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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Okay so I’m guessing this might be a follow on to the First Native American wrestling champion post on the front page.
To help get this, there are two types of wrestling that are prominent.
There’s the sport wrestling, [like the kind in the Olympics, schools, colleges and clubs](https://images.nbcolympics.com/sites/default/files/2021-03/wrestling-101-equipment.jpg?impolicy=rect_small_384_216). This is a martial art. These are not scripted. It’s an athletic competition.
Then there’s the [Professional Wrestling/ Sport Entertainment which](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/3c6f8ca71259ce9673c6821b3cda4a42aa656298/c=0-224-5177-3149/local/-/media/2017/05/02/USATODAY/USATODAY/636293254938396794-DARK-02282017rf-0072.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp) is the scripted (though still athletically impressive) staged matches.
While it’s still wrestling in a way, it’s akin to watching a movie about racing, opposed to just watching a race.
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