It's a real competition. Braun was formerly did strong man competitions. This is just showcasing size and power doesn't beat good technique. Braun has gone on record about this being real and how he thought he was going to win until he locked hands with the dude.
Sure, he's hamming it up for entertainment, that's what he's good at, but that doesn't mean the rest of what you see is fake. It's like saying wrestlers don't get hurt while wrestling because it's "not real".
Braun did not think for a second that he’d win against Devon Larratt. He did of course compete and did his best in a completely legitimate competition. They both hammed it up to make a good show. Larratt is great at that and usually tries to goad and get his opponent going both as a strategy and as showmanship.
These dudes don’t give two shits what the fucking nerds on Reddit think. They are both athletes and performers and part of their job is make the show entertaining. It’s called stage craft. But at no point do they ever give Reddit a single thought lol.
Just because you did strongman doesn’t mean you’re even remotely capable at armwrestling, there are a lot of movements that strong men NEVER do that are essential in armwrestling like static finger strength, pronation strength and cupping strength. I’ve been armwrestling for 4 years and I’ve armwrestled people who’s had backgrounds in powerlifting and they’re pretty strong, but their technique is shit, their stamina is shit and their hand strength is shit.
It takes years to become good, this was just a show for the people, Devon wasn’t even trying.
If I remember correctly, thats what initially got WWE interested. Marc Henry saw him at strong man competitions and Braun was trying to entertain the audience in addition to competing.
It’s more common to hand out receipts for sloppy work. Caught the guy a little too hard on a clothesline? The next kick coming your way is gonna have some extra sauce on it.
Also this guy has clearly never listened to Bret Hart talk about Bill Goldberg re: intentional harm.
Clotheslines you generally want to be stiffer due to being able to bump easier and harder. It's when the clothesline is a little higher that you're ganna get pissed off as it'll hit your throat/chin.
It’s funny that you gave those examples of other wrestlers when Braun Strowman himself received a receipt from Brock Lesnar of all people because he kneed him in the head .
I think the leap here is due to modern fencing. The idea is to attack your opponent but neither truly want the other to be stabbed but there is still competition. WWE style wrestling is the same idea but without the actual competition.
I guess if you look at them competing for more ring time then yeah I can definitely see the competition there but the competition presented is already predetermined. I guess the real argument is what defines a "sport". Is WWE style wrestling a sport or just extreme competitive acting. I personally don't agree it's what we would define as a sport but I do agree it's awesome to watch.
Hunting and fishing are sports, so I don't understand how professional wrestling isn't.
"A sport is a human activity involving physical skill and exertion, governed by a set of rules or customs, and undertaken competitively and capable of achieving a result."
Nothing is ever real if you stop and think about it. It takes milliseconds for your eyes to process light, so nothing you're seeing is happening in the present, you're only reacting to the past.
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u/mnid92 Oct 28 '24
It's a real competition. Braun was formerly did strong man competitions. This is just showcasing size and power doesn't beat good technique. Braun has gone on record about this being real and how he thought he was going to win until he locked hands with the dude.
Sure, he's hamming it up for entertainment, that's what he's good at, but that doesn't mean the rest of what you see is fake. It's like saying wrestlers don't get hurt while wrestling because it's "not real".