[SOC] more BULLS*IT!!!! from adam

Sun, 14 Apr 2002 22:09:18 -0500

Let's not forget how if you jump of the top rope and land on a boney, bumpy
wrestler you are fine.  If you land on a soft padded mat right after the
guy rolls out of the way, you are in agony :^)

Btw, I just recently started watching wrestling again since Hulk Hogan came
back to the WWF... talk about disgusting... I pretty much only watch the
parts with him on!  The rest is just porno

72/73/oo
Rob, W�JRM
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----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] more BULLS*IT!!!! from adam

In a message dated 4/14/2002 10:33:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:

<< Nascar has indefinitely removed Kevin Harvick from Nascar because he
bumped
 > some guy out of the truck race yesterday, this following his "fight"
with
 > Greg Biffle a couple weeks ago. >>

 Not being a nascar guy myself, i would think that the fighting and
controversy will attract more of the nascar crowd...when i was a kid, my
dad
used to take me to the old Riverside speedway, the crowds that showed up
were
usually drunk, aggressive and waiting for a crash, there are always
exceptions...but thats what stuck out in my mind as a kid. the same type of
lot that goes to, and gets way overly involved in, pro wrestling "matches".
and i swear on a Carl Sagan paperback that there are people still out there
who think pro wrestling is real and the winners succeed because they are
better wrestlers, not because thats how they rehearsed it. this amazes me!
 I also live in a Nascar city, we have the Las Vegas Speedway here, its
massive!  theres no other way to put it...theres a ton of money behind it
and
nascar is pushing their product like never before. a wreck or a bit of foul
play will put asses into the stands, and an indefinate suspension of a
driver
will not stop the marketing machine...not even a little bit, and if this
guy
has even a little bit of of a fan base or marketability, he will be back
for
sure. as long as cars wreck and the glimmer of hope of seeing some carnage
still exists, the beer generation will still flock to the big left turn
arena. can you drive by an accident scene without the smallest urge to at
least have a passing glance?
  Let me make it clear that i respect a guy that can get behind the wheel
of
a machine that goes 240 mph in traffic, theres strategy there in winning,
but
it moves me like a bad laxative.
  As for pro wrestling, im a performer myself, i go onstage and go off the
hook...i usually sustain an injury or two just playing my guitar, i cut
myself up, i come home with bruises, lumps, scrapes and every muscle aches,
and i dont even notice it until the next day...then i really notice it, but
i
suspect that what i go through for my craft just to deliver a good show is
small compared to what these people go through to deliver a good wrestling
performance to the fans, they are huge people doing extremely physical
routines, they do get injured AND they have to be convincing actors as
well...i also understand the pressure cooker that is the entertainment
business, they have no choice but to perform to the best of their abilities
in order to stay in the fold, regardless of how they are feeling.
 With that said, maybe they are TOO convincing because there are still
legions of fans who overlook the fact that the huge roundhouse punch they
saw
the one monster throw missed the other guys head by a foot and a
half....and
the bad acting that followed when the second monster flopped around
exsessively on the mat like a fish. im sure a few of us have taken a punch
in
our time...if someone can explain to me how these two situations look
remotely similar, im all ears. i know some guys who get all bent out of
shape
FOR REAL when one wrestler "loses" a belt to another one...they are
depressed
for days, i just sit there stunned and look at them.  you want reality?
watch old tapes of the UFC, theres no faking anything there...those guys
have
serious skills and beat the crap out of eachother, pretty gruesome stuff
for
sure, the two look nothing alike.
 Anyway, my opinion and a dollar can get you small bag of M&Ms...but there
you have it. :-)

73...Adam, N7YA
SOC 143  FP#86
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