Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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Well worth a binge watch, regardless of whether you thought wrestling was real, fake or a load of old bullshit.
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[Other Sport] Mr McMahon series on Netflix
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Well worth a binge watch, regardless of whether you thought wrestling was real, fake or a load of old bullshit.
The Clamp
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Well, it’s not a question of thought or opinion, wrestling is fake as f***. Who would think anything else?
I watched this documentary despite having zero interest in this “sport” / form of entertainment.
It was okay. The overriding thought I got was “how can adults. Actual male adults be into this”?
Over muscled numbskulls running around in their pants, rubbing themselves all over each other, gurning and screaming into the camera and playing fake characters. How could anyone stand this?
It’s just noisy, homoerotic, nonsense.
And that Mr.McMahon?
What he got women, including his own daughter to do was frankly, disgusting. It is revolting now and it was revolting then.
A toxic mess.
I watched this documentary despite having zero interest in this “sport” / form of entertainment.
It was okay. The overriding thought I got was “how can adults. Actual male adults be into this”?
Over muscled numbskulls running around in their pants, rubbing themselves all over each other, gurning and screaming into the camera and playing fake characters. How could anyone stand this?
It’s just noisy, homoerotic, nonsense.
And that Mr.McMahon?
What he got women, including his own daughter to do was frankly, disgusting. It is revolting now and it was revolting then.
A toxic mess.
All of this.
The only good thing to come out of wrestling is the film ‘The Wrestler’.
- Nov 15, 2006
- 4,735
I got my fill of wrestling in the days of Mick McManus, Jackie Pallo, Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks back in the day on tv before the football results thanks. Fixed rubbish for old women with hand bags in the front row. 
I’d rather binge watch Michel Roux jr cookery programmes, the self important twat
I’d rather binge watch Michel Roux jr cookery programmes, the self important twat
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Withdean South Stand
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- Mar 2, 2014
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I caught some of this the other day when they were talking about the fella dropped from the roof, who died in the ring and then the show carried on. Despite the deceased's blood still being all over the canvas. What on earth is that about? Genuinely quite shocking. The whole wrestling thing totally passed me by as it was obviously nonsense, over-scripted and underwhelming "action". Total rubbish.
Surely it's not a question of whether you think it's real or fake. Feel sorry for anyone that thinks it's real! It's entertainment for some but if it were a real sport there would be countless penalties for match fixing.
The Fits
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- Jun 29, 2020
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Some of these are worth a watch. Very f***ed up people. https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/dark-side-of-the-ring
- Oct 17, 2008
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Makes me laugh when people say “it’s fake!” - yeah, it’s pre-determined. That’s why it’s entertaining. It used to be real, back in the carnival and fairground days, but they discovered a) they could fix the matches and rig the betting and b) it’s a lot more entertaining to have an exciting match. Try watching bad MMA with two grapplers, it’s dull as dishwater.
Everyone who watched/watches professional wrestling knows it’s a show, it’s not some amazing forbidden knowledge you have that fans don’t. Fans generally know a lot more about how it works than uppity “you know it’s fake, right?” try-hards.
As for the show, I’ll quote my thoughts from the wrestling thread:
Everyone who watched/watches professional wrestling knows it’s a show, it’s not some amazing forbidden knowledge you have that fans don’t. Fans generally know a lot more about how it works than uppity “you know it’s fake, right?” try-hards.
As for the show, I’ll quote my thoughts from the wrestling thread:
albionalex
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You know Eastenders is fake too?
HangletonGull
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- Apr 10, 2023
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So you watched 5/6 episodes of something you ain’t interested in, and then say people who watch it are homoerotic , my overriding thought is you are but of a prick
Danny Dyer seems pretty real to me.
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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I think you've got the wrong end of the stick... think he's saying that about wrestling in general, not the doco. I watched the series and had the same thoughts as @The Clamp about wrestling in general, and Mc Mahon
- Oct 17, 2008
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Perhaps you can explain why non-fans are so desperate to point out it’s “fake”? I’ve just never understood it. Does it confuse people that people know it’s very obviously just a show yet still enjoy it?
BN41Albion
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I don't know, I don't care, I don't think he was so desperate to point that out either really - he just made the point that of course it's fake in response to the op. I just agreed with the rest of the post and thought @HangletonGull got the wrong end of the stick
HangletonGull
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The “non fans” just want to feel superior in the same way they say coronation street or eastenders are rubbish it’s a sense of feeling superior and instead of scrolling past they feel they have to comment
- May 8, 2018
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It ain’t
stewart12
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- Jan 16, 2019
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I can't quite remember who originally said it but someone involved in the industry described it as a "TV show about a sport" which I like as a description.
I enjoy it, I've always enjoyed it and never grown out of that....don't really care what anyone thinks about that
So Trump supporters.
maffew
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Actually after watching this wrestling seems less fake than I thought it was. Yeah it's almost always predetermined who the winner is but occasionally they went into the ring not knowing what the sketch was, and it's not like the whole match was choreographed
Great watch, what a crazy world wrestling was!
Great watch, what a crazy world wrestling was!