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Backyard Wrestling
Backyard wrestling (BYW), also referred to as yarding or backyarding, is an underground hobby and sport involving untrained practices of professional-style wrestling, typically in a low-budget environment, such as a backyard. Although not legitimized, backyard wrestling is often organized into federations. Most backyard wrestlers are merely emulating modern wrestling, though a small percentage have experience from enrolling in wrestling school or from referring to how-to guides on the internet. History Pro wrestling personnel are generally opposed to backyard wrestling. Its peak years of popularity were 1996-2001, during the boom period of professional wrestling, notoriously known as The Attitude Era, when high-risk stunts exerted a strong influence on the wrestling fan base, particularly those performed by Mick Foley. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, backyard wrestling often appealed to media as a good-natured topic, but it increasingly turned reckless and ultra-violent, wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Mat
''Beyond the Mat'' is a 1999 American documentary film directed, written, produced and narrated by Barry W. Blaustein. The film focuses on the lives of professional wrestlers outside of the ring, primarily Mick Foley, Terry Funk, and Jake Roberts, as well as some aspiring wrestlers. It focuses on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during its rise in popularity, and many other independent wrestlers and organizations. The film was originally released in U.S. theaters in March 2000, and later on VHS and DVD. Synopsis Director Barry Blaustein discusses his love for professional wrestling and clips of him viewing employees of the World Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling. He then decides to travel the United States over a three-year period, endeavoring to understand the mindset of someone who would voluntarily choose to become a professional wrestler. Blaustein interviews a wide variety of wrestling personalities and ascert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styles Of Wrestling
The different styles of wrestling may be classified in various ways, such as: * Loose style wrestling * Belt wrestling Styles of wrestling by technique * :Grappling hold * Cornish wrestling throws Historical styles Important historical styles include: * Pankration – mixing boxing and wrestling, and a sport in the original Olympic Games * Greek wrestling * Lancashire wrestling * Devon wrestling Modern wrestling by operation styles In the modern era, styles of operating a wrestling match could be classified thus, although it is not a style of wrestling itself: * Amateur sports * Professional sports and Sports entertainment Some styles exist or have existed in more than one of these three broad categories. Where this is the case and an article exists, it may appear in and be linked to from two or more of the lists below. But this is not a classification by styles of wrestling. This is classification of its operation as a business. Note particularly that the phrase ''p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
