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Originally Posted by efstratios1
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Wrestlers don't like the word fake, we prefer fixed. The falls are fixed but not fake. Your body really hits the canvas, we're not like stuntmen, we're not falling on air mattresses and then having the fall cut and edited on film. Everything is live and the hard floor is too. We're not faking the falls, we're just fixing them earlier.
To make it short, it hurts but we know when and how it's going to hurt. Of course there's techniques but since it's live in front of a real crowd, everything has to be as real as possible. The smaller and closer the crowd is, the more it has to be real.
When the crowd is silent, nothing his better than a real hard chop to the chest or a plain "90% real" punch to the side of the jaw. But of course, we know exactly where to hit and the opponent is aware of the up-coming punch, but it has to connect. Fans must be able to ear the flesh on flesh hit.
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Originally Posted by makbeer
what percentage of the cuts would you say are real...=p
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Every time you see blood it's real. We can't use fake blood because the event is live. Watch carefully, you'll see the gush on the forehead where the blood is coming from. Cut on the forehead are small, but due to sweat and thin skin on that region, you think there 10 times more blood. The razor blad used to do the cut is usually hidden in the wrist tape or the referee's pocket. You receive the hit, fall down, then your opponent has to distract the crowd while you're cutting your forehead. Cameramen must point their cameras elsewhere during that time. Then, when you get up, you bleed! Don't forget to take 5 Aspirin before the match if you want to bleed longer and more.
That's also why older wrestlers like Flair and a lot more others have foreheads full of scars.
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