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How painful is it being a professional wrestler?

I haven’t worked in the ring in over a decade, but I will say this, when you hear wrestlers talk about being in pain, they’re not exaggerating. You do learn to take bumps and learn how to hit the ropes, but that doesn’t mean it hurts less. The ropes NEVER give! If you take a bump the wrong way, you can risk getting a concussion. Like one person said, full time WWE, NJPW, ROH, IMPACT, Lucha Underground workers are banged up. Some are nagging injuries that you ‘learn to live with’ and some things are VERY painful!One thing to remember is that anything can happen in the ring. Before people say how a specific wrestler sucks in the ring, just remember that they do put their bodies on the line for fans, companies and families.

How does nobody get hurt in professional wrestling (WWE)?

Injuries occur regularly in the WWE. It's just that it is presented in a different sense. Now a days WWE is more open and liberal in issuing a statement when a wrestler is injured. I remember a time when most injuries were made to appear as part of kayfabe - wherein the injured wrestler is either fired or leaves as part of the story line. In reality they would actually be taking time off to heal themselves and recuperate.I also remember something that happened last year when in the story line Dean Ambrose was injured but in reality he was off shooting "12 Rounds 3: Lockdown".Back to the point - WWE is not fake. Scripted is different from fake. Wrestlers get injured a lot often. Concussions are common. Shubham Jain's answer will give you a couple of recent incidents that happened. I can list down plenty more if you want including Shawn Michaels's career threatening back injury in a match with the Undertaker or Hardcore Holly breaking his neck during a match with Brock Lesnar. Those were legit cases of botched moves.

Is pro wrestling fake? Do they ever actually hurt each other (barring accidents)?

They are very real.The result and the spots of the match are scripted. The moves like punches and kicks are real.A professional wrestler performs signature moves such that they don't injure the other wrestler.Lets take an example of move known as Piledriver. It has been banned in WWE since 2000 and only two wrestlers in WWE are allowed to use the move(Undertaker and Kane).​This photo clearly shows that the head doesnt touch the ground.If the move is not done correctly then it will result in a injury. In 1997 Owen hart botched a reverse piledriver on Stone Cold Steve Austin. This broke Austin's neck and that is the reason why he retired early.If we see blood in WWE now it has happened unintentionally since we are now in the PG era. Today's WWE product is marketed towards children not adults. Wrestlers like Ric Flair, Triple H are regular bladers. The preffered area for blading is the forehead since it bleeds profusely and heals easily.I would recommend you to watch the movie The Wrestler (2008).The Wrestler shows that while outcomes of matches may be fixed the physical tolls these men take on their body are often more extreme and long lasting than most other "respectable" sports.