It is quite interesting to notice the debate that revolves professional wrestling and whether or not it is fake. There are countless videos on the Internet at the moment that try to bring out proof that wrestling is fake and the arguments that appear in comment sections are quite aggressive. This is mainly due to the fact that this is one sport that has a lot of fans and that can stir a lot of controversy.

The truth is that professional wrestling is not fake. It is, however, scripted. This basically means that it is decided who is going to win the match before actually starts. Everything follows a storyline and professional wrestling is basically a theatre show that involves a lot of physical activity.

The big problem is that wrestling can be considered fake in the sense that the wrestlers do not actually want to hurt themselves but there are different cases when injuries do happen. In fact, it can be said that when you get injured in professional wrestling, the injury is usually very serious. In addition, we should understand the terms “face” and “heel”.

A face wrestler is basically a good guy, a wrestler that is loved by the fans and that can be considered to fight for good purposes. A heel wrestler is a wrestler that has the purpose of being hated by the fans. Every single athlete can make the switch from heel to face whenever the script requires it. In addition, all the storylines are usually created in such a way that a feel wrestler is going to confront a heel wrestler.

While in big wrestling federations like WWE and TNA, there is a lot of attention put on minimizing the injuries that wrestlers can face by banning some moves and undergoing serious training, we can also notice what is labeled as “backyard wrestling”. This is basically a type of wrestling that is not actually that control and that is
really brutal, with the use of different weapons that can hurt the athletes really bad.

What is important is to understand that professional wrestling is a really tough sport and that the wrestlers are actually training to execute the moves and protect the opponents while doing them. Most of the athletes are friends and they compete with each other in order to generate reactions from the fans. Basically, this is a sport that relies on show elements.