Originating as a popular form of entertainment in 19th-century Europe and later as a sideshow exhibition in North American traveling carnivals and vaudeville halls, professional wrestling grew into a standalone genre of entertainment with many diverse variations in cultures around the globe, and is now considered a multimillion-dollar entertainment industry. While it has greatly declined in Europe, in North America it has experienced several different periods of prominent cultural popularity during its century and a half of existence. The advent of television gave professional wrestling a new outlet, and wrestling (along with boxing) was instrumental in making pay-per-view a viable method of content delivery.
Originating as a popular form of entertainment in 19th - century Europe and later as a sideshow exhibition in North American traveling carnivals and vaudeville halls , professional wrestling grew into a standalone genre of entertainment with many diverse variations in cultures around the globe , and is now considered a multimillion - dollar entertainment industry . While it has greatly declined in Europe , in North America it has experienced several different periods of prominent cultural popularity during its century and a half of existence . The advent of television gave professional wrestling a new outlet , and wrestling ( along with boxing ) was instrumental in making pay - per - view a viable method of content delivery .
Where did wrestling originally come from?
Where did wrestling originally come from ?
Originating as a popular form of entertainment in 19th-century Europe
Originating as a popular form of entertainment in 19th-century Europe