or known in Memphis as “wrassling?”
I would think that professional wrestling sprang somewhat from the real sport of wrestling, with hucksters along the way making stuff up and making the sport fake. But who thought of the idea first, and how long as wrestling been around?
Could not this sport be made into something real, where two people go into a ring and beat the hell of out of each other, with fists, kicks, or even jumping the top rope. The man who lays on the mat for 10 seconds loses, or a pin by a victor for a three count. I have heard and seen tough man competions, why not do those? No chairs, sticks or foreign objects, a barroom fist and kick brawl.
Why do people watch wrestling if it is staged? That is the reason why I do not watch it.
Lastly, has there ever been a case of two wrestlers who really hated each other and were not play acting when they were beating the crap out of each other?
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