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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Modern professional wrestling evolved from basically a carnival exhibition. Talented amateur wrestlers would be hired to challenge guests to a match, and there would typically be a prize on the line. The promoter had to trust that they wrestler he hired would be able to beat any challenger, so no prizes would be won. It was entertaining for the onlookers, so promoters eventually saw the benefit of putting on matches in which both competitors were paid, so as to control the result.
From there, they knew people would pay admission fees to see the guy who won the tournament at their local fair take on the champion from another town. If both guys were hired, the matches they could put on could be choreographed to be as entertaining as possible; performing moves that shouldn’t be able to happen. The Championship belts were “won” (awarded to) the guys who reliably would draw the most money from ticket sales, or to someone evil and dastardly who could be chased down and eventually conquered by the valiant hero. The belt, more than anything else, signified to the audience who the “best” performers were and which story to pay close attention to.
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