I love the "it's fake so it sucks" argument . . . yes to a certain extent things are planned out and punches pulled, but people don't actually get shot in action movies and it's still entertaining. Comic book characters are not real, but they're still entertaining. The fact that the outcome of Slap Shot was decided before it was filmed doesn't detract from it.
I get more enjoyment from rasslin' watching the skill of the wrestlers tell a mini-story and make it convincing than I do from thinking "Go on Stone Cold, kick his head in!" . . . and it's certainly a hell of a lot tougher than being a stunt man or action hero because, as Chakal says, a chop to the chest i(etc) is actually gonna hurt no matter what.
Ric Flair is my favourite all-time wrestler and in my top ten of athletes/sportsmen/performers/whatevers from any discipline . . . that dude is amazing. Finally saw him in the flesh in Belfast a year or two ago, even at his current age the dude is a fantastic athlete and he can work the crowd like no-one else. Legend!
Any videos online of you wrestling, Chakal? And what style do you have? I always loved the technical guys, very few high-flyers I like . . . a lot of them look good on TV but when you see them in person without the benefit of cameras they're very clearly not so hot
