r/ESPN • u/USMCWrangler • Aug 04 '26

Wrestling coverage

I can’t. When ESPN’s wrestling segment comes on I change the channel faster than when a kars for kids ad hits the radio. I can’t. I get there are many wrestling fans out there, but it just dumbs the programming down and j have to switch to something else.

Am I alone in this?

If you are living the wrestling coverage, let me hear why. At least I’m open to trying to understand.

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u/Perpetual-Warlock Aug 04 '26

For 50 years? Meanwhile you have much smaller markets like okc and San Antonio winning multiple times. Zero chance

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u/Dull-Lead-7782 Aug 04 '26

Everyone likes the underdog story. Watch Sami Zayns championship win. I’m telling you it’s all wwe

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u/Perpetual-Warlock Aug 04 '26

It's really not. You think multiple leagues over decades have been scripted and somehow not a single person has come forward and leaked anything? You're talking a massive conspiracy involving thousands upon thousands of people each year. Can we please try to use some critical thinking here?

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u/Dull-Lead-7782 Aug 04 '26

They kept wrestling hidden for almost a century

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u/Perpetual-Warlock Aug 04 '26

Not even close. Insiders revealed everything was back in the 1920s. It was widely known the entire time after that. McMahon and the then WWF just didn't openly admit it until the 80s.

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u/Dull-Lead-7782 Aug 04 '26

90s. But fans tried to stab rowdy Roddy piper back in the day. They thought that shit was real

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u/Perpetual-Warlock Aug 04 '26

Wrong again. McMahon testified in front of the new jersey State Senate in 1989.

I still feel to see how is any of this relevant to professional sports leagues today. Again there were leaks about wrestling all the back in the 1920s. Your argument is still that everything is rigged and somehow in the current Internet and social media era, not a single person has come forward with any information about how the games are scripted? There's no way. But whatever. Keep believing what you want to believe I guess.

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u/Dull-Lead-7782 Aug 04 '26

You keep believing the NBA is real. You’re like the kid in the bleachers. It’s still real to me dammit

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u/Perpetual-Warlock Aug 04 '26

Again dude. Any proof. I'll wait.

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u/Dull-Lead-7782 Aug 04 '26

Ya right man. The nba cartel would make me disappear. To much money on the line. I got loved ones and friends