I am studying storytelling in independent professional wrestling. The purpose of the study is to understand the role of storytelling in professional wrestling. It looks at how storytelling functions in wrestling, how stories are created and performed, and who is involved in wrestling storytelling. It also aims to understanded why storytelling is important to both the people working in wrestling and the audiences they perform to.
The reason for the study is to find out how participants view storytelling in wrestling. I want to find out what attitudes people have to storytelling, the level of importance they place on it, and how they incorporate it in their wrestling work. Interviewing professional wrestlers and people working in wrestling will form a major part of this research.