A Look Into The History Of Professional Wrestling

By Minnie Whitley


Pro fighting is a type of entertainment that is seen it terms of a game and a performing art, it is very common in the Latin America, Europe, North America and Japan. Its scripted form has in most cases been a subject of criticism owing to the fact that it is of a deceiving nature when compared with other fighting games such as boxing, martial arts and amateur brawling. None of the major promoter or wrestler has denied existence of prearranged outcome of matches. A look into the history of professional wrestling is as abridged below.

The wandering fiesta strongman that in many instances posed a fight challenge in the ring or just last for a few minutes can be said to have given rise to emergence of grappling. Later in time, the carnies came to a realization that they could make more money than they were collecting from fighting participants by levying entry charges to crowds that came to cheer. The fighters gave the impression of bad guys to the fans in order encourage them to bet.

By the conclusion of the nineteenth century, like boxing matches, promoters also put brawling events in arenas. In the few decades, various occasions were held by dissimilar distinct promoters. Championship belts existed though they did not have any real authority. Promoters in 1901 loosely formed National Wrestling Association that awarded a single belt for championship.

Regional leagues were made from the division of tussling by NWA after the Second World War. A gentleman agreement was decided on not to take talent from another one or expand their arena into the region of another. The Northeast federation which was known as World Wide Wrestling Federation was a slightly rebellious, after the shortening of the name to World Wrestling Federation the gentleman agreement was almost immediately broken.

By the 1980s the remaining old regional NWA was operating in the Southeast. It was in actual fact named the NWA before it was later bought and its name got changed into World Championship Wrestling. It was able to overshadow the WWF and for some time was on top as it drew top talent from its rival and got higher ratings than them.

Various factors that included storylines that were poorly conceived and a steroid distribution scandal by the federal investigation brought WWF to its lowest point. It was however able to recover with ingenious angles and wrestlers that were young and talented. In 2001, it bought WCW and took control of wrestlers, video library and trademarks wiping it out of existence.

The Extreme Championship Wrestling also was a league that influenced greatly the pro tussling. It was a small league that acquired fans through its broadcasting on local sports airwaves at late night. Their fighting styles incorporated rough styles that are risky and audacious making it look insane. It quickly went bankrupt and was purchased by WWF who embraced the blood chilling fighting styles.

World Wildlife Fund won a successful court case that saw WWF amend their name to being called World Wrestling Entertainment so as to remove ambiguity that was a result of the acronyms. Absorption of the grizzly styles of fighting in the mainstream has seen the sport attract larger fan bases who are obsessed with the adrenalin packed fights.




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