The question: is professional wrestling real or fake? Many believers and non-believers get into heated debates on what really happens when the men enter the ring. Do the moves, locks, and punches really hurt? If so do the cage and barbwire matches, hitting people with chairs, or crushing people through tables hurt? This age-old sport has been around even since the being of man. Presidents such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln have worn the trunks and have stepped into the ring. Abraham Lincoln has won title belts before. (A&E: History of Professional Wrestling) The history of wrestling has turned into a multimillion-dollar industry.

On March 29,1987 a world record indoor attendance of 90,873 people packed into Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome. They, and countless thousands glued to their televisions had come to see the final act of a classic tale of envy, deceit and blind ambition. The epic struggle between good and evil, the story book blonde haired hero and the hideous monster. The chance to achieve victory over seemingly insu

Keith Gehshan a wrestling historian and fanatic, has watched wrestling at the age of two with his older brother. He has seen the highs and the lows of the business, it was popular in the eighties, it was unpopular in the late eighties and early nineties, and today's popularity is at an all time high. When Keith turned 14 he would practice professional wrestling with his brother for hours. When he turned 15, his brother and he attended a wrestling camp, for the whole summer. At this camp they learned the ins and outs of the sport, from jumping off the top rope, to getting hit with steel chairs. Dan Malinco, who has been in the business for many years and has two sons in the sport now, taught this. He believes that the sport is magical. Even though he knows it is fake, he still believes in it, like it was a real, sport like baseball.

for the ride. The bruises, broken bones and traveling non-stop were the worst part. This sport isn't like baseball that plays a limited season. This is professional wrestling a year round show of men lifting and throwing each other around every night. "I have spent most of my life in a sport. That right a sport, it was real sport. All those broken bone for something fake, I don't think so."

For wrestling fan, Chris Mortensen: The show is a fascinating look into how the sport -- and a

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