Originally Posted by Barclays Bank:
“There's a lot of 'dense' people as you put it. What is the difference between 'entertainment' wrestling and 'professional wrestling'? Surely they are the same thing, there is no professional legit wrestling that I am aware of. There's certainly a large proportion of people in this country that see UFC and WWE as similar things.”
Yeah I know, I've seen and heard them promoting the WWE as if it's a genuine sport.
I struggle to believe you don't know the difference between the two though. In simple terms, wrestling is an ancient sport between two fighters which has branched off and diversified into many many subdivisions. It also plays an integral part of MMA.
Entertainment wrestling is where they invent 'characters', have storylines, pre-choreographed moves, fights and results. A lot of the 'entertainers' in this will have college/pro wrestling backgrounds by their very nature apart from the very obvious plain actors.
Transistions from WWE to MMA will be rare due to it only being one facet of a multi-arsenal sport. The main reason Lesnar is used is because of his
massive bulk, good wrestling skills and the fact that he's a well-known face in the US home.
Quote:
“I think even Dana White has said that their profits will decrease because of the depression. I'm certain last nights PPV will not have broken the records as they originally thought it would.”
With World affairs as they currently are, this should be absolutely no surprise to anyone.
The HW division is lacking, there are much larger draws to be had in the LHW, MW, WW and LW divisions.