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Since the beginning of time man has competed for supremacy, and in today’s time nothing has changed, just how the game is played. Professional Wrestling dates back to the early 1900’s and late 1800’s. The biggest wrestling corporation that many fans can relate to is the World Wrestling Federation. The WWF is a huge corporation but is only one of many and independent circuits across the nation are much smaller than the WWF. Explain and show just how wrestling as a sport from the early to mid 1900’s until present time has gone from wrestling to “wrasslin”, and from classic takedowns to phenomenal finishers.
Wrestling began to get big in the United states in early 1920’s, wrestling didn’t have that gigantic following, it was more of a regional market. Wrestling promoters kept their shows in the region mainly of where their wrestlers were located. Vince McMahon Sr. founded the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) and began to put shows together in the New York area around. This established wrestlers like “Classy” Freddie Blassie, “Gorgeous” George, Buddy Rogers, Bruno Sam Martini . These where the guys when wrestling was the real deal, when they could battle it out for the right to be called the best in the world, or in the northern region under the WWWF.. Madison Square garden was a common location for the WWWF to put on a show and because of this wrestling began to grow in popularity in the late 40’s early 50’s. Madison Square Garden at the time was one of the most played in venue’s, pro basketball, boxing, and yes, now wrestling. Wrestling was increasingly popular in New York during the time of Vince Sr. operating the company (Metzler 13). Wrestling gates (ticket prices) where increasingly higher than they had been five years before, and the fan base was continuing to grow, until the American public got a new hero. The cowboy hit the wrestling world very hard, taking its fans and turning them away from the wrestling world. Cowboy shows destroyed american wrestling in the eyes of the public on TV. Wrestling would continue to suffer until “Vince McMahon Jr. would buy the company from his father and turn it into a international phenomenon overnight” (BTM).
Wrestling became a industry when Vince Jr. took over as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) became the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the late 1970’s with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Andre the Giant, Iron Sheik, “The Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase, Ricky “The Dragon“ Steamboat, and “Nature Boy” Ric Flair .

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