10 Biggest Mainstream Misconceptions About Pro Wrestling

By David Bixenspan /

4. Everything Is Fake. Even If It Makes No Sense That It Would Be.

Owen Hart dying? Fake. WWF and WCW battling for promotional supremacy? Fake. It's weirdly common that when a wrestling-related topic comes up in the mainstream, whether among news anchors or friends who just saw it on a news broadcast, a non-fan will explain that it's fake because it has to do with wrestling. Even if there's no way it could be fake unless it was part of an illuminati conspiracy, it's questionable because it's part of pro wrestling, so you'll always find someone somewhere saying that X Real Thing was fake.