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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Pro wrestling is essentially a soap opera with no fourth wall, with a story centred around combat sport. The championships are mostly plot devices, though a big company like WWE being willing to make you the “face of the company” as their main champion is obviously also an endorsement of you as a performer.
Pro wrestling is essentially a soap opera with no fourth wall, with a story centred around combat sport. The championships are mostly plot devices, though a big company like WWE being willing to make you the “face of the company” as their main champion is obviously also an endorsement of you as a performer.
It’s a show. It’s athletic, roid riddled and 100% staged. Its melodrama like opera but for hillbilly redneck morons who like sweat and turnbuckles.
It’s a show. It’s athletic, roid riddled and 100% staged. Its melodrama like opera but for hillbilly redneck morons who like sweat and turnbuckles.
It’s basically a soap opera for young males. Everything is scripted, including who wins and loses, and all the moves are heavily choreographed.
>But I keep reading about old champions or the first xxx race champion etc
I have never seen that for pro wrestling. That’s mainly a boxing thing, which is not scripted.
It’s basically a soap opera for young males. Everything is scripted, including who wins and loses, and all the moves are heavily choreographed.
>But I keep reading about old champions or the first xxx race champion etc
I have never seen that for pro wrestling. That’s mainly a boxing thing, which is not scripted.
The first X champion is still notable (where X is some demographic)
The same barriers that exist in many industries also exist in pro wrestling and breaking those barriers is notable.
While becoming champion is fake in the sense that the match is fake, behind the scenes it means you’re popular and/or good enough that they want to make you champion. It takes a lot of work and talent to make it that far.
So it would be more like “the first X person to star in a Marvel movie” or “the first X person to win an Oscar”.
The first X champion is still notable (where X is some demographic)
The same barriers that exist in many industries also exist in pro wrestling and breaking those barriers is notable.
While becoming champion is fake in the sense that the match is fake, behind the scenes it means you’re popular and/or good enough that they want to make you champion. It takes a lot of work and talent to make it that far.
So it would be more like “the first X person to star in a Marvel movie” or “the first X person to win an Oscar”.
Think of Thanos in the Avengers.
Imagine the 6 Infinity stones as Championship belts. Thanos is a 6-time champion, and that makes him a big deal. Everyone around him wants to strip him off his belt.
If a wrestling promotion sees you as a big deal, they’ll crown you as champion and center the main storyline on you. It’s a big responsibility carrying the company. You’ll be the man, the big bad, the tribal chief, the one, the great one. ☝️
Think of Thanos in the Avengers.
Imagine the 6 Infinity stones as Championship belts. Thanos is a 6-time champion, and that makes him a big deal. Everyone around him wants to strip him off his belt.
If a wrestling promotion sees you as a big deal, they’ll crown you as champion and center the main storyline on you. It’s a big responsibility carrying the company. You’ll be the man, the big bad, the tribal chief, the one, the great one. ☝️
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