What'cha gonna do, brother? If you want to be a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star, you must have a unique combination of athletic ability, looks, and acting skills. Being a WWE star is the whole package of those things. You can learn to train your body and mind. Make it a chance to compete on the world's grandest stage.
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Part 1 of 3: Body Shaping
Step 1. Play football or American football or join a wrestling team
Professional wrestlers come from a variety of backgrounds, but WWE scouts prefer to recruit new wrestlers from three specific places: independent wrestling recruiting agencies, college football teams, and varsity wrestling teams.
- The Rock, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Bray Wyatt, and Roman Reigns started their careers on the football field, not in the wrestling ring.
- Famous WWE stars such as Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, and Dolph Ziggler started their careers as amateur wrestlers before signing with WWE.
- Wrestlers like CM Punk, Chris Jericho, Seth Rollins, and The Hardy Boyz did not come from the world of sports. They received training at a private wrestling school, then joined an indie wrestling recruiting agency and managed to get the attention of WWE.
Step 2. Start doing strength training
How can Ryback's body be so muscular? Start lifting weights from the age of 12 years. WWE wrestlers must be strong to lift their wrestling opponent who weighs approximately 100 kg, and slam him (safely) onto the wrestling floor. Even if you have a strong desire to become a wrestler, you must have a strong body. Focus on building strength in your upper body, midsection, and legs.
- Although wrestlers usually look like beer-drinking thugs at a bar, most wrestlers today have muscles like bodybuilders. It takes a serious commitment to diet and exercise if you want to be a WWE star.
- Join a gym and consult your professional trainer if you want to have a body as a WWE wrestler. Triple H wrestlers also made a video series about strength and cooling sports that you can buy commercially.
Step 3. Focus on high-intensity cardiac exercise
Running around the ring, landing on your back, and doing hip-tosses is very difficult. Wrestling can quickly take your breath away if you're not in shape. Professional wrestlers must be in good cardiac condition and ready to fight for 10-20 minutes without rest.
- Try grouping 5-10 of your favorite strength exercises and doing them in short intervals and given time to introduce cardiac training into your strength training routine. Do as many repetitions as you can lift in 60 seconds, then rest for 15 seconds before moving on to the next exercise. Do 10 types of exercise before resting for 2 minutes, then repeat the whole exercise 2 times.
- Former professional wrestler "Diamond" Dallas Page made wrestling-themed yoga practice videos that were sold commercially. These exercises include low-impact flexibility exercises and cardiac exercises. Many wrestlers use his method in their training.
Step 4. Take a dance class or try gymnastics.
Professional wrestling is a sport that learns how to move with other people, to make the contests look realistic. Moonsaults, bodyslams, and hurricanranas look more like dance than wrestling. You won't see anyone coming off the ring fence in an amateur contest, or doing an RKO, so gymnastics and dancing are good ways to coordinate your body.
Learning how to fall and hit will be part of your wrestling practice, but you'll learn faster if you have some experience doing flips and learning how to make your own moves. This is a good way to form a foundation
Step 5. Take an acting class
The Rock didn't become a movie star by chance. Wrestlers need to have good wrestling skills, because they have to “sell” their moves and tell stories that look real and interesting in the ring. Even if you have a muscular body and cool moves, no one will care about all that if you can't talk into the microphone.
Wrestlers in the heyday of the Hulkster usually improvised. Now, memorizing dialogue is part of a WWE wrestler's routine. If you want to be on TV, you have to learn to read scripts and memorize dialogue
Step 6. Eat healthy foods
A common joke for professional wrestlers is that they eat nothing but grilled chicken breast, steamed broccoli, and brown rice. While you'll be spending a lot of time on the road 300 days a year, you can't just eat hamburgers and fries. You must commit to eating a healthy diet that contains fat-free protein, high-vitamin vegetables, and long-digesting carbohydrates, to keep your body healthy.
Part 2 of 3: Learning the Art of Wrestling
Step 1. Join a private wrestling school
Learning professional wrestling moves must be done with practice, and taught by a wrestling instructor in the appropriate wrestling ring. Wrestling schools and academies are located in various regions, and offer 6-week courses and other packages for those who are interested. The best students are usually offered a place at the local recruitment agency.
- Many famous wrestling schools are run by retired wrestlers. Shawn Michaels, Lance Storm, Devon and Bubba Ray Dudley, Harley Race, and "Killer" Kowalski run the top wrestling schools in the United States. Many WWE wrestlers have graduated from the school.
- Likewise, indie recruitment agencies, such as "Ring of Honor" and "Ohio Valley Wrestling" offer training programs.
- Under no circumstances should you start practicing the wrestling moves you see on TV while you are at home. If you do it wrong, these movements can put your life in danger.
Step 2. Learn how to bang your body
The big secret of dangerous movements that look painful is that they are painful. Professional wrestlers learn how to fall properly to control their bodies when they fall and protect their heads and necks from serious injuries. Landing on your back when you fall is painful, and in wrestling training, you'll learn to do it safely. Other skills you'll learn at wrestling school include:
- Lock the opponent
- Attacking the opponent
- Running in the ring barrier
- Wrestle with chains
- Perform specific movements
- Communicating in the ring
- Selling another wrestler's moves
Step 3. Learn how to create a dramatic wrestling match
Like any good movie, wrestling matches aren't just about screaming and romantic scenes, though that's the best part. The match must be executed well, mixing tense and mundane scenes to create drama for the audience. Learning this is one of the difficult but important parts of learning the art of wrestling.
- Contrary to popular belief, most wrestling matches do not script every move. Most of the important moves and the end of the match are usually planned, but moving from point A to point B is usually done spontaneously in the ring.
- Talk to older, more experienced wrestlers. Take every opportunity to work with them if you want to learn how to run a match. Most new wrestlers are in a rush to do move after move. Reducing speed is an ability that you will acquire with patience and tenacity.
Step 4. Create a unique character
Professional wrestlers usually exhibit a flamboyant, haughty, and arrogant character. Ordinary guys named Terry and James transform into Hulk Hogan and "The Ultimate Warrior" as they step foot into the wrestling ring. Connect with audiences by developing characters they can identify with if you're a good character, or someone they hate if you're a bad character.
- Good character is usually only your real personality that is reinforced. John Cena could do freestyle rap before he became "The Doctor of Thuganomics", and Chris Jericho, "The Ayatollah of Rock 'n Rolla", is actually the vocalist of a band.
- A character trait is usually called a “gimmick” or attractiveness in the world of professional wrestling. Even if you're wrestling with your own name, you'll need a good gimmick or stage kit. Think Bret Hart's leather jacket and pink glasses, or Shawn Michael's glittering hat.
Step 5. Learn how to speak well into the microphone
Remember: Winning or losing doesn't matter. Wrestlers don't always look great because they are very good at wrestling. Some of them are just good at speaking with charisma, so they can make you trust their acting. Learn how expert wrestlers like Ric Flair, The Rock, Chris Jericho, Paul Heyman, and Randy Savage learned how to talk rough.
- Practice speaking in a mirror to perfect your character's demeanor and movements. Be the other person and manage your various emotions as that person.
- A good slogan is important for wrestlers, but promoting your next match is even more important. You can practice promoting yourself at any time. Pick a wrestler you hate and practice speaking in the mirror. Say that you will finish him next Sunday. Make it as intense and entertaining as possible.
Step 6. Learn how to do your job
Being a professional wrestler is not about winning more matches, or being the strongest person in the world. Being a professional wrestler means that you have to be able to attract a lot of people's attention to your matches in order for them to want you to win, or even to lose. WWE is a show, and sometimes you won't win the show.
- Professional wrestlers are usually divided into two characters, “heels” or “babyface”. If you are a “heels” your job is to make the audience hate you so much that they are willing to spend money just to see you get beaten. If you are a “babyface”, your job is to get the audience's sympathy, so they want to watch you beat up your opponent. Not everyone can be a "babyface".
- Some wrestlers never win in a match. When you are new to the world of wrestling, you may find yourself "helping" more experienced wrestlers. This is a good opportunity to learn the ins and outs of this wrestling business. Try to keep your ego to always want to win.
Step 7. Learn the history of wrestling
WWE wrestlers should of course be a wrestling fan. The WWE Network has plenty of original content available online for cheap, including pay-per-view programs, but check out other video sources and YouTube for classic wrestling matches. Still, keep an eye out for what's going on in today's world of wrestling.
- Watch the WCW cruise class match between Sting and Vader, as well as some classic Dean Malenko, Eddy Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio Jr.
- Watch Sandman, Raven, and Tommy Dreamer fight each other in the heyday of ECW.
- Watch classic games from the 70s and 80s to see Harley Race, Tully Blanchard, Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair in their heyday.
- Watch Verne Gagne, Mad Dog Vachon, Nick Bockwinkel, and Larry Zbyszko fight each other at the AWA.
- Many current and past wrestlers have podcasts, where multiple wrestlers talk about the details of the wrestling business and tell a story. Podcasts are a great way to learn grappling tips. Check out podcasts created by Colt Cabana, Jim Ross, and Steve Austin for a good perspective on the art of professional wrestling.
Part 3 of 3: Joining WWE
Step 1. Wrestle with an independent recruitment agency in the interim
Wrestlers who go straight to the WWE audition must have at least 3-5 years of professional wrestling experience. Wrestlers who go straight to WWE are often recruited from amateur wrestling programs at universities or other athletic programs. Most other wrestlers started wrestling at other recruitment agencies besides WWE and their careers continued to climb. Here is a list of regional independent recruitment bodies, some of which have training schools:
- Ring of Honor
- Dragon Force
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)
- Global Force Wrestling
- AAA
- Pro Wrestling Guerilla
- Combat Zone Wrestling
Step 2. Begin to wander
Smaller recruitment agencies will recruit wrestlers who have been trained. Most wrestlers begin to make a living by wandering into local recruiting agencies, putting on a few shows, and slowly making connections with the wrestling business. Start “selling” your skills in some areas and look for ways to make your career go up.
The northern United States is very fond of performing professional wrestling and is very welcoming of indie wrestlers. Start a career in your area
Step 3. Market yourself
Get into the wrestling business on your own. Meet as many wrestlers and promoters as you can and make sure they know you're interested in getting into the wrestling business. Prepare yourself for any kind of match, and try to appear in as many shows as possible.
- Print and sell your own knick-knacks at multiple events. This is a great way to start raising money, and to get to know the other side of the wrestling business. Think about what types of shirts will sell well. Then wrestle with that shirt and sell it at the end of the game.
- Make the best footage of your matches. Start marketing your skills in the wrestling ring by collecting the best snippets that showcase your abilities. Upload the snippet to YouTube or your personal website.
Step 4. Do a WWE trial
On the WWE website there is a "career" page that always uploads information about job vacancies in several departments at WWE. These jobs include: production, scriptwriting, and wrestling. regional trials are held occasionally. In this trial the wrestlers demonstrated their ability to get the attention of recruiters. Information regarding this trial will be uploaded to the WWE website and hosted at the NXT headquarters, in Orlando, Florida.
- Based on estimates, WWE gets around 2,000 wrestlers who sign up for WWE each week. You can submit a video and submit it to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. at: Talent Relations, 1241 East Main Street, Stamford, CT 06902. Very difficult to call if you do this.
- Another way to do a WWE trial is to follow a TV show, called “Tough Enough”. The show features wrestlers competing to sign contracts with WWE. The Miz, Ryback, and Big E were contestants on the “Tough Enough” show.
Step 5. Create an NXT experience
Nearly all new recruits are sent to NXT, a wrestling recruiting and training center located in Orlando, Florida, before joining WWE. At NXT, you'll take promotional classes, learn the details of television production and running a TV camera, and practice your wrestling skills with some of the best wrestlers from around the world.
Over time, there were approximately 70 recruits signed to NXT, 10-15 of whom would appear on the NXT program on the WWE Network. About 5 of them will enter this wrestling team WWE. NXT has educated some of the top wrestlers such as Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Neville
Step 6. Stand out
What is the most powerful way to become a core WWE wrestler? Shine. There is an “x” factor that every wrestler should have. This “x” factor cannot be taught by anyone. You have to have the charisma that will make people want to watch you, buy your knick-knacks, and follow your career. Find a way to stand out from the crowd and be number one.
There's no surefire way to do it, because you have to be different. Daniel Bryan does not act and look like a WWE wrestler, but he is a famous WWE star because of his trademark style. Find your own style
Tips
- Make sure to take time off from time to time to exercise.
- Create a website about your wrestling brand Who knows it could lead you to fame.
- Buy a soft mat for wrestling, such as a wrestling mat or doll.
