A study published today by the Harvard Sociological Review concludes that, amid geopolitical chaos and the rise of so-called alternative facts, the real world is now measurably less realistic than professional wrestling.
“Wrestling has long been considered a larger-than-life pantomime — a cartoon-like microcosm in which archetypes and prejudices collide in a simplistic moral paradigm,” says Prof. Bob Ponovich, lead author of the study.
“But now, reality is way crazier than even the Katie Vick storyline.”
The study compared recent current events to corresponding happenings in pro wrestling, and found that the former is consistently more unbelievable than the latter. For example:
- A WWE Hall of Famer has become US President twice
- Elon Musk is now saluting like an early-career Fritz Von Erich
- The only thing suffering melting under worse heat than arctic glaciers is Hulk Hogan
“WWE is a travelling circus of oiled-up musclemen and scantily clad women pretending to fight,” says Ponovich, “which is downright mundane compared to most White House press conferences.”
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