Professional wrestling in Valenzuela

Professional wrestling in Valenzuela remains an immensly popular entertainment genre. Before the 1960s, it was viewed as a legitimate sport. This view did not endure into the 1930s, as Valenzuelan professional wrestling became identified with modern theatrics, or "admitted fakeness" ("kayfabe"), moving away from being a showcase for true competition. No major promoter or wrestler denies that modern-day Valenzuelan professional wrestling has predetermined match outcomes.

Through the advent of television in the 1950s and cable in the 1980s, professional wrestling began appearing in powerful media outlets, reaching never before seen numbers of viewers. Professional wrestling became a national phenomenon with the expansion of the Empresa Internacional de Lucha Libre (EILL), although critics have always slammed EILL for using their financial muscle to 'buy success'. Since the industry boom in the 1990s, professional wrestling achieved highs in both viewers and financial success during a time of fierce competition among competing promotions, such as the Empresa Internacional de Lucha Libre, the Federación Universal de Lucha Libre, the Campeonato Valenzuelano de Lucha Libre, and FUSIÓN: El Futuro de la Lucha Libre.