From: __Smurf__ | #041
It's not that difficult to understand The thrill in sport is in the fair contest and the unpredictable nature of that, if you believe that everything is as it seems (which a child would) then wrestling appears a very exciting sport. When you start viewing it in the context of a scripted play its dull and tedious in comparison to TV and Movies. Figuring out wrestling isn't real doesn't ruin it because its scripted, it ruins it because you no longer view it as a fair sport which previously bridged the entertainment gap to scripted tvs/movies.
Except it's not a sport, next to no one is unaware that it's scripted, and the people being discussed in this topic (ie board 8 wrestling fans) definitely don't think it's real and would probably hate it if it were (what with the legally getting away with all manner of ridiculous crap and trying to cripple people on a daily basis). There is no "comparison to TV", that doesn't even make sense, it's the same as any other TV show, except ironically less scripted than the vast majority due to the need for improvisation.
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Mistake you're making - overlooking the fact that we might not want to be saved.