I had a feeling there would be a similar comment. I feel the same way. I'm Canadian and lived in Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Nova Scotia. I have studied Canadian, Stampede, Gran Prix, etc. Please hear me out. I just heard it and thought tor awhile. Roderick Toombs (Hot Rod) sentiment is right and he keeps Cool. This doesn't mean he's wrong but this was not a death vs wrestling case. It doesn't belong but it was terrible. OWEN RIP
all respect to owen and wrestling of course but owen is a poor example to bring up. he didn't die because of any real fighting. it's just an emotionally reactive response. far from a best response.
What age did Roddy Piper die at?? He didn't make old bones. And why do you think that was? Steroids. Hypertension is a known side effect of juicing. Unless of course, you're going to tell me he got built that way with creatine and vitamins, like Hulk Hogan.
To quote Mick Foley, "I think if Hulk Hogan were to have wrestled me he would sound more or less like a whiney girl in a porno film saying not so fast and not so hard because he didn't like the contact." 😂
I actually remember that line and it lives rent-free in my head sometimes. I know I shouldn't laugh, but the way he delivered it was so perfect, I can't help but smile.
Foley? That untalented fat guy whos only talent in wrestling was to take the next career ending bump to keep himself relevant? Why would Hogan even bother about that worm
The most important part of that statement is the fact that it was in response to Hulk Hogan talking shit on Mick Foley for no reason at all. Hogan gave an interview basically talking himself up for being so much better and taking better care of himself, and he decided to pick Foley to use as an example of someone not as great. Foley was still plenty professional during his interview, but it was refreshing and well deserved to hear him call out Hogan for being as full of shit as he is.
Calling wrestling fake is an insult to all the wrestlers that have lost their careers to injuries and those that have lost their LIVES in the business.
The media really squandered the Benoit Tragedy by focusing so much on steroids and "roid rage" rather than Benoit's repeated head trauma. It also came out later that Benoit had not been right in the head for a long time, maybe even predating wrestling.
Or maybe he was just pure evil. People like justifying evil acts as mental health issues but the truth that many humans can't seem to comprehend is that some are just pure evil
@@anthonyfaucy2761 Define "evil." I'm no expert on Benoit, but what I've heard suggests he was always a very intense and high-strung perfectionist. He was going to end up a wrestling statistic, whether he took someone with him or not.
@@sebastians.9821 "We didn't know about CTE" is like saying "We didn't know smoking cigarettes is bad for you." Technically true, but there's a certain common sense factor. That repeatedly taking head trauma over two decades is liable to addle your brain shouldn't surprise anyone. CTE studies determined the problem was far more serious and widespread than almost anyone realized. Not only that, but the guy Benoit was perpetually compared to and whom he deliberately modeled his style after was Dynamite Kid - a guy who abused his body so much he was in a wheelchair before he was 40. I'd also suggest that anyone willing to destroy their bodies for performative art the way Benoit and Billington did is inherently not right in the head to begin with.
The most infamous one for me is Dr. D legit smacking that reporter. Yeah we've seen Vader and Orton and all that, but I think Dr. D was the first one to legit go after somebody in a live interview.
@@eldiablo3794 Dr. D was not one to be messed with both in the ring and in real life. If you haven't seen the A&E biography on him, check it out. He's actually a pretty cool dude. He's just no-nonsense
Steroids weren't involved in the Ultimate Warrior's death? He died in his 50s of a heart attack. I think it's fair to say the steroids and cocaine he used in the 1980s likely weakened his heart and contributed to his death.
He was more of a speed user than cocaine. Im not saying I. Any way that it didn't contribute to his early death but his dad and grandpa both died from heart attack and it ran in his family
Man no offense to them at all but some of these reporters and interviewers try act and assume they know everything about the business and what these Wrestlers go through then get all defensive when they get called out.
To me it’s pretty understandable if a WWE or AEW wrestler got mad for being told in an interview that their sport is fake. It’s like being told your job is fake when you obviously had put in all the hard work to get to that point which is why you have to be really careful around professional wrestlers. These guys and gals already know that what they do is for our entertainment but that doesn’t mean they won’t get hurt. Injuries do happen and yet also we’ve had tragic deaths happen in professional wrestling as well. Look no further than to what happened to Owen Hart.
excellent point i legit rooted for DR D when he bitched slapped stossel. you don't put down another mans profession that's just not right. i know how it feels i was a janitor and i know what's it's like to be cut down for what you do for a living i've been there. a janitor is the most disrespected profession of all. look at all the cop shows the villain is always the janitor.
Not to mention they are phenomenal athletes. They put their bodies through hell. Scripted, yes. Fake? Hell no. I have mad respect for them and what they go through for the sake of entertainment.
That dude telling Sheik he would knock him the F out...I would've liked to see him try. Sheik would break his back and make him humble. Love ya, Sheikie Baby! RIP!
@@marklefkowitz4385 First iam 39 years old i look young, that's good for me, and english is not my native language, so i know it is not 100% correct!!.
Different time period plus you just know body builders are on something think there really getting that way from those big over priced tubs of protein power there picture is on the can there smiling because there laughing all the way to the bank. Now far as wrestlers go kids and teenagers are watching this wanting to be like there idol but they don't know there on stuff at least back in the mid 80'searly 90's and the last thing parents want is the kids on that stuff or actually knowing the truth why these people are so big. It's sure as hell not from saying your prayers and taking your vitamins even though that's a wrestling code for steroids.
@@daviddoyle8956do you even know how steroids work? You still need to work out in the gym to get to that size, if they just sat home and took steroids their would be no visible gains, the steroids just gives a boost.
its crazy how everyone was talking about the steriod usage as the main cause for benoit (not to say it didn't play a part) but didn't even try to look at the concussion history or the brain itself. But its another sad story on how we have progressed to looking at situations like that.
CTE wasnt really known about when it happened or was just starting to be studied. What he did put a bigger light on it but early on everyone thought it was the steroids. And he did have an absurd amount of them in his house.
Love hogan's "oh crap" look, when he sees the blood on the back of Belzer's head. Wait, people are saying Kanyon wasn't a good enough wrestler? Seriously?
Kanyon certainly had in-ring talent, but his in-ring style and mic skills may not have translated well to what Vince wanted in WWE. More importantly, Kanyon had injuries and serious mental health problems in WWE. It's telling that after leaving WWE he only had one appearance in TNA, a company that was willing to take almost anyone with WWF or WCW on the resume.
7 Minutes in that woman talking about the Ultimate Warrior and saying his death was due to steroids got me so upset because he died from a hereditary condition not steroids.
They are known to spead up conditions like that, although the media doesn't particularly care as they just want to blame it solely on that and push a narrative. He also probably took growth hormone, which is known to increase the size of the heart. Also the coke lol.
I've heard for many years from non-wrestling fans how "fake' it is. It's NOT fake! It's scripted! There's a difference. The moves are carefully done by highly trained individuals to minimize injuries but injuries still happen. You can't expect a wrestler to do what they do day in and day out for years & not have it put some serious wear & tear on their bodies. Have someone who wasn't trained do those moves. They'd wind up in the hospital real quick.
Scipted IS fake. Thats what people mean, that the outcome is predetermined. Look at it like this: if you took two football teams, and predetermined the winner. Then you had them play a full game at 100% effort, running every play as if the outcome wasnt already known, it would still be called a fake football game. Why, bc it isnt about the plays being real plays, it is about the two entities fighting to determine the winner. THAT is a real competition, and wrestling isnt that. Just bc the moves are high impact, doesnt make it a "real" contest. Ya'll just like Bill Mahar, dont even know what real means.
@Steven-mk4gg Erm, you're assuming matches r scripted out start to finish. Good pro wrestlers disdain that. TV rasslers r LARPing, not faking but not shooting. Like how amateur rasslers play.
@Steven-mk4gg Look at WCCW. Brody shooting on rookie Taker causing injury. Gary Hart said wrestling the Von Erichs was a "friendly street fight." Fritz called finishes and otherwise just threw everyone in the ring. Scripts are indeed boring and cut ALL realism out of a match, WWE is an offender but it's frankly the modern indie-promotion cruiserweight who has made small fry TV shows into 100% scripted dance routines, truly "fake" wrestling w/o real holds, (playful) competition etc, making it just unwatchable IMO.
@@Steven-mk4gg You don't seem to know what "scripted" means. A lot of real things can be scripted or have some sort of script attached to them and that doesn't make them less real.
@BrunodeSouzaLino Name one. Name one, "real" competition, which has a scripted finish. I will wait. Edit: It's ironic that you say I dont know what scripted means.
"10 Wrestlers Who Got Legitimately Pissed In An Interview" who was the "pissed" wrestler in the one with Jericho (the only wrestler involved) standing around laughing?? none of them on the howard stern show seemed pissed, except for The Iron Sheik. but the best answer i always go with for "is it fake?" well, no, it's scripted, the action is real, the storylines are written, who wins and loses is planned (normally) but it's done LIVE in front of a crowd of thousands, and in some cases broadcast live to millions, how do you fake fall?? fake jump off a ladder? also if fake meant you shouldn't watch it, tv, movies, video games, and youtube would all be doomed.. and we'd all be bored.
When people say "fake", they mean it's pre-determined who wins and loses. And they also mean it's not like combat sports in that the contestants are trying to inflict as much pain/damage as possible. We all know it takes toughness and skill and stamina to wrestle. It's just a misderstanding over the word "fake"
I feel professional wrestling is choreograph and scripted but still I feel the action in the ring is real. If wrestling is fake, why would the wrestlers get hurt? The way I see it, when the wrestlers get hurt, it is the real deal. It is a lot to it, much we do not see, but I feel the wrestlers have to be in top shape and train continuously and know how to take body blows and protect your body.
They are trained professionals so they are not gonna completely knock someone out with a punch if they can make a good looking punch without doing so but they are definitely still wrestling
The media has ALWAYS hated and looked down on wrestling. They think they're "too good" for it. I don't even know why talent agree to go on these shows, especially in the 90s and 2000s.
It is all “fake” until the wrestler smacks some fan with a big mouth. Then the fan sues the wrestler, claiming they were attacked by a professional athlete.
I still remember when I was a kid, my sister was mad she had to go to a car show with me and my dad, and was teasing me that wrestling was fake. I met Scott Steiner that day and asked if wrestling was really fake and the look of pure anger in his eyes I remember to this day lol
Depends how you define "fake." It's more real than TV or movies, since most of the time there aren't reshoots or stunt doubles or special effects. It doesn't help we now have something called "reality TV" that is fake.
@@jliller the moves hurt which is real, but the items used are not always what they seem, the action is called by the wrestlers, fake banners are waved, sound effects and noises are pumped in, moves are sold, plenty of it is fake
You watch you tube get stuck with an ad to disrupt what your watching to get back to the video for the channel to push more ads! Pretty soon it's gonna all just be 1 big fkn ad no videos!
As a wrestling fan, it's incredibly insulting when people find out I enjoy watching wrestling and the inevitable remark is "You know wrestling's fake right? As if all the movies and TV shows people enjoy are 100% Gospel. I could only imagine how much more irritating it is to hear it as a wrestler.
I remember being a kid a jumping off shit trying to copy them, and you know what, we got hurt haha going the distance later and trying the chair shots were brutal, I’ve fallen but not off stuff night after night during matches it’s insane.
If someone doesnt like wrestling and they think its weird, its natural for them to call it fake. You can call it scripted, but basically only the outcome is scripted. Punches mostly aren't landing, moves like piledrivers aren't actually connecting, wrestlers throw themselves across the ring, how do you easily describe all of that? Its FAKE. Even Kurt Angle has said the WWE title is fake compared to his gold medal. At this point in 2023 its crazy to me that people still get offended by the word.
the whole steroid thing is such bs. These guys are on benzos and super stress, no break, in pain 24/7. Plus like every person they have other issues, there are guys that have never taken a steroid and has done worse things to their families and women also.
The chris benoit accident was a result to head trauma from his matches depression from eddies death and his rivalry with kevin sulivan who was married to nancy befofe chris and their real heat.
We all know it's not actual fighting it's predetermined not fake by any means like Undertaker once said " it's real enough for me to have 12 surgeries" so yeah calling Pro Wrestling fake is an insult Wrestlers have died Wrestlers have been paralyzed multiple broken bones multiple surgeries Kurt Angle, Stone Cold, Mick Foley, Triple H , Undertaker too many to name remember a guy named Droz ? Paralyzed from the neck down and when that interviewer said it's fake Undertaker was like fuck this guy I'll let Vader handle this
12:37 Daytime TV Host: “I didn’t give him permission to cut me, I didn’t have to be hospitalised” I should think not! He would’ve been laughed out of A&E if he had gone to the hospital for a small cut on his forehead from a fork! I’ve seen wrestlers with far worse blade jobs in a match and have either gone to the bar or traveled on to the next city/town, with only a few wrestlers who have had to go to the hospital like Eddie Guerrero when he cut too deep and cut an artery in his match with JBL (Bull rope match I believe) and he nearly collapsed backstage due to blood loss. Eddie Guerrero needed a blood transfer and even though he either did or nearly collapsed backstage he didn’t want to go to the hospital but he was told that he needed to go to the hospital. And this guy gets a small cut (I’ve seen the full video) with a small amount of blood and he say luckily he didn’t need to go to the hospital what a pussy! 🐱 😂😂😂
Wrestlers are some of the toughest people on the planet, especially old school guys, I have never watched it, or cared about it because I think it stupid, and it is obviously fake. All of those can be true at the same time. I absolutely admire their toughness, heart, skill, charisma, entertaintaining product, hard work, and fun of all wrestlers, and they are amazing. But that doesn't mean you get to start beating people up or slapping them merely for speaking the truth and calling it fake. Wrestling fans seemed to think it was "cool" when John Stossel got slapped and beaten up by someone twice as big as him. That said, to blame all wrestling for every bad thing or premature death is the typical stupidity of the legacy media. Just because I don't like it that doesn't mean I have a right to ban it. I admire Costas for actually asking the tough questions and everything he said about wrestling being something I don't want to expose my children to. BUT, that's me personally. I also think the Kansas City Chiefs, abortion and socialism are evil and dangerous. That certainly doesn't give me the right to tell you that you can't enjoy it, or I think your kids need "protection". If I don't like it then I can always change the channel. I hope you love it and have fun as a fan. If you don't like something, do not watch it!
Roddy Piper's response to Bill saying "why don't you go tell Mrs Hart about Owen's death?" is the best response ever
I had a feeling there would be a similar comment.
I feel the same way. I'm Canadian and lived in Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Nova Scotia. I have studied Canadian, Stampede, Gran Prix, etc.
Please hear me out. I just heard it and thought tor awhile.
Roderick Toombs (Hot Rod) sentiment is right and he keeps Cool.
This doesn't mean he's wrong but this was not a death vs wrestling case.
It doesn't belong but it was terrible. OWEN RIP
all respect to owen and wrestling of course but owen is a poor example to bring up. he didn't die because of any real fighting. it's just an emotionally reactive response. far from a best response.
Wrestling is fake. It's scripted and acted out so it's not organic or spontaneous. Yes the physicality is real but the rest of it is all fake.
Yea he died faking a fight. What a brutally stupid way to die.
What age did Roddy Piper die at?? He didn't make old bones. And why do you think that was? Steroids. Hypertension is a known side effect of juicing. Unless of course, you're going to tell me he got built that way with creatine and vitamins, like Hulk Hogan.
To quote Mick Foley, "I think if Hulk Hogan were to have wrestled me he would sound more or less like a whiney girl in a porno film saying not so fast and not so hard because he didn't like the contact." 😂
I actually remember that line and it lives rent-free in my head sometimes. I know I shouldn't laugh, but the way he delivered it was so perfect, I can't help but smile.
That's dope
What a legend
(Foley, not that liar dickhead guy)
Foley? That untalented fat guy whos only talent in wrestling was to take the next career ending bump to keep himself relevant?
Why would Hogan even bother about that worm
The most important part of that statement is the fact that it was in response to Hulk Hogan talking shit on Mick Foley for no reason at all. Hogan gave an interview basically talking himself up for being so much better and taking better care of himself, and he decided to pick Foley to use as an example of someone not as great.
Foley was still plenty professional during his interview, but it was refreshing and well deserved to hear him call out Hogan for being as full of shit as he is.
Calling wrestling fake is an insult to all the wrestlers that have lost their careers to injuries and those that have lost their LIVES in the business.
It's also ironic considering most of them would get hurt taking one slight bump in a ring
It's not fake it's scripted. It takes real skill to pull these moves and not hurt anyone.
It all depends on your point of view, but Owen Hart's example was terrible
fax bro
when did you you try Sherlock
The media really squandered the Benoit Tragedy by focusing so much on steroids and "roid rage" rather than Benoit's repeated head trauma. It also came out later that Benoit had not been right in the head for a long time, maybe even predating wrestling.
Or maybe he was just pure evil. People like justifying evil acts as mental health issues but the truth that many humans can't seem to comprehend is that some are just pure evil
To be fair CTE was only discovered 5 years prior. People hadn’t made the connection yet.
@@anthonyfaucy2761his brain resembled that of an 85 year old with Alzheimer’s.
@@anthonyfaucy2761 Define "evil."
I'm no expert on Benoit, but what I've heard suggests he was always a very intense and high-strung perfectionist. He was going to end up a wrestling statistic, whether he took someone with him or not.
@@sebastians.9821 "We didn't know about CTE" is like saying "We didn't know smoking cigarettes is bad for you."
Technically true, but there's a certain common sense factor. That repeatedly taking head trauma over two decades is liable to addle your brain shouldn't surprise anyone. CTE studies determined the problem was far more serious and widespread than almost anyone realized.
Not only that, but the guy Benoit was perpetually compared to and whom he deliberately modeled his style after was Dynamite Kid - a guy who abused his body so much he was in a wheelchair before he was 40.
I'd also suggest that anyone willing to destroy their bodies for performative art the way Benoit and Billington did is inherently not right in the head to begin with.
The most infamous one for me is Dr. D legit smacking that reporter. Yeah we've seen Vader and Orton and all that, but I think Dr. D was the first one to legit go after somebody in a live interview.
Love Dr. D.
And that idiot Stossel still says he never said I think this is fake. You hear him clear as day on the newscast
Vince told him to rough up John Stossel.. and im sure Vince loved every moment of it lol.
@@eldiablo3794 Dr. D was not one to be messed with both in the ring and in real life. If you haven't seen the A&E biography on him, check it out. He's actually a pretty cool dude. He's just no-nonsense
@danc3488 his interview with Cornette on his podcast is pretty good too. More so two old friends shooting the shit than an interview.
Steroids weren't involved in the Ultimate Warrior's death? He died in his 50s of a heart attack. I think it's fair to say the steroids and cocaine he used in the 1980s likely weakened his heart and contributed to his death.
He had a heart conditon, as well. The steroids certainly did not help.
His Dad died at the same age, it was genetics. Also no other wrestler has ever corroborated that he ever did coke or any other illegal drugs
Yeah but he messed up
His bodies with steroids
Steroids wasn’t really involved with Chris Benoit either, an expert claimed it was CTE
He was more of a speed user than cocaine. Im not saying I. Any way that it didn't contribute to his early death but his dad and grandpa both died from heart attack and it ran in his family
Man no offense to them at all but some of these reporters and interviewers try act and assume they know everything about the business and what these Wrestlers go through then get all defensive when they get called out.
These are the same exact reporters who used to think that hairbands from the 80s has subliminal messages in all their music
To me it’s pretty understandable if a WWE or AEW wrestler got mad for being told in an interview that their sport is fake. It’s like being told your job is fake when you obviously had put in all the hard work to get to that point which is why you have to be really careful around professional wrestlers. These guys and gals already know that what they do is for our entertainment but that doesn’t mean they won’t get hurt. Injuries do happen and yet also we’ve had tragic deaths happen in professional wrestling as well. Look no further than to what happened to Owen Hart.
excellent point i legit rooted for DR D when he bitched slapped stossel. you don't put down another mans profession that's just not right. i know how it feels i was a janitor and i know what's it's like to be cut down for what you do for a living i've been there. a janitor is the most disrespected profession of all. look at all the cop shows the villain is always the janitor.
Not to mention they are phenomenal athletes. They put their bodies through hell. Scripted, yes. Fake? Hell no. I have mad respect for them and what they go through for the sake of entertainment.
or to say to an athlete or coach that they won because they bribed the refs
What about Eddie Guerrero having a heart attack live while wrestling and then eventually dying.
That dude telling Sheik he would knock him the F out...I would've liked to see him try. Sheik would break his back and make him humble. Love ya, Sheikie Baby! RIP!
Right!?! My favorite stuff on here is the stuff with the Iron Sheik at the end. The guy was a true comedic genius.
Wrestlers can do their moves also seriously to hurt somebody, if they want, and so a normal guy would nothing have to laugh!.
@@Foko851
Proper English, Junior.
@@marklefkowitz4385 First iam 39 years old i look young, that's good for me, and english is not my native language, so i know it is not 100% correct!!.
Iron Sheik was absolutely legit and tough as nails
The thing is, a lot of these guys in the media make assumptions, so it's no surprise they get pissed off.
The truth is, wrestling IS fake, and that's the real reason they get pissed. There's no denying a fixed fight is fake. Like it or not, its the truth.
Arnold was/is one of the biggest celebs in history, yet nobody had a problem with his steroid use
Different time period plus you just know body builders are on something think there really getting that way from those big over priced tubs of protein power there picture is on the can there smiling because there laughing all the way to the bank. Now far as wrestlers go kids and teenagers are watching this wanting to be like there idol but they don't know there on stuff at least back in the mid 80'searly 90's and the last thing parents want is the kids on that stuff or actually knowing the truth why these people are so big. It's sure as hell not from saying your prayers and taking your vitamins even though that's a wrestling code for steroids.
@@daviddoyle8956do you even know how steroids work? You still need to work out in the gym to get to that size, if they just sat home and took steroids their would be no visible gains, the steroids just gives a boost.
@@andrewft31 Yeah. People just think it's like a video game cheat code
Or the steroid use of Lou Ferrigno, as well as Sylvester Stallone, who readily admitted using them
Goldust’s Tourette’s gimmick (as insensitive as it was) was hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
its crazy how everyone was talking about the steriod usage as the main cause for benoit (not to say it didn't play a part) but didn't even try to look at the concussion history or the brain itself. But its another sad story on how we have progressed to looking at situations like that.
or even paying attention to the rest of the toxicology which had lots of medical drugs in it
CTE wasnt really known about when it happened or was just starting to be studied. What he did put a bigger light on it but early on everyone thought it was the steroids. And he did have an absurd amount of them in his house.
Funny how Nancy Grace walked out on the interview because the interviewers treated her the same way she treats her "guests".
Love hogan's "oh crap" look, when he sees the blood on the back of Belzer's head.
Wait, people are saying Kanyon wasn't a good enough wrestler? Seriously?
Kanyon certainly had in-ring talent, but his in-ring style and mic skills may not have translated well to what Vince wanted in WWE. More importantly, Kanyon had injuries and serious mental health problems in WWE. It's telling that after leaving WWE he only had one appearance in TNA, a company that was willing to take almost anyone with WWF or WCW on the resume.
They're saying that's the reason he was fired. You think Vince was homophobic when Pat Patterson was one of his best friends?
3:09 Its like Vader was the bodyguard and Taker was all cool just sitting there like “my boy got this 😎”
Vader's lucky the interviewer wasn't Paul Orndorff.
7 Minutes in that woman talking about the Ultimate Warrior and saying his death was due to steroids got me so upset because he died from a hereditary condition not steroids.
They are known to spead up conditions like that, although the media doesn't particularly care as they just want to blame it solely on that and push a narrative. He also probably took growth hormone, which is known to increase the size of the heart. Also the coke lol.
I've heard for many years from non-wrestling fans how "fake' it is. It's NOT fake! It's scripted! There's a difference. The moves are carefully done by highly trained individuals to minimize injuries but injuries still happen. You can't expect a wrestler to do what they do day in and day out for years & not have it put some serious wear & tear on their bodies. Have someone who wasn't trained do those moves. They'd wind up in the hospital real quick.
Scipted IS fake.
Thats what people mean, that the outcome is predetermined.
Look at it like this: if you took two football teams, and predetermined the winner. Then you had them play a full game at 100% effort, running every play as if the outcome wasnt already known, it would still be called a fake football game. Why, bc it isnt about the plays being real plays, it is about the two entities fighting to determine the winner.
THAT is a real competition, and wrestling isnt that.
Just bc the moves are high impact, doesnt make it a "real" contest.
Ya'll just like Bill Mahar, dont even know what real means.
@Steven-mk4gg Erm, you're assuming matches r scripted out start to finish. Good pro wrestlers disdain that. TV rasslers r LARPing, not faking but not shooting. Like how amateur rasslers play.
@Steven-mk4gg Look at WCCW. Brody shooting on rookie Taker causing injury. Gary Hart said wrestling the Von Erichs was a "friendly street fight." Fritz called finishes and otherwise just threw everyone in the ring. Scripts are indeed boring and cut ALL realism out of a match, WWE is an offender but it's frankly the modern indie-promotion cruiserweight who has made small fry TV shows into 100% scripted dance routines, truly "fake" wrestling w/o real holds, (playful) competition etc, making it just unwatchable IMO.
@@Steven-mk4gg You don't seem to know what "scripted" means. A lot of real things can be scripted or have some sort of script attached to them and that doesn't make them less real.
@BrunodeSouzaLino
Name one.
Name one, "real" competition, which has a scripted finish.
I will wait.
Edit: It's ironic that you say I dont know what scripted means.
"10 Wrestlers Who Got Legitimately Pissed In An Interview" who was the "pissed" wrestler in the one with Jericho (the only wrestler involved) standing around laughing?? none of them on the howard stern show seemed pissed, except for The Iron Sheik.
but the best answer i always go with for "is it fake?" well, no, it's scripted, the action is real, the storylines are written, who wins and loses is planned (normally) but it's done LIVE in front of a crowd of thousands, and in some cases broadcast live to millions, how do you fake fall?? fake jump off a ladder?
also if fake meant you shouldn't watch it, tv, movies, video games, and youtube would all be doomed.. and we'd all be bored.
This. Just this.☝️ Click bait bs.
im just a fan and i got legitimately pissed
9:35 shawn stasiak is a doctor? mind blown
I guess he's not such a meat-head after all.
Turns out he's a chiropractor, so only kind of a doctor.
😅😅😅@@jliller
why is it they never talk about Steroid use by the cops around the country. or the drug use within our gov.
"Do you really want to hurt me?"
*chairshot*
"OH MY GOD!"
Great edit.
When people say "fake", they mean it's pre-determined who wins and loses. And they also mean it's not like combat sports in that the contestants are trying to inflict as much pain/damage as possible. We all know it takes toughness and skill and stamina to wrestle. It's just a misderstanding over the word "fake"
This was really well put together.
seeing someone like steve blackman actually break character and yell is shocking
I feel professional wrestling is choreograph and scripted but still I feel the action in the ring is real. If wrestling is fake, why would the wrestlers get hurt? The way I see it, when the wrestlers get hurt, it is the real deal. It is a lot to it, much we do not see, but I feel the wrestlers have to be in top shape and train continuously and know how to take body blows and protect your body.
They are trained professionals so they are not gonna completely knock someone out with a punch if they can make a good looking punch without doing so but they are definitely still wrestling
LOL… check out Undertaker at 3:13.
He’s like, “Yeah, you take this one Vader!”😂😂😂
Sheik man was a savage. Steph looks like freak in the sheets, no lie.
The media has ALWAYS hated and looked down on wrestling. They think they're "too good" for it. I don't even know why talent agree to go on these shows, especially in the 90s and 2000s.
LOL at Scott Hall shitting on Virgil even after their in-ring careers were done. Man was true to his craft.
Moral of the story never tell a wrestler its fake
Moral of story lots of wrestlers act like children it doesn't matter if there are 6 feet tall they still act like childish
Having Abdullah the Butcher on your show is asking for trouble, be like having John Mcenroe and Hugh Hefner as the hosts of a kid show.
Brock Lesnar: “I’ve never failed a drug test!” 🤣 A 100 on the 🤥🤥🤥🤥 meter 🤣
Whoa...that dude was lucky he wasnt face to face with Steve Blackman 😂
That was Marc Mero
It is all “fake” until the wrestler smacks some fan with a big mouth. Then the fan sues the wrestler, claiming they were attacked by a professional athlete.
I still remember when I was a kid, my sister was mad she had to go to a car show with me and my dad, and was teasing me that wrestling was fake. I met Scott Steiner that day and asked if wrestling was really fake and the look of pure anger in his eyes I remember to this day lol
Its not real or fake, it's somewhere between the two
Depends how you define "fake."
It's more real than TV or movies, since most of the time there aren't reshoots or stunt doubles or special effects.
It doesn't help we now have something called "reality TV" that is fake.
@@jliller the moves hurt which is real, but the items used are not always what they seem, the action is called by the wrestlers, fake banners are waved, sound effects and noises are pumped in, moves are sold, plenty of it is fake
4:52 DAMN that was a cold line from Mick 😂
You watch you tube get stuck with an ad to disrupt what your watching to get back to the video for the channel to push more ads! Pretty soon it's gonna all just be 1 big fkn ad no videos!
Beetlejuice verbal war Vs the Iron Shiek is stuff made from legends🤣
17:25 this should be one of the biggest memes in the world! Triple H really looked floundered right there. 😆😆😂😂🤣🤣
Howard Stern asking China for sex is crazy. And then Beetlejuice and The Iron Shiek omg 😂😂😂
13:47 Virgil actually died today. Rip
I almost spat out my cod liver oil reading the title
As a wrestling fan, it's incredibly insulting when people find out I enjoy watching wrestling and the inevitable remark is "You know wrestling's fake right? As if all the movies and TV shows people enjoy are 100% Gospel. I could only imagine how much more irritating it is to hear it as a wrestler.
Landsberg needs to know it's rude to interrupt people while they're trying to answer his question he had asked
The Sheik was hilarious when he snaps lol.
Love how it turned from "Wrestlers that got pissed" to "Wrestlers sex life". Smh
I remember being a kid a jumping off shit trying to copy them, and you know what, we got hurt haha going the distance later and trying the chair shots were brutal, I’ve fallen but not off stuff night after night during matches it’s insane.
10:31
Bob should have gotten a slap for suggesting something like this, disgusting
If someone doesnt like wrestling and they think its weird, its natural for them to call it fake. You can call it scripted, but basically only the outcome is scripted. Punches mostly aren't landing, moves like piledrivers aren't actually connecting, wrestlers throw themselves across the ring, how do you easily describe all of that? Its FAKE. Even Kurt Angle has said the WWE title is fake compared to his gold medal. At this point in 2023 its crazy to me that people still get offended by the word.
The only thing more fake than WWE is politics
17:32 that aged well
Bro sed theres nothin in the ufc to talk about ur not a fighter😂😂centimeter punk was so mad lmao
Jericho looks like an infant next to Shaq and Barkley.
Not "Myer" "Maar". Lol
Wrestlers get mad when asked if it's fake cause IT IS FAKE! Not all of it but A LOT of it is! And they know it!
Gotta love the iron sheik, dudes my spirit animal.😂
You sure that wasn’t Lori Lightfoot near the end?
Fake? Get in the ring with 1!
What, for a fake fight? Which is what it is.
Have you ever taken steroids is a great defense against roid rage lol. ... Next scene Vince McMahon slaps an old guy's papers out of his hands 😂
'Duuu u really wunna hurrrrt meee'
*Ass-beating Immediately starts*
Talking to Nancy Grace, would be far more painful than wrestling! I feel sorry for everyone who knows her.
the whole steroid thing is such bs. These guys are on benzos and super stress, no break, in pain 24/7. Plus like every person they have other issues, there are guys that have never taken a steroid and has done worse things to their families and women also.
thank you for those howard stern highlights. that had me rolling.
It's true. Brock's never failed a drug test.
The chris benoit accident was a result to head trauma from his matches depression from eddies death and his rivalry with kevin sulivan who was married to nancy befofe chris and their real heat.
That goldust interview on stern is amazing 😂
Based Kevin Nash with the steroids interview
The facts of the Benoit tragedy don’t support the steroid excuse and simply put they used the simplest and quickest excuse for what happened.
We all know it's not actual fighting it's predetermined not fake by any means like Undertaker once said " it's real enough for me to have 12 surgeries" so yeah calling Pro Wrestling fake is an insult Wrestlers have died Wrestlers have been paralyzed multiple broken bones multiple surgeries Kurt Angle, Stone Cold, Mick Foley, Triple H , Undertaker too many to name remember a guy named Droz ? Paralyzed from the neck down and when that interviewer said it's fake Undertaker was like fuck this guy I'll let Vader handle this
Piper said, “Owen Hart! Dead!” As if he died after taking a Stunner
That smaller puppies comment must have hit a raw nerve with Stephanie, because soon after she surgically got them enhanced by a rather massive degree.
Loved the Billion Dollar Puppies as a kid
Calling it fake.....it's entertainment is what it is. When you go to the movies do you you say oh that's fake, he's not really doing that?
Is that marshall mathers at 8:44?? 😊
Did Shane just say Stephanies puppies were cute? Whaaaaaaat the fuck!
pain and injury is real.
Why would anybody in their right mind, want to deliberately make the man at the 8:40 mark angry.
Yeah Terry, you were training juicing up every day. Popping those vitamins as you call it.
Steroids were absolutely involved in the warrior’s death. Who are we kidding. He had an enlarged heart. How did it get that way?
After watching this I felt the need to start going back to church!
17:27 Asking Vince "are you a sex addict".
We all know the answer to that now.
A LITTLE SCRIPTED TO FULLY SCRIPTED. NOT FAKE! LIKE PLAYING AN ALL ACTION MOVIE WITH NO STUNT DOUBLE, YOUR DOING ALL THE STUNTS, INJURIES YOU NAME IT
12:37 Daytime TV Host: “I didn’t give him permission to cut me, I didn’t have to be hospitalised”
I should think not! He would’ve been laughed out of A&E if he had gone to the hospital for a small cut on his forehead from a fork! I’ve seen wrestlers with far worse blade jobs in a match and have either gone to the bar or traveled on to the next city/town, with only a few wrestlers who have had to go to the hospital like Eddie Guerrero when he cut too deep and cut an artery in his match with JBL (Bull rope match I believe) and he nearly collapsed backstage due to blood loss. Eddie Guerrero needed a blood transfer and even though he either did or nearly collapsed backstage he didn’t want to go to the hospital but he was told that he needed to go to the hospital. And this guy gets a small cut (I’ve seen the full video) with a small amount of blood and he say luckily he didn’t need to go to the hospital what a pussy! 🐱 😂😂😂
I despise Howard Stern.
4:33 Just… why did Shane comment on his sister’s breasts? Just why?
Yeah WWE stuff is all on Peacock here in the US
Are you kidding me Devin Nicholson probably plan that
Lesnar has, in fact, failed a drug test.
It’s crazy that ppl thought it was steroids and now it’s come to light that it was CTE from all the blows to the head.
“I will head but your teeth through your skull.” Jesus Christ.
it was probably better for cm punk for them to focus on wrestling
Jericho wasnt gonna touch Barkley or Shaq. Lol. They’d combine and collapse on him quick.
This is why I fucking hate reporters.
17:16- Well they arent wrong about that. She really does. Great everything
Piper's laugh sounds like Seth😂
Wrestlers are some of the toughest people on the planet, especially old school guys, I have never watched it, or cared about it because I think it stupid, and it is obviously fake. All of those can be true at the same time. I absolutely admire their toughness, heart, skill, charisma, entertaintaining product, hard work, and fun of all wrestlers, and they are amazing.
But that doesn't mean you get to start beating people up or slapping them merely for speaking the truth and calling it fake. Wrestling fans seemed to think it was "cool" when John Stossel got slapped and beaten up by someone twice as big as him. That said, to blame all wrestling for every bad thing or premature death is the typical stupidity of the legacy media. Just because I don't like it that doesn't mean I have a right to ban it.
I admire Costas for actually asking the tough questions and everything he said about wrestling being something I don't want to expose my children to. BUT, that's me personally. I also think the Kansas City Chiefs, abortion and socialism are evil and dangerous.
That certainly doesn't give me the right to tell you that you can't enjoy it, or I think your kids need "protection". If I don't like it then I can always change the channel. I hope you love it and have fun as a fan. If you don't like something, do not watch it!
King Kong Bundy said it, their grown men in their underwear pretending to fight each other.
Virgil is on that stuff 🤣🤣🤣
Some of these radio guys are just plain weird