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7/12/2025, 10:42:49 AM
Yes, wrestling absolutely can be kino.
It's not a sport, its a movie about sports.
Like sports, there are highs and lows, thrills and chills, triumphs and failures, has-beens and never wases. Like in sports, there are those whose careers get cut short due to some unforeseen circumstances in their prime before they can take off to superstardom (Magnum T.A.), there are those whose careers end just as tragically in the ring (Owen Hart, Hayabusa, Mitsuharu Misawa), there are those matches that must see's (Hart vs. Austin, Austin vs. Rock, Undertaker vs. Mankind), there are hidden gems (Angle vs. ANYONE, RVD vs. anyone) and there are the sleazeballs, the crooks, the heroes and the villains, both real and imagined. Tales of debauchery, sex, drugs, violence, insanity, fights, injuries, redneck shittery; It is an absolute batshit shitshow of a world both inside and out. The stories about and of the business, from the top of the industry to the mudshows at the bottom, would make for volumes of films and epic series. Wrestling thrives on that sort of storytelling. And its not like it always relies on the deepest of psychology either. Entire feuds existences can be boiled down to:
>Good guy (Babyface): I respect you as a man and as an athlete.
>Bad guy (Heel): "To hell with that shit; your mothers a whore."
And then you sell tickets for what you want to see: two tough guys in a fight. Unlike real fights though, you're only as strong as your balls and eyes, so 2-3 minutes max. In wrestling, you get to see the drama, the speed, the tension, the story and most importantly, the action. Another interesting aspect of wrestling is how its somewhat of a secret society, akin to the mob. You couldn't run venues like MSG without running into mafioso.
The ancient Greeks would have TOTALLY got professional wrestling. They would look at the undercard and say, that's us. They are the mortals. The upper card would be the demigods and of course the authority figures would be the gods.
It's not a sport, its a movie about sports.
Like sports, there are highs and lows, thrills and chills, triumphs and failures, has-beens and never wases. Like in sports, there are those whose careers get cut short due to some unforeseen circumstances in their prime before they can take off to superstardom (Magnum T.A.), there are those whose careers end just as tragically in the ring (Owen Hart, Hayabusa, Mitsuharu Misawa), there are those matches that must see's (Hart vs. Austin, Austin vs. Rock, Undertaker vs. Mankind), there are hidden gems (Angle vs. ANYONE, RVD vs. anyone) and there are the sleazeballs, the crooks, the heroes and the villains, both real and imagined. Tales of debauchery, sex, drugs, violence, insanity, fights, injuries, redneck shittery; It is an absolute batshit shitshow of a world both inside and out. The stories about and of the business, from the top of the industry to the mudshows at the bottom, would make for volumes of films and epic series. Wrestling thrives on that sort of storytelling. And its not like it always relies on the deepest of psychology either. Entire feuds existences can be boiled down to:
>Good guy (Babyface): I respect you as a man and as an athlete.
>Bad guy (Heel): "To hell with that shit; your mothers a whore."
And then you sell tickets for what you want to see: two tough guys in a fight. Unlike real fights though, you're only as strong as your balls and eyes, so 2-3 minutes max. In wrestling, you get to see the drama, the speed, the tension, the story and most importantly, the action. Another interesting aspect of wrestling is how its somewhat of a secret society, akin to the mob. You couldn't run venues like MSG without running into mafioso.
The ancient Greeks would have TOTALLY got professional wrestling. They would look at the undercard and say, that's us. They are the mortals. The upper card would be the demigods and of course the authority figures would be the gods.
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