Professional wrestling in Magisteria

Professional wrestling in Magisteria has existed for many years. Wrestling always been a major part of Magisterian culture, with professionally-run promotions existing as far back as the 1850s. The first known Magisterian to involve himself in catch wrestling, the basis of traditional professional wrestling, was Hercule Plamondon. Throughout the years, professional wrestling thrived, creating a variety of personalities, promotions and styles. It has also created a mass of other cultural icons in Magisteria including: Master Sullivan, Jeremy Stone, George DeColt, Eugene Edmonton, Rip Chord, Yoshimi Mushashibo, and Shuji Inukai among others. Throughout the years, a number of promotions have opened and closed, but a few have persisted to remain the most popular and thriving companies: the National Wrestling Federation is currently considered by many as the top promotion.

1900s - 1960: The Golden Era and the Dark Age
The first officially recognised period of recorded wrestling history is considered to be the "Golden Era", dating from the 1900s until 1939. This was a time when the Golden Wrestling Association was a massive success, with their wrestlers being national heroes. This was a time when the Golden Wrestling Association was a massive success, with their wrestlers being national heroes. The promotion collapsed in 1939 though, under shady circumstances.

The closing of the GWA led to the 'Dark Age' of the wrestling scene. The public's respect for wrestling had been shattered by the way that GWA had gone out of business, and the complete lack of interest meant that no smaller promotion could even begin to think about trying to do business. There are no recorded wrestling events at all from this time period.

1960s - 1980s: Rebirth, the Second Golden Era, and the Challenger
The 1960s saw the rebirth of the wrestling scene. Golden Canvas Grappling was formed in 1960, and began rebuilding the image of wrestling as a noble sport. The public, with the memory of GWA's disgrace having faded, started to come back, and by the end of the decade, wrestling was once again enjoying public admiration.

This admiration was turned into massive popularity in the "Second Golden Era" of the 1970s and 80s. GCG ruled Magisteria, dominating the scene as the number one promotion. It wasn't until 1972 when a young visionary named Marco Rousseau opened up the National Wrestling Federation, and began building up an impressive roster by offering long-term contracts to some of the most popular wrestlers. By 1980, NWF was able to put on wrestling's first pay-per-view event, which marked the beginning of NWF's dominance.

NWF and GCG's Dominance
NWF became a national powerhouse, and eventually the number one promotion in Magisteria. Even if NWF became number one in the country, GCG remained strong thanks to their line-up of excellent wrestlers like Jeremy Stone, George DeColt, Eugene Edmonton, and Rip Chord, but NWF had the biggest of them all, Master Sullivan, who had gone beyond simply being a wrestler and was now a genuine cultural icon in Magisteria.

Third-In-Line
While the National Wrestling Federation and Golden Canvas Grappling continue to dominate the ever-thriving Magisterian scene, a third promotion was growing in prominence. Danger And Violence Extreme, a small promotion from Calisota formerly known as the Championship Wrestling from Calisota, was bought by one of Magisteria's most popular managers, Phil Vibert. Afterwards, he turned a small-time promotion into a cult phenomenon. DAVE adapted a hardcore style of wrestling, and it exposed the audience to levels of violence rarely seen in wrestling. The unorthodox style of moves, controversial storylines, and intense bloodthirst of DAVE made it immensely popular among many wrestling fans in the 18-to-25-year-old demographic. Its intense fanbase, albeit a small constituency, reached near-cultism in the late 1990s and inspired the "hardcore style" in other wrestling promotions.

Stone, DeColt, Edmonton and Chord, the four biggest stars of GCG at the time, were close to retirement. GCG was in need for a new batch of stars and even if Stone, DeColt, Edmonton and Chord were still superb workers, they have become physical wrecks and vulnerable on getting a serious injury. Fortunately for GCG, there were four young up-and-comers who will step up and carry GCG for the years to come; Kintaro Kinjo, Nobuatsu Tatsuko, Shuji Inukai, and Yoshimi Mushashibo.

2000s - 2020s: The War, The Hardcore Revolution Lives, The End of the Golden Four, The Virus, Still Going Strong
By 2000, the wrestling scene is dominated by three major promotions; the entertainment-focused National Wrestling Federation, the old-school no-frills critical darling Golden Canvas Grappling, and the counterculture Danger And Violence Extreme. NWF continued dominating the scene while GCG continue to make a healthy profit, and their shows were universally praised for their quality. DAVE was armed perhaps the greatest creative minds in pro wrestling, and they use it to their advantage while maintaining a shoe-string budget.

By 2004, DAVE began to experience an injury crisis and talent raids from NWF. The talent raids would continue on until 2007, combined with the mounting financial troubles, DAVE conceded in the war and closed their doors on 13 May 2007. Although the counterculture alternative to the NWF and GCG went to a close, it never meant that the revolution will end just that.

DAVE star Chris Caulfield bought Violent Extreme Wrestling, a small-time promotion operating in Bella Vista, in October 2007 and began transforming it by using his own vision; seeing the hardcore revolution alive and well, just under a new name.

Just like their predecessors, the Golden Four - Kinjo, Tatsuko, Inukai, Mushashibo - were close to retirement thanks to their declining physical condition after years of universally-acclaimed yet physically intense 20-60 minute wars in the 2000s. To avoid any disaster, the Golden Four did what their predecessors did to them; push their students over.

Kinjo started pushing Eli Morton over, with Morton winning the GCG World Heavyweight title over him. Tatsuko would go up next, pushing Marco De Francesco over. Inukai followed with Tyler Mercury, and then finally Mushashibo with Jesse Van Holt. It turned out to be a massive success as Morton, De Francesco, Mercury, and Van Holt would inherit the same success as their predecessors.

The Magisterian wrestling scene continued to thrive even during the COVID-19 pandemic. NWF began to balance traditional wrestling with their sports entertainment to bring more audiences. GCG introduced changes like strictly enforcing time limits, as well changing their tour schedule, into their product for the sake of the well-being of their wrestlers. VEW successfully carried the hardcore revolution forward and presenting themselves as an edgier, contemporary alternative to the NWF and GCG.

While the scene continues to be dominated by three companies with different styles of wrestling, there is still room for a fourth promotion.

Women's professional wrestling
Women's professional wrestling in Magisteria is usually handled by promotions similar to how women's wrestling works in Japan, rather than divisions of otherwise male-dominated promotions as is the case in the United States.

Pure Women's Wrestling Association was the dominant women's wrestling organisation from the 1970s to the 1990s. PWWA's first major star was Shannon Kelly in 1975, followed in 1976 by Mariselle LeFebvre and Jennifer Payne. The early 1980s saw the fame of Melissa Monroe and Lillian Baroni, major stars of the second wave of excellent workers who took the place of the previous glamour-based generation. That decade would later see the rise of Tina Sapphire and Sheila Longstar, known as "All Business", who as a tag team achieved a level of unprecedented mainstream success in Magisteria.

The 1990s saw PWWA gain more mainstream attention thanks to several classic matches authorized by the Magisterian Sports Observer 's professional wrestling section that mainly features three wrestlers dubbed as the 'Fantastic Three' which were Sensational Stardust, Harlow Martel, and Victoria Stone.