Controversy Still Follows Professional Wrestling

Professional wrestling is a very popular phenomenon with children of all ages. However, in recent years parents are finding that certain wrestling is becoming offensive and disturbing. Many have even banned their children from watching professional wrestling on television. Is all the fuss justified, or is professional wrestling really just a soap opera for boys?

Professional wrestling basically means that it's fake. No one really entertains ideas that the wrestling we see on national television is real anymore. The wrestlers are simply actors and what they do isn't difficult. There is an element of reality in it since the possibility of someone getting hurt is always there.

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.

The makeover in the world of wrestling happened a few years ago when a pimp character was introduced. He had a huge entourage of prostitutes who are scantily clad with many fake body parts, huge hair, and way too much makeup. Similar is the look of the female counterparts of male wrestlers. To top it all, most women were made to demeaning acts and that had many parents shocked.

This is where responsibility of media came to light. Any show that caters to young viewers has to take some responsibility of what they are showing the kids and teaching them. This is the reason why viewing of professional wrestling was banned in most homes. The changeover to the worst also had many parents wondering as to what initiated this change from violent wrestlers with catchy names and ridiculous outfits, to this degradation.

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.

Despite the choice of parents, children would continue to love professional wrestling and would continue imitating their favorite wrestler with suitable merchandise. The issue at hand is that parents need to explain it to their children that none of this is real.