superstars to make the company realize the importance of their superstar's health. World Wrestling Entertainment made drug testing official in 2005 when a superstar by the name of Eddie Guerrero Passed away. The author states "After one of professional wrestling`s biggest star died, World Wrestling Entertainment said it would start random testing for drugs, steroids and prescription drug abuse by its performers"(Wrestling With Drug…).The company began to get serious with their performers by starting
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc The World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc trading as WWE is one of the several entertainment companies based in America that are privately owned and controlled and publicly traded that concentrates on professional wrestling. Majority of their income is based on the music, films, product licensing as well as direct product sales. It is apparently the largest professional wrestling company in the world with a viewership of up to 13 million people in the USA only and
Whenever people think of entertainment the first things that usually come to mind are movies, concerts, music, or even plays. A main type of entertainment usually slips through the minds of everyone and receives no credit whatsoever. The type of entertainment everyone forgets about is professional wrestling. Not only is this a type of worldwide entertainment, but it is also a very dangerous sport that should be taken seriously. Although this may seem like just anyone can do it there are many requirements
focuses on professional wrestling, a simulated sport. It is currently the largest professional wrestling business in the world. The business previously existed as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), which promoted under the banner of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), then the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and later World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Since then the business has grown into three brands, RAW, Smack Down, and ECW. The McMahons keep this wrestling business in their family
Professional Wrestling is Not a Sport, It’s Entertainment In what All-American sport can skin-tight spandex be worn and women flaunt giant biceps, while brandishing names such as Disco Inferno or Manna the Headhunter and still are adored by a mass audience? Why, in wrestling, of course. The dramatically choreographed sport entertains an audience of violence-starved fans who covet moves, such as the coined "People's Elbow". In fact, wrestling rises emotion from almost every viewer the industry
Professional Wrestling Proposal Part I:Interest and Motivation The topic I have chosen to write about is the world of professional wrestling. There are many reasons as to why this subject has interested me. One major reason is that I grew up watching pro-wrestling on television. As a child, I was fascinated with the spectacle of the wrestling matches and wondered at the wrestlers themselves. At that age, I took wrestling for what it was. It was a full-contact gladiator sport filled with
Pro-Wrestling I want to discuss how the business of pro wrestling is viewed in today's society, and how wrestling has reached such widespread notoriety. I mean, honestly. Let's face it. The vast majority of the American population looks down upon this form of sports entertainment. As a whole, professional wrestling fans are thought to be toothless, sweaty, smelly rednecks with low IQ's, low morals, violent streaks, and a thirst for blood. Stereotypes of this magnitude are partially to
World Wrestling Entertainment, INC Company Overview World Wrestling Entertainment, INC. is an integrated media and entertainment company primarily engaged in the development, production and marketing of television programming, live events and the licensing and sale of consumer products featuring the WWE brand. WWE has been involved in the sports entertainment business for over twenty years and has developed wrestling into one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Economic drivers remain
Professional Wrestling When some people hear the word wrestling they think of “2 points takedown” or headgear and singlets. But most people think of the WWF, WCW, NWO, and the WolfPac. They think of names such as Hollywood Hogan, Sting, Stone Cold, Diamond Dallas Page, and Golberg. If you have been alive in today’s TV culture, you have undoubtedly heard these names. Although professional wrestling has been enjoying newfound success lately, it is not a new sport by any means. Professional Wrestling has been
The news that an eight-year-old boy had battered a school mate to death while re-enacting the US World Wrestling Federation TV series, came as a shock to all the parents. The tragedy consequently galvanized the people into reviewing their relations with the television set and set some limits on viewing of T.V. on their children. Four eight-year-old boys - Tom, Eric, William and James -did not come to school after lunch and dashed into a secluded place. Then they divided into two groups. While
A Critical Analysis of The Cultural and Political Aspects of Wrestling Introduction Professional Wrestling has been around for centuries; it has become a popular form of entertainment throughout the country. With the advent of television in the 1980s, it found a new resurgence on TV. Great wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Ric Flair, etc. rose to great fame. Its nature changed to fit the aspects of the dramatics of television, enhancing certain storylines or characters. So many wrestlers have
Fans often get excited when a former WWE talent hits the independent circuit to ply their trade in more intimate environments, but no superstar in recent memory has caused as much of a stir in the wrestling world with their post-WWE career plans as former 6-time tag team champion and 2-time Intercontinental Champion, Cody Rhodes. After releasing the now infamous checklist in May, Rhodes is lining up a who's who of dream matches that fill the remainder of 2016, beginning on August 19th in Joppa,
best soap opera, or sports entertainment, in the world. With fast-paced fights between hulking, agile, and powerful beasts, as well as beautiful women, it’s no surprise that everyone who has seen one of its shows has immediately been hooked. Though you’re not supposed to try it at home, you can PLAY it at home and for free, thanks to WWE: Champions, a free-to-play mobile game featuring WWE superstars today and in the time gone by. However, it’s not your usual wrestling game. Instead of directly controlling
for this is I get to analyze television characters that I looked up to since I was a child. I have been an avid watcher of professional wrestling since I was 10. I believe that the broadcasting of professional wrestling on television has brought a strong media influence into the American culture. The professional wrestling promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment, emerged with popularity in the American culture in the 1980’s and provided some over-the-top characters. For the purpose of this post
Hulk Hogan net worth revealed as former WWE star eyes return to the ring It looks like Hulkamania could soon be returning to the WWE. The professional wrestling organization and Hulk Hogan are reportedly close to a deal that could see the iconic pro wrestling veteran once again return to the ring. Hulk Hogan, a professional wrestler since 1977, has had a long tenure in the profession that saw him become the face of the WWE in the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, he was fired from the organization
professional wrestling industry has been maligned at various points throughout its century's long history, as seedy, underhanded, low-brow, and scruple-less. From the exploitation of the Von Erich deaths, to the steroid, sex, and drug scandals of 1980s/1990s WWF, and the most recent exploitation of the death of Reid Flair, and references to hurtful racial stereotypes. Wrestling, particularly in the United States, at times struggled to come to terms with its identity within sports, entertainment, and society
did cause WWE to really buckle down when it came to protecting their employees from that point on. The wrestling company paired up with ImPACT Concussion Management Program in 2010 and now performs rigorous screenings. The company’s concussion guidelines state, “If a WWE Talent show symptoms of a concussion or has suffered a concussion, then that WWE Talent will not be cleared to return to wrestling until he/she passes an ImPACT test and is clinically cleared by a certified physician.” No less than
go through.(Behind Fun Façade…) There wrestlers such as Piper who realized how this was destroying him mentally. The mental abuse was sometime caused by the physical damage in that took place while wrestling in the ring. Former heavyweight champion, Chris Benoit was known to be one of World Wrestling Entertainment’s best wrestlers to ever step in the ring. Chris appeared to be smaller than what a champion is known to look like. In order to prove he was champion like material he had to constantly
When we view the world as our audience we inadvertently stop working towards improving society as a whole and disembody ourselves from other people creating a culture of narcissists. The spectacle has deceived us to believing its warped reality by reflecting many problems the average person faces and elevating those problems to something high energy and enticing. Hedges exemplifies this observation by examining the background stories of the characters in World Wrestling Entertainment, “The narratives
have imagined. Being the one of the most talked about genre in history, it is seen by millions of viewers. It has more ratings than any other kind of show (Breyer 16). From its start, there have been many Reality Television shows. Shows like The Real World, Survivor, Big Brother, and Jersey Shore. All of these give off a negative portrayal of reality. While Americans watch these shows, it seems that the show is real life, but in reality, no pun intended, before the show is even filmed, it’s written,