Everything You Need About The History Of Professional Wrestling

By Amanda Baird


The most influential form of entertainment today is television. Most of the generation today grows watching television shows and it is usually limited to soap operas and those sitcoms before. Now it is more than just entertainment but a way of life and new genres have surfaced. One of those are the prowrestling and let us read through the history of professional wrestling.

Pro wrestling is a popular from of entertainment in America, Europe and Japan that uses modern theatrics to entertain the audience. This used to be a sport but is now more of a performing art where the players will make it look like it is a real match but nobody really get hurt in the process. It has an interesting story to tell about its origin.

When show runners on a traveling circus showed some wrestlers to the crowd. They impose challenge to the people whoever knocks one of them down will be rewarded 500 francs. These wrestlers used fake names along with their weird titles to play up the animosity of the crowd and encourage betting.

A French showman appeared in 1848 named Jean Exbroyat, he established the first company of wrestlers that were later named circus troupe. He also created the first rule of wrestling not to carry out any grasp that is under the waist, which he named the style flat hand wrestling. This style gets popularity to the rest of the European countries which they named the Greco Roman.

Furthermore, it has became the most in fashionable sport in Europe because of the flashy costumes that the wrestlers wore during match to provide amusement. In 1898, Paul Pons became the first ever Professional World Champion. He is renowned for his title as the Colossus.

Furthermore, it was in the late 19th century that it reached the shore of United States and United Kingdom wherein it evolved once again to be called catch as catch can style. This new type differs with the Greco Roman in a way that it allows to hold above or below the waist and it even allow leg grips, and this eventually give birth to the modern of type of theatrics.

The prowrestling was divided into regional leagues after the second world war. They come up with an agreement not to steal any talent from another or expand their arena shows into another region. However, Northeast federation is eager to broke the agreement. They went into direct competition with other regional leagues, stealing the talent and scheduling television shows on their soil. They are now known as World Wrestling Federation.

Through the arrival of television, prowrestling gained powerful media outlets. The nature of it was changed tremendously to fit television, enhancing character traits and stories. Television has aided most wrestlers break in becoming influential celebrities. People popularly refer Mixed Martial Art as the next big change of this entertainment.

The history of professional wrestling is full of intrigues and interesting twists that are fitting for the industry they are in. Centuries has passed, still their appeal has not left us. Looks like they will be staying a little while longer.




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