I like to think of it as more choreographed than fake. Honestly, fake is something that is not real, and guys are out there doing there thing, so it certainly isn't fake, plus it is still real to me damnit!!!
I was told it was fake right off the bat. I started watching in 1991 and I was four years old. I remember the Barber Shop with The Rockers when the infamous moment happened my dad looked at me and in this really sincere tone said don't worry it's not real. The weird thing with me was that even though I knew they didn't really punch each other and such, I thought the outcomes were not predetermined. Like eventually one guy just gave in. I was four, lay off.
Anybody else watch the beginning of WCW Starrcade 1998 when Tony Schiavone mentions Chris Benoit and then pause and says "Yes..." like we are surprised he mentions him. I thought it was strange and then Scott Keith mentioned it as well. Quite creepy.