10 Biggest Mainstream Misconceptions About Pro Wrestling
4. Everything Is Fake. Even If It Makes No Sense That It Would Be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTf3JnNzEyg 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.
Formerly the site manager of Cageside Seats and the WWE Team Leader at Bleacher Report, David Bixenspan has been writing professionally about WWE, UFC, and other pop culture since 2009. He's currently WhatCulture's U.S. Editor and also serves as the lead writer of Figure Four Weekly and a monthly contributor to Fighting Spirit Magazine.