The History Of Professional Wrestling In The World

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 depictions found in nations like Egypt, Babylon, and France are trace back in the 13th century. The drawings revealed many holds in use in current sport. It was a rich source of entertainment for a number of royal families including paramount chiefs, kings, princesses, and queens. During those days fighters fought fellow wrestlers and sometimes animals like aggressive bulls.

The outcomes of current staged combat or wrestling are predetermined unlike before. Most competitions are organized by bodies such as International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles abbreviated as FILA and World Wrestling Entertainment shortened as WWE. These bodies comprise of technical teams whose job is creativity. They create and develop dramatic stories like feuds among fighters in order to make the matches interesting and leaving viewers in suspense to encourage 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 method of reducing instances of injury in this game is introducing law that requires wrestlers to be in protective gears prior to stepping inside the ring. The protective wear may include hand gloves and masks. The masks should have a soft inner layer to protect the wrestler from the impact of heavy blows. It also low chances of fighters 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 fighting has many ranks that wrestlers struggle to achieve. Every rank is signified by some form of belt that is given to the champion. Wrestling is well-known around the globe as it features amongst Olympic Games. During such bouts wrestlers of all levels and ages are included and the champions of each category are rewarded by the concerned 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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