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Professional wrestling is generally any form of wrestling in which the wrestlers receive payment for participating. Historically professional wrestling has often involved matches where the outcome was predetermined, and nowadays the term professional wrestling or pro-wrestling is used almost exclusively to refer to predetermined matches, also referred to as "works". Modern professional wrestling usually features striking and other techniques not traditionally considered wrestling techniques.
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Modern professional wrestling is a performance art, where the participants
create an entertainment show simulating a combat sporting match. The level of
realism can vary from cartoonish (the American World Wrestling Entertainment
promotion) to highly realistic (the Japanese strong style as exemplified by
Antonio Inoki). In Mexico the dominant style is the stylized, theatrical Lucha
libre.
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Professional wrestling as a performance art
Originating in the days of travelling carnival shows, professional wrestling's
humbler beginnings included strongman feats, hook wrestling, and other acrobatic
performances. In the earlier parts of the 20th Century, "professional wrestling"
was at times just that, a professional contest of amateur-style wrestlers
competeing for a purse with a league structure similar to professional boxing.
However, these contests disappeared from the sports world with the advent of
television due to their extreme length and lack of drama. It was found over the
years to be much more profitable when contests were arranged for both length and
dramatic effect. For over a century, professional wrestling promoters and
performers claimed that the competition was completely real and vehemently
defended secrets of the trade (a situation known as kayfabe).
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Chinks began to appear in the armor of kayfabe when, in the mid-1980s, Vince
McMahon began to refer to his World Wrestling Federation as "sports
entertainment" in order to avoid the jurisdictions of most states' athletic
commissions, as well as to secure lower insurance charges for his events. As
time went on, kayfabe was continually weakened in the WWF (and, by extension,
the world of professional wrestling), leading up to a 1997 speech, televised on
Monday Night RAW, in which McMahon promised to "stop insulting fans'
intelligence" by keeping up the illusion of reality, and referred to RAW as an
"action-adventure" series (McMahon also promised an end to wrestling's simple
morality plays, to be replaced with deeper, more interesting characters and
situations, a promise that many criticize him for not delivering on). Perhaps
the end of kayfabe's last vestiges came in 2002, when the WWF changed its name
to World Wrestling Entertainment in response to a lawsuit from the World
Wildlife Fund.
Reality and fantasy
Professional wrestling is "simulated" in the sense that the outcomes are
predetermined, and their effects upon the opponent exaggerated. Some treat the
performance as a form of entertainment or drama, and would not use the term
"fake" in describing it. Various pro-wrestling moves cause genuine pain and can
cause serious injury if performed incorrectly.
The vast majority of the matches have pre-determined results and are said to be
"worked". The results are determined by "bookers" to maximize "heel heat" for
the bad guy and "(baby) face heat" for the good guy, often in the context of a
long-running "feud" or storyline. Typically the wrestlers will work out some
signature "spots" marking key moments in the match in advance. During the match,
the move sequences and transitions are improvised with the participants "calling
spots" to each other to inform them of their next up-coming move. The referee is
also often involved in executing the match to schedule and dealing with
unforeseen circumstances.
The vast majority of bleeding incidents in wrestling are "real", and are
typically induced by using hidden razor blades to cut oneself on the forehead;
the act of cutting is known in the business and among fans as "blading", and
bleeding is known as "juicing". If a wrestler bleeds without being cut, such as
due to an accidental broken nose, he is said to be "juicing hardway". If a
wrestler hits another wrestler harder than he should on purpose, that is called
"stiff," "being stiff," a "potato" or "potato shot."
Besides the somewhat real violence however, there have constantly been times
where the division between reality and fantasy has been blurred, especially when
it comes to who should win the matches. See the Clique as an example of this. On
occasion, although increasingly rarely in recent decades, a wrestler will shoot,
or ignore the script and attempt to win legitimately. This is also known as
"going into business for yourself." In the past, promotions' World Champions
were often intentionally-chosen "hookers" such as Lou Thesz who could defend
themselves if the fight became real.
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