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Do you guys actually think that WWE is a sport or do you think the subject just fits closer here than it does in the TV forum. Just curious.

although i certainly dont consider it a sport, but i would prefer it 2 b in the sports forum. i duno y

its Sports Entertainment. It could be in the TV forum but i think its better here

It fits best here

Hell no WWE isnt a sport. But it is supposed to be so it is fine here. But the WWE is just a soap opera were people get hit with chairs

and wear tight, tight lycra

at least it's entertaining for the most part. And there was a time when wrestling actually meant something. But those days are gone. However, it does fit better here than in TV because there is still some sort of physical aspect to it.

i think its very athletic but its not competitve so its not really a sport.. a decided outcome and choreography rule it out

It is a sport, but only because it requires that you be physically fit to an extent. It's very athletic, and I think it is a sport...it's not a sport like basketball, soccer, and tennis is, but it's still a sport.

But some of the wrestlers on wwe are not physically fit

I think of a sport as a physical competition. When somebody goes jogging, we don't call it a sport. But if its a competition, then it is a sport. When the winner is planned out, its not a competition.

that's true.

Some football players arent physically fit either

After all, archery and pistol shooting are classed as sports, and they were even petitioning for chess to be included in the olympics, so wrestling does require the performers to be physically fit. However, it is more of a performing art and entertainment, as the only real differences are that lots of the moves are faked, and the winners of the matches are pre determined.

Now UFC, that's a REAL sport (PRIDE is not bad either)

No, WWE is not a sport, it's a company. But pro wrestling is a sport. Just because the winners are pre decided dosen't mean it's not. They go out there and give it their all. If golf, bowling and POKER can be called a sport, then so can wrestling

The reason it is not a proper sport is not to do with the physical activity required, but the fact that the winners are predetermined. If pro wrestling is a sport, then are film fights classed as a sport???

You can't even begin to compare wrestling to movies. It's not like at some point Triple H decides a move is to risky and brings in a stunt double. Sure it's not a proper sport, but it's still a sport

By the way, UFC is PRIDE

hell yea its a sport.

What about Jackie Chan? He does fight scenes without a stunt double. Pro-wrestlers are actors/entertainers that are usually physically fit and pretend to fight each other. Jackie Chan (among others) is an actor/entertainer that is physically fit and pretends to fight.

Random Hero- Golf and bowling are competitions that require physical movements but I'll agree that poker should not be a sport.

And wrestling dosent involve physical movement? It's probably the most physical out of anything

I didn't say that. I said a sport needs both physical movement AND competition. WWE is not a competition but I never said it doesn't have physical movement.

Sport
A game or other form of pastime involving some amount of bodily exercise and carried on either in the open air or indoors.
Any activity providing entertainment or receation.

Not all sports require competition.

Hunting, fishing, mountain climbing. All of them are sports but don't require you to compeate agasint somebody else. Some sports are just meant to be fun, and wrestling is just that

I think Random Hero has got it right.

UFC is not a sport, it's barbaric. It's about beating your oponent senseless. True, it's a sport by the technical definition of it, but I don't consider it a sport, just as I don't consider boxing a sport.

SAtown Punk, you know what's up

/\ has good taste. linsey lohan is GORGEOUS.

eleveninches you also know what's up. Lindsay is just so beautiful

My god, I have to agree with the both of you. She is absolutely stunning. I like her so much more than Hillary Duff. She's more real, and she doesn't wear as much make-up. Plus, she can sctually sing. And she's hot with a guitar.

YES!!!!! SAtown punk you are the man. Lindsay Lohan is much better then duff

She's hot with anything. I'd love to see more of her.

Hillary gots more roles than her, but I would prefer to see Linsey

Hillary dosent have more roles, Lindsay just came out with Confessions of a teenage Drama Queen. Plus she has 3 movies lined up (Mean Girls, Drama Rama and Gossip Girls) Plus shes on SNL May 1st. And she's working on her first cd

i can't wait

Yeah, I saw a preview for "Mean Girls" when I went and saw "Confessions," and it looks pretty good.

Hell no it's not a sport... But it's not really a TV show, either... It's more of an ongoing, corny theatrical event... And, those guys do have to be in good shape to a) look all tough and b) avoid breaking 5 ribs every time their opponant throws them out of the ring

Yeah, but they're not seriously trying to kill each other or whatever it looks like

Everybody knows those things are staged--as in some group of CEO's and fight choreographers get together and go, "ok, well, we're gonna make this guy throw this guy onto a table and he's going to break it but then that guy is going to get up and hurl the other one headfirst down onto the floor..."

Everybody knows those things are staged--as in some group of CEO's and fight choreographers get together and go, "ok, well, we're gonna make this guy throw this guy onto a table and he's going to break it but then that guy is going to get up and hurl the other one headfirst down onto the floor..."

Oh my god! I can't belive you figured it out. Wrestling is fake. NO WAY!

The issue isn't if it's fake or not, it's weither or not it's a sport. And the whole match isnt staged, only certain parts. And just cuz it's staged also dose not mean it's not a sport. Gymnastics and figure Skating are both sports and they can spend months practicing a routine

SAtown punk, you've seen Confessions also. Right on

But in gymnastics and skating, its a competition that is voted upon by judges. The outcome is unknown, while the outcome of a WWE event is known before hand.

Yes, and we've already said a sport dosen't have to be a competition

i like wrestling. men grappling with other men. lol. very entertaining.

Thats fine, but in my mind it still isn't a sport. So the judge thing is just a clear difference between gymnastics being "planned out" and WWE being planned out.

WWE is not a sport it is just a thing on tv

Wrestling is Sports Entertainment. Its a sport that's meant to entertain. I guess this will just be one of those things we will never really know about

But not all of wrestling is planned out

Maybe not every little move (since they whisper to each other), but the outcome of the matches are planned out.

You know, football is planned out at certain times.

Its presumed that there may be scandals behind certain sports, but WWE is no scandal, it is suppose to be planned out.

I wasn't talking about scandals

We could go on forever arguing about this and not get anywhere. It has been debated for decades.

What were you talking about then? The games aren't predetermined and if its done in privacy, then I would call that a scandal.

Ever hear of a huddle? Where they call plays they've been working on for months, as to wrestling where they have less then a week to prepare for a match.

That is WAY different. In many sports they have plays. In a huddle they find a play that they use to beat the opposing teams. In WWE the planned out parts are them working together. In other words, the opposing team tries to stop what the other team is planning while in WWE, the planning is to help the other guy.

You have to go and see pro wrestling live to understand this thread.

WWE looks WAY more fake live than it does on TV (because of the camera angles)

I don't think that really has to do with the thread that much. The people arguing for it as a sport aren't denying that its fake because they know that. They just believe the physical aspect makes it a sport which is fine by me even though I don't agree with it.

Its no more of a sport than acting is. When you see it live, it does not look as physically intense or demanding

That makes more sense then what you first said. I agree that it is pretty much like the acting in an action/fighting movie.

Of course the WWE is sport. The BEST sport!!!