Was Wrestling always scripted?

**FourFifty** · 04-07-2007, 10:30 PM

Okay boys and girls, it's time for a little history lesson!
Ever since wrestling was put in a ring, it has been a show. While in the past there has been a lot of shooters and people going into buisness solo it has been scripted for over 100 years.
The NWA in it's prime was a all a show. Same with the WWWF. Hell, even when Frank Gotch was wrestling it was a show (albeit it was real when he was in his prime).
Today it's just alot more open. Since various people, ranging from a drunken agent who gave a show's results to the paper a day early and all the way to Vincent Kennedy McMahon, have opened up about the industry.

Just please, do some reading. Read "Classy" Freddie Blassy's book. Read Ric Flair's book. Watch "The Unreal History Of Pro Wrestling" next time it's on A&E. People will tell you that it has been a show for the longest time. While at one point, in the 1800's, it was legit, it hasn't been that way for the longest time.

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04-07-2007, 10:30 PM	#12
FourFifty As over as Crystal Pepsi Posts: 21,639	Okay boys and girls, it's time for a little history lesson! Ever since wrestling was put in a ring, it has been a show. While in the past there has been a lot of shooters and people going into buisness solo it has been scripted for over 100 years. The NWA in it's prime was a all a show. Same with the WWWF. Hell, even when Frank Gotch was wrestling it was a show (albeit it was real when he was in his prime). Today it's just alot more open. Since various people, ranging from a drunken agent who gave a show's results to the paper a day early and all the way to Vincent Kennedy McMahon, have opened up about the industry. Just please, do some reading. Read "Classy" Freddie Blassy's book. Read Ric Flair's book. Watch "The Unreal History Of Pro Wrestling" next time it's on A&E. People will tell you that it has been a show for the longest time. While at one point, in the 1800's, it was legit, it hasn't been that way for the longest time.