...lol...wrestling? Believe it or not, when we were both younger, my Son and I would watch "Monday Night Nitro" every week...we'd laugh at the ridiculousness of it...but we'd still watch every week. ...can't believe I admitted that.
Well 59, no need to feel you shouldn't of admitted to that. I used to also watch Mon. Night Nitro and Friday Night Raw, with my Sons. I'd have a field day, pointing out how those hits were choreographed, to my Sons who were hard core believers. On occasion we'd even PPV the Royal Rumble, and other yearly classic shows.
...oh yeah, it was as you put it, "entertaining" and we knew that most of it was staged, but like I said, we watched anyway. ... there are people I have met in my life and people I have read about who insist that the moon landing was "fake", and are strangely enough some of the same people who are equally convinced that wrestling is "real".
So how did we fake the sattelite images of footprints on the moon, landers, science packages and the buggies?
Sure Ron why the hell not? Hey I still watch wrestling Monday night raw. But I'll go you one better as far as boring sports for many people to watch. Being a shooter myself I enjoy watching billiards.
WWF - was ahead of the curve when they publicly stated years ago they were an Entertainment entity. Great classic larger than life characters from the 80s and 90s. I recall in one of their Wrestlemanias, "Giant Gonzalez"... the guy seemed to be 8 foot tall! Rowdy Roddy Piper's Pit....he would do these outlandish violent "interviews" with other wrestlers...and I remember watching a particular match with Bob Backlund actually doing pushups outside the ring in "preparation" for an upcoming match with one of the participants while the match was taking place. Must've been doing pushups for 20 minutes or so...lol.... good stuff.
And they sell out everywhere. I also read that they are among the elite as far as doing for the military. Its a fun & wonderful org.
Yep I still smile and chuckle when I think about some of the stunts and things (20-30 yrs ago) they used to do. One classic "match" involved Hulk Hogan with two referees who were twins. One was the "legitimate" one who was on the up and up....so, during the match while Hogan turned his back playing to the crowd, the bad guys switched refs and put in a crooked ref they had paid off. The match resumed and the crooked ref counted out Hulk with a VERY QUICK count.....so Hogan gets off the mat flabbergasted and the crowd tells him what happened....Hulk's eyes light up with anger as he rubs his fingers together making the money gesture....he then picks up the terrified ref over his head and throws him into the crowd.
Yes, very strong stuntmen/athletes/actors. Its sort of like a mixture of Off Broadway, Soap Opera and Wrestling/Street Fighting. Just what we needed to hold our attention - lmao It has its place, always did way back when....it grew tremendously during the 80s. I don't watch it as much as I used to in the old WWF days, but I found it to be very entertaining and fun.
The Ravens will get into the playoffs and face the stinkin Patriots again. The Orioles will get into the playoffs and lose to the Yankees. Every Browns fan will seek therapy. Every Knicks player will be overpaid and be subjected to incredible media cruelty. Bruce Jensen will come back as a "figure" skater.
>This could go somewhere .......I'm an Orioles fan and expect a good thrashing from the Yankees once again.
