Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, Bullet time, Capoeira, Combat in film, El Juego de Mani, Flyting, Girls with guns, Gun fu, Heroic bloodshed, Hong Kong action cinema, Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Martial arts film, Paddy Crean, Professional wrestling, Scarlet Blade Theatre, Seattle Knights, Stage combat, Swashbuckler film, The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie, Weapon dance, Wire fu, ZeroGravity (stunt team). Excerpt: Professional wrestling (often shortened pro wrestling, or simply wrestling) is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance. It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport. The unique form of sport portrayed is fundamentally based on classical and "catch" wrestling, with modern additions of striking attacks, strength-based holds and throws, and acrobatic maneuvers; much of these derive from the influence of various international martial arts. An additional aspect of combat with improvised weaponry is sometimes included to varying degrees. The matches have predetermined outcomes in order to heighten entertainment value, and all combative maneuvers are executed with the full cooperation of those involved and carefully performed in specific manners intended to lessen the chance of actual injury. These facts were once kept highly secretive but are now a widely accepted open secret. By and large, the true nature of the performance is not discussed by the performing company in order to sustain and promote the willing suspension of disbelief for the audience by maintaining an aura of verisimilitude. Originating as a sideshow exhibition in North American traveling carnivals and vaudeville halls, professional wrestling grew into a standalone genre of entertainment with many diverse variations in cultures around the globe, and is now...