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Is the WWE violence or a performing arts? What do people think God would think about this?

Father Heathen

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
It's performing arts. The pretend violence is too lighthearted, goofy and cartoony to be outraged about. If there's a god, I'm sure he would be infinitely above being concerned about such lowbrow yet innocent antics.
 
Watchmen

Watchmen

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
Violence. I don't think it rises to the level of art.

I don't think God cares.
 
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Smart_Guy

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Premium Member
In the Islamic views I follow, wrestling is allowed for entertainment and sport. The only things that is not allowed in physicality when it comes to fighting, is hitting on the face. It is strictly forbidden. Grappling is know to have happened in the Islamic heritage.
 
Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
There is a reason it's called "sports entertainment." The wrestlers are athletes, and they perform moves that take training, careful choreography, and lots of practice; there are also many wrestlers who are very talented with acrobatic skills. Their bodies also take more punishment and abuse than football players, and if you want to be good at it you have to be in an excellent physical shape - and, indeed, many of the best, such as Bob Backlund, the Iron Shiek, the Steiner brothers, or Kurt Angle, were "real" wrestlers before going to "pro" wrestling. Mexican wrestlers also tend to put on a show that is loaded with high-flying acrobatic skills.
And the entertainment part is because they are portraying characters (for the most part). There are some like the Rock or Chris Jericho who are entertaining on the microphone and get people laughing, DX with their lewd, over-the-top, degenerate antics, Jake Roberts with his snakes, Stone Cold Steve Austin with his rebellious, take no ****, stomp everyone's *** attitude, or the Undertaker, who went from a dark-side creepy super-tall stalker type, to a psuedo-Satanic "Ministry of Darkness," to the "American ******" biker (a gimmick that was tried before with the biker gang called the Disciples of Apocalypse), and back to the dark-sided stuff but not quite as much. And then there are those really bizarre ones like the Monty, Doink (a clown), Isaac Yankem (a dentist), or the Repoman. And in Japan the gimmicks can get very weird, very bizarre, and very unforgettable (one of their promotions had Yoshihiku, a blow up doll).
This video shows not only the entertainment aspect, as it is a blow up doll who is "wrestling" against real opponents, but it also shows the athletic side of it, especially the last one at the 2-minute mark. But first, a bit of background info - the idea for the doll was when this promotion was adopting a more Westernized form of pro wrestling (as pro wrestling in Japan is a full-contact sport and is considered a forerunner of MMA), and the idea for the doll was a part of a few things in which the WWE (known as WWF back then) was parodied, specifically the "Hardcore" division that they had then.
Personally, I think if there is a god then this entity would not be concerned about it. Injuries, sometimes very serious and severe do happen - with death as a very rare but very possible risk - but it's a far cry from something like the Roman Coliseum. Wrestling is really nothing more than just one of the many forms of entertainment that provide for an escape, vicarious living, it gives friends an excuse to hang out, and is really like any other sport in that regard. But, at least in America, it tends to be very nationalist, pro-America gimmicks - even ones that suck - tend to do well enough, and there is no short supply of Americana.
 
Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Smart_Guy said:
In the Islamic views I follow, wrestling is allowed for entertainment and sport. The only things that is not allowed in physicality when it comes to fighting, is hitting on the face. It is strictly forbidden. Grappling is know to have happened in the Islamic heritage.
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The Iron Shiek, one of the greats back when I was a kid, is from Iran, and he was very successful as a Grecko-Roman wrestler, which from what I've heard was very popular before the Islamic Revolution. He was also the body guard of the last King, and the Revolution is what sent him out of Iran and eventually to pro-Wrestling.
 
Rival

Rival

Diex Aie
Staff member
Premium Member
God liked to wrestle with Jacob in the middle of the night. I'm sure he'd tune in.
 
arthra

arthra

Baha'i
Many sports are watched for the violence so WWE is only another one...It's a crowd pleaser nothing more. When television was young back in the late forties..there were two major options...Wrestling or Shakespeare. I watched Shakespeare. For a spiritual life though spending your time watching the tele will probably not elevate your soul very much.
 
Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
sojourner said:
Neither. It's puerile television "entertainment."
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The WWE does a lot of shows that aren't televised. They're called "house shows." You even get to see them slack off and goof off a bit. But most of pro-wrestling is not televised, and much of what is is only seen by a local audience. Although many small promotions have taken advantage of things like Youtube to get their shows out there.
Revoltingest said:
It's performance art.
Very dangerous performance art.
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Have you noticed that wrestlers tend to not live very long?
 
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