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Post by bjboston on Feb 4, 2011 8:35:27 GMT -5
Like Edge, I also tell them I have a broken neck. It confuses them into silence.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 8:39:27 GMT -5
I'm nearly 30 and a 10 year old found out that I liked wrestling and guess what I got - yep, "You know wrestling's fake right?"
And I went, "Oh man, are you serious - I bet you're going to tell me Santa Claus is fake too?"
Then I realized he was ten and said, "I mean, yeah Santa's real, but wrestling's fake."
I think I just spoiled that kids childhood.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Feb 4, 2011 8:47:41 GMT -5
It doesn't happen often, and when it does, someone's asking me if I know it's fixed. My usual response is "Oh yeah, I found that out when I was seven", which is true.
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Post by bwolvert on Feb 4, 2011 8:48:00 GMT -5
I usually point to my left ear, that has a scar on it from being hit with a belt during a show and ask them if that looks fake to them.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Feb 4, 2011 9:17:05 GMT -5
Easy. Just use the Cobra on them.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Feb 4, 2011 9:26:17 GMT -5
It's funny because one of my friend's dad thinks that the NBA is fake, and that all the results are predetermined. Then when that ref Tim Donaghy came out and said as much, he had "proof" so now if he hears me and my friend discussing the NBA, he interrupts us saying "you know all that is fake, right." He doesn't want to listen to any discussion of NBA basketball at all. So it isn't just relegated to wrestling. The funny thing is he still will tell us the story about being at the Mid South Coliseum the first time Lawler and Andy Kaufman faced off.
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Post by TheDarkestKnight on Feb 4, 2011 9:32:20 GMT -5
I just tell them that the results may be pre-determined but moves still hurt. Also point out the severe injuries wrestlers get then ask them if they think it's so easy and fake now.
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Post by 2 Cold Scorkum on Feb 4, 2011 10:08:17 GMT -5
I won't say anything and go back home to whine about it on the Internet to people who TRULY UNDERSTAND ME.
As a whole ,wrestling fans can be really insecure about this stuff...
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Post by cory16154 on Feb 4, 2011 10:12:10 GMT -5
i just say so are all those shows you watch on t.v.
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Post by Matt Rogers on Feb 4, 2011 10:14:05 GMT -5
I demand to know why there would be champions and stuff if it was fake.
You don't get champions in fake sports.
Thus it's real.
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Post by generationxero on Feb 4, 2011 10:30:44 GMT -5
Douche: "Wrestling's fake dude."
Me: "Ok then, let me show you this one move called The Pedigree."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 10:39:15 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan on Feb 4, 2011 10:40:46 GMT -5
My response is to shrug. I just don't particularly care how non-fans view wrestling.
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Post by Brainbustaaah! on Feb 4, 2011 10:56:09 GMT -5
Well, considering I just had my father curse me out the other day for lying to him about being on here...and that he practically pleaded me to be interested in ANYTHING else but wrestling...I don't know. Maybe "I know, but so are Jackie Chan's movies, and I still watch those."
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Post by namso on Feb 4, 2011 11:01:55 GMT -5
Douche: "Wrestling's fake dude." Me: "Ok then, let me show you this one move called The Pedigree." just bend down, hold ur arms out for me, and jump when i jump.
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Post by Next Level was WRONG on Feb 4, 2011 11:23:26 GMT -5
"Well, of course, I wouldn't watch it if it was real."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 11:25:45 GMT -5
I just tell 'em. "I know. It's just not on the level."
By "not on the level", I'm making the point that wrestling does feature some form of athleticism, but its set up so that it is all progressed to avoid injury to the wrestlers along with a bigger incentive of using storylines to exaggerate personalities without needing to bore the unenlightened for five minutes.
Besides, I'm a bad orator.
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Post by Burst on Feb 4, 2011 11:37:50 GMT -5
"You know Lost is fake too, right? You know they're not really on an island?"
"You know Glee is fake. They're not actually high school students, they're actors and actresses dressed up like them on a soundstage that looks like a high school!"
"You know MASH was fake, too. The Korean War wasn't eleven years long!"
Seriously though, this is exactly as annoying as people that still think that all anime = hentai, that all fantasy is Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, or God forbid, Twilight, and that the instant you turn 18 you're only allowed to like "real" things, like football, MMA, and football. Not that pussy kiddy stuff.
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Post by Brick Killed a Guy on Feb 4, 2011 11:40:29 GMT -5
I remember watching a Ric Flair match on RAW one time when I was in college, and the announcers were talking about Flair's strategy against a bigger man.
My roommate was reading a book, heard that, and said, "why the hell are they talking about strategy? It's all fake anyway."
Me: "Ever watched a sports movie?"
Him: "Yeah, lots of them."
Me: "How entertaining would it be if the star quarterback got in the huddle and said, 'okay guys let's pretend like we're running a play where you run even though it's really your stunt double. then you'll get in the end zone and pretend like you just won a game that never really happened. Then we can all go and celebrate pretending to be football players. ready? break!'"
Him: (silence)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 11:41:11 GMT -5
"You know Lost is fake too, right? You know they're not really on an island?" "You know Glee is fake. They're not actually high school students, they're actors and actresses dressed up like them on a soundstage that looks like a high school!" "You know MASH was fake, too. The Korean War wasn't eleven years long!" Seriously though, this is exactly as annoying as people that still think that all anime = hentai, that all fantasy is Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, or God forbid, Twilight, and that the instant you turn 18 you're only allowed to like "real" things, like football, MMA, and football. Not that pussy kiddy stuff. You have a great point there. I mean, I'm 21 and I'm more apt to buy "E-Rated" games than mature titles like "God of War" or "Grand Theft Auto". It does bug me when some people like to brag about how something's "fake" while they follow something else that's "fake" like the gospel without really understanding that what they are enjoying is also "fake". A lot of "fakes" right there, but come on.
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