A Look At 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.

18th century can be described as a period where arenas were allocated entirely for wrestling. During this period also, matches were organized into specific schedules. This was also further favored by formation of a body called NWA which marketed this match all over and fostered the regionalized sporting activity into becoming a dynamic cooperative entity.

Those known to promote these matches started contracting brawlers in the 1920s. Signature responses as well as time featured in the matches. The way to emerge a winner was also undergoing revolution as one could event distract a ref just to win.

Headlock competition featured largely in the 1930s. In this era, investors in this industry wanted to dominate over some regions to an extent that boundaries were demarcated for them. As rules were formulated, and all parties agreed to have specific boundaries mapped out for them. NWA gave a directive banning these investors from enticing and luring brawlers from other competitors.

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.

The history of professional wrestling is being wrote to date as the wrestlers shine from being popular to famous and others becoming superstars. Its business opportunity to grow is also promoting as the number of people watching it hit 13 million and shows signs of improving. This ensures tickets sell, TV home viewers subscribe to it and this business remains very competitive and attractive for investors.




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