Which attributes of Wrestling do you most enjoy. - Page 9

01-25-2007, 03:02 AM

Feel free to select all that apply.

Mecca · 01-25-2007, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sully

Here's the next poll...

If you love wrestling, do you also love Olympic Gymnastics?

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If not, what makes wrestling different? The outfits? The oil (oh so, so much oily oil)? The microphones under the "mat" to make it sound so much meaner?

Back bumping isn't exactly comfortable.......I'm sure the guys that have numerous injuries and surgeries to being wrestlers would love to be thought of as nothing more than oiled up gymnists....

How about Kurt Angle do you think he's just some oiled up guy with no talent?

Extra Point · 01-25-2007, 10:42 PM

Remember when Ali got into in the ring with a wrestler? That was low, pretty low.

01-25-2007, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Back bumping isn't exactly comfortable.......I'm sure the guys that have numerous injuries and surgeries to being wrestlers would love to be thought of as nothing more than oiled up gymnists....

How about Kurt Angle do you think he's just some oiled up guy with no talent?

If wrestling is fake (which it is), what makes you think the injuries and surgeries aren't faked to "legitimize" the "action"?

Mecca · 01-25-2007, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

If wrestling is fake (which it is), what makes you think the injuries and surgeries aren't faked to "legitimize" the "action"?

I'm aware of which ones are fake and which ones are real......

Rey Mysterio wrestled on a torn ACL for 6 months.....Triple H ripped out his quad muscle....I'm sure anyone can be a wrestler and those injuries aren't anything.

tk13 · 01-25-2007, 10:59 PM

I vote for Andy Kaufman.

Swanman · 01-25-2007, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

I'm aware of which ones are fake and which ones are real......

Rey Mysterio wrestled on a torn ACL for 6 months.....Triple H ripped out his quad muscle....I'm sure anyone can be a wrestler and those injuries aren't anything.

The injuries are usually real. When they fake an injury in a match/storyline, it's usually due to the fact that the guy needs to go under the knife for something and they are writing an injury into the story to get him offscreen when he has the surgery and rehabilitates. There have been numerous guys get neck fusion surgery because of all the spine-compressing moves they do. Most wrestlers work hurt most of their careers because wrestling may be "fake", but the hell they put their bodies through is most definitely real.

**HemiEd** · 01-25-2007, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

I get that the rest of you freaks are wrestling dorks but the so-called intellectual 'Hamas' is highly disappointing.

This is highly embarrassing. What if somebody sees me talking to you people?

Now I am with Phobia.

Mecca · 01-25-2007, 11:41 PM

There's alot more wrestling fans than you'd ever know.

**HemiEd** · 01-25-2007, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

There's alot more wrestling fans than you'd ever know.

I have always suspected that, kind of like soccer and hockey. 0 interest here in all of those.

Having watched and XFL game is as close as I have ever come to watching a Pro Wrestling match.

Mecca · 01-26-2007, 12:04 AM

WWE's revenue in fiscal 2006 (from May 2005 to April 2006) was approximately $400 million (US), with a net profit of approximately $47 million. As of August 2006, the company's market capitalization is over $1 billion (US). Its stock is traded on the NYSE as WWE

That should tell you how many people are watching and spending money on wrestling.

Hammock Parties · 01-26-2007, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

That should tell you how many people are watching and spending money on wrestling.

There are lots of stupid people in the world.

Mecca · 01-26-2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by GoChiefs

There are lots of stupid people in the world.

I've been to wrestling events and football games.......generally there are more morons at football games......there are stupid people everywhere not just smart people are following the NFL.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-26-2007, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

I get that the rest of you freaks are wrestling dorks but the so-called intellectual 'Hamas' is highly disappointing.

This is highly embarrassing. What if somebody sees me talking to you people?

In reality...how is a wrestling match any different than a piece of literature, or a movie? They are all texts, and they all tell stories.

The biggest difference is the fan base.

FWIW, this might be a good time to delineate the difference btw 'marks' and 'smarts' for the uninformed.

It's a guilty pleasure, but it's nothing to be embarrassed about.

Halfcan · 01-26-2007, 12:40 AM

I remember All Star Wrestling with Bull Dog Bob Brown, Chief Jay Strongbow, Superfly, Harley Race-now that was the shit.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-26-2007, 12:44 AM

Mecca,

If you have time and the inclination, I suggest you check out "Sex, Lies, and Headlocks". It's a bit of an uneven read, but a decent history of the business up until Vince bought out Turner.

View Poll Results: Which attributes of Wrestling do you most enjoy?
The pre-bout posturing. The yelling reminds me of mom & pops around dinnertime in the trailerpark.	6	17.14%
The glistening muscles.	1	2.86%
The tights..... mmmmm tights.	2	5.71%
The masculine embracing under the lights.	3	8.57%
The scripts are riveting.	5	14.29%
The belts. I know they're a little gaudy, but gosh darnit, they've earned it.	3	8.57%
I like the pretty costumes.	2	5.71%
All the athletic exploits. Very impressive superhuman feats take place within the confines of the ring.	13	37.14%
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll

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Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $-532950	WWE's revenue in fiscal 2006 (from May 2005 to April 2006) was approximately $400 million (US), with a net profit of approximately $47 million. As of August 2006, the company's market capitalization is over $1 billion (US). Its stock is traded on the NYSE as WWE That should tell you how many people are watching and spending money on wrestling.
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01-26-2007, 12:44 AM	#135
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7239572	Mecca, If you have time and the inclination, I suggest you check out "Sex, Lies, and Headlocks". It's a bit of an uneven read, but a decent history of the business up until Vince bought out Turner. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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