Ask any non wrestling fan about wrestling and without a shadow of doubt they’ll say it’s fake. Ask any wrestling enthusiast or expert about wrestling and they’ll respond with an “It’s fake but…,” umming and arring because they have to once again explain that it’s predetermined, but it hurts.

I’m personally not happy with calling wrestling fake whatsoever. I hate to regurgitate this, but looking at the Benoit tragedy and the death of Eddie Guerrero wrestling isn’t fake, it’s painfully real. Real to the deceased wrestler’s friends, their family and to an accepting portion of wrestling’s followers.

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