Tuesday, June 25, 2013

What Is In The History Of Professional Wrestling

By Myrtle Cash


Sports are the main thing that brings people together. Sports makes people realize that they have talents to utilize. Most people do not get time to actually realize their potential and talents. This makes them to land in professions that they do not feel fit and comfortable in. It is said that the best thing is to realize your talent and make a profession from it. The saying seems to be true because for a person to work and produce good results, they have to love what they are doing. Everything has its history either bad or good. The History of professional wrestling has a lot of information that people need know especially the young generation.

Expert wrestling started in small unorganized groups in the 1880s. It is popular way of entertaining in Japan, Europe, Latin America, and North America. It later became an international sport in 1990s. It was made international by the expansion of World Wrestling Federation. It was viewed as financial success during the time of promotions. These promotions were made during the time of travelling carnivals.

The wrestlers were just athletes with amateur experience who completed at traveling festivals. Luxurious festivals included exhibitions, enhancing them during these colourful occasions. During this time expert the game was more of an entertainment than competition. It is interesting to see how far this sport has come from and the dramatic changes it has gone through.

From the start, the game was meant for entertainment so it started in the carnival stage. Companies could hold road show festivals and the professional wrestlers together with the amateurs could go on travelling so as to entertain people. The wrestlers were promoted by different sponsors making them more committed and dedicated to the game. The sponsors issued them with tokens and compensation for any person who would win the match. At this point, it was all about entertaining because of the drama and humor. It later changed due to change of technology.

Technology comes around with many changes. Invention of television made it more popular. The sport was aired nationally in the 1950s thus making it reach more fans who had heard about it but never seen it been performed. It made the sport more popular and entertaining than ever before.

It can therefore, be referred to as a game between two professional wrestlers for compensation. The game looks more real on television but viewers should note that its only one way of entertaining them. Publicity of the wrestlers made many of them to be known thus making the game more popular. Professional performances were broadcast and each of the three major television stations broadcast it from 1948 to 1955. The largest supporter of this show was Dumont Television Network.

The sport then lost its high ratings in the late 1950s. This is because the producers had overexposed it and it became more available to the viewers thus making it less popular. After realizing this, most shows were dropped from television line ups.

Many more joined the wrestling groups. The new members not only joined the federation to entertain the crowd but also as a business. What was known as an entertainment game to the people was turned to be a business activity by the new members. They changed the history of professional wrestling from how entertaining it was to how one can earn from it. The sport has remained to be a business and people join it for fame and money.




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