Wrap your head(lock) around this.

Okay here it is. (Professional)Wrestling over the years has become a hot button issue. It's comes down to the same old complains leveled against all sports figures and businesses. People behaving badly, making way too much money and drug use. Hell, in some cases even murder. Well, when you apply that to the world we live in there's a lot of that to spread around to all industry and life. Right? To be totally honest, I think it's a fact that entertainment and sports business generates way too much money.... and I'm in the entertainment industry(the broke part lol). In a fair and just society most of that money would be in the pay checks of teachers. Maybe, in turn, less of them would feel like they are spinning their wheels when things get rough on the education front. But this is not a fair and just society and that's another blog.
We are going to talking about the art that goes in to the act of wrestling professional. Rather, is it an art? I'd have to say it is. Wrestling is a form of fighting using holds and throws design to pin or take control from your foe. As I understand it, the Greeks are credited with the style. This is still taught in schools and such to this day. The modern profession form, has a history in the United States dating back to carnival strong men staging fights to entertain the locals. Today this has been regulated under a polished and profound promotional network that I don't think is equaled by any professional wrestling's peers.
Most won't agree but professional wrestling takes all the artistry of a play, a ballet or a circus. The performers in a wrestling match are only there to entertain, so there is really no competing going on in the ring. There is however, a well planned and executed dance of movements, holds and death defying stunts. Just to learn and perform such moves is an art. To take that away from them is like taking the high note from opera singers or the dramatic pause from soap actors. Just like walking the tight wire most of us can't do it... so some respect is indeed in order.
Now this isn't every ones cup of tea and I understand that. I can count my favorite musicals with out every leaving this one hand. But if you are to really get into what makes art, art... you must learn to at the very least recognize when something takes incredible timing, great skill and in the case... amazing strength.
Now please enjoy a few of these pictures from my weekend in(mostly) sunny Orlando, where I got to see The Hall of Fame for 2008, The brunch with the W.W.E superstars (basically a fund raiser for The Make a Wish Foundation, good cause) and Wrestlemania where I saw the end of a 35 year career of one of the business's greats, Ric Flair.
Okay, I'm out of here... I going to find out what people eat here. Always eat at least once like a local... it's good for the soul (If you can that is... somethings are just no no's)












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