Pro-wrestling-- Is it a sport?

[Swede]

The bad guys in the WWE are more believable then the bad guys in rap.

[bridgit]

1. no, it's theater...

[LSK]

2. no, and its not billed as a sport either

Its entertainment. Soap opera for guys with violence. Thats all it is.

[k_jerome]

3. yes. nt.

[BikeWriter]

4. When a 300 pound man leaps off the ropes and crashes...

into another without anyone dying I call it art!

[TrogL]

5. It's probably closest to ballet

Or opera with dance sequences.

[Giant Robot]

6. WWE?

No that is not a sport. Are they athletes? Yes they are very athletic and work very hard at their craft.

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Haha, your comment about "bad guys in rap" reminds me of a song...

(Even those of us who love hip-hop agree that some of the "bad guy" shit is ridiculus.)

"Cigarettes" by Fort Minor
Its just like a cigarette,
Its something that I do,
Once in a while but between me and you,
Its just like a cigarette,
No body's really fooled,
I don't want the truth,
I just wanna feel fuckin cool.

Let me tell you somethin that I realized tonight,
My hip-hop radios like Marlboro light,
They're both selling stories and they sound about the same,
Cigarettes say they're safe,
Rappers say they really bang,
We don't care if its true when we lay the money down,
We don't believe the words,
We just love the way they sound,
They're acting like we're idiots,
They're lying to our face,
Maybe we are idiots,
We buy it anyway.
I'm runnin out to get the next rappers CD,
Just suckin' up the guns, drugs and misogyny,
The same way that I suck up all the stories that I breath,
That little bit of death supposedly cancer free,
And everything they say got the truth twisted up,
Its what I want man I can't get enough,
Cause even though we know its all just a big bluff,
We just light another up,
What? we don't give a fuck.

As for pro wrestling, I've always considered it very athletic performance art.