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ohiosmith

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6. But you know better now. Right?

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 22, 2011, 02:26 PM

Dec 2011

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Once and for all! Here and now! Is professional wrestling fake? [View all] ohiosmith Dec 2011 OP

Maddog Vachon also looks like Andre the Giant and Vern Gagne Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #1

NO! But you are right about the guys in the ring. ohiosmith Dec 2011 #3

oohh! Mad Dog Vachon!!! geardaddy Dec 2011 #2

The golden age. ohiosmith Dec 2011 #5

When I was 11 in 1969 I didn't think so ! steve2470 Dec 2011 #4

But you know better now. Right? ohiosmith Dec 2011 #6

yes lol nt steve2470 Dec 2011 #7

Good! ohiosmith Dec 2011 #8

John Stossel found out the answer to that question the hard way Major Nikon Dec 2011 #9

Love it. ohiosmith Dec 2011 #10

My favorite John Stossel segment ever. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #54

It is scripted, but the athleticism is real. hifiguy Dec 2011 #11

NOOOOO! ohiosmith Dec 2011 #12

I tend to think of it as cheneyschernobyl Dec 2011 #50

My Dad let me believe in Santa Claus for as long as I was willing to but OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #13

So, are you saying Santa is fake? ohiosmith Dec 2011 #14

I never said I was unwilling yet OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #23

I don't have to tell Chuck. He knows. He's omnipresent man. ohiosmith Dec 2011 #28

Oh Shi......! OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #36

Two words: nolabear Dec 2011 #15

I've seen several of them, Hayabusa Dec 2011 #21

Yeah, that feud was a thing of beauty cemaphonic Dec 2011 #29

Amen. Hayabusa Dec 2011 #34

Fake. HappyMe Dec 2011 #16

Our son has been a worker.. Tikki Dec 2011 #17

Indeed. hifiguy Dec 2011 #18

How did it get to be that way? Lionel Mandrake Dec 2011 #19

I prefer it Hayabusa Dec 2011 #22

Oddly, it didn't really develop from high school and collegiate/olypmic wrestling cemaphonic Dec 2011 #31

That's a very interesting history lesson. Lionel Mandrake Dec 2011 #41

Rehersed bigwillq Dec 2011 #20

Nuh uh! ohiosmith Dec 2011 #37

Who cares if it's real, I love it! RueVoltaire Dec 2011 #24

Rowdy Roddy. ohiosmith Dec 2011 #38

I love THEY LIVE! He is awesome in that! RueVoltaire Dec 2011 #39

Andy Kaufman invented it. Ever see "Man on the Moon"? HopeHoops Dec 2011 #25

Great movie. ohiosmith Dec 2011 #43

Jim Carrey said Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lewis were the inspiration for what he is. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #45

Professional wrestling is just as real - or fake - as any other theater performance. baldguy Dec 2011 #26

They're not acting. They're not! ohiosmith Dec 2011 #52

My husband watches it. zanana1 Dec 2011 #27

Performance just like a soap opera with better set ups SecurityManager Dec 2011 #30

I've seen clips Hayabusa Dec 2011 #32

About as fake as the last orgasm I had LynneSin Dec 2011 #33

So you think it's real? n/t retread Dec 2011 #42

I have no response to that. ohiosmith Dec 2011 #44

Most people don't LynneSin Dec 2011 #53

Even though your orgasm was fake UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #55

Even if it's fake, it still shows great athleticism. arbusto_baboso Dec 2011 #35

Just came back to give this thread a rec for RueVoltaire Dec 2011 #40

My pleasure RueVoltaire. ohiosmith Dec 2011 #47

the injuries are not fake madrchsod Dec 2011 #46

Anyone who thinks so is a "Pencil-Neck Geek". n/t cherokeeprogressive Dec 2011 #48

roller derby? irisblue Dec 2011 #49

No slay Dec 2011 #51