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The Influence of Professional Wrestling
If you would ask what has been a significant aspect in pop culture in the last twenty years, people would respond with such answers as the hip hop culture, reality television shows, or just MTV. However, on the topic of pop culture, many would hesitate to mention professional wrestling. Wrestling is often looked down at and ridiculed for various reasons. Many people disregard wrestling as an influential component of today’s society because it is “fake”. Others would agree that professional wrestling is too violent or vulgar, and therefore, does not receive the credit it deserves. Lastly, the criticism and disapproval continues when wrestling promotions are spotlighted for racist and stereotypical actions. In spite of this, wrestling promotions have created programs that have an effect on the society, as well as being influenced by the general public along the way.
Professional wrestling’s main goal has traditionally been to please the audience, and as a result, these promotions are much influenced by the crowd reactions. ... The original audience for wrestling was young kids that looked up to these superstars. ... I guess that’s what made the World Wrestling Federation so successful in the 80s. ... Wrestling has evolved since then. ...
Back in the day, a typical wrestling fan would get upset if people would call wrestling fake. Parallel to those accusations, professional wrestling was committed to saying that wrestling was real. Ten years ago, an interview was conducted with a wrestler named Vader in Japan where he attacked the host of the program for calling wrestling fake. ... ” The WWF has since changed its name, primarily because of legal problems, to World Wrestling Entertainment. As oppose to early on where the WWF claimed that all the wrestling moves were real, the WWE now admits to the fact that everything is pretty much choreographed and the storylines are pretty much an act. ... The WWE admitting that wrestling is not exactly real shows how the fans and society have influenced professional wrestling.
Also, a big difference in 80s wrestling compared to today’s, are the characters. ... In contrast, if you turn on the TV and watch some wrestling today, you’ll find wrestlers’ names such as John Cena, Chris Benoit, and Jaime Noble. ... These names are decided by the writers of the wrestling programs because the young fans of today will not appreciate the gimmicks like those of the past. ... Some say because recently it’s more about the storyline than wrestling. ...
There has always been the argument that wrestling is too violent and children should not be watching. The debates of whether or not wrestling influences children’s behavior has been talked about for years and is still an ongoing controversy. Wrestling promotions such as the WWE are constantly pushing the envelope to how gruesome, vulgar, or nude wrestling entertainment should be. ... Many people wonder why if wrestling is considered fake than why do impressionable kids like to imitate these wrestlers. ...
If you ask wrestling fans, you will receive thousands of various answers. In, “Archetypal Images in Professional Wrestling”, Eric Zengota looks at professional wrestling from the viewpoint of Carl Jung. ... Zengota adds, “Professional wrestling is an ongoing conflict between timeless Jungian “archetypes” that masterfully taunt, tickle, and titillate the “collective unconscious” of children of all ages.
Approximate Word count = 2654
Approximate Pages = 10.6
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