How long should a wrestler train?

[rrm15]

Random question, but ideally how long should a wrestler train before making their debut? And how much experience should they have before getting a shot on the big stage?

[Chiral]

I think the amount of time Jericho did seemed to work. I don't have an exact number, but his book covers all of it.

[Tyfo]

Just depends, some people it comes more natural to then others. So it really depends on the person as far as how long before your actual debut match in front of people.

As for getting a shot at the big stage, in my ideal fantasy world I would say someone should have worked the indy scene and internationally for at least 2 and a half to 3 years (not including training, I mean from debut match onward) before consideration, but of course that's not how it works.

[Franchise]

The general rule is 6 months from starting training to their first match. That's not to say they're going to stop training after that, but...

Wrestling is an art form that isn't learned overnight. My trainer has told me he didn't understand psychology fully until a year after his first match. You don't ever really stop learning.

[Phil Parent]

6 months before you wrestle in paint-by-number matches, and then you learn your whole career.

[Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa]

When you absolutely, positively know for a fact that you're ready, you're not even halfway done with your training.

[héad.casé]

Depends, my closest friend started training for two months and has worked shows ever since, getting bookings for a fed that we affiliate ourselves with too, and I was training 6 months before I got on my first show, and that was a Battle Royal.

[Lance Uppercut]

Well for normal folks I would say you need at least six months but probably more. If you're Kurt Angle, like a month.

But it's true, you never stop learning.

[Deleted]

Id say atleast 6 months to get used to the body language and safety precautions...in all honesty though as a wrestler you never really stop training...

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Technically, you train until the end of your career- but before your first match, you should at least have developed some acting skill (the lifeblood of wrestling, IMO), and also be able to give and take moves without hurting yourself or your opponent.

[Madman Szalinski]

I've heard Angle only trained for a WEEK before they put him in there with Christian in a dark match or some kind of training match. A WEEK. I was lucky if I could throw a worked punch after a week. (I trained for 3-4 months back in 2004.)

Honestly, though, it really does depend on the person. And this really could be said when you train or learn anything: if you can do what you're being asked to do then you're ready. But the difference between wrestling and anything is in order to be able to do what you're being asked to do, you not only have to physically know the art and craft, but you must be mentally sharp to know when to do what and more importantly why you're doing what you're doing (and why you're not doing what you might have thought of doing but didn't do.)

How long does it take to learn what to do, when to do it, and why to do it?

[Chuckie Finster]

Six months is the general rule before you should even consider taking bookings. Anything under that is just asking for someone to get hurt. And you shouldn't stop training just because you start taking bookings.

Also, generally you don't do bumps for 2-3 weeks. When Punk was training the ROH school, he didn't let the kids take bumps for the first 6 weeks, concentrating on getting in shape an d weeding out the bad apples.

[johnnyk9]

It could take 3 weeks or 6 months it all depends on your determination and how natural you could be

[Jay Peas 42]

I think the question is better phrased as "How long should a otherwise untrained wrestler spend in Wrestling School/ basic training before they start taking bookings."

[rrm15]

Jan 2, 2010 11:33:24 GMT -5 Jay Peas 42 said:

I think the question is better phrased as "How long should a otherwise untrained wrestler spend in Wrestling School/ basic training before they start taking bookings."

Yeah but that was too long for the title. ;D

[Dave at the Movies]

When I was training I was on course to get in there in about four months training twice a week. Athletically I was very natural and took bumps pretty good for someone weighing 170 pounds at the time. Cardio wise I was(and still am) in great shape and could run the ropes really well.

The only hang ups I kind of had was the chain wrestling. It is a lot harder than it looks even if you have seen it a million times.

I stopped training after like two months because the company was going out of business. I might have kept going but I'm not sure. Today I have very little interest of ever trying it again because I just don't want to sacrifice my body and old age for something I have a very little chance in making it in.