From Bard to Bodyslam: Unraveling Wrestling’s Storytelling Magic

Yes, I’m going there!

Art by the author in Dall-E 3

Wrestling isn’t real. It pretends to be fought, by stuntmen. These people are more acrobatic than the old-school—fat men slapping and kicking each other—however, they do use some storytelling, too.

You hear talk of it. There are two ways this is done currently: plots in promos and in-ring and…