Plenty of people think it's real. There's people here that whine all the time here saying "it's not fake, it's pre-determined". No, Pride was pre-determined. Fake wrestling is straight up fake, and there are PLENTY of weirdos trying to push their corny drama onto others, and trying to legitimize what it is, and that's why it gets so much flak. i.e. this thread. Seems to be an inferiority problem, to be honest. Deep down the nerds know what it is, but over-compensate trying to make themselves and other believe that it isn't.
Reality is, most people don't want to watch two hot oily men with fake tans and big muscles pretend to wrestle each other. In most parts of the world, that is called gay porn, and it's not something I care to watch, and even less so call it anything resembling "real fighting".
There's a big difference in that, and a quality TV show or movie that is actually well-done visual art. Wrestling is not of that caliber. If you want to sit in your home and watch your cheesy F-level live circus sequences, then go right ahead. However, don't get mad when you get called out on it when people make threads like these, in a UFC section on an MMA forum nonetheless.
