The popularity of professional wrestling programs has exploded since the early 90s, as has the popularity of regular weekly programs depicting it. This is of course good for business, more viewers means more money. But with the growing popularity of these programs, there has also been an increase in violence and incidents related to these programs. Die-hard fans of professional wrestling will say that there is no real danger in performing the acts they see on the show, or that there is no way that these shows could provoke violence among viewers because they are clearly false. And they are right, there is no real danger if you are a qualified professional who has been practicing the techniques for years and knows how to perform them correctly. Fans will say there's nothing wrong with the shows, that they don't provoke any violence, but academics would say otherwise. Psychologists such as Matthew Bernthal (Bernthal 2005) and Jablonski (Jablonski 1995) have both conducted research that would argue against these die-hard fans, who have specific examples of viewer violence and could prove that there may indeed be a problem with watching these programs. regularly. This is where my research paper comes in, is there actually a problem? Do these programs prevent unnecessary violence? And if so, how do they cause it? Although fans will say that the shows are harmless and do not cause violence in viewers as long as they understand that this is false, there is actually research that proves that these professional wrestling shows have caused acts of violence in viewers and this research is able to provide specific examples and studies that prove it. With this search I will use...... middle of article...... restling. "School Psychology International 26.2 (2005): 224-242. DuRant, R., Neiberg, R., Champion, H., Rhodes, S., & Wolfson, M. (2007). Watching professional wrestling on television and adopting violent and health risk behaviors by a national sample of adolescents Health, 40(2), S26.Jablonski, CK and Zillmann, D. (1995) “The role of humor in trivializing violence. », Media Psychology: Periodical for Individual and Mass Communication 7: 122–33. Ridberg, R. (2002). P., Lachlan, K., Westerman, D., Davis, J. and Smith, SL (2005) The Raw Nature of Televised Professional Wrestling: Is Violence a Cause for Concern? electronic media, 49(2), 202-220