Wrestling is fake. UFC is real.
If you've ever been in a fight, you know there is a reason why UFC has three minute matches. It's A LOT of work. There's no parading around for ten minutes of throwing chairs. It's three minutes of getting your ass handed to you.
VanillaCreme said:
I said nothing of UFC or MMA in general at all. I don't compare the two. I like both. I wouldn't call any athletic work fake though.
Yeah, its not fake in the sense that, yes, they are throwing eachother about, and doing backflips off the top ropes and that, but it is fake in that everything is an act, the way they throw their punches, they aren't really hitting eachother in any meaningful way, they hit eachother with the part of the hand just below the little finger, that meaty edge, or they aim to miss with their punches, not to mention.
All the moves like chokeslams, stunners, rock bottoms, ddt's all that stuff, only work because the other person allows themselves to get thrown about and actually assists with the throw.
When they jump from the top ropes to land on the other person, watch how they land, they dont like aim both knees at the persons chest, like you actually would, they aim to miss.
When they kick eachother, they pull their kicks and the other person moves in time with them to make it look real, and absorb any impact.
When they stagger about like they're seriously injured, that's an act too
It is all basically theater, but they're still pretty talented, because aiming to hit without hitting and aiming to not seriously hurt the person you're pretending to hate takes a lot more control.
But yeah, its fake in that its not real fighting, its all choreographed, all scripted.
But its actually still pretty entertaining.
