Real Pro Wrestling

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Real Pro Wrestling (also known as RPW) is a concept announced in March 2005 for a new professional league of wrestling, similar to the amateur wrestling found in the Olympic Games and at the college and high school level. The term "Real" is meant to emphasize that it is professional (meaning the wrestlers are paid money) and it is wrestling, but that it is not professional wrestling in the traditional sense. Modern professional wrestling features predetermined outcomes and operates under a very different set of rules from amateur wrestling.

Numerous similar projects have been announced in the past, but have either failed to begin operation or operated only for a brief time as a "legit" promotion, before lapsing into the professional wrestling tradition of kayfabe and worked matches^{[citation needed]}. However, the promoters of Real Pro Wrestling have announced that they have contracts for prime time broadcasts with both PAX TV and Fox Sports Net, which could make the operation viable.

1 Wrestling style
2 Rules
3 Teams
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] Wrestling style

The style of wrestling that is used in RPW is a combination of Freestyle , Folkstyle , Sumo Wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Because of this, wrestlers of many styles compete in the league. Currently, Greco-Roman and Freestyle are the most common wrestling backgrounds in the leagues, due largely to the Olympic experience of the wrestlers in the league.

[edit] Rules

The rules are similar to freestyle wrestling but have been modified to encourage risk and intensity. Some of the most noticeable changes are as follows:

2 3-minute periods instead of 3 periods totaling 7 minutes
If a wrestler pushes his opponent out of the ring he gets a point.
The Bonus - if a wrestler manages to stay in the center of the mat and stay aggressive, their bonus meter will go up. If they get the bonus, they get to go into a special position in which they can't lose any points and can gain points by throwing their opponents.