Lutte Magistrale

Lutte Magistrale (English: Masterful Struggle) is the predominant style of professional wrestling that has developed in Magisteria. Growing out of origins in the traditional US style of wrestling, it has become an entity in itself. Magisterian pro wrestling is treated both as a legitimate sport and as a purely-entertainment based style. Full-contact strikes and shoot submission holds are common in most wrestling matches, but since then, the submission holds and the strikes were toned down to prevent any physical injury.

Overview
Despite some similarities to the popular styles of professional wrestling in the United States and professional wrestling in Japan, Magisterian wrestling is known for many differences from the respective styles. Lutte magistrale is known for combining Puroresu 's fighting spirit (闘魂, tōkon) and the common entertainment-showmanship style from the United States, and the wrestlers are known for their full contact strikes. Just like Japanese wrestlers, many Magisterian wrestlers have some degree of knowledge in many different martial arts and wrestling styles; because of this, there are usually doctors and trainers at ringside for assisting the wrestlers after a match. Most matches have different (mostly a time limit draw) finishes and unlike Japanese wrestling, many of the promotions use angles or gimmicks.

Lutte magistrale remains popular, and it draws huge crowds from the major promotions. With this and its relationship with other martial arts disciplines, the audiences and wrestlers treat lutte magistrale as a combat sport and as a purely-entertainment based style.

Rules
Lutte magistrale has a variety of different rules, which can differ greatly from wrestling in other countries. While there is no governing authority for lutte magistrale, there is a general standard which has developed. Each promotion has its own variation, but all are similar enough to avoid confusion. Any convention described here is simply a standard, and may or may not correspond exactly with any given promotion's codified rules.

General structure
Matches are held between two or more sides ("corners"). Each corner may consist of one wrestler, or a team of two or more. Most team matches are governed by tag team rules (see below).

The match is won by scoring a "fall", which is generally consistent with standard professional wrestling:


 * Pinning an opponent's shoulders to the mat for the referee's count of three.
 * Submission victory, which sees the wrestler either tap out or verbally submit to their opponent.
 * Knockout, the failure to regain composure at the referee's command.
 * Countout, the failure of a party to return to the ring at the referee's command, which is determined by a count of ten (the count depends on the promotion, it can range from a count of five to a count of twenty)
 * Disqualification, the act of one wrestler breaking the rules. (In hardcore wrestling companies, such as Danger And Violence Extreme, disqualifications do not apply)

Golden Rule Style
The Golden Rule Style, also known by it's initials GRS is a style originated in Universal Championship Wrestling (UCW). The style opted for a more "narrative" style, derived from the American model of professional wrestling as physical storytelling. Angles and gimmicks is still heavily used, but most of the storytelling occurred through the matches themselves.

Neo-Lutte Magistrale
Created in Golden Canvas Traditional Grappling, the 'Neo-Lutte Magistrale' style is the style introduced under Jeremy Stone's time as the company's president. In the style, the match quality is crucial and the wrestling is treated with respect, but there are flourishes of showmanship and larger than life characters can happily exist in the style.

Shoot-Style Lutte Magistrale
The Shoot-Style Lutte Magistrale is a style that is heavily influenced by martial arts and combat sports as the style revolves around realistic strikes and submissions.

Lutte Magistrale des Femmes
Lutte magistrale done by female wrestlers is called Lutte magistrale des femmes (English: Masterful Struggle of Women). Women's professional wrestling in Magisteria is usually handled by promotions that specialize in Lutte magistrale des femmes and by divisions of otherwise male-dominated promotions.