Fans interviewed at Wrestlemania 1 on wrestling being fake

[ChitownKnight]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=PReNJHexNlw


Dope ass video and very heartwarming to me. I loved the kids even owning the guy. It made me realize that we shouldn’t be embarrassed to say we enjoy wrestling.

[Jumpin' Jesse Walsh]

This is incredible.

Little Frank ate that journalist UP.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Loved that, loved how every person had a good answer for him, even the guys who wouldn't say it was fixed or fake bringing up how much you'd need to go through to do it.

Also yes, Frank for HOF

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

The reporter is dressed like Inspector Gadget.

[thecrusherwi]

I've never understood why wrestling gets singled out like this. Lets send a reporter to the theatre "Listen you IDIOTS - Star Wars isn't real. There isn't any Force. Why do you care what happens in this film you MORONS?"

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Mar 9, 2022 11:40:17 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

I've never understood why wrestling gets singled out like this. Lets send a reporter to the theatre "Listen you IDIOTS - Star Wars isn't real. There isn't any Force. Why do you care what happens in this film you MORONS?"

I can get it a bit, after all "protecting the business" was such a big deal for the boys for a long time, you didn't get Harrison Ford on shows acting like he actually WAS Han Solo.

The wrestlers acted like it was a big con, so clearly the fans were dopes being conned.

[thecrusherwi]

Mar 9, 2022 12:09:48 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

Mar 9, 2022 11:40:17 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

I've never understood why wrestling gets singled out like this. Lets send a reporter to the theatre "Listen you IDIOTS - Star Wars isn't real. There isn't any Force. Why do you care what happens in this film you MORONS?"

I can get it a bit, after all "protecting the business" was such a big deal for the boys for a long time, you didn't get Harrison Ford on shows acting like he actually WAS Han Solo.

The wrestlers acted like it was a big con, so clearly the fans were dopes being conned.

Fair point. I guess I can understand that attitude more in the 80s. You don't see it as much today, but now it makes even less sense since the business is so much more open. I recently had someone rant to me about how stupid wrestling was for being fake literally minutes before telling me about how he intended to go to some -Con as some Anime character.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Mar 9, 2022 14:55:38 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Mar 9, 2022 12:09:48 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

I can get it a bit, after all "protecting the business" was such a big deal for the boys for a long time, you didn't get Harrison Ford on shows acting like he actually WAS Han Solo.

The wrestlers acted like it was a big con, so clearly the fans were dopes being conned.

Fair point. I guess I can understand that attitude more in the 80s. You don't see it as much today, but now it makes even less sense since the business is so much more open. I recently had someone rant to me about how stupid wrestling was for being fake literally minutes before telling me about how he intended to go to some -Con as some Anime character.

Oh yeah, these days it's beyond dumb.

[sungod2020]

Mar 8, 2022 12:40:50 GMT -5 Jumpin' Jesse Walsh said:

This is incredible.

Little Frank ate that journalist UP.

"If it's fake, why aren't you doing it?" Classic.

[corndog]

Mar 9, 2022 12:09:48 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

Mar 9, 2022 11:40:17 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

I've never understood why wrestling gets singled out like this. Lets send a reporter to the theatre "Listen you IDIOTS - Star Wars isn't real. There isn't any Force. Why do you care what happens in this film you MORONS?"

I can get it a bit, after all "protecting the business" was such a big deal for the boys for a long time, you didn't get Harrison Ford on shows acting like he actually WAS Han Solo.

The wrestlers acted like it was a big con, so clearly the fans were dopes being conned.

Yeah, it made some sense since they were still trying to "protect" the business. But it's obvious here, most people knew it was a work and entertainment. It would be interesting to see this same thing done at Starrcade around this time and if the southern fans still believed.

[sungod2020]

Mar 11, 2022 11:28:04 GMT -5 corndog said:

Mar 9, 2022 12:09:48 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

I can get it a bit, after all "protecting the business" was such a big deal for the boys for a long time, you didn't get Harrison Ford on shows acting like he actually WAS Han Solo.

The wrestlers acted like it was a big con, so clearly the fans were dopes being conned.

Yeah, it made some sense since they were still trying to "protect" the business. But it's obvious here, most people knew it was a work and entertainment. It would be interesting to see this same thing done at Starrcade around this time and if the southern fans still believed.

What also dosen't add up is when ultra-hated heels needed to be escorted to the ring by police during their entrances for fear of their safety. Also, those fans who made death threats and even acted on it(such as stabbing and throwing acid on "Classie" Freddie Blassie) weren't all from the South. Some incidents occurred in New York.

The problem with all this is, this has happened after the cat was out of the bag. It was even made fun of in the media for it's fakeness. It made the wrestlers who clinged onto kayfabe looked real stupid such as Grizzly Smith kayfabing his children(see Dark Side of The Ring) or Captain Lou Albano debating a newscaster over wheather or not wrestling is predetermined(WWF maybe mixed, but not NWA), all with a straight face mind you. 

With the former I can understand keeping the illusion from the fans(such as keeping faces and heels separate from each other), but your own family is just straight up pathological. 

[johnnyk9]

Wow this is cool

[thegatewaydrug]

Mar 8, 2022 12:40:50 GMT -5 Jumpin' Jesse Walsh said:

This is incredible.

Little Frank ate that journalist UP.

Frank got him!