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The History Of Professional Wrestling Worldwide

By Eugenia Dickerson


The history of professional wrestling is long and detailed as captured in some ancient documentaries and literary references. Professional fighting evolved over time to become what it is today. Currently professional fighting is a full time job as opposed to ancient times when it was treated as a leisure activity. Fighting as a leisure activity existed in several different communities. It formed a crucial part of several festivals and ceremonies including initiation.

Cave drawings found in countries like France, Egypt, and Babylon date back in thirtieth century. The drawings depicted some of the holds used in current sport. It was a source of entertainment for various royal families including kings, queens, princesses, and paramount chiefs. Back then fighters fought fellow human beings and even beasts such as aggressive bulls.

The result of current staged bout is predestined unlike before. Most bouts are arranged by organizations like FILA and WWE. These associations comprise of a team of professionals whose major work is creativity. They begin and build on staged stories like disagreements amongst wrestlers to make the competition interesting and leave all viewers in anxiety to promote watching.

Professional fighting in some countries such as Japan and Mexico do not follow a given plot. The matches are real competition with no predetermined outcomes. Matches or bouts in such nations are livelier as fighters are allowed to use all tactics including martial art strikes and submission holds. This makes the matches dangerous since fighters are more likely to get hurt or pick injuries.

One technique of reducing injuries in this type of game is coming up with laws that require fighters to in wear protective gears before entering the ring. The protective wears may entail masks and hand gloves. All masks should be having soft internal layer to shield the wrestler from the force of heavy blows. It also low possibilities of wrestlers picking basilar skull fractures.

The presenft and modified rules stress on skills then physical strength. Winning is tied to the number of occasions that the fighter pins their challenger on the mat. This sport is for both men and women. Some of the tactics applied in this game are taught to law enforcers as part of the training. The skills obtained give them an upper hand against opponents in cases of self defense.

Professional wrestling has a number of levels, which fighters strive to achieve. Every stage is marked by some sort of belt, which is presented to the winning fighter. Wrestling is recognized all over the World since it features among Olympic sports and games. During these competitions fighters of all ages and ranks are included and the winner in each category is awarded by the organizing bodies.

The history of professional wrestling includes revolution and introduction of new styles and laws in combat sport. As a form of combat sport it involves grappling techniques like takedowns, pins, grappling holds, clinch fighting, and joint locks. Historic, traditional and current styles are allowed in certain categories where the rules allow. This sport borrows greatly from martial art. It allows partnership between wrestlers in certain categories.




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