TNA British Boot Camp

[Hugh G. Rection]

Originally Posted by Uncle Sam

Did anybody actually watch this last night? It was a bit shit really, wasn't it? I went in expecting a reality show and got a wrestling show. So deeply embedded in kayfabe, irritating editing and bad acting. I wasn't exactly expecting Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, but I was still a bit disappointed.

Mhmm the kayfabe thing really got to me. I was really hoping they would just be out there about the whole thing. C'mon it's 2012, no wait 2013!

The problem for me is that if it's in kayfabe you question the legitimacy of everything. Was the whole damn show scripted? Was Spud hitting Marty in the car scripted? Was Marty shooting on Spud in the ring scripted? Was Spud walking out scripted? See I hope they weren't, but the doubt is always going to be there.

Anyway I still want Marty to win Spud just seems like a total pussy. Like I say he could be entertaining at the Robbie E level but beyond that nah, Marty has the tools.

[Uncle Sam]

Originally Posted by Cereal Killer EST 2012

Did you watch all of the show? It was completely REALITY TV-like. I enjoyed the show because of that reason. If anything, there was about 10 minutes worth of wrestling in the second episode.

I wasn't talking about the format but rather the way it was presented. I went in expecting, well, reality. What I got was as engineered as any professional wrestling show. The show isn't even ballsy enough to recognise that wrestling is scripted - the show takes place entirely within kayfabe.

Then again, I suppose what passes for reality these days is half a dozen posh twats mumbling a vague script at each other - or, alternately, half a dozen hillbillies yelling it at each other. In that sense, British Boot Camp is as hugely overproduced and blatantly staged as any modern reality show. Or professional wrestling show.

[Rich the UK WWE Fan]

I watched the first 2 shows last week, Rockstar Spud won't last long IMO, he's already got on the wrong side of the trainer, and seems to be a whiney brat.