y agoI loved watching it as a kid and my friend convinced me to check out some modern stuff about 2 years ago and I have been having a blast watching it ever since.
- henriquemaia 4y agoRoland Barthes agrees. Check this essay he wrote in the 60s about wrestling. https://archive.org/details/barthes-world-of-wrestling/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/barthes-world-of-wrestling/mode/...
- Waterluvian 4y agoSame! Learning it was fake ruined it. And then realizing that it’s in on being “fake” and that it’s a soap opera made me appreciate it a lot. And “fake” may cover the results of the matches but it doesn’t cover how intense it is on their bodies. Olympic wrestling is probably a far easier sport on the body.
- TylerE 4y agoI got into it pretty hardcore after hearing an NPR doc on the Montreal Screwjob.