Have You Ever Wondered...?

Question

It seems in this day and age that there are no secrets when it comes to wrestling. People on the internet leak storylines, signings, and spoilers on a daily basis, and have basically ripped down the fourth wall of professional wrestling and killed kayfabe. Amidst all of this excavation of truth, have you ever wondered whose really playing who? I mean, there are two types of fans, marks and smarks, those who watch blindly, faithfully, happily naive and those who dissect and seek answers, use Steamboat v. Flair Iron Man as a standard, and claim everything else pales in comparrision, and never really enjoy wrestling. Shane Douglas once said, "yes, you are a smart mark, but you're still a mark" Do you think that holds any relevance? Do you think that Vince and the Jarretts let us know just enough to keep us interested and thinking we're on the inside? Have you ever wondered who gives out these leaks about storylines, special appearances, and signings? Maybe we're still being played

Maybe we're naive to believe in this day of unlimited knowledge that we know everything there is to know about wrestling. Maybe Vince lets us know what he wants us to know. Maybe unkayfabe angles like Matt Hardy and Edge are really written in a back office in Connecticut. Maybe the kayfabe blinders are still on us fans, but maybe we've given false peripherals. Have you ever thought about this stuff? Discuss

Good answer, BoW. A majority of the result leaks that aren't smackdown or iMpact that you're talking about are some internet goon's lies to make him look like he has a tie to the inside. I seldom wonder if these people are planted.

I'm seriously beginning to wonder, in light of Joey Styles' "shoot" interview (that was sanctioned) if there really is a reality to wrestling that the fan's know about.

I agree, Pat Q, but I don't think Vince would resort to changing a title win because the media leaked it today. It's pretty common knowledge today that prowrestling has predetermined outcomes. In a time where it's pretty easy to tell that John Cena's going to come out of a PPV with a title snugly around his waist, I don't think such drastic measures would be taken to secure the outcome of a match. If that were the case, one would have to wonder why Vince didn't do something about WCW leaking taping results as far back as nine years ago during the monday night wars.

I get the jist of what you're saying, they like to keep us on our toes sometimes, but I still wonder what we're meant to hear and what's meant to be kept umbrella'd and gets out.

Answer 1

I agree with you 100%!
There is nothing more I can say because you covered everything.
Well said!!

I am rather curious who leaks all this stuff on the internet. I think it is a bunch of reporters that get information. They just want to ruin the fun for everyone else. Or maybe it's a bunch of cyber nerds who think they know everything. Maybe they figure out the storylines and it ends up on the Internet. Either way, I really don't think Vince would tell everything. Then nobody would watch his show. They would already know how it ended so they wouldn't need to watch it.

I mean, think about it. After every weeks show, isn't it a lot more fun to ponder what might happen the whole next week until the next show is on?

I find that once I know what's going to happen, it depresses me. I'm not sure why. Maybe because it's more exciting when you watch week after week and don't expect what happens to happen. It's like reading the last page of a book first. It ruins the whole story for you. The same goes for wrestling.

I find I enjoy the show a lot more if I just blissfully watch it and don't go looking on the spoiler sites. All the cliffhangers are a lot more exciting that way.

I will say I do not usually look on those sites. I only look at the spoilers if it's something big, like when Mr.Mcmahon was "killed".

I honestly think Vince doesn't play us at all. He gives us as little information as he can so that we'll watch the show every week. It's human nature to want to know everything.



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Answer 2

I have found that the only sure thing in pro wrestling is that you really never know what's going to happen until it's already happened.
It goes as far back as WM10. Just a few days before the event, some publicity shots of Lex Lugar holding the WWF title were leaked to the press, who gladly published the shots as proof that pro wrestling is staged. After the leak, Vince changed the intended outcome.
In general, the outcome of matches (even title matches) are often determined on the day of the event. Sure, there are plans made ahead of time, but you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men.
We may think we know it all, but the only ones who really know what is going on, and what is going to happen in the future are McMahon and the Jarretts.
That being said, it's still fun to speculate!

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Answer 4

Yes I have because everyone thinks they know what is going to happen.....look at what happened at this past wm....michaels was guaranteed to win....because every wrestling website said he was going to because someone leaked his victory....Of course there is false information being leaked everyday.....the only truth is the shows being taped a few days before....no one knows who is going to win a summerslam...or who really is going to be vince's son...(that stare at kennedy last night seemed to say at america...hey...its someone else...) I think most in the business are more secretive than what most are thinking....

Answer 5

yes they drop little teasers here and there just to get people talking and then wham next thing you know it is right the opposite.....someone is paying someone on the inside for these trickles of information ...i know if Vince found out that 1 of his own was leaking info that he would fire them....so they just play us along and get rumors started

Answer 6

nope

Answer 7

no i haven't!!

Answer 8

NO