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World Wrestling Entertainment Stadium Crowds

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Crowd in wrestling.. This is a WWF wrestling match. The stadium is set up just as it was in ancient greece during the olympics. This shows Barthes' idea of wrestling being a more dramatical experience rather than a sport. See how the crowd is has signs and is cheering? Wrestling is more for entertainment rather than sport.

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World Wrestling Entertainment

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World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated media (focusing in television, Internet, and live events) and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales. Vince McMahon is the majority owner and Chairman of the company and his wife Linda McMahon holds the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Together with their children, Executive Vice President of Global Media Shane McMahon and Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, the McMahons hold approximately 70% of WWE's economic interest and 96% of the voting power in the company Capitol Wrestling Roderick James "Jess" McMahon was a boxing promoter whose achievements included co-promoting a bout in 1915 between Jess Willard and Jack Johnson. In 1926, while working with Tex Rickard (who actually des...