The debate on whether WWE wrestling is real continues

Apr 21, 2018

Well just like many movies we enjoy, professional wrestling is an entertainment medium.

Is what millions of WWE viewers watch every week on TV real?

Well just like many movies we enjoy, professional wrestling is an entertainment medium. It has the artistic liberty to craft its own narrative and rarely do you watch a boring professional wrestling segment.

According to experts in the field, WWE is close to fiction. While the events in wrestling are staged, the physicality is real. Like stunt performers, wrestlers execute feats of athleticism, fly, collide with each other; and the floor- all while staying in character.

Unlike stunt performers, wrestlers perform these staged contests in one take, before a live audience. The ultimate theatre in the round, great wrestling is part complex choreography and part improvisation — with wrestlers feeding off each other and the crowd to create a unique work of art.

According to ‘Behind the belt' writer KrackerJak, people watch because pro wrestling is a century-old artform skillfully fusing ancient performance techniques with modern pop-culture sensibilities, capturing an audience with drama, intrigue, comedy and violence, bundling the whole thing together in a sporting context.

Another Lifelong professional wrestling fan Mike Specian says, "Some people are troubled by this.  They wonder how they can enjoy pro wrestling's offerings when they know what they are seeing isn't real.  Strangely, they seldom fret over the scripted nature of television, movies, novels or other similar works.  The key with all these art forms is suspension of disbelief.  Those who allow themselves to be carried along with the story will experience an emotional ride as they do so,"

MultiChoice has provided an opportunity to New Vision to witness live what really happens at these wrestling matches in one of the live shows in South Africa this weekend.

Viewers on Supersport can look forward to Raw on Tuesdays and SmackDown on Wednesdays offering both live telecasts and same-day re-airs, as well as all WWE specials live, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series and Royal Rumble. GOtv viewers have access to the action on Select 3, available to GOtv Plus customers.

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