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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Wow. I can't believe I'm hearing this. What do you call the millions of people who watch soap operas? or entertainment news shows? or for a different matter, pornography? I can't believe those of you who are berating a cross-section of society that happens to like a particular sport. Particularly a sport where a loyal fan such as myself watches for the pure wrestling and not the dramatics. Chris Benoit was a pure wrestler and good at what he did, and unfortunately I won't get to see him wrestle ever again. If you cannot respect a man who was the best in his chosen profession (and in this case, it's wrestling), then I pity you.
If you ask me, UFC or K1 is far more barbaric and damaging to society than wrestling is, as these guys literally kick the ##### out of each other on a weekly basis FAR MORE than wrestling is broadcast. UFC is shown at least four times a weeks on Spike, and is now getting broadcast on both Sportsnet and The Score. In addition, since the inception of the Ultimate Fighter reality series, they've taken a dramatic approach a la the WWE. All of their feuding they build up on TV between the contestants and the coaches are pure evidence of this. So what I don't understand is why wrestling is receiving the flak it gets, yet UFC is getting a bigger reputation now?
Personally I'd rather see a well-choreographed wrestling match that are there to entertain and please the fans, than two testosterone-jacked meatheads looking to kick the crap out of each other for their own personal agendas. But that's just me.
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Wrestling is not a sports, it's entertainment. A sport is something that is competitive, wrestling isn't that as the matches are decided before they get in the ring. A few major differences between MMA and wrestling is that these guys fight once every 3-6 months, this doesn't take a toll on the body and the personal life like wrestling does as these guys are in the ring and away from family for 11 months of the year, this is also a big reason for steroids.
MMA is an art, it takes years anmd years of training in different martial arts to get to the level of these athletes. Many have backgrounds as college wrestling, world championship Judo, BJJ champions.........as well, UFC tests for steroids and other drugs, the WWE says they do but they aren't sanctioned due to be sports entertainment rather than an actual sport, this is why you see guys like Batista and his cronies running around loking like they have been lifting weights since they were 2 years old. What's the punishment for them getting caught for drug use?
Why would Brock Lesnar decide to go to MMA? He had a good career going in the WWE didn't he? Why has Kurt Angle wanted to go into MMA for the past 3-4 years? As far as the barbaric point of view that you presented, how many deaths have happened in MMA over the past ten years? Now how many deaths in the WWE have we seen in the past ten years?