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.



The parents are not questioning the authenticity of professional wrestling, what they are bothered about is what does it teach our children. The fact is that wrestling is extremely violent and has recently turned towards the worst uncharted territories. Many parents are objecting to the sometimes verbal, and even physical, abuse towards the women of the wrestling world. New acts such as cage and one on three have had parents worried to no end.

Over the years the male wrestlers have had female companions with them. They are generally women wearing few clothes, showing enhanced body parts, big hair, and too many layers of makeup. A few years ago a pimp-like character entered the ring with a group of female prostitutes. Sometimes these women would perform disparaging acts, shocking many parents.

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.

One more major issue that came up for discussion was that wrestling was being cast on television in the early afternoon - when many children were home alone without parent guidance or supervision. It was opined that television networks need to be responsible and have such controversial shows only when parents could either supervise what their children were viewing, just shut it off or watch it with their kids so they could explain certain objectionable aspect of the show without biasing the thought process of their children.

Even with these issues, wrestling continued to become ever more popular. When major wrestling matches toured the US and Canada, the stadiums would be packed with spectators. Some of these big matches were projected on the big screen in movie theaters. Networks added spin offs and a football league. Wrestling has lost some of its pull recently, but a lot of kids still love to watch it.

Whether or not we like wrestling it seems that kids will always enjoy it. It has been around for many years and kids love the extra merchandise that is sold, as well as imitating their favorite wrestler. As long as parents can be there to explain that none of this is real, and not to try and act out any wrestling moves, it proves to be fairly harmless.