I cheered the people of Minnesota after the election returns came in, because this proves that not all these men are muscle-headed idiots that can only grunt and push people around to get their point across. Yet, a much more negative light was shed on the sport four months ago when Owen Hart, a young man from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, fell to his death at a World Wrestling Federation event in Kansas City, Missouri. Popular consensus among fans and detractors alike is that this young man should not have died. Yes, there are reasons to degrade this sport. But so often, the reasons that should not be used are the ones most commonly hurled as insults.
Most wrestling fans know and accept that the action shown on television is predetermined.
Yes, they all do. No one degrades great silver-screen stars like Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, and Julia Roberts. And I don't remember the last time I heard someone insult actors in a Shakespearean play or a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical because they learned their lines from a script. Granted, a good majority of the events played out in wrestling are unrealistic. But so are many of the things that happen on television, in movies and plays, and even in books.