The History of Professional Wrestling On Television

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Through its transition from sport to pseudo-sport to sports entertainment, professional wrestling has long held the popularity to fill arenas and stadiums. This course takes a look at that popularity's effect on the medium of television. From its inception in the 1940s to the golden age of the 50s to the modern boom of the 80s and 90s to the streaming area of the present day, students will observe, analyze and critique the unique storytelling and production elements of professional wrestling that have made it such a television juggernaut and mainstay.