Combat. Conflict. Struggle. Pain. A fight. Each of these words is wrapped up in the soul of professional wrestling.
For professional wrestling to work, it has to successfully perform a magic trick; convince the audience in attendance and watching at home on the television that what they’re seeing is real. A punch makes contact to a jaw and it hurts. A suplex causes pain to the upper back and neck. A Stone Cold Stunner stuns the opponent, shocking their entire system from their neck collapsing onto Steve Austin’s shoulder.
Effective professional wrestling, which can come in a wide assortment of styles and genres, is the believable exhibition of a conflict between two or more people within the confines of a wrestling ring (or whatever stage is chosen to exhibit that battle).
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