Now, that means 3-4 times per week, already even with hockey and basketball players. Get on the bus and travel to the next town. Get in the gym and train. The work never ends. Take into account also that the football season is around 5 months, basketball around 6, baseball is close to 7, and hockey is 9 months.
Pro wrestling is year-round.
As for the in-ring work itself, there is very little anyone can say to truly refute that wrestlers are incredibly talented athletes. I will give two examples of the hundreds of moves that can be in a wrestler's repertoire. Now, granted, as a trained wrestler, you know how to take that bump, and land correctly, and your trained wrestler opponent knows how to deliver the move without snapping your back. But I challenge you to claim that such a maneuver doesn't hurt at all under the given circumstances. One foot is on each of the perpendicular ropes below you, about a foot and a half apart.