the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘101 Reasons Not to Be a Pro Wrestler’
Wrestling site High Spots tells us what this one is all about: 101 Reasons Not to be a Pro Wrestler is by far the most talked about pro wrestling movie since Beyond the Mat. Wrestling fans always want to know what pro wrestler really think about being fired, being held down, the creative process,ribs, mixed martial arts, setting up a match, backyard wrestling, forming a union, the monopoly of the pro wrestling industry, drugs and Vince McMahon. I, for one, know that I’ve been dying to hear what someone named Psichosis thinks about the creative process. I wouldn’t have thought that there was a “creative” process inherent in, ahem, a sport, but what do I know? Some of the 101 reasons not to be a pro wrestler: No. 5: The insurance copays are a bitch. What do you think are the other 98 reasons? support
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posted by MBI (Tue Jan 26 10, 4:14PM)
The other 98 reasons are that it's a good way to die young. Wrestling is a fuck-awful industry full of drug use, suicides, shady business dealings, cutthroat inter-office politics, medical problems, lifelong debilitating injuries, and death by misadventure. I know lots of kids who still watch pro wrestling and hold these guys up as gods and heroes and aspire to be pro wrestlers themselves someday, so quite frankly, I don't think it's much of a laughing matter.
posted by Kit (Wed Jan 27 10, 1:15AM)
They're a bit more open about wrestling being choreographed nowadays, they even stopped writing autobiographies in character.
And, as a rasslin' fan, most of these guys were useless and are probably just settling scores with the organizations that didn't want them in the first place. New Jack, Konnan, and Fatu are especially egregious in burning every bridge they had. It'll more like 101 Reasons These People Are Not On Your Television Anymore.
Also, I've never met the fabled wrestling fan who thinks it's a genuine sport. I like you a lot MAJ, why don't you let that low-hanging fruit of a joke alone. >_>