easley91 wrote:Dan wrote:easley91 wrote:Dan wrote:easley91 wrote:
Seriously though...
Do you know what those guys and girls go through on a daily basis just to entertain people like me, James and the others in the WWE chat thread as well as BILLIONS across the globe? They really do sacrifice their bodies just to entertain people, and I respect them more than footballers for that. I found this comment on a youtube video and I think it explains it really well:
"Wrestling is a Performance. The Story is Made up. the moves are
preplanned. and the winner is chosen ahead of time. Wrestling is Drama.
Like movies and TV shows. However, The sacrifices that go along with
Wrestling are not. The Pain, The broken bones, broken homes, Deaths, etc
happen. They are real people with real lives and no one but the
wrestling fan and the fellow workers seem to get that."
I've always loved this video because what Triple H says at the end is so fucking true and explains it:
That Youtube comment is shit.
"The Pain, The broken bones, broken homes, Deaths, etc
happen. They are real people with real lives and no one but the
wrestling fan and the fellow workers seem to get that."
That could all relate to footballers.
But how many footballers have died at a young age in recent years due to drugs they were forced to take just because they wanted to play football for a living because they loved it so much? I know injuries happen in football and other sports. These wrestlers miss their children growing up, birthdays, Christmases, you name it, just to wrestle. They are on the road 300+ days a year, with no summer break, no winter break no break at all. They push their bodies to the limit year in and year out.
And footballers don't? Playing at the top level is hardly easy? They've got to make a hell of a lot of sacrifices themselves. Sure, they're paid loads, but they've got to deal with the disgusting and obsessive media in this country every single day. People that would willingly make up shit to earn a quick bit of money. There's been players that have killed themselves in recent years. It's not easy either.
And anyone that dies from drug use has no respect from me. I don't care if it was there dream to be a wrestler or not. Nobody forced them to take anything, if they died from it, that's their fault.
Okay I see we're not going to agree on the wrestlers themselves, but I'll tell it from a my point of view and why I love it and will continue to watch it, even when it's shit. I grew up watching it, and it captured me at a young age, then the attitude era came around when I was roughly 7 or 8. While in middle school everyone of my mates watched it and loved it, it was all we spoke about (that and football). As we all grew older, they stopped watching it, and I didn't for the simple fact it was one thing that was a apart of me, and the first time I went to watch wrestling live (2002 I remember as it was Arsenal vs Chelsea FA Cup final with Lovejoy commentating that year I believe if I remember correctly?) I felt like I belonged there. Now throughout the next school I went to (Hazelwick for GCSEs) I was ridiculed for watching wrestling and tried to hide the fact I watched it still most of the time. When I left that school and went on to college everyone I knew and was friends with watched wrestling and again I felt like I belonged and it was right. From that point I decided to no longer hide my love for pro wrestling. I know it's not real, and the moves aren't done properly (well most) but it still entertains me and gets me more emotional at times than most other programmes and even football. I cried my eyes out the night I found out Benoit had died (obviously before everything came out) and cried when Randy Savage passed away recently, and others. The emotion I get from some promos at times cannot be explained. Ric Flair's farewell for example when you could see the tears in his eyes as old friends and 'rivals' came to the ring to say thank you and the fans chanting 'thank you ric!' was a moment I will never forget. Hall of Fame ceremonies are usually where the emotional speeches are made and it is something that cannot be explained. Wrestling takes me away from the real world at times and helps forget about the shit that has happened in my life, I can watch old promos and matches and laugh, smile or cry.
I don't know if others who like wrestling on here feel the same as I do and how I described it, but that is basically just my view on it and why I love it.
Nah, I'm not arsed about why you like it. Just comparing them to footballers just seemed tacky tbh.
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