[Music]
lace up those boots ring that Bell and
step into the ring welcome to
watchmojo.com one by one in today’s
installment we’re looking at five myths
about pro wrestling that had us breaking
kayfabe I’m not from here I have my own
customs look at my crazy Passport we
won’t be tackling tall tales and story
line myths like how many people have
body-slammed Andre the Giant or Roman
reigns coming from Planet stale bread
instead we’re looking specifically at
common misconceptions and stigmas
regular folk have towards good old
wrastlin this isn’t wrassling this is it
rustling myth number five the ring has
some spring to its step once we got out
of the way somehow contrary to what some
out there might believe taking a bump on
a wrestling ring isn’t really that fun
yes a wrestling ring moves a little bit
when impact is felt but it’s most
definitely not designed to contain as
much spring as say a trampoline
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the surface of most wrestling rings is
hardwood with a very thin layer of foam
padding and canvas a modest amount of
the physical shop is absorbed by a
traditional wrestling ring but the idea
that pro wrestlers would be able to
perform the way they do while walking on
such a cushioned surface really doesn’t
make much sense going head-to-head
against an opponent on a traditional
squared circle found in most pro
wrestling organizations could more or
less be compared to utilizing the floor
most gymnast used to compete it won’t
feel great but it sure as heck beats
being dropped on unforgiving concrete
now if only we could thus the myth of
who leaves all the weapons under there
[Applause]
myth number four steroid abuse is
rampant amongst most pro wrestlers Thank
You steroid the roots of this myth
likely stem from a public and very
controversial steroid trial for dodo he
owner and chairman Vince McMahon back in
1994 a lack of sustainable evidence
eventually led to charges of stereo
trafficking being dropped against
McMahon during the trial with the WB
then WWF essentially dodging what could
have been a fatal bullet to the company
steroid use within major companies would
quite simply be impossible in this day
and age with wrestlers having constant
drug tests in which even the biggest
stars are penalized if any traits of the
lethal substance such as fat burners
roids or marijuana is found within them
and although we still see the typical
big man wrestlers in the scene the
industry thanks to the internet
wrestling fans has shifted to focus
towards leaner more athletic talents
such as CrossFit Jesus himself Seth
Rollins Seth Rollins second myth number
3
everything is rehearsed in advance and
nothing ever goes wrong come I want to
get you in rehearsals right away the
physical ballet of storytelling which
goes into pro wrestling matches can be
very different depending on which
wrestles happen to be in the ring a
classic match such as ricky the dragon’
steamboat versus Macho Man Randy Savage
from 1997’s WrestleMania 3 was
apparently planned in advance right down
to the smallest detail a modern
superstar such as John Cena however has
been known to call spots and sequences
with his opponent right there in the
ring the winner of the match and
Bartz meaning a pre-plan maneuver or
event are usually the only things a
wrestler may walk into the ring with in
mind the rest is usually routine as most
superstars wrestle around four matches
per week and with the rise of talents
from Japan and Mexico entering the
American big leagues it’d be hard to
plan everything out given the whole not
speaking English thing as you’d expect
this means a lot of mistakes or bachas
are made along the way and as such a
degree of improvisation needs to be
employed lest ye be featured in botch
Romania myth number two it’s all fake
blood is this fake blood yes it is cut
down the razor flare if you followed
professional wrestling for a long enough
period of time then you’ll likely
remember a period from when many of the
main event matches were complete blood
baths with opponents literally bleeding
for their art right there in the canvas
sure some parents may have tried to
consult their children with a line that
all the red stuff is staged material the
truth is that the blood was very real
and usually self inflicted by the
wrestlers in a process called blading
this is when the performers either hide
a razor blade in the ring gear or are
given one from an outside source such as
a referee and cut themselves in order to
sell the opponent’s offense to the crowd
this practice was commonplace both
within the localised territory systems
of the 70s and 80s wrestling as well as
on major television networks during the
Monday Night Wars era of Vince McMahon’s
wbf versus Ted Turner’s WCW blading has
been eliminated in today’s more
commercially friendly w/e programming
but maybe Brock Lesnar didn’t get that
memory
myth number one wrestling is fake and no
one ever gets her man I thought ultimate
robot fighting was real like pro
wrestling but it turns out it’s fixed
like boxing wrestling fans have likely
heard this one all their lives and
that’s because this is probably one of
the most synonymous myths surrounding
the whole industry a better word to use
is predetermined or scripted however
because they’re actually a wealth of
risks involved for pro wrestlers it’s
true that these are trained athletes who
know how to successfully negate lots of
impact when they fall and collaborate in
the ring in order to pull off fabulous
choreographed performances whomever
comes out on top
try to lag it’s also true that tons of
injuries some of them serious tragically
occur every year in matches around the
world add to this the severity of
wrestling’s famous chops and the fact
that Japanese Pro Wrestling is known
around the world for its strong style of
high-impact stiff punches and kicks and
you have one very physical industry
[Applause]
you can’t fake gravity and no amount of
practice is going to teach you how to
land on your head the truth is a lot of
bumps taken in wrestling hoods young
wrestlers these days often want to make
an impact and as such they up for taking
dangerous risks in order to get noticed
many times quite grotesquely but hey
it’s all part of the job I’m gonna
propia cuz I’m Lee in turn so how many
of these myths did you believe hell’s
rich form or brain-busting top fives and
stone cold top tens please subscribe to
watchmojo.com the aggressor takes a
which lock gets behind his upon it going
for the kill shot
[Music]
you
lace up those boots ring that Bell and
step into the ring welcome to
watchmojo.com one by one in today’s
installment we’re looking at five myths
about pro wrestling that had us breaking
kayfabe I’m not from here I have my own
customs look at my crazy Passport we
won’t be tackling tall tales and story
line myths like how many people have
body-slammed Andre the Giant or Roman
reigns coming from Planet stale bread
instead we’re looking specifically at
common misconceptions and stigmas
regular folk have towards good old
wrastlin this isn’t wrassling this is it
rustling myth number five the ring has
some spring to its step once we got out
of the way somehow contrary to what some
out there might believe taking a bump on
a wrestling ring isn’t really that fun
yes a wrestling ring moves a little bit
when impact is felt but it’s most
definitely not designed to contain as
much spring as say a trampoline
[Music]
the surface of most wrestling rings is
hardwood with a very thin layer of foam
padding and canvas a modest amount of
the physical shop is absorbed by a
traditional wrestling ring but the idea
that pro wrestlers would be able to
perform the way they do while walking on
such a cushioned surface really doesn’t
make much sense going head-to-head
against an opponent on a traditional
squared circle found in most pro
wrestling organizations could more or
less be compared to utilizing the floor
most gymnast used to compete it won’t
feel great but it sure as heck beats
being dropped on unforgiving concrete
now if only we could thus the myth of
who leaves all the weapons under there
[Applause]
myth number four steroid abuse is
rampant amongst most pro wrestlers Thank
You steroid the roots of this myth
likely stem from a public and very
controversial steroid trial for dodo he
owner and chairman Vince McMahon back in
1994 a lack of sustainable evidence
eventually led to charges of stereo
trafficking being dropped against
McMahon during the trial with the WB
then WWF essentially dodging what could
have been a fatal bullet to the company
steroid use within major companies would
quite simply be impossible in this day
and age with wrestlers having constant
drug tests in which even the biggest
stars are penalized if any traits of the
lethal substance such as fat burners
roids or marijuana is found within them
and although we still see the typical
big man wrestlers in the scene the
industry thanks to the internet
wrestling fans has shifted to focus
towards leaner more athletic talents
such as CrossFit Jesus himself Seth
Rollins Seth Rollins second myth number
3
everything is rehearsed in advance and
nothing ever goes wrong come I want to
get you in rehearsals right away the
physical ballet of storytelling which
goes into pro wrestling matches can be
very different depending on which
wrestles happen to be in the ring a
classic match such as ricky the dragon’
steamboat versus Macho Man Randy Savage
from 1997’s WrestleMania 3 was
apparently planned in advance right down
to the smallest detail a modern
superstar such as John Cena however has
been known to call spots and sequences
with his opponent right there in the
ring the winner of the match and
Bartz meaning a pre-plan maneuver or
event are usually the only things a
wrestler may walk into the ring with in
mind the rest is usually routine as most
superstars wrestle around four matches
per week and with the rise of talents
from Japan and Mexico entering the
American big leagues it’d be hard to
plan everything out given the whole not
speaking English thing as you’d expect
this means a lot of mistakes or bachas
are made along the way and as such a
degree of improvisation needs to be
employed lest ye be featured in botch
Romania myth number two it’s all fake
blood is this fake blood yes it is cut
down the razor flare if you followed
professional wrestling for a long enough
period of time then you’ll likely
remember a period from when many of the
main event matches were complete blood
baths with opponents literally bleeding
for their art right there in the canvas
sure some parents may have tried to
consult their children with a line that
all the red stuff is staged material the
truth is that the blood was very real
and usually self inflicted by the
wrestlers in a process called blading
this is when the performers either hide
a razor blade in the ring gear or are
given one from an outside source such as
a referee and cut themselves in order to
sell the opponent’s offense to the crowd
this practice was commonplace both
within the localised territory systems
of the 70s and 80s wrestling as well as
on major television networks during the
Monday Night Wars era of Vince McMahon’s
wbf versus Ted Turner’s WCW blading has
been eliminated in today’s more
commercially friendly w/e programming
but maybe Brock Lesnar didn’t get that
memory
myth number one wrestling is fake and no
one ever gets her man I thought ultimate
robot fighting was real like pro
wrestling but it turns out it’s fixed
like boxing wrestling fans have likely
heard this one all their lives and
that’s because this is probably one of
the most synonymous myths surrounding
the whole industry a better word to use
is predetermined or scripted however
because they’re actually a wealth of
risks involved for pro wrestlers it’s
true that these are trained athletes who
know how to successfully negate lots of
impact when they fall and collaborate in
the ring in order to pull off fabulous
choreographed performances whomever
comes out on top
try to lag it’s also true that tons of
injuries some of them serious tragically
occur every year in matches around the
world add to this the severity of
wrestling’s famous chops and the fact
that Japanese Pro Wrestling is known
around the world for its strong style of
high-impact stiff punches and kicks and
you have one very physical industry
[Applause]
you can’t fake gravity and no amount of
practice is going to teach you how to
land on your head the truth is a lot of
bumps taken in wrestling hoods young
wrestlers these days often want to make
an impact and as such they up for taking
dangerous risks in order to get noticed
many times quite grotesquely but hey
it’s all part of the job I’m gonna
propia cuz I’m Lee in turn so how many
of these myths did you believe hell’s
rich form or brain-busting top fives and
stone cold top tens please subscribe to
watchmojo.com the aggressor takes a
which lock gets behind his upon it going
for the kill shot
[Music]
you
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