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Professional wrestling is a lot more than simply kicking and punching. Every night, professional wrestlers step into the squared circle to compete and they perform a wide array of wrestling moves, some as simple as a headlock and some as advanced as a shooting star press. It may take some time to master the basic wrestling moves, but... more »
Much of the excitement and thrills that come out of the WWE are from their exciting and high flying matches. During the course of a match, many wrestlers find themselves running around the ring, performing a wide variety of moves that are all executed at a quick pace. Doing these moves yourself are fun and require a lot of timing and... more »
Even though the superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment are expert wrestlers with their hands and feet, sometimes feuds get so heated that the wrestlers result to using “foreign objects”. One of the most entertaining foreign objects that's been seen in the WWE ring is the steel ladder. Introduced to mass audiences at... more »
Wrestling is considered one of the first organized competition sports. Variations in wrestling have been performed throughout the world for thousands of years. Wrestling involves two competitors in a ring pitting their strength against each other to determine the better athlete. Wrestling rules vary by wrestling type and level of... more »
Most matches in the WWE take place inside of the trademark squared circle, but in some cases the action gets taken outside of the ring. Wrestlers have taken advantage of this on several occasion and performed memorable moves. Duplicating these moves takes a lot of practice, but they add a lot of entertainment to wrestling matches if... more »
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Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is an athletic sport-entertainment where matches are prearranged by the promotions booking staff. It is a competitive sport which contains strong elements of theatre, mock combat, and catch wrestling. Wrestlings origins date to 19th-century carnival sideshows and music halls, as part of displays of athleticism and strength. Modern professional wrestling usually features striking and grappling techniques, which are modeled after diverse sets of wrestling and pugilistic styles from around the world.
Professional wrestling is real action and entertainment, especially in Japan and North American countries. In Brazil, it was very popular from the 1960s to the early 1980s, where it was called Telecatch. High-profile figures in the "sport" have become celebrities or cultural icons in their native or adopted home countries, including Gorgeous George, André the Giant, The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena and The Rock in the United States; Rikidōzan, Antonio Inoki, Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta, Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi and The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka) in Japan; Mario Milano and Nathan Jones in Australia; El Santo, Blue Demon, Gory Guerrero and Mil Máscaras in Mexico; Ted Boy Marino in Brazil; Giant Haystacks, Big Daddy, Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid in the United Kingdom; and Bret Hart, Chris Jericho and Edge in Canada.
Although professional wrestling started out as petty acts in sideshows and traveling circuses and carnivals, today it is a billion-dollar industry that draws revenue from ticket sales, television broadcasts, branded merchandise and home video. It was instrumental in making pay-per-view a viable method of content delivery. Annual shows such as WrestleMania are among the highest-selling pay-per-view programming. Home video sales dominate the Billboard charts Recreational Sports DVD sales, with wrestling holding anywhere from 3 to 9 of the top read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional+wrestling
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