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Re:WWE Agrees to Merge with UFC by sschueller on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:09AM (#35422892)
I think it would be better if people would say that it is scripted as it is certainly a very physical activity requiring quite a bit of athleticism even if the hits may not be as hard as if they were "real".

In fact I would compare wrestling to what stuntmen do. Scripted but very real in most ways.

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Re:WWE Agrees to Merge with UFC by BjoernKW on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:30AM (#35424187)
> Scripted but very real in most ways.

Different era, but back in the 90s, guys like Ric Flair or Mick Foley were almost superhuman in terms of stamina or the bumps they were able to take and still continue.

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Re:WWE Agrees to Merge with UFC by sschueller on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:36AM (#35424306)
It's been a while since I saw wrestling but I remember the Undertaker throwing Mick Foley off the top of I think a 12 foot high cage.
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Re:WWE Agrees to Merge with UFC by AndrewOMartin on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:50AM (#35424582)
Which surprised even the Undertaker at the time... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS110ggmHIM
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Re:WWE Agrees to Merge with UFC by yamtaddle on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:55AM (#35424652)
Shane McMahon did a similarly-nuts fall from a cage a few Wrestlemanias ago.
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