Kurt Angle Says "Wrestling’s Better Than MMA"… I Beg To Differ.
So TNA has delved in some ‘MMA’ style matches. Taking a wrestling angle and trying to make it look more real. They will continue to do this, however there is not a thin line between the differences of MMA and Pro Wrestling. There is a line a mile wide between the two. Everyone knows that. Each has it’s own quality and form of entertainment. Kurt Angle recently said in an interview with SLAM! Sports:
"In wrestling, there’s a story in every match. In MMA, you cannot tell that story." Elaborating, he told SLAM! Wrestling, "There is not story in a ’shoot’ fight — you either get knocked out, choked out, tapped out, or you make it and the referee decides who wins by decision. It becomes very difficult to tell a story in a worked shoot."
Sure the first half is correct. There is a story in Wrestling. An almost soap opera style story. In MMA there is a story as well but it’s not all drama. It’s some promo cutting trash talk here and there, but in the end it’s two guys pitting their skills against each other. Sometimes it’s a stroke of a lucky punch that catch’s the better fighter on the button and sometimes it’s pure skill that reigns supreme. The interview (not angle in particular) also goes on to say:
For Angle’s money, it’s that kind of unpredictability that makes MMA less appealing than pro wrestling. That, and the fact that pro wrestling’s focus is on engaging and entertaining the crowd.
Sure there is that predictability in Prow Wrestling, but it’s the lack of Predictability that keeps people on the edge of their seats during an MMA fight. A lot of people would ‘predict’ that Chuck Liddell would go out there and beat Rashad Evans. Nobody predicted’ that chuck would get knocked out. When I watched the Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver fight I was on the edge of my seat the entire 5 rounds. I like both fighters and I was actually hoping that Pulver would win but expected Faber to. In the end was something I never say before. Urijah Faber going 5 rounds without a submission or knock out to win, but a win by decision. That was a first for me and nobody would have predicted that. It’s that unpredictability that keeps MMA interesting and fun to watch. Unless it’s a repeat you really don’t know who might win. With wrestling you see it every week and it can become stale at time. With MMA there is usually a good month between big fights and it builds up your anticipation. Do I think one sport is better than the other? No, but I do enjoy MMA more than wrestling.
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