Backyard wrestling
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| - | '''Backyard wrestling''' (commonly abbreviated as '''BYW'''), is an imitational practice loosely connected with professional wrestling, performed and arranged by usually untrained 11-30 year old males in an unsanctioned and unprofessional environment, though the practice is undergoing some development taking a varying semi-pro form in passing years with few practitioners learning the basics and techniques to present quality wrestling opposing preferably hardcore stunts; a denigrating part of its past. Females are rarely seen in the activity and more commonly play a valet or figure head. | + | '''Backyard wrestling''' (commonly abbreviated as '''BYW'''), is an imitational practice loosely connected with {{Wikipedia|professional wrestling}}, performed and arranged by usually untrained 11-30 year old males in an unsanctioned and unprofessional environment, though the practice is undergoing some development taking a varying semi-pro form in passing years with few practitioners learning the basics and techniques to present quality wrestling opposing preferably hardcore stunts; a denigrating part of its past. Females are rarely seen in the activity and more commonly play a valet or figure head. |
Backyard wrestling is also a title applied to home-filmed and produced wrestling shows, events, matches and videos using typically a camcorder. It is a developed underground scene which often implements internet, more notiably {{Wikipedia|YouTube}}, for promotional viewership to their videos as well as other promotional publications. Noting that backyard wrestling was not unheard of before the 1990's, the modern backyard wrestling "craze" lasted roughly from 1996-2001 in the duration of professional wrestling's boom period commonly refered to as the {{Wikipedia|Monday Night Wars}} between rival competitors, {{Wikipedia|World Wrestling Entertainment}} and {{Wikipedia|World Championship Wrestling}}. | Backyard wrestling is also a title applied to home-filmed and produced wrestling shows, events, matches and videos using typically a camcorder. It is a developed underground scene which often implements internet, more notiably {{Wikipedia|YouTube}}, for promotional viewership to their videos as well as other promotional publications. Noting that backyard wrestling was not unheard of before the 1990's, the modern backyard wrestling "craze" lasted roughly from 1996-2001 in the duration of professional wrestling's boom period commonly refered to as the {{Wikipedia|Monday Night Wars}} between rival competitors, {{Wikipedia|World Wrestling Entertainment}} and {{Wikipedia|World Championship Wrestling}}. | ||
Revision as of 22:58, 7 February 2009
Backyard wrestling (commonly abbreviated as BYW), is an imitational practice loosely connected with professional wrestling, performed and arranged by usually untrained 11-30 year old males in an unsanctioned and unprofessional environment, though the practice is undergoing some development taking a varying semi-pro form in passing years with few practitioners learning the basics and techniques to present quality wrestling opposing preferably hardcore stunts; a denigrating part of its past. Females are rarely seen in the activity and more commonly play a valet or figure head.
Backyard wrestling is also a title applied to home-filmed and produced wrestling shows, events, matches and videos using typically a camcorder. It is a developed underground scene which often implements internet, more notiably YouTube, for promotional viewership to their videos as well as other promotional publications. Noting that backyard wrestling was not unheard of before the 1990's, the modern backyard wrestling "craze" lasted roughly from 1996-2001 in the duration of professional wrestling's boom period commonly refered to as the Monday Night Wars between rival competitors, World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling.
