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[Wheatcakes]

You're right, it will most likely be a let down. Just like Vince McMahon being revealed as the higher power a few years ago, or 'they' being AJ Styles and Kurt Angle, when a mystery person is revealed as being somebody already in the company, it completely deflates the entire thing. It'll only be cool if it's somebody new, like if it was the Rock, that would have worked.

What is the general attitude of WWE fans toward Triple H? The last I remember he was on for like half the show blabbing away and was unbeatable.

[Thrawn]

Just like Vince McMahon being revealed as the higher power a few years ago,

I hated that so much. I remember watching that weekly to see who it was, and then it turns out to be Vince McMahon. That was such a let down.

when a mystery person is revealed as being somebody already in the company, it completely deflates the entire thing. It'll only be cool if it's somebody new,

I agree completely.

[Berserkfury819]

ITS ALL FAKE!

[Venom65437]

ITS ALL FAKE!

IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

[Wheatcakes]

Just like Vince McMahon being revealed as the higher power a few years ago,

I hated that so much. I remember watching that weekly to see who it was, and then it turns out to be Vince McMahon. That was such a let down.

I remember at the time someone suggested it should be Ted DiBiase, and I thought that was such a perfect person for that role. The connection of money with 'higher power', he used to be Austin's manager, he wasn't doing anything in WCW at the time if I recall correctly, and he would have been unexpected. But McMahon? Bleah. Why would the Undertaker ever take a knee to him? It was stupid.

[Extreme Spider]

ITS ALL FAKE!

THE ROCK SAYS: KNOW YOUR ROLE AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH!

He told Michael Cole on RAW last Monday. Yup The Great One is home.

[Viper]

ITS ALL FAKE!

So is Spidey, yet you're still here.
And it's NOT FAKE......it's PREDETERMINED. Get it right.

Just like Vince McMahon being revealed as the higher power a few years ago,

I remember at the time only getting WWF Superstars over here, and can't remember if I missed a week or not around that time (due to staying with my aunt and uncle for a week while my parents were away and not being to record the episode). I tuned in on a Saturday morning and missed a few minuted, and suddenly seeing Mr McMahon in the ring with a ministry style robe and the Corporate Ministry around him. I was so confused as to how Vince could be the Higher Power and upset that I had missed possibly crucial plot developments along the way (as much as could be seen on Superstars.)
That still stands out as an iconic WWF moment for me.
"It was me Austin! It was me...all along Austin! You all bought it. Even my family, even my immediate family bought it."

[Wheatcakes]

It was one of those moments that made me want to turn off the TV in disgust. What a stupid payoff.

[Venom65437]

The whole roster should quake in fear. The REAL undertaker is back to bury them all. All that build up for a huge let down, IMO.

[Berserkfury819]

ITS ALL FAKE!

So is Spidey, yet you're still here.
And it's NOT FAKE......it's PREDETERMINED. Get it right.

Spider-Man is fiction. This is a fake sport. If its predetermined, its not a real sport. Therefore it IS fake.

[Thrawn]

This is a fake sport.

What? It's sports entertainment. What? It doesn't call itself a sport. What? I said it's predetermined, like a movie or a comic book. What? You know they're fake too right? What? Now that I think about it...who let Berserk in this thread anyway? What? I said who let Berserk in this thread. What? Who opened the door and let him in? What?

[Wheatcakes]

There's always somebody like BerserkFury in the crowd who for some reason gets self-satisfaction by pointing out wrestling is fake. I've never understood this. All wrestling fans know it's fake/predetermined/whatever. Please move on.

[Viper]

If it were fake, then nobody would ever get injured, blood would would be a a tomato paste and chairs would be Styrofoam , etc.
Fake implies that there is nothing real about it......that statement in of itself is the most fake thing I've ever heard. Wrestlers still get injured from time to time because this is a very physical contact sport. Just because the outcomes and rivalries are prearranged (sometimes two wrestlers who are rivals on screen could be just as antagonistic to each other off screen), doesn't mean that much of the physicality is any less real. Wrestlers get muscles ripped, concussions, wear and tear of the body, nagging pains, etc; yet many at times will still work through it to finish the match or for weeks / months if it's not as severe. An actor for example, on the other hand, will, will stop working for weeks/months due to something nowhere near as minor (like a sprained finger.)
There's nothing fake about falling off a Cell onto the announce table 16 feet below or being driven through a wooden table, hit with a steel chair etc.

So enough of the "Wrestling is fake" stuff.

[Berserkfury819]

If it were fake, then nobody would ever get injured, blood would would be a a tomato paste and chairs would be Styrofoam , etc.
Fake implies that there is nothing real about it......that statement in of itself is the most fake thing I've ever heard. Wrestlers still get injured from time to time because this is a very physical contact sport. Just because the outcomes and rivalries are prearranged (sometimes two wrestlers who are rivals on screen could be just as antagonistic to each other off screen), doesn't mean that much of the physicality is any less real. Wrestlers get muscles ripped, concussions, wear and tear of the body, nagging pains, etc; yet many at times will still work through it to finish the match or for weeks / months if it's not as severe. An actor for example, on the other hand, will, will stop working for weeks/months due to something nowhere near as minor (like a sprained finger.)
There's nothing fake about falling off a Cell onto the announce table 16 feet below or being driven through a wooden table, hit with a steel chair etc.

So enough of the "Wrestling is fake" stuff.

Oh there is such thing as real wrestling. RAW and WWE isn't it though.

[Wheatcakes]

Let it go Viper, this is an argument you can't win. Not because you're wrong, but dudes like BerzerkFury find a strange satisfaction in pointing out wrestling is phony every time somebody discusses it. I've never understood why.