Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Pro Wrestling is to MMA as Artist are to Hacks.

It is unavoidable, pro wrestling and mixed martial arts have to step on each other toes. People feed on violence, and unfortunately for pro wrestling, the audience is differentiating and demanding the real thing. Honestly, that is kind of sick (what is more unsettling that it makes Vince looks like a saint).

Violence is not sex. Unlike the porn market, snuff is not something people expect to find on your PC. While directors are trying to incorporate unsimulated sex into cinema, you do not see them rushing the debut of unsimulated murder. Of course, trying to bring actual death to the big screen would screw over makeup artists, and I doubt the future Tom Savinis will stand for that. Hell, they are probably wise enough to form a union.

I would not call MMA fans sickos (I love the Japanese scene), but that is because I was an amateur wrestler and bar room boxer. If anything, my 15 seconds with Derrick "The Eraser" Noble at the Peoria 2001 "Toughman" contest demands that I admire mixed martial arts. My issue with the sport is that the art is fading away.

The most awesome tweet ever came from Chris Jericho (oh my disappointment when he reneged on it):
Ok guess I'm the only "old school pro wrestler" to say it...screw UFC fighter. U could NEVER do what me and my brothers do. #bringitbitches.
I share the sentiment of the tweet. It goes back to the days of kayfabe where wrestlers had to believe and prove they were bad asses. My Tae Kwon Do masters taught me all the short cuts to avoid losing fights, so I am not afraid any repercussions to my belief in our savior.

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