"Botches are nightmares for professional wrestlers, and make a field day for the disrespectful fan who loves to run down the stars, but the question is, do they make the business and sport that in today's era struggles to provide a realistic product?
During matches in the kayfabe era, if a botch took place, the fans wouldn't see it as anything other than a perfect advantage for the opponent to take advantage of. Today's "smart" fans, see it as a blow to the performance, which for me is the wrong way to look at it. Today's expectations of a wrestling match is a flawless routine that see's no botches or slip ups, which isn't realistic, not lifelike, and makes it all the more "fake". The response to this would be that we all know that wrestling is fake, so have fun with it, But that's not the point. The fact that the secret is out, shouldn't change the performance, same as magic, We all know in this day and age that it is sleight of hand, but the effort gone into suspending belief hasn't changed.
Granted, real botches make for sloppy moments in wrestling matches, such as panic as to how they will continue and who takes control, But it brings the missing element of surprise. So what about more scripted botches? In a real fights or wrestling matches, you see the fighters or competitors make mistakes, It's human nature not being perfect every time, not pulling off their attempted moves or strikes perfectly, So why should pro wrestling be a flawless routine?
I'm not talking about the type of botches where necks are going to be broken or injuries are going to occur, But botches such as not hooking the holds and moves correctly allowing for easy escapes and counters."
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