It wasn't a mistake, it's just been exposed for what it is and has been forced to change.
The top UFC guys can only fight 2 or 3 times a year. To actually fight at that high of a level, you have to be in peak condition and train at a level just short of killing yourself.
That's not a sustainable model for having a champion. People want to see the top guys every week on television, and pro wrestling is the only way to do that.
Before the UFC, and before normal people could learn how to fight, wrestlers were the toughest guys. They'd show up at county fairs and beat the shit out of regular tough guys and that's what put them over with the crowd.
Pro wrestling has it's place, and that place is not to be taken seriously as an athletic contest. Seriously injuring your opponent makes you a shit wrestler, the best guys make it look like they're killing the other guy without hurting him.
It became a work because way way back when people tried to make "pro wrestling" a thing it quickly devolved into incredibly boring mat grappling with matches that went on for hours.
It became a work because way way back when people tried to make "pro wrestling" a thing it quickly devolved into incredibly boring mat grappling with matches that went on for hours.
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1 gifv-bot 2018-04-03
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1 andycumiashow 2018-04-03
/u/GeoffreyArnold
1 GWARscientist 2018-04-03
Good to see Joe Rogan in the ring.
2 breadmoccasin 2018-04-03
"If the first post isn't about Joe Rogan I've lost faith in this place"
"Ahhh"
2 GWARscientist 2018-04-03
Don't worry pal, as long as I'm here this place will stay funny.
1 Nulltor 2018-04-03
I clicked on this just to confirm the inevitable Rogan top comment, and then the equally inevitable reply of 'ffs rogan comment'.
1 HappensHappen 2018-04-03
Sam probably knows exactly who these two are and their record and earned run average or whatever gay statistics resulting fags memorize.
1 Single_Action_Army 2018-04-03
Times tossed
1 Guinness5ft2inches 2018-04-03
Now this I can get behind.
1 IbDotLoyingAwright 2018-04-03
I bet you can
1 DildoRenter 2018-04-03
You said "hard on."
1 IbDotLoyingAwright 2018-04-03
Tsss... Wait, wait...
1 fawwkyeah 2018-04-03
Midget wrestling is awesome, I’d watch it all the time
1 David_Tosk 2018-04-03
"The Rogan"
1 Psych555 2018-04-03
This is not a fair comparison. I would gladly watch midget wrestling. That's just wholesome entertainment.
1 Plastastic 2018-04-03
Why the fuck is this shit popular?
1 rahtin 2018-04-03
You didn't find this a little funny? A tiny bit whimsical?
1 Plastastic 2018-04-03
Pro Wrestling was a mistake.
1 rahtin 2018-04-03
It wasn't a mistake, it's just been exposed for what it is and has been forced to change.
The top UFC guys can only fight 2 or 3 times a year. To actually fight at that high of a level, you have to be in peak condition and train at a level just short of killing yourself.
That's not a sustainable model for having a champion. People want to see the top guys every week on television, and pro wrestling is the only way to do that.
Before the UFC, and before normal people could learn how to fight, wrestlers were the toughest guys. They'd show up at county fairs and beat the shit out of regular tough guys and that's what put them over with the crowd.
Pro wrestling has it's place, and that place is not to be taken seriously as an athletic contest. Seriously injuring your opponent makes you a shit wrestler, the best guys make it look like they're killing the other guy without hurting him.
1 satanssockpuppet 2018-04-03
It became a work because way way back when people tried to make "pro wrestling" a thing it quickly devolved into incredibly boring mat grappling with matches that went on for hours.
1 Billyassman 2018-04-03
A talented lil runt.
1 IbDotLoyingAwright 2018-04-03
I bet you can
1 satanssockpuppet 2018-04-03
It became a work because way way back when people tried to make "pro wrestling" a thing it quickly devolved into incredibly boring mat grappling with matches that went on for hours.