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Everyone Either Loves Or Hates Professional Wrestling
by Burt Dymond
http://www.faqwrestling.com
Children of all ages seem to enjoy professional wrestling.
Some parents have started complaining that some of it is
quite offensive and destructive. Some parents won't allow
their children to watch wrestling on TV anymore. So the
question is; is professional wrestling really that bad?
There will practically be no one who entertains the idea
that the wrestling that we see on national television is
real. The mere word Professional wrestling annotates that it
is fake. We feel that these wrestlers are very good actors
and what they do is not too difficult. However, the fact is
that there always is a great possibility of someone getting
hurt in the sport of professional wrestling.
The parents are not questioning the authenticity of
professional wrestling, what they are bothered about is what
does it teach our children. The fact is that wrestling is
extremely violent and has recently turned towards the worst
uncharted territories. Many parents are objecting to the
sometimes verbal, and even physical, abuse towards the women
of the wrestling world. New acts such as cage and one on
three have had parents worried to no end.
Most male wrestlers have often had their female counterpart,
a scantily clad girl with certain fake body parts, huge
hair, and way too much makeup. Where many think the turning
point is came several years ago, when a pimp character was
introduced and his entourage was prostitutes. The girls
would often be made to do demeaning acts and many parents
were shocked.
Even if the children had no idea what was really being
portrayed, many adults believed that shows with children in
the audience should take more responsibility for the
content. Before long wrestling was banned in a lot of homes.
Parents have been wondering why the already violent sport
featuring people with wild names, changed into something
even worse. They decided that their children shouldn't be
exposed to this behavior.
Another issue that came up was that wrestling was on
television in the early afternoon, when many children were
home alone without parent supervision. Parents felt that it
should be the responsibility of the television networks to
only have controversial shows like wrestling on later in the
evening when at the very least parents could either make
sure it stays off the TV, or watch it with their kids so
they could explain certain aspects of the show.
Even with these issues, wrestling continued to become ever
more popular. When major wrestling matches toured the US and
Canada, the stadiums would be packed with spectators. Some
of these big matches were projected on the big screen in
movie theaters. Networks added spin offs and a football
league. Wrestling has lost some of its pull recently, but a
lot of kids still love to watch it.
Despite the choice of parents, children would continue to
love professional wrestling and would continue imitating
their favorite wrestler with suitable merchandise. The issue
at hand is that parents need to explain it to their children
that none of this is real.
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