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.
* But the answer *is* because it’s fake.
* The moves are rehearsed and the wrestlers are working together to make the impact from these moves much less intense.
* In actual sports the players have to use a lot more energy because they have to react to what the other players are doing.
* In American Football for example, the opposing players are trying their hardest to get you down onto the ground and you’re trying your hardest to out-run or overpower them.
* In wrestling it’s the exact opposite, both wrestlers are working together to make a move happen.
It’s because it’s fake lol, simple as that.
When done properly, there should be minimal injury to each wrestler, and while they can get injured if something is done improperly or by accident, the goal is for both guys to be able to walk out and go home with relatively minimal injury.
The physical exertion is real, but there is little to no actual attempt to injure the other wrestler.
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