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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 22:48:05 GMT -5
So we all know wrestling is dangerous. If you've seen what a wrestling ring looks like when it's put together, a bunch of wooden planks with a laughable cushion put over it, you can agree with that. People dropping each other on their heads is blatantly dangerous.
People being thrown through tables and taking (even protected) swings from a chair on their hands as their protect their heads. It's not nice.
Flip side. Wrestlers obviously know all this and can protect themselves by bumping properly, by not getting hurt by weapons and all that.
So since it's 2015, I figure everyone is pretty clear about what goes on in wrestling whether you wrestle or don't. At least anyone that follows wrestling much.
Could you imagine wrestling STARTING now? Like if pro wrestling didn't exist, could you imagine it today in July 2015 a company starting where people get thrown onto wood planks multiple times a week?
"No It's ok, they've practiced so it doesn't hurt as much"
I'm not saying wrestling should be banned that'd be kinda dumb for someone with 25k+ posts on a wrestling board. It's pretty weird though. IMagine promoting that as a new idea to a network executive trying for a TV deal today.
Vince: "Yeah we're going to have guys pretend to wrestle, like in the NCAA. Except they're going to hurt each other pretty bad. But not like college wrestling, it'll be planned in advance."
Exec: "They're going to hurt each other?"
Vince: "Well not pretty bad I guess I went overboard. But we'll plan who will win. They'll do stuff to each other that really hurts alot though. But we'll try to make it not hurt too much"
Exec: "Not hurt too much?"
Vince: "Yeah see they're going to be doing a bunch of moves on wood but they'll practice before the show by doing more moves on wood"
Exec: "wood?"
Vince: "Yeah I was thinking it would be like a boxing ring except it'll be wood. Then we can toss people onto it and it'll make a good sound"
Exec: "A good sound?"
Vince: "Yeah they'll bounce nicely on wood planks. But we'll put some cushioning on it. Just like a little bit to prevent people from getting bloody. It'll still hurt though"
Exec: "I'll pass"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 23:11:51 GMT -5
By your logic, no contact sport should exist, since, it is very dangerous.
Football is a weirdly shaped ball being thrown from one end of a field to another, while the contestants of the game repeatedly smash into each other and cause grave injuries to one another.
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Post by Clawley Race on Jul 1, 2015 23:15:12 GMT -5
Let's get rid of cars and alcohol too!
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jul 1, 2015 23:15:12 GMT -5
I'm just tryna watch some TV and enjoy it man. I don't need this.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jul 1, 2015 23:16:17 GMT -5
But what will I eat, sleep, and breathe if I don't have DIS BUSINESS?
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Post by Jeff Mangum PI on Jul 1, 2015 23:16:17 GMT -5
I don't watch wrestling, I watch sports-entertainment.
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Post by xCompackx on Jul 1, 2015 23:21:37 GMT -5
Wrestling's probably the safest it's ever been (at least in WWE), so there's no reason it shouldn't exist. The stuff we had to get through to achieve that safety, though? ...Man.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 23:24:53 GMT -5
Don't take offense to me saying it shouldn't exist. I like wrestling or I wouldn't post here.
Just picture a world where wrestling didn't exist, then someone proposing it now.
This isn't some "lets get rid of wrestling" idea. It just popped out as weird to me when I thought about it. It's a bizarre idea. The idea of fake fighting that actually hurts a hell of a lot.
Also good lord if you watch the network, some of those chair blasts to the head are ridiculous. Even if you saw them when they happened and didn't think anything of it, holy shit they just blast each other unprotected with no hands up. Sometimes a bunch of times too.
I'm actually surprised there's only been 1 Chris Benoit.
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Post by sabretooth on Jul 1, 2015 23:30:33 GMT -5
Imagine the first guy who decided to drink the stuff that came out of a cow's udder.
Sorry, what were we talking about?
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jul 1, 2015 23:31:07 GMT -5
Actual human beings have had their actual lives shortened because of professional wrestling.
It really is hard to justify.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 23:31:20 GMT -5
This is a stupid thread bruh
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Post by hassanchop on Jul 1, 2015 23:31:14 GMT -5
Should scripted shows exist?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 23:32:08 GMT -5
Actual human beings have had their actual lives shortened because of professional wrestling. It really is hard to justify. Same for football. Same for hockey, boxing, martial arts, Cirque du Soleil, swimming, eating, smoking, drinking, shall I go on?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 23:33:27 GMT -5
Imagine the first guy who decided to drink the stuff that came out of a cow's udder. Sorry, what were we talking about? I pictured that guy and he looks a lot like Bray Wyatt with a weird grin.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jul 1, 2015 23:34:26 GMT -5
Actual human beings have had their actual lives shortened because of professional wrestling. It really is hard to justify. Same for football. Same for hockey, boxing, martial arts, Cirque du Soleil, swimming, eating, smoking, drinking, shall I go on? Not even considering that some of those things are literally necessary for being alive, either generally or in a specific context, the utilitarian math for wrestling isn't anywhere close than for most of that stuff. Not that a single person dying because of football is any BETTER or that football should necessarily be around either, just that the net amount of joy caused by football is way higher.
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Post by xCompackx on Jul 1, 2015 23:36:45 GMT -5
Actual human beings have had their actual lives shortened because of professional wrestling. It really is hard to justify. Same for football. Same for hockey, boxing, martial arts, Cirque du Soleil, swimming, eating, smoking, drinking, shall I go on? There is a little bit of difference between sports where the main goal isn't to hurt someone, forms of entertainment where things could go wrong (which is anything in life, really), and something like wrestling where the entirety of what physically happens is one wrestler either falling on his back or causing another wrestling to fall on his. Boxing and MMA fit into that too, but hey.
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Post by Georgina's Fancy Water on Jul 1, 2015 23:37:35 GMT -5
She said it was Bootytime? I say that it's RESPECT TIME.
IN THIS BUSINESS WE DON'T JUST THROW PEOPLE ON TO BOARDS. WE RESPECT THESE BOARDS. THESE BOARDS ARE A HOME TO THE BLOOD, SWEAT, RESPECT, TEARS, AND RESPECT OF 1000S OF MEN, WOMEN, CLOWNS, MINOTAURS, AND DEMONS THAT HAVE COMPETED OVER THE YEARS. I ONCE TOUCHED A RING MAT AND I GOT THE SHIVERS, I FELT THE PASSION. THIS WAS MY RINGMAT. THERE ARE MANY RINGMATS LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE WAS MINE.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Jul 1, 2015 23:37:46 GMT -5
Need entertainment: Sit perfectly still and stare directly into a corner. That way you PROBABLY won't die. Fun, huh?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 23:39:07 GMT -5
Actual human beings have had their actual lives shortened because of professional wrestling. It really is hard to justify. Same for football. Same for hockey, boxing, martial arts, Cirque du Soleil, swimming, eating, smoking, drinking, shall I go on? I'm going to go ahead and guess, without researching it, that people that participate in all of those things tend to have a longer life span than WWF/E wrestlers on average. That can't really be proven since that's a lot of stuff to test against wrestlers, but considering how wrestlers seem to have a sub 50% chance of actually reaching age 50? (If they don't now, they sure used to 15-20 years ago) I feel fine with that.
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Post by Georgina's Fancy Water on Jul 1, 2015 23:40:30 GMT -5
Need entertainment: Sit perfectly still and stare directly into a corner. That way you PROBABLY won't die. Fun, huh? Lesnar vs. Goldberg was awesome.
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