Does this make WWE a combat style now?

WWE is a business which promotes professional "wrestling" events -- i.e. highly fictionalized bouts for the purposes of entertainment. It's not a style in and of itself.

In essence it is little different from a Hong Kong movie studio which focuses on and produces Kung Fu movies. Both use choreographed and exaggerated movements which mimic real techniques from real martial arts. The movements in professional wrestling were originally based on Catch Wrestling techniques, a real style which actual fighters still practice today, but now incorporates moves from many different styles (BJJ, Judo, boxing, etc.), along with a lot of phony nonsense and histrionics which would never work in a real fight.

As to your question about MMA, I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. Everyone who practices a style which has submission grappling knows how to break bones (joint locks), or even kill (chokes), but since maiming and killing is not the goal in most MMA competitions, if either were to occur it would [hopefully] be an accident. That does not mean, however, that a Catch Wrestler or a BJJ practitioner couldn't do real harm if they so desired, especially in a true combat situation.

Many of the moves within WWE are real and effective, they just perform them in such a way that they don't hurt each other, unlike MMA.

I read the article, that is soooo sad, all these kids getting brainwashed by all these shows, and thinking they're tough cause they watch MMA and wear a tapout tshirt, then trying out some moves on their friends, and he accidentally KILLS his cousin, so sad hopefully this is a wake up call to some people, but of course it probably won't be.

No, I don't believe WWE is a combat style, it's not even considered a combat sport, it has alot of moves from martial arts and combat sports, but it's a stage show.

This is a weak attempt by you to insult MMA & those that like it. You take the stupid actions of someone make a stupid comparison.

“This question also partially applies to MMA, because I've often heard that because there are accidents with joint locks and other things in MMA and UFC, that this means MMA is a "combat" sport”, MMA is a combat sport just like boxing is.

“Meaning, it has effect on both the streets and the battlefield, designed for war.” That is more of the argument as to whether it a martial art or not, as opposed to being just a combat sport.

But as for it being a combat style, not because it is acting, it make you sound like one of those little kids who keep asking question on here about how to use their chi to make a fireball.

You can also inflict bodily injury on your friends if you try to reproduce moves you saw on Power Rangers, but that doesn't make it real. Kids have been injuring themselves and others by mimicking TV for decades now, this is nothing special.

The rear naked choke is a maneuver taken from MMA and "utilized" in WWE to make it seem more realistic; in a related note, The Undertaker also used a BJJ move called a Gogoplata...still doesn't make WWE real though.

No because the rear naked choke did not originate from pro wrestling

No, it does not, fake wrestling still mimics moves from real styles, but it's not a style of it's own.

you do realize wwe is a soap opera dont you.

its children like the one in the article that dont know any better and think they can do this with out any traing

I think WWE is the mother of all kata or poomsae... :-)

dude WWE is fake! seriously grow up!