Yes, we all know that WWE wrestling is not real wrestling, it is totally fake, bogus, staged, and more a soap opera than anything else. Certainly not a real sport.
I have a few nephews that live down the street. I babysit them on Monday night. They are both WWE Wrestling fans. They have their favorite wrestlers and watch as do 36 million viewers in 150 different countries for each WWE TV event. That is a staggering number!
For a recent celebration, I purchased ringside seats for me and my two nephews. We had front row seats facing the main TV camera. Facing the main TV camera is very important. What we noticed on the first row, facing the main camera is that the wrestler’s punches were not even close. I mean, you can throw a punch and have it slide off the face of someone and it will look close. Throwing a punch and being 4 or 5 inches away does not even look real. The wrestlers play to where the camera is and throw their punches or make their moves accordingly. When you are facing the camera and sitting this close, it was very easy to hear and see the codes the wrestlers give to each other letting them know the next move or such. Even the referee could be heard telling the wrestlers to: Let’s wrap this up now. And then oddly, one wrestler gets pinned shortly thereafter.
Both nephews came away from this event totally disillusioned. I didn’t want to be the one who tells them there is no Santa Claus, but it had to be done and better it be done by the WWE than anyone else. Watching the same event on TV a few days later, all the punches looked real and you could not even see the referee’s mouth moving giving the wrestlers signals. It’s OK to be fake, but sitting that close makes it just too fake.
I have a few nephews that live down the street. I babysit them on Monday night. They are both WWE Wrestling fans. They have their favorite wrestlers and watch as do 36 million viewers in 150 different countries for each WWE TV event. That is a staggering number!
For a recent celebration, I purchased ringside seats for me and my two nephews. We had front row seats facing the main TV camera. Facing the main TV camera is very important. What we noticed on the first row, facing the main camera is that the wrestler’s punches were not even close. I mean, you can throw a punch and have it slide off the face of someone and it will look close. Throwing a punch and being 4 or 5 inches away does not even look real. The wrestlers play to where the camera is and throw their punches or make their moves accordingly. When you are facing the camera and sitting this close, it was very easy to hear and see the codes the wrestlers give to each other letting them know the next move or such. Even the referee could be heard telling the wrestlers to: Let’s wrap this up now. And then oddly, one wrestler gets pinned shortly thereafter.
Both nephews came away from this event totally disillusioned. I didn’t want to be the one who tells them there is no Santa Claus, but it had to be done and better it be done by the WWE than anyone else. Watching the same event on TV a few days later, all the punches looked real and you could not even see the referee’s mouth moving giving the wrestlers signals. It’s OK to be fake, but sitting that close makes it just too fake.
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