The Miz?

[jtex316]

I like how MikeO is the first to point out that ppl who watch wrestling "have issues" yet he has more posts and more insight into wrestling than anyone else up to this point.

#busted

[MikeO]

I like how MikeO is the first to point out that ppl who watch wrestling "have issues" yet he has more posts and more insight into wrestling than anyone else up to this point.

#busted

What insight?? I said its fake, they take steroids and most of the guys drop dead in their 30's. The fake thing any 5 year old knows. And when the guys drop dead its always pointed out in the newspaper.  And the steroids thing you don't need to watch it on TV to know.

Not much insight there really!! Im just stating the obvious.

[Frimp]

Everyone who likes it knows its fake, and to be honest, they wouldnt have it any other way. To say that anyone who likes it has issues is telling, considering most of his posts. If you disagree with Mighty Mike, you have issues.

I guess the star players on every football and basketball team have issues because they are always pointed out when they are at the WWE events. I guess people who watch movies and TV shows have issues too because that is fake.

Just because people like something that you don't like doesnt mean there is anything wrong with them, Mike.

[MikeO]

Just because people like something that you don't like doesnt mean there is anything wrong with them, Mike.

Sure it does. There are a bunch of examples of that in life, but I won't get into it.  Not worth the time. If you want to watch grown men in their underwear and hot oil rub up against each other and play make believe fight....go for it! Who am I to judge!!!

The sad part is our owner Stephen Ross is now in bed with McMahon and is bringing that wrestlefest thingy to Sun Life Stadium next year. Way to associate yourself with a class organization Ross. 

[Frimp]

Sure it does. There are a bunch of examples of that in life, but I won't get into it.  Not worth the time. If you want to watch grown men in their underwear and hot oil rub up against each other and play make believe fight....go for it! Who am I to judge!!!

The sad part is our owner Stephen Ross is now in bed with McMahon and is bringing that wrestlefest thingy to Sun Life Stadium next year. Way to associate yourself with a class organization Ross. 

So, you are the standard on which everything is to be judged? Ok. Got it. Start a thread so we can all see if we measure up to your greatness. 

As for Wrestlemania being held at Sun Life, do you realize how much money that will bring into South Florida?

[EDGECRUSHER]

I don't know about them not being athletes. Aside from very few freakshows, the industry is filled with athletic people who have to be in peak physical condition to do what they do.

If you want to say they aren't athletes because it isn't a sport, I can understand though.

[Pappy13]

If you want to say they aren't athletes because it isn't a sport, I can understand though.

Just for clarification I didn't say they weren't athletes because it isn't a sport, I said they weren't athletes because I don't believe they are competing against each other.

[CF DolFan]

Just for clarification I didn't say they weren't athletes because it isn't a sport, I said they weren't athletes because I don't believe they are competing against each other.

If competing were to be the desired method for determining athletes then people who played chess would be athletes.
I think we can all agree that playing chess does not make one an athlete. On that same note there is a lady in my neighborhood who runs/bikes all the time and appears to be in phenomenal shape. She doesn't compete but I'd say she was definitely an athlete.

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

Question - to be answered in a yes or no fashion.  Please do not add commentary.  Click "quote" and answer this question with a "yes" or a "no."

Does professional wrestling require athletic ability, conditioning and skill that the general population does not possess?

Yes

[Phishfan]

On that same note there is a lady in my neighborhood who runs/bikes all the time and appears to be in phenomenal shape. She doesn't compete but I'd say she was definitely an athlete.

As a friend of mine likes to say, "She sounds hot."

[Sunstroke]

Question - to be answered in a yes or no fashion.  Please do not add commentary.  Click "quote" and answer this question with a "yes" or a "no."

Does professional wrestling require athletic ability, conditioning and skill that the general population does not possess?

Shame on you for asking such a pointed question in order to get a desired response...  Substitute "professional wrestling" in that sentence with "dock workers" or "rodeo clowns" and tell me that you can't get the same response for those as well.  Neither one of those two occupations qualify as "athletes."

I'd call professional fake wrestlers "non-athlete" actors who get paid to be musclebound behemoths in order to better portray the characters they are asked to play.

[Pappy13]

If competing were to be the desired method for determining athletes then people who played chess would be athletes.
I think we can all agree that playing chess does not make one an athlete.

I didn't say it was the ONLY determining factor.

On that same note there is a lady in my neighborhood who runs/bikes all the time and appears to be in phenomenal shape. She doesn't compete but I'd say she was definitely an athlete.

I would disagree, I would say she is athletic, but not an athlete, which means she is fit enough to compete, but doesn't.

[Pappy13]

Does professional wrestling require athletic ability, conditioning and skill that the general population does not possess?

No - it doesn't REQUIRE it.

[MikeO]

as a kid I remember a bunch of fat professional wrestlers who had not one ounce of athletic ability. So I would say NO!