A Haters And Beginners Guide To WWE

chris jericho It€™s the most annoying phrase that any WWE fan can hear€”more annoying than nails on a chalkboard, finding a strand of hair in your food, or stepping on a Lego€”€œYou know wrestling is fake, right?€ Yes, genius. I cannot count on my fingers and toes the number of times this has happened to me, and every time, I want to go off on some erroneous tangent of why that person is as predictable as they are. Instead of doing that, I decided to write out my grievances. Hopefully this will strike a chord with fellow WWE €œapologists€ like myself, as well as teach €œthe way€ of the WWE to those who do not know and are willing to listen. In essence, WWE is nothing more than an entertainment television show (hence, the €œE€, in WWE)€”the announcers even sometimes open the show saying €œWelcome to WWE Monday Night RAW episode number€€ So, back to the original question €œYou know this is fake, right?€€”This usually can be countered with a question of its own€”€œWhat€™s your favorite TV show?€ Coming back with a question like that will usually throw the person off€“ €œUmm, I don€™t know, The Walking Dead.€ Perfect, now you have them right where you want 'em €“ €œYou know that€™s fake too, right?€ €œWell, yeah, but I meant the fighting is fake.€ €œOh, so you mean to tell me those zombies are real? And those people are actually killing the other humans too, right?€ It goes on-and-on. Yes, people, wrestling is fake€”although I still cringe when I hear €œwrestling€ and €œfake€ in the same sentence, so let€™s use a different word that carries the same meaning, just in a more-efficient way€”wrestling is scripted (just like The Walking Dead, and pretty much any other entertainment television show.) There is honestly so much that goes into the WWE, but a good place to start is a quick lesson on how it is scripted (without getting too heavy into the backstage happenings). Everything you see on TV starts out with a storyline. There are storyline writers for the direction of the product, as well as €œagents€ that can help the superstars with their matches. Basically, the agents are aware of the overall direction of a storyline. The agents can help the superstars with their matches, so the storylines will make sense in the long-term. This isn€™t always the case though, as veteran superstars can come up with their own finish as well. The key word to take away from that last paragraph is €œfinish.€ It€™s likely that there are only a few spots in the match that are actually planned ahead-of-time, along with the finish, and the rest of the match is free-lanced. Now that the elephant in the room has been taken care of (fake/scripted), the next notion to discuss is, €œWhy watch the show if you know everything is predetermined?€ Well, there are a ton of reasons to watch. Some individuals may have several reasons they tune-in to WWE programming, and others may only watch for one thing; I will document a few of these.
 
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It's all about The U!! Huge Miami Hurricanes fan and avid WWE viewer. I'm here to bring you WWE opinions/news as well as some gaming and sports content. Also trying to get some positive credibility back in the "IWC". Favorite sports teams: NFL: Chicago Bears MLB: New York Yankees NCAA: Miami Hurricanes Favorite athletes: -Devin Hester, Jon Jay, Dolph Ziggler