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Professional wrestling outcomes were predetermined early

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If you thought professional wrestling only recently became scripted entertainment, think again. The 'sport' shifted away from actual competitive grappling in the early 1900s because actual wrestling matches were slow, boring, and lasted for hours. Promoters realized they could make way more money by just choreographing the drama and faking the results.

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