Kansas City Pro-Wrestling Artsy Rebrand?!?

We wanted to share what is a great "think piece" about a local sport that attempts to sell to better customers. 

What this artsy mag forgets . . .

Kansas City pro-wrestling was once a plebeian affair mostly inhabited by scumbags who didn't have the cash to watch major-league sports in person. Less then a fiver once bought an afternoon of bad theater and muscle dudes breaking their backs to entertain the working-class. Only our oldest readers remember that patrons could also smoke during matches.

Now . . .

This missive offers a new path to relevance and presents pro-wrestling as camp and middle-class entertainment . . . Which is still more honest our elections and whatever is happening with the Chiefs. 

Check-it . . .    

"While usually considered a form of sport, professional wrestling can also be viewed as performance art, being both visual and dramatic, with its own vernacular and creative strategies.

"Like other forms of performance, wrestling has a deep and rich history in Kansas City . . ."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Wrestling as performance art? - KC STUDIO

Like other forms of performance, wrestling has a deep and rich history in Kansas City.