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Originally Posted by Donger
Are you sure? I thought that "professional" wrestling originated at carnivals.
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Yes and no, wrestling was a carnival act to a point. It was generally a dude that would challenge people if anyone could beat him. The guy was usually a trained badass and would just beat the **** out of whoever accepted..that's where terms like mark came from.
After that it moved to competition with guys like Gotch and Hackenschmidt where it was presented like MMA is.