The History Of Professional Wrestling

By Marsha Klein


Lovers of sports find the history of professional wrestling as interesting as watching or participating in this. Not only are these matches set in advance but also the results are predetermined. This sport put together a lot of skills; among them are theater plus athletic skills and some modified weaponry. With the preset outcome, a time the evil player dominates over the good one but is comforted by the fact that more battles are there.

One wonders why this match has a lot of supports. Some of these may be an answer. First, rules are not abided; a jester is received with joy and is found interesting by fans moreover, these audiences are encouraged to jeer and praise to give morale or demoralize. Where else can one find such a unique sport? However there are those who think otherwise about this sport, they state that this sport tend to promote violence in the society.

Wrestling had become a kind of entertainment especially by the 19th century especially in Europe where it was already taking root. Brawlers from the local communities were dared to show case strength by wrestling in the ring. This was happening mostly in Northern America where betting had come in to promote the game further. Bets were done by people from a common town in a way to sustain a hero from their region.

In the 1800s, enclosed podiums had been taken to be battle fields. Those who sponsored this matches had even created match schedules. It got a better boost in 1901 when a body was created to assist in raising the sport to be recognized nationally. This body was referred to as the NWA. There objective was to build the regional sponsors and turn it to a cooperative union.

It was not until 1920s when first matches were characterized by signature movements and time limitation. Promoters and sponsors began to hire wrestlers on contract basis. New methods of winning were also arising, for example a referee could be distracted. Stories about the matches were put on air insinuating a return match which kept the fans looking forward to it.

Stiff competitions characterized the 1930s competition as regionally based organizations identified talents with the intention of dominating over them. Finally, as these organizations agreed on the boundary set up. In addition to this noble step, NWA grew bigger and regulations were put in place such that no competing parties could lure wrestlers from another party.

The success of wrestling can be traced back to one creative individual, Vin MeMahin. He is the master mind planner who bought competing firms properties to render them out of business so as to dominate over the entire market as a monopoly. He also raised stakes of this business by reaching out to TV stations to air the sport at a much better term than before especially between 1940 to 1950.

As wrestlers rise to superstars so does the history of professional wrestling. Not only does it build the wrestlers but also promotes business in such a sport which combines and exploits a lot of talent. With the number of funs growing each year, this sport has yet to reach its peak economically.




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