Ok I’m not from usa, so I dont really underestand wrestling. As far as I know its a scripted sketch with real phisical skill necessary to perform the act. But I keep reading about old champions or the first xxx race champion etc. What do you mean champion? If those are actors, so to speak, there are no champion, there is a script to follow. Its like saying Arnold swarzneger was the first terminator to defeat the advanced model in terminator2, what
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Wrestling is ‘fixed’, as in the outcome is predetermined. Precisely what that has meant has changed over time.
Back in the day, many sports has matches that were fixed, including boxing. Fighters figured out that they could do better if they only pretended to beat each other up. However, it’s much harder to have a convincing fake boxing match. With wrestling, only you and your opponent know exactly how hard you’re squeezing a hold, and fighting to get out. Thus, fixed wrestling events became standard.
Over time, any pretense of it being real has gone. And with that, matches are allowed to go to more fantastical places. However, the basic drama of having contenders fighting over a title is still considered important. And the titles actually do mean something to the wrestlers, even though they’re not won through physical competition. It’s a sign of recognition within the company, and of success. And in reverse, a wrestling company wants someone popular and celebrated to be their champion, so as to draw more money, as well as to satisfy dramatic narratives.
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