First Impressions: Why Wrestling Is Misunderstood

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"Oiled up" is true, but it is being over exaggerated here; wrestlers put on oil to show off their athletic prowess, such as their abdomen, or any part of their body they want people to look at and say, "Wow!"

Feeling each other is 0 percent true in pro wrestling; wrestlers grapple to lift each other and inflict pain on the other as safe as possible.

Wrestling's stereotype also shows our problem; steroids.

Steroids were a way to get stronger for pro wrestlers, but ever since McMahon's trial in 1994, non-wrestling fans, and even some wrestling fans think all wrestlers have used steroids.

While some of this may be true, as steroids have been used as painkillers, and rehabilitation (such as Batista), these were prescribed by a doctor, meaning they weren't the kind of steroids McMahon had been persecuted for handing out.

Since then, steroids have started to die, with only the older men still able to go because of steroids.

While some wrestlers, such as Batista, have used steroids (for medical purposes), there are a lot of wrestlers like Randy Orton, John Cena, Triple H, Kurt Angle, CM Punk, and Edge who are wrestling in the main event of professional wrestling that are non-steroid users.

Another problem with pro wrestling is the choreography, aka "fake."

Wrestling has been a closed art, but ever since the exposure of the sport, fans have called it "fake," "stupid," "not real," "not even a sport," and "so ******** fake!"

The term sport, courtesy of Wikipedia, means, "an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively." So wrestling is, in fact, a sport.

While some people may keep their personal/first opinion/impression of pro wrestling, there will be some that will change theirs.

If pro wrestling can prove to the haters and to the fans that it has changed and there are no steroids involved, then maybe the sport will gain some credibility.

Then it won't be the black sheep in a field of white sheep anymore.

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