Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night

Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by isk517 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:01PM (#34510318)

Excuse me sir, but are you implying that in 1993 at WrestleMania 9 when Giant Gonzalez knocked out the Undertaker using a chloroform soaked rag that it was all fake? If so then mister, I think you are full of crap. /s

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Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by ss108 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:58PM (#34511111)

It was real if it was real to you goddammit

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Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by listless on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:01PM (#34511148)

Upvoted despite the Reddit flavoring

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Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by mrguyorama on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:30PM (#34511510)

Professional wrestling got a lot more fun and cool when I realized it isn't "fake", because it isn't trying to be real because it's actually supposed to be modern day Shakespeare

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Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by isk517 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:03PM (#34512444)

I loved watching it as a kid and my friend convinced me to check out some modern stuff about 2 years ago and I have been having a blast watching it ever since.

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Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by henriquemaia on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @10:15PM (#34513946)

Roland Barthes agrees. Check this essay he wrote in the 60s about wrestling.

https://archive.org/details/barthes-world-of-wrestling/mode/...

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Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by Waterluvian on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:07PM (#34514292)

Same! Learning it was fake ruined it. And then realizing that it’s in on being “fake” and that it’s a soap opera made me appreciate it a lot.

And “fake” may cover the results of the matches but it doesn’t cover how intense it is on their bodies. Olympic wrestling is probably a far easier sport on the body.

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Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night by TylerE on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:50AM (#34516450)

I got into it pretty hardcore after hearing an NPR doc on the Montreal Screwjob.

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