Why do so many people who know professional wrestling is staged enjoy it anyway?

We need to cover some points here. Firstly, WWE is not wrestling, it is sports entertainment. WWE fans (people who only watch WWE and no other promotion are known as marks) are fans of Sports Entertainment.

When it comes to Pro Wrestling, why do people like it? The same reason people like to watch Ballet. Why are people dancing around in tutu's entertaining? That's not real either.

A good pro wrestling match is basically a stunt show mixed with theatre. A good wrestling should have you forgetting that it isn't legit throughout the 20 minute (the average length of a pro wrestling match as opposed to the WWE's 2 minutes) duration of the match.

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The WWE is ALL FAKE but still extremely entertaining that is why we watch it!

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Cuz even though it is all fake, so is a fight scene in a movie and people still find that entertaining. P.S. WWE is all fake sorry to brek it to ya but if it was real we would just have a bunch of cripled or dead guys

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cuz it's fun,entertaining,beautiful & amazing

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Its predetirmined but not fake. Everything a wrestler does to an opponent is real, but the outcome is already decided. Wrestling is like a soap opera for guys & girls basicly its for every1

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Wrestling is a dream to some men and a way to search the acting market for a job that they would love to do.I myself am 27 and I love wrestling and I know that if I had the chance I would join the action in a minute.Watch the movie "Ready to Rumble" and put yourself in Grody or Shawn shoes and you WILL see.

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Whether its fake or not is opinion. And even if it is, it makes awesome television!

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Because as the advert says its sport entertainment

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Because its entertaining and why does it bother people if its fake(and its not!) we love it and we dont care if its staged!! Its like a movie and who does not like a movie

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As it was stated above, the match results are predetermined, but the action is real. Take it from me, I am a wrestler and those moves hurt. I doesn't matter how 'padded' the mat is, it hurts. And steel chair shots don't hurt that bad. They sound like they hurt, and look like they hurt, but its not that bad.

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Its entertainment its not supose to be real a&e had a 2 hour special on it Vince even said to was fake

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Look at the name: World Wrestling Entertainment. We watch it purely for the entertainment. Women have their chick flicks, their bubble-gum pop songs, their soap operas, and stuff like that. Men, however, have sports. And the WWE is categorized as "sports entertainment". It's not officially a sport, but its origin traces back to the beginning, when it was the "sport of kings", I believe. Therefore, you can say it is a sport, though officially it is not.

So, long story short, the WWE appeals to us because it is entertainment. Not because we're turned on by sweaty men in tights grabbing each other, no sir: it's the fun of it all.

(btw I apologize if I offended any female wrestling fans, i know there are a lot lol)

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That last remark was sooo offensive. But I'll give you credit even if your analogy was tasteless and sexist.

A better analogy would be to compare WWE to sitcoms, films, or novels. It's fiction even if parts of it are real or valid, yet millions and millions of people watch those sitcoms, spend hard earned cash and even wait in line for hours for cinema tickets regularly, or buy the latest bestseller the second it hits the shelves.

Or better yet compare Pro wrestling with magicians or illusionists. People know ''their'' acts are all "smoke and mirrors" but that doesn't detract from entertainment factor.

You get your entertainment where you will, and let others find their own. It's no one's business if you choose wrestling over football. If they don't like it, that's their problem.

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Why do people watch Soap Operas or anything else, for that matter! It's enjoyable to watch, no matter what non-fans think!!!

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cause the divas i think and because is fun \

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it isn't fake!!!

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the movie you are about to watch on fox tonight is more fake then wwe. i hate that. these guys bust their butts for us. yet people will ohh and ahhh at the theater when a computer animated green yoda does a flip. amazing.

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It may be fake (part of it) but still its fun to watch!

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it does things you could not get in real sports. i mean when was the last time they had a no holds barred golf game?

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WWE stands 4 ENTERTAINMENT

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WWE is just so fun to watch

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heres the thing. when undertaker pushed mankind to a table in hell in a cell, there is no way you can fake that

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divas are so fine

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wrestling cant be fake. i spotted so many bruises on the guys.

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Where else could you go to a live event and cuss a 300 lb man and not get killed for it

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it's the same as watching movies,we know they are staged,but we still enjoy it.it's fun.it's like a soapopera with steel chairs.

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