Why can wrestler’s compete well into their 40s and sometimes 50s and stay in great shape and perform crazy stunts but actual professional athletes rarely play into their even late 30s?

Question

Please don’t just tell me because wrestling is fake because a quick Google search on wrestler’s injuries and you’ll see that it’s definitely not fake all the time and is very dangerous.

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Answer 1

Yes it is fake.

Gawd these comments. “Performers”. “Not necessarily fake”. “Might cause injuries”.

You’re splitting hairs if you think otherwise.

They’re not professional athletes when they do WWE. They’re actors, it’s so obvious. Yes they get hurt and some really bad. People get hurt on TV shows all the time due to human error or whatever. But it’s not real wrestling, it’s performance drama wrestling. Much of it is heavily prepped, acted out, well calculated and dramatized.

However, many of them have done competitive wrestling. Grecko Roman, straight collegiate, freestyle, olympic, etc. I’ve seen Kurt Angle compete in Olympic wrestling and it’s different as hell. You can stay strong and jacked well into 70s+ like all those big named wrestlers, but you will not compete in competitive wrestling at that age.