I know - pro wrestling is fake. Or at least the storylines and drama are, though I still think some of the people who get in the squared circle are some of the fittest, most athletic, toughest people out there. It at least get my respect for that (like cheerleading). But despite all that, yeah it's fake.
But then I see this on Grantland about how this guy, CM Punk, has pretty much in the course of a month has made everyone second guess what the hell is going on in there. The guy broke the fourth wall, then talked about it in GQ. Then won the championship. Then walked out with the belt and no contract for the next day. The next night, while the company is in Wisconsin shooting a live event, he's in his hometown Chicago watching the Cubbies, belt in tow. Now obviously there is still some sort of staged story line going on, but Punk legit doesn't have a contract and legit is the champion. It's surreal.
Well as surreal as it gets being a staged sport. But when you recycle storylines on a yearly basis, something new is better than nothing, right?
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