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Professional wrestling, or simply wrestling, is a form of athletic theatrical performance[1] wherein athletic performers portray prizefighters competing in matches with predetermined, scripted outcomes. It is based on classical and "catch" wrestling, with modern additions of striking attacks, acrobatics, feats of strength, fast-moving athleticism and occasionally, improvised weaponry.[2] The performances are all planned (if not rigidly choreographed) to maximize the entertainment value to the audience, and reduce the chances of the performers suffering real-life injuries.[3] Professional wrestling also liberally incorporates melodrama. Much like some of the real prizefighters they imitate, the characters in professional wrestling have large egos, flamboyant personalities (often attached to a gimmick), and turbulent interpersonal relationships. These personas are generally scripted, the same as the matches. Performances mainly take place in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing (a sort of theater in the round).[4] In the modern age of televised entertainment, many additional "backstage" scenes are also recorded to supplement the drama in the ring.[5]

Professional wrestling in the United States and the United Kingdom began in the 19th century as a genuine competitive sport (shoot matches, as insiders call them), but wrestlers began choreographing their matches (worked matches) to make the matches less physically taxing, shorter in duration, and more entertaining for spectators. This allowed the wrestlers to perform more frequently and attracted larger audiences (and revenues) for promoters. This business model was very successful and was imitated in other countries, with particular success in Mexico and Japan.

For a long time, those in the wrestling industry's notoriously insular community would not admit their "sport" was just theater, as the suspension of disbelief and kayfabe were crucial to the fans' enjoyment (and therefore, also crucial to performers' and promoters' livelihoods). Nowadays (in the United States, at least) it is normal for the wrestlers and promoters to either partially or completely acknowledge wrestling's essence as predetermined entertainment to the public. This development occurred upon promoters learning in the 1980s that the fans don't mind if the wrestlers break character "off-stage".

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