# Hate it? Love it? Pro Wrestling. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 30, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345 "2000-08-30T15:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/41 "2000-09-01T17:17:41Z")
I’d like to add, that while that little ‘quote’ button has been abused, some of us responsible quoters praised the day we discovered it. You see, I have a memory for names akin to a kitchen strainer. I can copy a quote, and by the time I’ve gone back to my response to paste it, I forget who I’m quoting. That and spelling of names is generally a friggin crap shoot with me. So I vote for keeping the ‘quote’ button. Thank you for you kind attention. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/42 "2000-09-01T18:16:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > \*\*Maybe next time, each of us should just quote the whole fuckin’ thread!!! Don’t you people know how to use a regular quote, or at least fricken edit your post??? > > Christ! \*\* Holy shit, the vB code gestapo has spoken! A thousand fucking sorrys that you had to hit your down arrow a few extra times! Next time, I’ll email you everything before I post it, to see if my posting style is to your liking. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/43 "2000-09-01T18:24:58Z")
And Sealemon, point taken. I’m usually better about that, but I wasn’t here. Oh well. There’s just no need to be an ass about it when pointing it out (Demo). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/44 "2000-09-01T18:25:04Z")
Not to sound too gestapo-like but there’s a [Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=36944) about this. I didn’t notice it before I posted my schpiel either. Back to the subject at hand . . . I’d like to publically challenge Triple-H to a No-Holds-Barred-Arkansas-Lawnmower-Barbed-Wire-Hamburger-Helper-Cage-Match with his choice of Special Referee. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/45 "2000-09-01T18:59:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\* > There’s just no need to be an ass about it when pointing it out (Demo). \*\* Sorry mouthbreather, that was pretty dick-ish of me. It just seems like this is something that has been gone over again and again. Also, that wasn’t directed only at you, yours was just one of many that I came across over the last few days and it’s been simmering for a while. Basically, it boils down to common courtesy and etiquette. It’s not neccesary and it doesn’t matter what _I_ like, but quoting a whole post makes it hard to follow a thread by breaking up the continuity. I rarely saw this before the quote button was enabled and, while it has merits, I think it encourages laziness and poor style when posting. Anyway, sorry to go off on you. And, sorry to hijack the thread, that is in poor taste as well. So, in an effort to get this back on track: The Rock can bite my ass and all wrestling fans are trailer trash!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/46 "2000-09-01T19:15:12Z")
No sweat, Demo. Fact is, I agree with you. I’ll be the first to admit that my post above is an ugly one. Like I said already, I usually am conscious about making my posts look nice, but everyone hiccups once in a while. > [@](#): > > The Rock can bite my ass and all wrestling fans are trailer trash!!! I can’t believe that I actually had time to type out this message, seeing as how there are only 3 cinderblocks under my '81 Camaro in the front yard. Any self-respecting redneck will tell you that you need 4, minimum. I need to get to work! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/47 "2000-09-01T19:35:23Z")
I should have also said here: > [@](#): > > Either use (quote)quoated material here(/quote), replacing the “()” with “{}”, or cut out the extraneous parts of the post that you’re whole-quoting. To replace “()” with “**[]**” **OK, back on topic:** Ya know, Demo, I’ve been listinin’ to ya yappin yer jaws like some kind of poodle, and I’ve had it! I wanna see you on SuperSmackBitchSlapMania! Next Sunday! On Pay-Per-View! Steel cage, Texas leather strap tornado rules! Demo “The Elitist” critus vs. Seale “Redneck Rampage” mon88! It’ll be a rip-roarin’, coon dawg howlin’, hacksaw swingin’, chaw chewin’, Thunderbird swillin’, table crashin’, knee slappin’, spoon playin’, foot stompin’, sister grabbin’, gun shootin’, banjo strummin’, yeeeee-hawwin’ good time! ---
**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/48 "2000-09-01T22:10:22Z")
BULLSHIT ! BULLSHIT ! BULLSHIT ! How can anyone get excited about a bunch of guys and gals puttin’ on an act?? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/49 "2000-09-01T22:12:18Z")
Yeah, Like _Death of a Salesman_ or _Romeo and Juliet_. What kinda shit they trying to pull over on us anyway? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/50 "2000-09-01T22:17:15Z")
The guys in the tough-man world are for real, and I got respect for that! But if I owned all of the WWF, I’d sell it to ya’ for a dollar! … and donate it to charity! ---
**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/51 "2000-09-01T22:23:44Z")
Ok, Jack, point taken, but I think there’s miles and miles between Shakespear and WWF. People are gettin’ all fired up over a couple of big guys beatin’ each other up, when they really aren’t! ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/52 "2000-09-01T22:27:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by poppyp \* > \*\*The guys in the tough-man world are for real, and I got respect for that! But if I owned all of the WWF, I’d sell it to ya’ for a dollar! > > … and donate it to charity! \*\* Tell ya what…when you own a wrestling federation, I’ll gladly be the first to offer you double your asking price. A cool $2. I’ll even donate an additional $2 to charity, just to double your contribution. 😃 And toughman is sort of cool, but it’s just a boxing exhibition. With people who have no clue how to box. I’d much rather watch UFC. No holds barred is the only way to tell who is the better fighter. Not to mention more entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/53 "2000-09-01T22:34:13Z")
You said it all, Joe, there is no substitute for the real thing. Get it on and see who’s left! ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/54 "2000-09-01T22:35:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by poppyp \* > \*\*Ok, Jack, point taken, but I think there’s miles and miles between Shakespear and WWF. People are gettin’ all fired up over a couple of big guys beatin’ each other up, when they really aren’t! \*\* No different from watching Deep Blue Sea: watching a few scientists (who really aren’t) trying to kill a genetically enhanced shark (that doesn’t exist). or Star Wars: watching a few rebels (who don’t exist) flying spaceships (that don’t exist) and battling the Empire (which doesn’t exist) using the Force (which doesn’t exist). or a soap opera: watching a few rich people sleeping with and killing and marrying each other (only they really aren’t). or heavyweight boxing: watching a couple of big guys beatin’ each other up (only the fight’s fixed so either one is taking a dive, or the judges score for the one whose promoter pays the biggest bribes or is in with the mob they respect the most) or ESPN Classic: watching old sports events, even though you know who’s gonna win, what the score will be, who’ll get hurt, etc. get it? it’s Entertainment. With stuntmen. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/55 "2000-09-01T22:41:44Z")
Seale, I’m there! But…I want…tables …and ladders …and CHAIRS!!! Everyone, say it with me! Tables, and ladders, and chairs! Tables and ladders and chairs! TABLES AND LADDERS AND CHAIRS! That’s right, sissy boy! You’re in for it now! Fuck. See, I’ve seen too much already. I am…corrupted. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/56 "2000-09-01T23:14:31Z")
Ya bunch of putz’s. Double posting, screwing up the italics and whatnot. Sheesh. Talking about B.S. outside this persons post? C’mon. Did you come here to discuss wrestling or did you come here to hear yourself talk. What Demo said I concur with. Repeating an entire post is a bit over-board. But, as with everything in life, to each their own. Learn to live with it. Now, if you have something to add to the O.P.'s question, go ahead. If not, what the Hell are you doing here? By the way Demo, you don’t know me from Adam, bit I pitty the fact you retracted your earlier statement. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/57 "2000-09-02T00:01:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > \*\* > Fuck. See, I’ve seen too much already. I am…corrupted. > ☹ \*\* Ha Ha… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/58 "2000-09-02T01:37:42Z")
Umm, what did I retract? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/59 "2000-09-02T15:12:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by poppyp \* > \*\*Ok, Jack, point taken, but I think there’s miles and miles between Shakespear and WWF. \*\* Followed by Joe\_Cool Beating him up for it. Sorry, Pop, I didn’t mean to set you up like that. I was just making a smart-ass remark to round out my day. But Joe pretty much had the same point as I did, which is - If you’re going to hate wrestling, don’t hate it because it’s acting; hate because it’s _bad_ acting. I think you’d be better served to stand on the side of hating it because it promotes violence, or that kids don’t know it’s fake or whatever. Personally, I like a little bad acting now and again. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345/60 "2000-09-02T18:40:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Ya bunch of putz’s. Double posting, screwing up the italics and whatnot. Sheesh. Yeah, and misspelling “pity”. What a bunch of shmucks. I hate to break it to you, but thread hijacks occur here all the time. Kind of like real life conversations. Deal. And Of course I didn’t come here to hear myself talk. But the sound of the keys clicking _is_ kind of soothing. BTW: What did your latest post add to the OP? Demo: Tables and ladders and chairs and STRAPS, you pansy! I’ll beat you like a rented mule! Like a red headed stepchild! Like a narc at a biker rally! As far as you being corrupted…HA! I felt the same way when I got back into ‘Rasslin a couple of years ago. I even went to a live WCW event a few months back; the rasslin’ wasn’t that good, but the crowd made the experience fun. It was like being at a rock concert. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-it-love-it-pro-wrestling/31345.md?page=4)