I mean i understand some matches may be fixed but when two popular players fight would any of them want to be the loser ? And the damage looks very real or is the only fixed thing the outcome ? Maybe someone from the industrty can answer . Or am i missing something if so put it into the comments and i’ll edit the post.

    • Stern@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The outcomes are all fixed for all matches. However back in the earlier days (and maybe still today though I have never heard of this happening) one wrestler would sometimes refuse to lose for one reason or another. This would usually result in the match being changed. Though sometimes if it happened during the match things would get more real and could turn into a “shoot” (real) fight.

      One of the more infamous matches where wrestlers didn’t want a particular ending was the Acolytes (A.P.A.) vs. Public Enemy.

      The match

      The tale behind the tape