Brock Lesnar Drops A Money Quote On Whether Or Not Pro Wrestling Is Real

Overeem is gunna kill you

I don't really have a skill of giving my own money quotes, but upon reading this, I had one thing to type. "Don't bite the hand that fed you." I mean come on, his WWE run wasn't bad for him. I mean, does he remember that at SummerSlam 2002, he was so popular to WWE fans, that they turned on The Rock. The Rock! They chanted "Rocky Sucks" during his WWE title match against him. Fans can really dictate how a wrestler gets over in WWE. That night, fans were into Lesnar, so much so they popped for him winning the WWE title.

Plus, he did botch a Shooting Star Press, that had to be REAL pain. I'm sure his opinion of WWE is genuine and all, but come on man.

Yes, injuries do happen, and WWE superstars do have a lot of athleticism, however fake kicks to the head and stomps to the ground to emphasize the force of a hit and microphones to amplify the sound just delegitimize it as a sport. True wrestling is not present anymore, maybe the Lucha Associations have it, but otherwise, it can't be classified as a sports, just the pseudo, sports-entertainment. I don't see QBs in the NFL faking sacks and injuries to let another team win a predetermined game, or MLB batters purposely striking out, or even goons in a hockey fight fake an injury when they "throw down". Yes the people in WWE have a great amount of athleticism, however, what they do cannot be classified as a sport. It's a weekly soap opera. Anything from professional canoeing to olympic boxing to weightlifting to track… these are sports and their competitors are true athletes. Olympic wrestling, greco-roman wrestling competitions… these are the true wrestlers. I take nothing away from the men and women of WWE for stepping into the ring every night, they are talented, however pre-determining the outcome and fake kicks and punches to the head, etc… (yes I am aware of the millions of examples of real hits)… don't make it a sport.