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Pittsburgh Steelers Alumni James Harrison Responds To "Wrestling Is Fake" Criticisms

Posted By: Joe West on Sep 07, 2021

Legendary Pittsburgh Steelers alumni and current Heels star James Harrison was recently interviewed by Patriots Wire, where he discussed the differences between professional wrestling and football.

“It’s still way harder to be a professional football player than it is to be a professional wrestler, because the person that I’m wrestling with is helping me do the things that I’m trying to do against them. They’re actually helping me to do that and we’re trying to do that as safe as possible and as (painless) as possible. Whereas, when I’m playing NFL football, this guy is not trying to help me with nothing. He’s fighting with every ounce of his being to not let me get my job done, just like I’m fighting with him so he can’t get his job done. Yeah, we’re the opposite. (In wrestling), we’re trying to make it look like it hurt, even though it doesn’t.”

Harrison had some words for those who criticize wrestling for being "fake."

“The only thing that’s fake about wrestling is that you know the outcome of that match. You still have to hit that mat. You get those bumps and bruises before you get to that predetermined outcome. And that mat is not soft. It’s not forgiving. We had one of our co-stars — our lead Stephen Amell — he had a compound fracture of his spine in a stunt. He was out for six weeks.”

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