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When some people hear the word wrestling they think of �2 points takedown� or
headgear and singlets. But most people think of the WWF, WCW, NWO, and the
WolfPac. They think of names such as Hollywood Hogan, Sting, Stone Cold, Diamond
Dallas Page, and Golberg. If you have been alive in today�s TV culture, you have
undoubtedly heard these names.
Although professional wrestling has been enjoying newfound success lately, it is
not a new sport by any means. Professional Wrestling has been around since the 1800�s
but it was mainly confined to barns and other small areas with people betting on the
winner. These were often bloody and dangerous fights. Dangerous for the wrestlers as
well as the audience as sometimes the fight would spill out into the crowd.
Professional Wrestling became more of a spectator sport in the early to mid
1900�s, but it resembled very little of what we think of Professional Wrestling today.
Today, as opposed to old-time wrestling, it is just a spectator event with people cheering
for a �hero� against a �vilian�. Most all matches are set up in a way that there is always
one crowd favorite, and one that the crowd hates.
Today Professional Wrestling is no longer a sport but a entertainment industry.
The fights are rigged, the wrestling is fake, and the only thing real about wrestling is the
money. Millions of dollars are generated by professional wrestling. TV contracts,
t-shirts, posters, Video games, movies. These all generate enough money and interest to
make professional wrestling the most watched entertainment event today. One of the
reasons that wrestling has become such a powerful force in entertainment is that it has all
the action of a Jackie Chan movie, all the drama of ER and all of the �eye-candy� of
Baywatch.
I am going to tell you some of todays biggest stars and give you a little
background on them.
One of the most entertaining people in professional wrestling is current world
champion Goldberg. Goldberg grew up as a doctors son in Oklahoma with his two
brothers. Goldberg was even an imposing future at a young age as he was a bouncer in a
bar at age 17. He went on to play college football at SEC power Georgia. As a Georgia
Bulldog, Goldberg earned all-confernce honors as a nose-guard and was drafted by the
Atlanta Falcons and eventually ended his career as a LA Ram. Goldberg was not done
bashing skulls after he hurt his knee though. He shaved his head and got a tattoo and
followed many former football players into Pro wrestling. He has enjoyed a career that
has seen him rise to the top. Each wrestler has his specialty finishing move and Goldberg
draws on his football influence for his finishing move, the Jackhammer. He runs across
the ring and spears the opponent in the...
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