If you think of the WWE as pure theater, then imagine this: What if you’re enjoying the musical Hamilton, and the lead character takes a real bullet to the shoulder. Oops, we thought the gun was loaded with blanks. Or, Aaron Burr is clobbered by a falling tree limb.
Yep, pro wrestling can be real, as we were reminded once again during the WWE pay-per-view No. 1 Contenders’ Match for the Tag Team Championship on Sunday. Enzo Amore (real name Eric Arndt) was competing with partner Colin Cassady against The Vaudevillians, but viewers never saw the ending.