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Originally Posted by The Unabomber
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.
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Wrestling is a sport. Greco-Roman wrestling is a sport in the Olympics; how much more sporting can you get than that? the WWE is
sports entertainment, which is clearly obvious. The WWE does not speak for a large section of the pro wrestling industry itself, it is simply the dominant American brand. Again, go watch NOAH, All Japan, or ROH.
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Originally Posted by The Unabomber
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?
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Wrestling is an art that takes years to perfect too, what's your point? Chris Benoit started wrestling in his teenage years, and didn't become World Champion until he was 38 - that means he spent over 20 years of his career honing his craft. This isn't any different. And guys like Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, Sylvester Terkay, Bobby Lashley, Ken Shamrock, William Regal, Dan Severn, Steve Blackman, and countless others are all testament that wrestlers also come from different backgrounds.
Linda MacMahon was in the media today too, and clearly explained that there is a 3-strikes and you're out rule with the WWE Wellness Policy. Go back to one of my previous posts, and you will see a few examples of wrestlers in the last two years who have been punished for abuse. Chris Masters, Joey Mercury, and Randy Orton are to name a few.
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Originally Posted by The Unabomber
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?
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Brock has had one MMA match, Kurt hasn't even stepped in the octagon yet. Brock left the WWE because he wanted to pursue other opportunities, such as try out for (and subsequently fail) the Minnesota Vikings. Kurt Angle so far, is all talk about MMA. Until he gets in the ring, it's all just talk, and unfortunately an otherwise good wrestler is running his mouth before proving he can win in MMA, a completely different sport.
You are also asking the wrong question with regards to deaths in MMA and WWE. First of all, barbarism implies
in-ring deaths, which in the WWE, I cannot recall any in-ring deaths in the last two decades except for the tragedy of Owen Hart, and that wasn't even during an actual match. If you are taking about life outside the ring, then yes - there is a problem with premature deaths, I can admit that. MMA has standards that I'm glad are implemented to prevent deaths, but you cannot imply that the WWE has far more deaths than MMA because its in a completely different context.