I never had any illusions that it was anything but a business. As I said in my book, anytime you sell tickets, it is a business. However, I preferred to see professional wrestling as it was in the gym and in public workouts. One theory is WWII as the turning point. This started the trend toward the entertainment form we have today.
Responsibility is shared, but it is also irrelevant.
It doesn't matter that what the Buddy Rogers of this world did in the ring was unrelated to wrestling. Or that the hundreds of promoters presented a product totally unrelated to wrestling. Or that Ted Turner and Vince McMahon continue to do something totally unrelated to wrestling. The bottom line is still the same and probably would still be. I do know pro wrestling has been used to promote a product that is unhealthy, or maybe the world has become something too strange for me to make myself notice.