7 Moments that made it uncomfortable to be a wrestling fan

The kiss my arse segments were not great to watch! The world of professional wrestling is peculiar. Pro wrestling is not a sport, it is pre-determined, but it is not fake, rather the bumps and injuries (in most cases) are very real and the industry is dangerous.

However, wrestling is rejected by the world of sports for being fake and hoax-like. Quite on the contrary, I feel wrestling combines multiple elements of storytelling -- think soap operas, with athleticism á la sports and you have, in theory, a fantastic product for the masses.

In some cases, the result is amazing. Other times, well let's find out when it was downright uncomfortable:

#1 David Arquette

The day wrestling became a joke..

The moment WCW died. There is no coming back from David Arquette -- C-list actor winning your world title in a tag team match to promote a pathetic film (ready to rumble) -- it doesn’t make any sense. Arquette didn’t like it, but unfortunately, Vince Russo did. 

Maybe I should dedicate a slide to Russo but that wouldn’t do him justice, besides there has to be a word limit and with Russo, I cannot adhere to one; I digress. Right, David Arquette pinned not even champion Eric Bischoff in a tag team match and ended up the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. You have to feel for the guy because he knew the fans would hate it.

Arquette donated the money he earned to the families of Brian Pillman and Owen Hart, but it wasn’t enough from saving it from becoming a wrestling a joke in the eyes of all. WCW was a bigger joke than Ready to Rumble itself and that is saying something.

 

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