Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling"

After having read the piece on wrestling, I continue to stand behind my views of wrestling being absolutely barbaric. In the piece, the differences between wrestling and boxing are compared by their techniques and reactions from the crowd. Wrestling is done for the pure enjoyment, in todays sense is completely staged, and yet still the routine seems to be at random. With boxing you can predict an outcome- you can bet on the winner. It would seem that wrestling does not have the luxury. In the piece it was stated that "America wrestling represents a sort of mythological fight between Good and Evil".  Wrestling is literally two people (or more) put inside of a ring to fight for the sole pleasure of onlookers.