Is Pro Wrestling A Sport? (since Avante's thread had no poll)

[Avant]

No one is disagreeing that the guys in wrestling are very athletic. Obviously they are, but it’s not a sport. As others have said it’s more like a movie or play.

Avantes reasoning in this thread even dumber than usual tbh

There is no doubt it's a sport. And my reasoning is spot on. Trained athletes all competing for the big $$$$$$$$. Yep, sport.

[Avant]

I get noboby here will get this.



There we have an historical moment in the biz, think....Hagler vs Leonard....James Jackson vs Leamon King at the 54 Cali Champs 100 yards.


Why wrestling is a sport?

Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.***** The sport can either be theatrical for entertainment (see professional wrestling), or genuinely compe ive.**********

Bingo~~~~~~
Sports Illustrated Wrestling

4 hrs ·

March 20, 2018: Daniel Bryan is medically cleared to return to the ring.
What a difference a year makes.


The rise of KofiMania: Kingston tops latest ESPN WWE Power Rankings



I think I'll go with SI and ESPN, I bet they know Dwight Clark was a WR.

Where do we find the wrestling talk here, yep.....General SPORTS talk

Where do we find it in a paper....The SPORTS page.

What are the most successful SPORT pay per views.....boxing and pro wrestling

Yep, pro wrestling is a sport.

Google....most popular SPORTS in the USA/World, why do we see pro wrestling there?

You go into a sports card shop. why are pro wrestling cards there?

[Darth_Pelican]

[Avant]

Dude, you think Dwight Clark was a TE, hahahahaha~~~~~~~~


Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair



Don't get it at all do you ya guy?

Look at the excitement there, I bet most of them knew Clark was a TE.

[BD24]

There is no doubt it's a sport. And my reasoning is spot on. Trained athletes all competing for the big $$$$$$$$. Yep, sport.

Being a stunt man is a sport then.

acting is a sport then. Reasoning is dumb

[Avant]

Being a stunt man is a sport then.

acting is a sport then. Reasoning is dumb

Dude, fishing is a sport. Ever heard of....OUTDOOR SPORTS? Ever heard....non compe ive sports. Dude, are you ever going to do anything here beside leech off everyone else? And cool calling anyone dumb, ok?

Do you even know what a sport is?


Archery
Sport

Throwing Darts
Sport

[Darth_Pelican]

Even Vince McMahon's wife, Linda McMahon, the FORMER WWE CEO, acknowledged that Pro Wrestling is not a sport. Read her response to the last question. She has more credibility than Avante by a long shot. This should end the debate. It's not a sport.

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/20...-sport-633493/


Linda McMahon On Pro Wrestling Not Being A Sport, WWE Lessons Helping With Her New Job, More

By Marc Middleton | October 26, 2017


Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon, who now serves as the administrator of the Small Business Administration under President Donald Trump, recently spoke with Tom Fox for The Washington Post. You can see the full interview at this link and below are highlights:
What lessons did you learn in business that prepared you to be the SBA administrator?
When WWE started, it was primarily the live event business and we expanded it to licensing, to music to publishing to pay-per view and to networks. I created and grew a business. I understand what businesses go through, the ups and downs, the good cycles and the bad cycles. I learned about strict cash management, the impact of regulations and the need for providing health-care insurance to employees. I have walked the walk and talked the talk of our small business communities, so I can really be a strong advocate on their behalf.
What would people be surprised to know about you?
I am the most comfortable in my sweats hanging out with my family and I am a jock. I was a real tomboy growing up. I played baseball with boys. I was singled out as the best athlete in school for the 8th grade, so I thought that was pretty cool.


What is your favorite sport? Is it professional wrestling?
Well, professional wrestling is an entertainment product. For pure sport as a spectator, I like the pace of basketball.

[Avant]

Well actually she doesn't know more about pro wrestling than I do. I can talk...

WWA
AWA
CWA
NWA
World Class
WCW
WWWF

I got into the wrestling around 1959 and can talk wrestlers she or Vince have never even heard of.

Totally have the history down, can hang with anyone in the world about the who, what, where and when of pro Wrestling.

There is no doubt at all that pro wrestling is a sport.

[Darth_Pelican]

Well actually she doesn't know more about pro wrestling than I do. I can talk...

WWA
AWA
CWA
NWA
World Class
WCW
WWWF

I got into the wrestling around 1959 and can talk wrestlers she or Vince have never even heard of.

Totally have the history down, can hang with anyone in the world about the who, what, where and when of pro Wrestling.

There is no doubt at all that pro wrestling is a sport.

The former CEO of the biggest Pro Wrestling company in the world admitted that pro wrestling is not a sport. Your knowledge of the wrestlers or promotions doesn't change the fact that it's entertainment, not a sport.

[Avant]

The former CEO of the biggest Pro Wrestling company in the world admitted that pro wrestling is not a sport. Your knowledge of the wrestlers or promotions doesn't change the fact that it's entertainment, not a sport.

Dude, you think Dwight Clark is a TE.

[Avant]

Pro Wrestling is without question a sport.

That's why we find it in....

SI
ESPN
Anywhere sports is talked
Here in the General Sports
Newspapers
As one of the most popular SPORTS in the world

Trained athletes (all x footballers, bobybuilders, track guys, weighr lifters, gymnasts) all competing in a physical activity that is very dangerous, all competing to be the best. Yep....sport....and any place that doesn't even know what position Dwight Clark played.....ha~~~~~~~~~

[Blake]

The compe ion is in being the best in the biz and moving up the ranks.

There are little companies out there that pay little, everyone in these...Indies...want a WWE contract, that is the goal and they are all competing to get there.

[Blake]

Dude, you think Dwight Clark is a TE.

Blake, nobody ever disputed that the guy plays some TE, ok? I saw him do it, ok?

[Avant]

Go to any library.....

You...looking for books on pro wrestling (tons of them)
Librarian....you can find that in the sports section...B212 to C10.

I used to read the Fresno Bee way back when, where did ya find talk of the wrestling, yep......the sports page.

trained athletes
compe ion for the big $$$
SI
ESPN
Newspapers
Library

Yep, sport.

[Avant]

The rasslin' really was my first love when it came to sports, the track, football came later once I started to compete. I go back to the very beginnings and can talk the sport from an historian perspective. Jim Londos, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Farmer Burns, etc. Talk about something interesting there it is.

The politics involved, what a story. The drugs, the freaks, life on the road, the real feuds, the raising real , the colorful characters in this strange biz, what a story.

I think the first wrestler I ever saw on TV was this guy.....




Baron Leoni

I get it's real important I am NEVER right and MUST be wrong 100% of the time but that makes you people look dumb. All of you know Clark was a WR, and if I'd said....Pro Wrestling is not a sport.......that poll would read

Sport...14
Non sport...1

Why fight it like ya do, , I'd learn all I could.

[Blake]

[Avant]

10 Most Popular Sports Americans Love


Written by
Steve Shoup
April 1, 2017


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In Number 8 comes Wrestling.
Professional wrestling matches are the perfect places of crowd in America. Be it the WWE or the kickboxing and wrestling, people of America simply loves these matches and take Undertaker, John Cena or The Rock as their idols.

[Avant]

Where would pro wrestling rank among the world's most popular sports?

[Avant]

Big athetes doing things that took a long time to learn putting their life on the line at least five nights a week, competing for the big $$$$ contracts is sports anyone not getting this, thinks Dwight Clark was a TE.

[Avant]

Athletes at work.





Fishing is a sport, that isn't. hahahaha~~~~


I think I'll go with Sports Illustrated and Sporting News over those who don't even know what position Dwight Clark played.



WWE News & Rumors | Sporting News


Right off the sports page

[Blake]

10 Most Popular Sports Americans Love

Lol who the is this shmuck

[SpursforSix]

Lol who the is this shmuck

That's Elmo Sputterbutt

[Kobe'sAchilles]

I can't understand people paying to go and see that. As ridiculous as it all is, surely, that would have to be the point where you'd question what you're doing with your time and money.

I see it as a live action movie tbh. I know they don't really hit or kill actors in action movies but I still like them. When the crowd is into it and you have 19,000 screaming fans then it becomes fun tbh. Wrestlers come out and talk you and ur city and you boo them and talk them right back. Everyone has their own favorite character that you cheer for. It's scripted and the winner is already predetermined but let me ruin the ending of the new avengers movie, Thanos loses. Everyone knows it, but it's still gonna make a billion dollars in the box office.

[Avant]

I see it as a live action movie tbh. I know they don't really hit or kill actors in action movies but I still like them. When the crowd is into it and you have 19,000 screaming fans then it becomes fun tbh. Wrestlers come out and talk you and ur city and you boo them and talk them right back. Everyone has their own favorite character that you cheer for. It's scripted and the winner is already predetermined but let me ruin the ending of the new avengers movie, Thanos loses. Everyone knows it, but it's still gonna make a billion dollars in the box office.

You got it.

[SpursforSix]

I see it as a live action movie tbh. I know they don't really hit or kill actors in action movies but I still like them. When the crowd is into it and you have 19,000 screaming fans then it becomes fun tbh. Wrestlers come out and talk you and ur city and you boo them and talk them right back. Everyone has their own favorite character that you cheer for. It's scripted and the winner is already predetermined but let me ruin the ending of the new avengers movie, Thanos loses. Everyone knows it, but it's still gonna make a billion dollars in the box office.

Except when I go to a movie, I'm reasonable sure that everyone around me knows it's a movie.