The "Freeola Customer Forum" forum, which includes Retro Game Reviews, has been archived and is now read-only. You cannot post here or create a new thread or review on this forum.
Now, I would like to open a post on the much debated question over the reality of wrestling.
If you use the word 'fake' loosely, then I suppose it is, but when you think about it more, you realise that it isn't 'fake', but extremely well planned and choreographed.
I once watched a programme about Bret Hart (the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be!!). It followed him on a typical day in his life. There was much discussion about the reality of wrestling between him and the interviewer. He told of how he and his brother Owen trained to be wrestlers with their father, who was also a pro wrestler, in the basement of their house. He explained how he had managed to perfect the techniques needed to wrestle professionally, and more to the point, he shed lots of light on the way moves are carried out.
I believe one of the quotes by Bret was "What people don't realise is, that every single one of those punches makes contact, if you're doing it right, it doesn't hurt." That one sentence on it's own grabbed me. It's when I first realised that it cannot be 'fake'. Well, it's fake in the sense that the guys aren't REALLY beating the hell out of each other, but how could it have been fake when Mick Foley was launched from the top of a steel cage and crashed through a table? Was it an illusion? No, that was him putting his body on the line for a living. What about the Perry Saturn incident in the WCW? I can't remember who the move was carried out on, but his opponent had been beaten and was lying on a table, and Saturn jumped off the top of a stage, which was at least 20 feet high, and crashed through the table with the other man. Definately not fake.
So my point is, maybe the punches and hits are not 100% real, but when it comes to suplexes, chokeslams and the like, HOW CAN YOU FAKE GRAVITY?
I thankyou.
If you use the word 'fake' loosely, then I suppose it is, but when you think about it more, you realise that it isn't 'fake', but extremely well planned and choreographed.
I once watched a programme about Bret Hart (the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be!!). It followed him on a typical day in his life. There was much discussion about the reality of wrestling between him and the interviewer. He told of how he and his brother Owen trained to be wrestlers with their father, who was also a pro wrestler, in the basement of their house. He explained how he had managed to perfect the techniques needed to wrestle professionally, and more to the point, he shed lots of light on the way moves are carried out.
I believe one of the quotes by Bret was "What people don't realise is, that every single one of those punches makes contact, if you're doing it right, it doesn't hurt." That one sentence on it's own grabbed me. It's when I first realised that it cannot be 'fake'. Well, it's fake in the sense that the guys aren't REALLY beating the hell out of each other, but how could it have been fake when Mick Foley was launched from the top of a steel cage and crashed through a table? Was it an illusion? No, that was him putting his body on the line for a living. What about the Perry Saturn incident in the WCW? I can't remember who the move was carried out on, but his opponent had been beaten and was lying on a table, and Saturn jumped off the top of a stage, which was at least 20 feet high, and crashed through the table with the other man. Definately not fake.
So my point is, maybe the punches and hits are not 100% real, but when it comes to suplexes, chokeslams and the like, HOW CAN YOU FAKE GRAVITY?
I thankyou.
Page:
Wrestling is no way fake, but its different from say boxing.
People perserve Wrestling as fake because its not proper fighting, like you see in a boxing wring, or the UFC stuff, but that’s because wrestling isn't really in this kind of league.
It’s not fake, as the idea is to do moves on your opponent, not kill them.
Good little post though :o)
But I prefer to use the term exaggerated rather than fake.
People perserve Wrestling as fake because its not proper fighting, like you see in a boxing wring, or the UFC stuff, but that’s because wrestling isn't really in this kind of league.
It’s not fake, as the idea is to do moves on your opponent, not kill them.
Good little post though :o)
But I prefer to use the term exaggerated rather than fake.
Now, I would like to open a post on the much debated question over the reality of wrestling.
If you use the word 'fake' loosely, then I suppose it is, but when you think about it more, you realise that it isn't 'fake', but extremely well planned and choreographed.
I once watched a programme about Bret Hart (the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be!!). It followed him on a typical day in his life. There was much discussion about the reality of wrestling between him and the interviewer. He told of how he and his brother Owen trained to be wrestlers with their father, who was also a pro wrestler, in the basement of their house. He explained how he had managed to perfect the techniques needed to wrestle professionally, and more to the point, he shed lots of light on the way moves are carried out.
I believe one of the quotes by Bret was "What people don't realise is, that every single one of those punches makes contact, if you're doing it right, it doesn't hurt." That one sentence on it's own grabbed me. It's when I first realised that it cannot be 'fake'. Well, it's fake in the sense that the guys aren't REALLY beating the hell out of each other, but how could it have been fake when Mick Foley was launched from the top of a steel cage and crashed through a table? Was it an illusion? No, that was him putting his body on the line for a living. What about the Perry Saturn incident in the WCW? I can't remember who the move was carried out on, but his opponent had been beaten and was lying on a table, and Saturn jumped off the top of a stage, which was at least 20 feet high, and crashed through the table with the other man. Definately not fake.
So my point is, maybe the punches and hits are not 100% real, but when it comes to suplexes, chokeslams and the like, HOW CAN YOU FAKE GRAVITY?
I thankyou.
If you use the word 'fake' loosely, then I suppose it is, but when you think about it more, you realise that it isn't 'fake', but extremely well planned and choreographed.
I once watched a programme about Bret Hart (the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be!!). It followed him on a typical day in his life. There was much discussion about the reality of wrestling between him and the interviewer. He told of how he and his brother Owen trained to be wrestlers with their father, who was also a pro wrestler, in the basement of their house. He explained how he had managed to perfect the techniques needed to wrestle professionally, and more to the point, he shed lots of light on the way moves are carried out.
I believe one of the quotes by Bret was "What people don't realise is, that every single one of those punches makes contact, if you're doing it right, it doesn't hurt." That one sentence on it's own grabbed me. It's when I first realised that it cannot be 'fake'. Well, it's fake in the sense that the guys aren't REALLY beating the hell out of each other, but how could it have been fake when Mick Foley was launched from the top of a steel cage and crashed through a table? Was it an illusion? No, that was him putting his body on the line for a living. What about the Perry Saturn incident in the WCW? I can't remember who the move was carried out on, but his opponent had been beaten and was lying on a table, and Saturn jumped off the top of a stage, which was at least 20 feet high, and crashed through the table with the other man. Definately not fake.
So my point is, maybe the punches and hits are not 100% real, but when it comes to suplexes, chokeslams and the like, HOW CAN YOU FAKE GRAVITY?
I thankyou.
Page: