In the old days of professional wrestling, the WWF and other promoters were so adamant that their product was real that when John Stossel dared to ask whether it was fake, he got slapped -- for real. But the pro wrestling industry has changed enough that now the WWE admits it's all staged -- and when a wrestler like Randy Orton freaks out on a reporter, the WWE is quick to say that it was all an act, too.
A WWE spokesman told The Sun that Orton and the Mexican reporter he confronted planned the whole thing:
Orton's threatening behaviour towards a Mexican TV host was a set-up planned beforehand, according to the WWE.Here's the video of Orton's act:
A spokesman for the company confirmed to SunSport that the WWE champion was only pretending to go berserk, after the interviewer accused him of being "fragile".
Known in the wrestling industry as a 'work', the incident was part of a way to promote Orton's unstable bad guy character.




