The Smackdown

All right, I admit it. I watch professional wrestling. Now, now. Before you start to mock me for enjoying a "fake" sport I must defend myself. I know the matches are choreographed, and the winners ultimately decided by someone outside the ring, but it's fun to watch. The so called drama as one wrestler challenges another. The suspense as one competitor hovers on the edge of death, only to come back suddenly and lift a three hundred pound man over his head for an amazing body slam and the victory. You just don't get that with real sports.
Now, here's the kicker. Professional wrestling is not really a sport. It's a comedy/drama with a sports like theme. Just like Scrubs is a comedy with a hospital theme. Could you take the same writers out of the hospital into another situation and get comedy? Yes. Could you take the superstars of professional wrestling, put them in goofy situations and get the same effect? Yes. But these muscle bound barbarians are more comfortable in an environment where they can release the built up roid rage and entertain at the same time.
To you snooty comedy elite who only enjoy a good British comedy I say look at Monty Python. You call that high class comedy?