How are the winners of wrasslin’ matches determined?

better man wins

You never watched or kept up with wrestling?

Wraslin’s real baw!

But if it wasn’t, they would script it to have the fans continue to stay interested. You are asking the same question as if the actors in a sitcom get to choose who they will date/hook up with etc.

The same way it's determined for the NBA.

In the most generic sense every wrestler is given a part to play. The ones who play their part well may get recognized by management and receive a push where they win most of their matches. From there storylines and gate projections largely determine who wins or loses.

For example if a face wrestler is super over he probably won't win a championship match for a while. He will lose to heal who cheats for a few months to build up sympathy and gate potential. At the biggest possible gate he may win.

Alternatively a heel wrestler may win matches and generate anticpation of when they finally lose.

It is far more art than science.

Interesting. Thanks!

Sleeping with and then marrying the owner's daughter helps out... ask Triple H

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when it’s all scripted?

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It’s loosely scripted (according to a random thing I read, and the Andre the Giant special on HBO), but sometimes the winner vs loser isn’t determined til the match is happening.

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That part of the Andre special was almost certainly inaccurate. Hogan winning was the only logical (and profitable) conclusion to that storyline.

Also, changing the winner in the middle of a match is extremely rare, and usually only occurs in cases where one of the wrestlers is badly injured during the match.