long overdue respect? Just because professional wrestlers choose to act instead of fight for real doesn’t mean that they can not fight.
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I never had anything against professional wrestlers. It’s just not my cup of tea. But Brock Lesnar is a champ because of his real wrestling experience (college wrestling division 1) oh and his massive size doesn’t hurt either.
Trust me guys like “the rock” “hulk hokan” that one super tall guy the great khali or w/e his name is would not stand a chance….
Only if they have a legit martial arts background. And I doubt most pro wrestlers have martial arts background. Off the top of my head Shelton Benjamin, Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar, Bret Hart, Undertaker and some more do but not ‘most’.
If they do have martial arts training they have my respect but do not say non sense like Shawn Michaels’ sweet chin music is stronger than Crocop’s left kick. Don’t try to tell me John Cena can take anybody in the UFC that stuff is non sense.
Plus anybody who really knows pro wrestling and early UFC would know of Ken Shamrock and his success as a pioneer of the early UFC and Pancrase.
Josh Barnett is pretty respected, only defeats are to Nogeuira, CroCop 3x, and Rizzo, he has beaten guys like Couture, Nogeuira, Rizzo, Severn, Kondo, Hunt, the smaller Emelianenko, and Monson, so I think he is respected.
Only mark on his record is the positive steriod test, but when Lesnar can put a resume up that includes wins over alot of top talent, then he will earn more. At this point, you have 2 main stream guys that been pro wrestlers, so I would say its hard at this point to say the majority of MMA guys really respect them as legit fighters.
hell no. professional wrestlers are just ballet dancers on steriods. It’s all staged there’s no legitimacy to professional wresting ever. Brock is UFC champ due to his Greco Roman wrestling if anything.
I think some of us have always realized that there are some superb athletes that go into professional wrestling. Even though it is fake they still take a lot of punishment and put a lot of wear and tear on their bodies. The problem is that even with that and it being fake it is not the same thing as a pro fighter putting his health on the line when he steps into the ring where it is for real. I have no problem comparing them athletically and certainly some of them could have gone into fighting if they wanted to. However to many wrestling zealots who think or actually believe that professional wrestling is real compare it to real fighting and the two are not the same thing.
No one ever said that they could not fight. They must be in great condition to do what they do. Their ability to fight has never been in question. But lets keep it simple. WWE and the other brands are entertainment. The wrestling matches are not real. Fighting is one thing, Sports Entertainment is just that Entertainment.
I know that all along. Brock will defeat Mir second time around.
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