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To be honest when I think of Gladiators I think in terms of WWE wrestling more than I do MMA. As it is meant to be more of a spectacle.

clown_strike 2y ago
Looks more like Medieval Times to me. WWE is just a bunch of performative groping. Even Cirque du Soleil carries more risk of death. The corpse removal process is seamless enough that the show continues.
- harimau777 2y ago
  For what it's worth: As a martial artist, the hits WWE fighters take are mind boggling. Part of learning martial arts is learning how to safely take a fall. As far as I can see, a lot of the falls and hits that people are taking in WWE are the sort that you can't really take "safely". As far as I can tell, they are often just ignoring the pain and doing the best they can to minimize the damage.
- tumsfestival 2y ago
  You really don't know anything about pro wrestling if that's what you think. The moves they perform might not have the intention hurting, but they're both dangerous and painful, there's a lot of skill involved to not end up in a hospital, not to mention some of the less spectacular moves come directly from olympic wrestling and it's variants. It's a performative spectacle, but it doesn't make it any less dangerous or skillful, saying otherwise is just being ignorant.
- sushid 2y ago
  > Even Cirque du Soleil carries more risk of death. The corpse removal process is seamless enough that the show continues. I was shocked to hear this and looked up a Wikipedia article [0]. Given their reaction when a performer died (abrupt stoppage of the show with full refunds), I think you're making this up. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Sarah_Guyard-Guillot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Sarah_Guyard-Guillot
PittleyDunkin 2y ago
Is MMA not meant to be a spectacle? Meanwhile WWE is more like a cooperative dance in drag than it is resembling actual fighting. And I mean that in a sense of absolute respect for the art.

clown_strike 2y ago

Looks more like Medieval Times to me. WWE is just a bunch of performative groping. Even Cirque du Soleil carries more risk of death. The corpse removal process is seamless enough that the show continues.

harimau777 2y ago
For what it's worth: As a martial artist, the hits WWE fighters take are mind boggling. Part of learning martial arts is learning how to safely take a fall. As far as I can see, a lot of the falls and hits that people are taking in WWE are the sort that you can't really take "safely". As far as I can tell, they are often just ignoring the pain and doing the best they can to minimize the damage.
tumsfestival 2y ago
You really don't know anything about pro wrestling if that's what you think. The moves they perform might not have the intention hurting, but they're both dangerous and painful, there's a lot of skill involved to not end up in a hospital, not to mention some of the less spectacular moves come directly from olympic wrestling and it's variants. It's a performative spectacle, but it doesn't make it any less dangerous or skillful, saying otherwise is just being ignorant.
sushid 2y ago
> Even Cirque du Soleil carries more risk of death. The corpse removal process is seamless enough that the show continues. I was shocked to hear this and looked up a Wikipedia article [0]. Given their reaction when a performer died (abrupt stoppage of the show with full refunds), I think you're making this up. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Sarah_Guyard-Guillot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Sarah_Guyard-Guillot

PittleyDunkin 2y ago

Is MMA not meant to be a spectacle? Meanwhile WWE is more like a cooperative dance in drag than it is resembling actual fighting. And I mean that in a sense of absolute respect for the art.