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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.
Where the controversy lies is not in whether professional
wrestling is real or fake, but people wonder what it's
teaching our children. Wrestling is extremely violent, that
much is true. But in recent years wrestling seems to have
taken a shift into uncharted territories. Wrestling has
always played on certain stereotypes of race and ethnic
background but many parents are objecting to the sometimes
verbal, and even physical, abuse towards the women of the
wrestling world.
The makeover in the world of wrestling happened a few years
ago when a pimp character was introduced. He had a huge
entourage of prostitutes who are scantily clad with many
fake body parts, huge hair, and way too much makeup. Similar
is the look of the female counterparts of male wrestlers. To
top it all, most women were made to demeaning acts and that
had many parents 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.
Regardless of the issues surrounding wrestling, it continued
to gain in popularity. Major wrestling events which traveled
throughout the US and Canada would fill stadiums to
capacity. And major matches were even shown in large movie
theatres. New spin off shows were added and even a football
league. In the past few years wrestling mania has slowed
somewhat but it is still a hit with many kids.
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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