If Professional wrestling isn't a Sport, why do Sports news sites carry and follow it

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  • SBR Tony
    Moderator
    • 01-31-18
    • 3934

    #1
    If Professional wrestling isn't a Sport, why do Sports news sites carry and follow it
    pisses me off to see sites like espn, cbs sports, etc carry and follow it like it's a sport

    yes I've watch it over the years and it's entertaining. but not a sport
  • jjgold
    SBR Aristocracy
    • 07-20-05
    • 388179

    #2
    It’s not a sport it’s a joke and the only people that watch it are basically unsuccessful and uneducated people and of course kids that don’t know better

    Guy like me will not get involved in it
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    • Mr KLC
      BARRELED IN @ SBR!
      • 12-19-07
      • 31097

      #3
      It's athletic entertainment that is more mainstream than people want to admit. It's like Donald Trump. A lot more people like him than come out and admit it.
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      • phinfan27615
        SBR MVP
        • 07-10-17
        • 1837

        #4
        Because the WWE pays them to cover it
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        • HurryUpAndDrink
          SBR Posting Legend
          • 08-23-13
          • 13017

          #5
          If that pisses you off SBRTony you need more real problems in your life..........................
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          • MMANick
            SBR MVP
            • 12-06-16
            • 4075

            #6
            It's not a sport, but those wrestlers are athletic.
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            • reigle9
              SBR Posting Legend
              • 10-25-07
              • 17879

              #7
              the same reason cnn pretends it's news
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              • daneblazer
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                • 09-14-08
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                #8
                It’s entertainment and athletics. You think a bunch of fat guys sitting around a table throwing chips around is a sport?
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                • b1slickguy
                  SBR Posting Legend
                  • 11-24-11
                  • 11959

                  #9
                  They are desperate for content.
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                  • aliceinchains
                    SBR High Roller
                    • 01-07-18
                    • 112

                    #10
                    i don't understand why it isn't counted as a sport.
                    what is your criteria of "being a sport"?
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                    • reigle9
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 10-25-07
                      • 17879

                      #11
                      Originally posted by aliceinchains
                      i don't understand why it isn't counted as a sport.
                      what is your criteria of "being a sport"?
                      let me take this one, a sport is something with a tangible score

                      shit like figure skating where the score is subjective, not a sport...dog shows where a bunch 85yo gay pedos pick the winner, not a sport...dog shows where the dogs run 80mph through an obstacle course, is a sport
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                      • SBR Tony
                        Moderator
                        • 01-31-18
                        • 3934

                        #12
                        Originally posted by aliceinchains
                        i don't understand why it isn't counted as a sport.
                        what is your criteria of "being a sport"?
                        something that's not scripted
                        maybe we can start there
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                        • reigle9
                          SBR Posting Legend
                          • 10-25-07
                          • 17879

                          #13
                          Originally posted by SBR Tony
                          something that's not scripted
                          maybe we can start there
                          welcome to like 1993, this isn't something to feel superior about anymore...everyone knows it's scripted, including the wwe, which calls it entertainment...it's not a burn like you have it in your head
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                          • SBR Tony
                            Moderator
                            • 01-31-18
                            • 3934

                            #14
                            Originally posted by reigle9
                            welcome to like 1993, this isn't something to feel superior about anymore...everyone knows it's scripted, including the wwe, which calls it entertainment...it's not a burn like you have it in your head
                            of course everyone knows, just giving an example that makes wwe not a sport

                            also think wwe is more like a men's soap opera
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                            • slayer14
                              SBR Posting Legend
                              • 08-12-13
                              • 22021

                              #15
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                              • HurryUpAndDrink
                                SBR Posting Legend
                                • 08-23-13
                                • 13017

                                #16
                                Originally posted by b1slickguy
                                They are desperate for content.
                                So IS SBRTony, hence this thread
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                                • reigle9
                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                  • 10-25-07
                                  • 17879

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by SBR Tony
                                  of course everyone knows, just giving an example that makes wwe not a sport

                                  also think wwe is more like a men's soap opera
                                  i doubt any logical wwe fan thinks it's a sport, and there are a lot of them...it's not all hillbilly's from west virginia

                                  wwe is very popular among college-aged athletes

                                  if anyone actually watched the ncaa's last year, they were cutting promos the entire time
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                                  • HurryUpAndDrink
                                    SBR Posting Legend
                                    • 08-23-13
                                    • 13017

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by reigle9
                                    i doubt any logical wwe fan thinks it's a sport, and there are a lot of them...it's not all hillbilly's from west virginia

                                    wwe is very popular among college-aged athletes

                                    if anyone actually watched the ncaa's last year, they were cutting promos the entire time
                                    +1 I know smart folks from everywhere in the world (not just midwest usa) that like it...

                                    I can understand they used to like it (like me on the attitude era), I think the WWE product today is unwatchable

                                    Ill watch a classic bout from time to time here and there... is comforting... makes me feel like a kid sometimes

                                    Nothing wrong w that
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                                    • reigle9
                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                      • 10-25-07
                                      • 17879

                                      #19
                                      tried to watch the raw 25th anniversary the other week, and they had some of this new nonsense taking up space

                                      couldn't even sit through it to get to the nostalgia
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                                      • SBR Tony
                                        Moderator
                                        • 01-31-18
                                        • 3934

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by slayer14
                                        today, that would be sexual assault
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                                        • HurryUpAndDrink
                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                          • 08-23-13
                                          • 13017

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by reigle9
                                          tried to watch the raw 25th anniversary the other week, and they had some of this new nonsense taking up space

                                          couldn't even sit through it to get to the nostalgia
                                          wwe is classics is where is at, with Undertaker/Rock/Shawn Michaels retired I have zero reasons to even try and watch today's garbage... all these stiff guys like Roman Reigns and John Cena are pathetic, no crowd control, no mic skills, nothing, NOTHING...

                                          I watched HBK vs Owen Hart last nite... 1995/96 not sure... good shit... then I watched a movie a chick recommended to me.

                                          I dont consider myself a fan, but I like to watch oldies every once in a while... HBK was my role model growing up (ages 7-14) ... I always wanted to have a similar physique and drive the girls wild...
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                                          • SBR Tony
                                            Moderator
                                            • 01-31-18
                                            • 3934

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by HurryUpAndDrink
                                            So IS SBRTony, hence this thread
                                            glad for you to stop in and give your 2 cents
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                                            • HurryUpAndDrink
                                              SBR Posting Legend
                                              • 08-23-13
                                              • 13017

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by SBR Tony
                                              glad for you to stop in and give your 2 cents
                                              lol, 3-4 posts in this thread from me

                                              thats at least a quarter

                                              thank me later!
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                                              • reigle9
                                                SBR Posting Legend
                                                • 10-25-07
                                                • 17879

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by HurryUpAndDrink
                                                wwe is classics is where is at, with Undertaker/Rock/Shawn Michaels retired I have zero reasons to even try and watch today's garbage... all these stiff guys like Roman Reigns and John Cena are pathetic, no crowd control, no mic skills, nothing, NOTHING...

                                                I watched HBK vs Owen Hart last nite... 1995/96 not sure... good shit... then I watched a movie a chick recommended to me.

                                                I dont consider myself a fan, but I like to watch oldies every once in a while... HBK was my role model growing up (ages 7-14) ... I always wanted to have a similar physique and drive the girls wild...
                                                i just happened to get back into it mid-teens when i was too lazy to play jailbreak with the other neighborhood kids (this was pre-internet when kids still played games and didn't do drugs and have babies)...it was rock/austin/dx period GOAT

                                                discovered my streaming site has the wwe network the other day, they were showing the hogan-rock lead up to wrestlemania (this was after i touched a boob and didn't watch anymore)...smoked a bowl and had the time of my life watching it
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                                                • HurryUpAndDrink
                                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                                  • 08-23-13
                                                  • 13017

                                                  #25
                                                  Yeah I liked DX with Shawn Michaels however.... HHH was never that great really...

                                                  Stone Cold is a badass, I listen to his podcast sometimes, motherfukker's funny
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                                                  • jtoler
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                                                    • 12-17-13
                                                    • 30967

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by SBR Tony
                                                    pisses me off to see sites like espn, cbs sports, etc carry and follow it like it's a sport

                                                    yes I've watch it over the years and it's entertaining. but not a sport
                                                    Since when did those networks carry and follow it?
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                                                    • HurryUpAndDrink
                                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                                      • 08-23-13
                                                      • 13017

                                                      #27
                                                      Fact is this guys back in the 90s had a dreamed job... they were close to rockstars in some cities/states... they could behave and look like rockstars AND PARTY like them

                                                      Everyone knew HBK was on coke and soma's fukkin chicks (Sunny and Sable included) and he was still the main guy cause he was THAT GOOD.
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                                                      • reigle9
                                                        SBR Posting Legend
                                                        • 10-25-07
                                                        • 17879

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by jtoler
                                                        Since when did those networks carry and follow it?
                                                        i was surprised by this too

                                                        assumed he was just making it up
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                                                        • reigle9
                                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                                          • 10-25-07
                                                          • 17879

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by HurryUpAndDrink
                                                          Fact is this guys back in the 90s had a dreamed job... they were close to rockstars in some cities/states... they could behave and look like rockstars AND PARTY like them

                                                          Everyone knew HBK was on coke and soma's fukkin chicks (Sunny and Sable included) and he was still the main guy cause he was THAT GOOD.
                                                          HBK goat gimmick for sure

                                                          i saw recently (prob on here) that you can penetrate sonny for like 50 bucks now
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                                                          • SBR Tony
                                                            Moderator
                                                            • 01-31-18
                                                            • 3934

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by jtoler
                                                            Since when did those networks carry and follow it?
                                                            Go to either site, on the toolbar where it gives the major sports links, click the dotted line which is more sports
                                                            you will see it has it's own sub site

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                                                            • HurryUpAndDrink
                                                              SBR Posting Legend
                                                              • 08-23-13
                                                              • 13017

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by reigle9
                                                              HBK goat gimmick for sure

                                                              i saw recently (prob on here) that you can penetrate sonny for like 50 bucks now
                                                              ewww... not fukk her but have her undress and finger herself for you on webcam... she is nasty man... that chick turned super sour

                                                              she was the hottest back in the day IMO.....
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                                                              • Tmuston Beltics
                                                                SBR MVP
                                                                • 01-14-13
                                                                • 1253

                                                                #32
                                                                Gets them more adv revenue
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                                                                • reigle9
                                                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                                                  • 10-25-07
                                                                  • 17879

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by HurryUpAndDrink
                                                                  ewww... not fukk her but have her undress and finger herself for you on webcam... she is nasty man... that chick turned super sour

                                                                  she was the hottest back in the day IMO.....
                                                                  oh lol, is that what it is? that's so funny

                                                                  yeah, she was hot in the day but obv super trashy
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                                                                  • opie1988
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                                                                    • 09-12-10
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by SBR Tony
                                                                    something that's not scripted
                                                                    maybe we can start there
                                                                    Tony....not sure I’m liking your tone here. Seems a little combative.

                                                                    You got a problem, motherfukker? How’d you like an infraction??
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                                                                    • reigle9
                                                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                                                      • 10-25-07
                                                                      • 17879

                                                                      #35
                                                                      i want to have a 3some with sonny and tonya harding
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