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Source: WikiPedia
"In professional wrestling, blading, is the practice of cutting oneself to provoke bleeding. It is also known as juicing, gigging, or drawing color.Similarly, a blade is an object used for blading, and a bladejob is a specific act of blading. The blood in pro wrestling is almost never, as often suspected, theatrical makeup, but actual blood, and the scars borne by longtime pro wrestlers are real ones. The act is usually done a good length into the match as the blood will mix with the flowing sweat to make the wound look like much more blood is flowing from it than there actually is. "Juicing" which occurs outside the storyline is said to be juicing hardway, and may be the result of a shoot or a botch such as striking with too much force.
The forehead has always been the preferred blading surface, due to the abundance of blood vessels. A cut in this area will bleed freely for quite some time and will heal quickly. It is also not uncommon for some wrestlers to consume aspirin before the match, in order to thin the blood and allow for more profuse bleeding.
In modern North American pro wrestling, blading is almost exclusively performed by and on male performers; blading of women is extremely rare due to the risk of adverse publicity and the increasing use of female performers as "eye candy."
Typically, a wrestler will use a razor or other blade hidden in the tape covering his fingers or part of his hand(s) or somewhere else on his person. However, the wrestler always runs the risk of cutting too deeply and slicing an artery in the forehead. In 2004, Eddie Guerrero did this during Judgment Day 2004, resulting in blood loss severe enough to affect him for the next two weeks of shows.
Some wrestlers like Abdullah The Butcher, Dusty Rhodes, New Jack, and Devon Hughes (Brother Devon / D-Von Dudley) have massive, disfiguring scars on their heads from frequently blading throughout their careers. According to Mick Foley, the scars in Abdullah's forehead are so deep that he enjoys holding coins or gambling chips in them to entertain and/or scare people.
Today, blading is a lot less popular than in the past, due to the prevalence of AIDS and hepatitis. In the 1980s, the willingness to blade was seen as a benefit for new wrestlers."
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So in a way it's real and fake, the blood is real, but they don't bleed from the action in the ring, like chair shots.
"In professional wrestling, blading, is the practice of cutting oneself to provoke bleeding. It is also known as juicing, gigging, or drawing color.Similarly, a blade is an object used for blading, and a bladejob is a specific act of blading. The blood in pro wrestling is almost never, as often suspected, theatrical makeup, but actual blood, and the scars borne by longtime pro wrestlers are real ones. The act is usually done a good length into the match as the blood will mix with the flowing sweat to make the wound look like much more blood is flowing from it than there actually is. "Juicing" which occurs outside the storyline is said to be juicing hardway, and may be the result of a shoot or a botch such as striking with too much force.
The forehead has always been the preferred blading surface, due to the abundance of blood vessels. A cut in this area will bleed freely for quite some time and will heal quickly. It is also not uncommon for some wrestlers to consume aspirin before the match, in order to thin the blood and allow for more profuse bleeding.
In modern North American pro wrestling, blading is almost exclusively performed by and on male performers; blading of women is extremely rare due to the risk of adverse publicity and the increasing use of female performers as "eye candy."
Typically, a wrestler will use a razor or other blade hidden in the tape covering his fingers or part of his hand(s) or somewhere else on his person. However, the wrestler always runs the risk of cutting too deeply and slicing an artery in the forehead. In 2004, Eddie Guerrero did this during Judgment Day 2004, resulting in blood loss severe enough to affect him for the next two weeks of shows.
Some wrestlers like Abdullah The Butcher, Dusty Rhodes, New Jack, and Devon Hughes (Brother Devon / D-Von Dudley) have massive, disfiguring scars on their heads from frequently blading throughout their careers. According to Mick Foley, the scars in Abdullah's forehead are so deep that he enjoys holding coins or gambling chips in them to entertain and/or scare people.
Today, blading is a lot less popular than in the past, due to the prevalence of AIDS and hepatitis. In the 1980s, the willingness to blade was seen as a benefit for new wrestlers."
Once Again, Source:WikiPedia
So in a way it's real and fake, the blood is real, but they don't bleed from the action in the ring, like chair shots.
