Pro Wrestlers vs. Captain America

[The Arbiter]

Not really a fight (feel free to discuss one if you'd like) but more of a question/clarification thread.

How close in stats do certain Pro Wrestlers get to Comic Book Peak Human? What about MCU Cap?

Im sure they don't have much speed stuff, but how do the best of them compare with stamina/strength/soak and so on?

[k von doom]

I think real life wrestlers still fall quite short. Which wrestlers would be considered to have the greatest soak, Mankind? I really can't see Mankind take the kind of beating Cap did at the end of Winter Soldier, nor survive against Ironman's punches in Civil War.

[Captain Smith]

They are infants compared to Cap level peak humans. The beatings that real life wrestlers take are scripted not to be true fight impacts.

[wjowski]

They are infants compared to Cap level peak humans. The beatings that real life wrestlers take are scripted not to be true fight impacts.

...So are Captain America's?

[Captain Morgan]

...So are Captain America's?

Huh. Yeah, given we are basically talking about theater here, it seems like the rumbles standards would treat them as their "characters" rather than their "actors."

[Lazzlo304]

Huh. Yeah, given we are basically talking about theater here, it seems like the rumbles standards would treat them as their "characters" rather than their "actors."

So wouldn't Kane have really good soak due to being burned alive so many times?

[moonknight11]

...So are Captain America's?

You're telling me Chris Evans didn't hold down that helicopter IRL?

[The Dork Knight]

With PIS off, Captain America BTFO when Undertaker hits him with lightning, sets him on fire then teleports him to the rafters, drops him on his head. Cap gets up and throws the ring at Taker but Taker catches it, and sets him on fire again with magic lightning....... oh wait, none of that ever happens in a match

Must be PIS huh

[T'Challa Bruce Von Doom]

They are infants compared to Cap level peak humans. The beatings that real life wrestlers take are scripted not to be true fight impacts.

...So are Captain America's?

Yeah, seeing how both pro wrestlers and Captain America are equally fictional, it doesn't make sense to talk about wrestlers taking scripted beatings when anything Captain America did, whether it be in the comics or in the MCU, was equally scripted.

They're both characters and should be judged as such.

[T51R]

Kayfabe or no kayfabe?

[T51R]

Yeah, seeing how both pro wrestlers and Captain America are equally fictional, it doesn't make sense to talk about wrestlers taking scripted beatings when anything Captain America did, whether it be in the comics or in the MCU, was equally scripted.

They're both characters and should be judged as such.

We can go both ways actually, i.e. for the actual people, was Chris Evans ever injured while filming or did he do some of his own stunts etc... wrestlers are basically live action stuntmen + actors all rolled into one, and their life is not very good going by how Mark Callaway hinted.

For characters, yeah. Different story.

Steve is going to be fighting to get a filthy sock out of his throat while on a plane that's being flown into the ground by Hulk Hogan, who is in turn being somehow controlled by The Ultimate Warrior through the power of...I don't even know what.

[The Watcher]

We can go both ways actually, i.e. for the actual people, was Chris Evans ever injured while filming or did he do some of his own stunts etc... wrestlers are basically live action stuntmen + actors all rolled into one, and their life is not very good going by how Mark Callaway hinted.

For characters, yeah. Different story.

Steve is going to be fighting to get a filthy sock out of his throat while on a plane that's being flown into the ground by Hulk Hogan, who is in turn being somehow controlled by The Ultimate Warrior through the power of...I don't even know what.

"And then suddenly The Watcher hits Warrior from behind with Thanos' Chair!"

[Captain Smith]

I assumed real life meant has functioning real people and not in the ring fictional people. Even the latter interpretation set gives them no feats compared to Cap's soak or strength.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Braun Strowman tipped over a tractor trailer and an ambulance. That's somewhere in the ballpark of Cap's strength.

[The MunchKING]

oh wait, none of that ever happens in a match

Must be PIS huh

He holds back to the rules of the match because he wants to actually win the belts.