1. (USA) A very popular form of televised
burlesque entertainment. While arguably not as skilled as circus acrobats, "professional" wrestlers must possess considerable athletic skill in order to execute, without injury to each other, the carefully choreographed routines and set-pieces that form the basis of the shows.
2. A socially acceptable expression of public homosexual bonding, with ancient origins, now recognized as an organized sport at most secondary schools and universities, and by the International Olympic Committee.
If you think "Friday Night Smackdown" is outrageous, just imagine being in a dark, smoky
Berlin nightclub crammed full of
queer brownshirts and drunk, loud British
Shriners on Holiday while a wrestling tag team of nude
midgets with
Down Syndrome flail away at each other in a huge mudpit, constantly egged on to more senseless violence by the crowd's
catcalls and whistles.