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Post by themirrorthief on Oct 18, 2017 0:37:29 GMT -5
One of my many jobs is sitting with a mentally challenged man a few nights a week. He loves wrestling and never misses it so I basically have to sit and watch alongside him. It is a very bizarre form of entertainment and I havent quite figured it out yet. I really don't want to put it down because it is pretty funny sometimes. I guess I have watched worse on TV...and yeah, there are tons of total garbage to choose from for the tv addicts. Professional wrestling does seem to be interesting though because it apparently says something about modern society. I suppose it has its roots in the old gladiator games of Ancient Rome, and seeing as how American cultures, religion, etc is a direct descendant of Rome this kinda makes sense. The stunts they do are dangerous obviously so life and limb are truly at risk regardless of intent. However, it seems closer to Shakespheare than anything else? Kinda made for the masses though. Of course the old Bard was awfully popular with the masses back in the day.
I would be interested to read any comments anyone has...help me figure out this strange thing we do All NFL teams combined dont get nearly as many website hits as the WCW gets...its definitely a modern craving.
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Post by BlackHeart on Oct 18, 2017 12:45:28 GMT -5
Well, American wresling (WWE) is obviously show directed from the start. As ex wresler (free style) I watch this form of entertainment for fun in begining, later out of respect of this amazing atleets, and because I have learned much things that I used in sparing back in old days. Its just what it is - entertainment for masses and thats it. It has roots in old Olimpian games, no doubt in gladiator fights, but that could never hapend today, so ve get some form of "this as could've been" in pro wrestling. Nothing to understand specificly, you just love it or dont. If you are some ufc fighter or wrestler, I recomend you to watch John Cena, Batista, or (my favorite) HHH training videos and motivation speach. This guys earn all respect cause they are all great atleets, strong as bull, agile and well trained to perform great moves risking their body and health. Even if it isnt real fights, for all else they earn it. And yes, it has its moment of fun and laughter. If nothing, you'll fall in love with womens wrestling 😍 Explore
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Post by terryallenuk on Oct 18, 2017 13:02:01 GMT -5
Used to have to suffer watching it with the lad on TV when he was young , then when he was older took him to a few shows when the WWE , was WWF in those days , came over here . It was quite an experience and the crowds were wild . Certainly came away with a better appreciation of what the guys , and girls , put into it . Especially The Rock , Austin and HHH.
Terry
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Post by buxom9sorceress on Oct 18, 2017 23:16:50 GMT -5
British wrestling was very entertaining and impressive and fun for me as a 6 yr old girl watching with my grandma and grandad, and my sister. gran shouting at the 'bad' guys, and grandpa telling me all about the wrestlers and their fave moves. we loved to boo the naughty bad guys. i watched it every saturday til at age 12 i got bored with it, when i realised it was mostly pretend fun theatrics. [ but it taught me a lot about men, male bodies, strength, cunning and athletic ability. later, i went on to enjoy a bit of sensual fun gentle naked wrestling roleplay with many of my lovers in bed ] >>>> here is a classic bout between 2 fave guys [ very entertaining - les kellet & brian glover [ actor in kes, alien 3, american werewolf..., etc.] ====
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2017 13:17:57 GMT -5
British wrestling was very entertaining and impressive and fun for me as a 6 yr old girl watching with my grandma and grandad, and my sister. gran shouting at the 'bad' guys, and grandpa telling me all about the wrestlers and their fave moves. we loved to boo the naughty bad guys. i watched it every saturday til at age 12 i got bored with it, when i realised it was mostly pretend fun theatrics. [ but it taught me a lot about men, male bodies, strength, cunning and athletic ability. later, i went on to enjoy a bit of sensual fun gentle naked wrestling roleplay with many of my lovers in bed ] >>>> here is a classic bout between 2 fave guys [ very entertaining - les kellet & brian glover [ actor in kes, alien 3, american werewolf..., etc.] ==== Yeah, I remember the wrestling back in the day with Giant Haystacks, Big Daddy, Kendo Nagasaki and Pat Roach etc. It was good fun and back in those days the football league games were played on a saturday afternoon (way before the rise of Sky Sports) and the latest scores used to come up on screen. I remember Brian Glover as 'Rottweiler' in Bottom with Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson - that was a great series. Of course there's the Pat Roach (Thoth-Amon/Ape) fight-scene in Conan the Destroyer. Thanks Bux.
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Post by buxom9sorceress on Oct 23, 2017 0:40:04 GMT -5
Hi Hun >> another good fun performance by Glover [ 'the wrestler bully' ]... Not On Your Nellie Series 2 Episode 3 Requiem For A Heavyweight great OTT camp old fun. i adore Hylda Baker - wonderful comedy actress, and a little dynamo of zany female power. 'Thankyou very glad'
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Post by andys on Mar 13, 2018 16:52:07 GMT -5
One of my many jobs is sitting with a mentally challenged man a few nights a week. He loves wrestling and never misses it so I basically have to sit and watch alongside him. It is a very bizarre form of entertainment and I havent quite figured it out yet. I really don't want to put it down because it is pretty funny sometimes. I guess I have watched worse on TV...and yeah, there are tons of total garbage to choose from for the tv addicts. Professional wrestling does seem to be interesting though because it apparently says something about modern society. I suppose it has its roots in the old gladiator games of Ancient Rome, and seeing as how American cultures, religion, etc is a direct descendant of Rome this kinda makes sense. The stunts they do are dangerous obviously so life and limb are truly at risk regardless of intent. However, it seems closer to Shakespheare than anything else? Kinda made for the masses though. Of course the old Bard was awfully popular with the masses back in the day. I would be interested to read any comments anyone has...help me figure out this strange thing we do All NFL teams combined dont get nearly as many website hits as the WCW gets...its definitely a modern craving. Ha, I missed this topic before. I watch a lot of wrestling, mostly on the internet instead of TV nowadays (although lately I've been devoting most of my free time to the NBA season). It's silly but I enjoy silly things. I would say on the surface it's just the appeal of larger than life heroes and villains duking it out, nothing more than that. It's live action superheroes. Heroes are referred to as babyfaces and the villains are the heels (tecnicos vs. rudos, if you're watching in Mexico). The heels' job is to do awful things and offend the audience so much that they want to see the babyfaces defeat them in a match. People really get into the characters. I was at a WWE show a few years ago, just a few feet from the wrestlers' walkway and there was a man with his family sitting right on the aisle. This guy was dressed head to toe in John Cena merchandise. After the main event, Cena walked up and hugged the guy and said a few words before moving along. This middle-aged family man was so touched that he started weeping with joy. Maybe that sounds pathetic but it was quite touching really. Say what you will about him, Cena plays the white bread superhero really well. For the more committed fans, there's a deeper layer in that you start watching not just to see the matches but to try and figure out what the matches mean to the performers involved and the company in general. For instance, you might wonder why a babyface who was winning so many matches and looked so strong suddenly lost to a heel with a stale act and no momentum. Did the hero do something wrong backstage, like offend the boss? Is he injured and they need an excuse to yank off TV for a few months? Did the management decide to "cool him off" to see how the crowd might respond to him if he's losing? Etc. To the hardcore fans, this sort of thing is often more interesting than the actual ring action and sometimes is the only reason to watch at all. WWE right now is creatively at a very low ebb and has been for a few years. Losing their primary competition in the U.S. and going public on the stock market has made the company complacent and predictable despite having the most talented roster it's ever had. TV ratings are steadily eroding and ticket sales are very sluggish. I stopped watching Raw a couple of years ago and pretty much just keep up with the monthly PPVs now (and even those usually aren't that good). The best promotion in the world right now is New Japan Pro Wrestling, which features much more dynamic ring action, storylines that are simple but feature consistent continuity and nuanced characters, and an attention to details that you usually don't find in most other countries. There are also some independent companies doing some really good work, such as Ring of Honor (which has a talent exchange agreement with NJPW) and Lucha Underground (which leans more to the fanciful side of the art).
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Post by themirrorthief on Mar 14, 2018 4:27:46 GMT -5
well Im going to see a major event soon...the guy I help out is paying for it all...front row too...I hope they have the girl wrestlers...m such an old horndog should be fun and quite a bit different
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Post by stubbs on Mar 14, 2018 12:46:12 GMT -5
I was in Mexico City the summer before last and went to the Sunday night lucha libre at Arena Mexico. It's a brilliant night out, have a couple of beers boo the bad guys, cheer the good guys, watch people leaping and flipping around like crazy. Unfortunately they're very strict about cameras so I didn't get any good photos.
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Post by themirrorthief on Mar 14, 2018 23:35:03 GMT -5
yeah the old women going off is a hoot
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Post by andys on Mar 15, 2018 12:01:22 GMT -5
yeah the old women going off is a hoot
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Post by themirrorthief on Mar 16, 2018 0:04:49 GMT -5
classic
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Post by andys on Apr 3, 2018 10:28:49 GMT -5
If you've got a half-hour to spare, this video does a pretty nice job explaining the whole wrestling thing:
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Post by megatron on Oct 2, 2018 1:18:13 GMT -5
One of my many jobs is sitting with a mentally challenged man a few nights a week. He loves wrestling and never misses it so I basically have to sit and watch alongside him. It is a very bizarre form of entertainment and I havent quite figured it out yet. I really don't want to put it down because it is pretty funny sometimes. I guess I have watched worse on TV...and yeah, there are tons of total garbage to choose from for the tv addicts. Professional wrestling does seem to be interesting though because it apparently says something about modern society. I suppose it has its roots in the old gladiator games of Ancient Rome, and seeing as how American cultures, religion, etc is a direct descendant of Rome this kinda makes sense. The stunts they do are dangerous obviously so life and limb are truly at risk regardless of intent. However, it seems closer to Shakespheare than anything else? Kinda made for the masses though. Of course the old Bard was awfully popular with the masses back in the day. I would be interested to read any comments anyone has...help me figure out this strange thing we do All NFL teams combined dont get nearly as many website hits as the WCW gets...its definitely a modern craving. Ha, I missed this topic before. I watch a lot of wrestling, mostly on the internet instead of TV nowadays (although lately I've been devoting most of my free time to the NBA season). It's silly but I enjoy silly things. I would say on the surface it's just the appeal of larger than life heroes and villains duking it out, nothing more than that. It's live action superheroes. Heroes are referred to as babyfaces and the villains are the heels (tecnicos vs. rudos, if you're watching in Mexico). The heels' job is to do awful things and offend the audience so much that they want to see the babyfaces defeat them in a match. People really get into the characters. I was at a WWE show a few years ago, just a few feet from the wrestlers' walkway and there was a man with his family sitting right on the aisle. This guy was dressed head to toe in John Cena merchandise. After the main event, Cena walked up and hugged the guy and said a few words before moving along. This middle-aged family man was so touched that he started weeping with joy. Maybe that sounds pathetic but it was quite touching really. Say what you will about him, Cena plays the white bread superhero really well. For the more committed fans, there's a deeper layer in that you start watching not just to see the matches but to try and figure out what the matches mean to the performers involved and the company in general. For instance, you might wonder why a babyface who was winning so many matches and looked so strong suddenly lost to a heel with a stale act and no momentum. Did the hero do something wrong backstage, like offend the boss? Is he injured and they need an excuse to yank off TV for a few months? Did the management decide to "cool him off" to see how the crowd might respond to him if he's losing? Etc. To the hardcore fans, this sort of thing is often more interesting than the actual ring action and sometimes is the only reason to watch at all. WWE right now is creatively at a very low ebb and has been for a few years. Losing their primary competition in the U.S. and going public on the stock market has made the company complacent and predictable despite having the most talented roster it's ever had. TV ratings are steadily eroding and ticket sales are very sluggish. I stopped watching Raw a couple of years ago and pretty much just keep up with the monthly PPVs now (and even those usually aren't that good). The best promotion in the world right now is New Japan Pro Wrestling, which features much more dynamic ring action, storylines that are simple but feature consistent continuity and nuanced characters, and an attention to details that you usually don't find in most other countries. There are also some independent companies doing some really good work, such as Ring of Honor (which has a talent exchange agreement with NJPW) and Lucha Underground (which leans more to the fanciful side of the art). This is a great post and summary. I agree wrasslin' is currently at a very low point in terms of creativity and popularity. It seems to go in cycles... what usually starts off a hot cycle is one or two wrestlers really having high charisma and that "it" factor. Think Hogan, Rock, Austin, Sting, Flair, HHH... these guys have an ability to draw people in to watch and they make everyone around them ultimately more successful. Right now there just isn't anyone who has that "it" factor on the scale that these previous icons had.
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Post by megatron on Oct 2, 2018 1:19:23 GMT -5
yeah the old women going off is a hoot Hollywood Hogan was the best "heel" of all-time. People either loved him or hated him but no matter what they tuned in to watch him. Awwww the good ol' days... nWo 4 Life
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