The history of professional wrestling is quite long as documented in certain ancient scripts or literary references. Professional fighting changed slowly to what it is currently. At the moment professional wrestling is a life time work unlike in ancient days when it was considered a leisure activity. Wrestling was a recreational activity in many communities. It was a significant part of many festivals and rites including initiation.

Cave drawings found in countries like France, Egypt, and Babylon date back in thirtieth century. The drawings depicted some of the holds used in current sport. It was a source of entertainment for various royal families including kings, queens, princesses, and paramount chiefs. Back then fighters fought fellow human beings and even beasts such as aggressive bulls.

The outcomes of current staged combat or wrestling are predetermined unlike before. Most competitions are organized by bodies such as International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles abbreviated as FILA and World Wrestling Entertainment shortened as WWE. These bodies comprise of technical teams whose job is creativity. They create and develop dramatic stories like feuds among fighters in order to make the matches interesting and leaving viewers in suspense to encourage watching.

Professional fighting in some countries such as Japan and Mexico do not follow a given plot. The matches are real competition with no predetermined outcomes. Matches or bouts in such nations are livelier as fighters are allowed to use all tactics including martial art strikes and submission holds. This makes the matches dangerous since fighters are more likely to get hurt or pick injuries.

One method of reducing instances of injury in this game is introducing law that requires wrestlers to be in protective gears prior to stepping inside the ring. The protective wear may include hand gloves and masks. The masks should have a soft inner layer to protect the wrestler from the impact of heavy blows. It also low chances of fighters picking basilar skull fractures.

The presenft and modified rules stress on skills then physical strength. Winning is tied to the number of occasions that the fighter pins their challenger on the mat. This sport is for both men and women. Some of the tactics applied in this game are taught to law enforcers as part of the training. The skills obtained give them an upper hand against opponents in cases of self defense.

Professional fighting has many ranks that wrestlers struggle to achieve. Every rank is signified by some form of belt that is given to the champion. Wrestling is well-known around the globe as it features amongst Olympic Games. During such bouts wrestlers of all levels and ages are included and the champions of each category are rewarded by the concerned bodies.

The history of professional wrestling includes revolution and introduction of new styles and laws in combat sport. As a form of combat sport it involves grappling techniques like takedowns, pins, grappling holds, clinch fighting, and joint locks. Historic, traditional and current styles are allowed in certain categories where the rules allow. This sport borrows greatly from martial art. It allows partnership between wrestlers in certain categories.