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Same! Learning it was fake ruined it. And then realizing that it’s in on being “fake” and that it’s a soap opera made me appreciate it a lot.

And “fake” may cover the results of the matches but it doesn’t cover how intense it is on their bodies. Olympic wrestling is probably a far easier sport on the body.

I got into it pretty hardcore after hearing an NPR doc on the Montreal Screwjob.

Roland Barthes agrees. Check this essay he wrote in the 60s about wrestling.

https://archive.org/details/barthes-world-of-wrestling/mode/...

I loved watching it as a kid and my friend convinced me to check out some modern stuff about 2 years ago and I have been having a blast watching it ever since.