Read the above disclaimer shown before certain shows on WWE Network, and see if you can figure out why I lost my mind in anger the first time I saw it. ACTORS? What?! SERIOUSLY?! How disgustingly disrespectful is this? Professional wrestlers (yeah, I said it!) are athletes! I can't imagine that the independent contractors (there I go again) that have dedicated their lives to perfecting their craft like being referred to this way. If I were in the back preparing to ruin my body in a match, and saw this, I think I'd quit! Was Edge acting when he had his career cut short for fear of permanent paralysis? Is it all fun and games for Mick Foley when his wife has to tie his shoes in the morning because he can't bend down and do it on his own? What about the countless other wrestlers who suffer early onset dementia, or other cognitive issues because of a lifetime of abuse to the neck and head? Ask Chris Benoit's family if it's all make believe! It is beyond reprehensible that WWE's head is so far up it's corporate ass that this be deemed acceptable! Own, and be proud of what you are!
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