Do you think  wrestling is totally scripted?
439961
most of it,,,, but not ALL OF IT
1017303
Not really. I like my violence scripted.
854533
You know, I never thought of it that way, seriously.  Movies are fake too but you never see ppl putting that down like wrestling.  Thanks for a different way of looking at things.
547856
you do know it's fake, right?  the answer to all of them is it depends on who runs the company they wrestle for and who he or she wants to win.  PPV WRESTLING IS A JOKE TO ANYONE WHO HAS EVER ACTUALLY WRESTLED SUCH AS KURT ANGLE, CAEL SANDERSON, DAN GABLE and countless other "REAL" wrestlers.  Problem is after the olympics and college or coaching there is no money in it.
395044
The original heroes of this type of wrestling have already confirmed that is is fake and setup.  Occasionally someone gets angry and hurts someone else, but when Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant for the world title, it was because Andre laid down for him.  Those close to him said that it was the hardest thing he ever did.
228935
it's not a silly question. just so you know most wrestling is staged, the in ring stuff is choreographed and the outside the ring is as well. but sometimes things do go wrong. the injuries are sometimes not planned. if you watch the punches and as it lands they stomp their feet. but these guys are real good performers and can make it look like they got the crap knocked out of them. all wrestlers are trained in various places. a friend of mine trained in the ohio valley wrestling school with dave batista, eddie guerro, and brock lesner and even eugene aka nick densmore, and even the cripler chris benoit has came to that school to train. but in answer to your question yes it is staged but remember accidents do occur, most common are concussions, torn muscles, knees, and even worse and a slim chance death look up owen hart for that occurence. but there are other sources you can look at to research wrestling and it's origins, jim ross is a good place to start. he has an email address i am sure on the net and is extremely more knowledgeable.
457843
Im sorry, the world heavyweight champion in wwe changes by the day. Oh did i forget to mention? WWE is pure acting. The wrestling moves are fake. The punches are fake. The blood is fake. Even the ring is modified to soften landings. Victors of any match are predetermined.
906057
actually WWE has converted into drama show , even Pay Per Views are totally Drama, Like Booker T always win with the help of her wife, and people like Eugine, every one knows he is not silly and most of the fake moves, people who really love wrestling are diverting towards TNA and other wrestling programs. \n\nWWE just like hollywood drama fim\n\nI agree to you 100%
1060018
What?????!!\nThere's someone out there who thinks wrestling is real???\nYou must be really really really stupid. Poor you.\n\nAnd don't listen to the other stupid people above who think they cut themselves. They don't. They're actors for goodness sake.....
72460
Well... sumo is real, also Judo, GrecoRoman, School and every SPORT that has something to do with wrestling, BUT...\n\nI have to mention that TV wrestling demands a great physical condition, anyone who had wrestled for 3 minutes can tell, that is exhausting... so, I think every wrestler (show or sport) is a real athlete.\n\nDav.
272023
Yes it is real. I went to one of the matches in Vegas, but when I seen it in person it was way more violent than I thought it would be and I totally cant watch it anymore, but it is most def. real.
654211
Remember Owen Hart he died during a stunt during a past Wrestlemania.  Yes, wrestling is staged but the stuff that they do is freaking real.  Eddie is gone and you should respect that.
839225
When the blood comes down from thier foreheads then yes... it is real..  but dont believe that it came from a chairshot or being hit by the belt... I would say only like 5% of those shots actually make the wrestlers bleed.  No if you look closely on some of these matches  they keep a really small razor blade either in their taped up wrists,or the referee hands it to them (  notice when ever a chair shot happens, the cameras focus in on the guy who gave the blow, giving him a close up on his face, this gives the other guy enough time  to cut himself with the blade and get rid of it.) A great example of this was the Hell in the cell match with DX Vs Mr McMahon, Shane McMahon and the Big Show.  If you check out the DVD.. look at the part where Shane is about to do the "catapult" manuver to HHH.  The camera angle was good enough to show HHH reaching up to his forehead with a tiny razor blade and run it across his skull. HHH was bleeding bad from that self inflicted cut that was supposed to be cause by his head hitting the cage.  \n\nAnother sure sign is when they are thrown over the top and they land on the floor... or when they are run head first into the steel ring pole or whatever.. they always fall back and their head sometimes goes under the drape of the ring , away from the publics eyes and the camera.  They are opening themselves up under there. or getting something for later.\n\nSomething for later? Yep..  ever seen guys spit up blood?  and they have "internal injuries"  from a wicked chair shot to the gut or this guys head was stuck inside of a folding chair and the villian comes stomping on the chair causing massive injuries?!  Well they just popped a hollywood blood pill, mixed with spit it looks like blood coming up .  That is fake.  \n\nStill.. I love the show.  sometimes...  you gotta sit back and think...  wow...  I think he messed up.. he wasnt supposed to bleed like that.  I think some real cuts and injuries are Mick Foley's ear being ripped off against Vader.  Yea.. you cant really fake that.  another Foley match.. his I quit match against Ric Flair.  Ric covered his right hand with barbed wire and chopped Mic in the chest...  not much blood.. but the ending cuts on his chest were not pretty at all.  very jagged and nasty.  \n\nOne of the bloodiest matches i seen is with Tommy Dreamer. I believe it was "One Night Stand"  somehow he got a cheese grater scraped across his forehead. Yes, A CHEESEGRATER! that opened him up like a water balloon.  that was nasty!\n\nthe blood is real... most times.
1086128
Would you please stop parroting the same old tired "it's fake" cliche? We get it, ok? People who watch wrestling realize the outcomes are predetermined; they watch it because it is pure escapist fun, a sort of soap opera that both males and females can get into. I am sure there are a few slack-jawed yokels out there who think it's all real, but 99.99999 % of wrestling fans know it isn't. It's not a sport; it's called sports ENTERTAINMENT. I can tell you what's NOT fake...the blood, the occasional serious injury, and the athletic ability of the performers.
1025217
It's fake.  But sooooo much fun to watch.  and r.d. are you talking about Sid Vicious and his leg snapping during a match?  That was sooo gross to see, and yet strangely exciting!
36373
In all honesty, every fight seen you have ever seen in a movie has almost certainly been staged.  I must admit that MOST movies have better plot lines then pro "wrestling," but some people see the appeal of staged fights with a soap opera plot very intrieguing.  Not me, but some people.
1128506
Listen carefully... all of you...\nWrestling is not FAKE... it IS, however, PHONEY... there is a HUGE difference.\nWhen you see someone being bodyslammed off the top rope, there is nothing fake about it, and there is nothing fake about the injuries that occur.\nYes, it is scripted, and the wrestlers know what is supposed to happen before ahnd... however, not all goes as planned.\nExample...\nThe wrestler I used to manage (indie fed) knew he was going to take the US title from his arch nemesis... however, in the middle of the match, he went for the frog splash off the top rope and when he landed, he injured his knee. He got up and finished the match and won the title, as the storyline required... for the next 4 days, he couldn't walk because his knee was swollen to the point he was unable to put any weight on it. \nStone Cold, Batista, JBL, Mick Foley, Brock Lesner, Shane-o Mac, Brett Hart, Sabu, Magnum TA (career Ending), and too many others can attest to the fact that the injuries are real; they can attest to the fact that taking a powerbomb hurts; they can tell you that a metal chair to the head is not a move that you "fake".\nIt has always been such, and it will always be such.