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Hackenschmitt: The Rock of Love
Vince Hackenschmitt was so dominant that a wrestling promoter named Charles Cochran took him aside. He wanted to fake the contests to make them more competitive because the marks would keep coming back if they thought he was beatable. With this business philosophy, catch wrestling soon transitioned to become professional wrestling and many other countries adopted the same.