Real wrestling yes.
Comment on Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?
Soggy@lemmy.world 2 months agoWrestling has a significant presence in Central America, Japan, and Europe. Presumably other regions as well but I really don’t follow the sport so my experience is all second-hand.
x00z@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Soggy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sports theater as well.
x00z@lemmy.world 2 months ago
God that’s cringe.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Where in Europe?
Soggy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
…wikipedia.org/…/Professional_wrestling_in_the_Un…
Quick little history of the last century in the UK.
…wikipedia.org/…/List_of_professional_wrestling_p…
Active circuits are pretty much everywhere.
sucius@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s not significant at all. The viership is practically non existent. I’ve lived in 3 inches different countries in Europe plus the US. Not once have I’ve seen wrestling make the news anywhere in Europe. It’s extremely fringe.
Soggy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Most sports never make the news. Even in the US it’s pretty fringe except for the wrestlers who transition to Hollywood, like John Cena or Dave Bautista. Though it had a heyday from the Hulk Hogan era through Stone Cold and The Rock when people were much more aware, generally. I don’t know anyone who watches but I know a bunch of people who used to watch.