"Backyard Wrestling" redirects here. For the video game, see Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home. For the second series, see Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood.
"BYW" redirects here. For other uses, see BYW (disambiguation).
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A backyard wrestler falling towards a cloth covered table as his opponent rolls out of the way of the move.
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Backyard wrestling (BYW), also referred to as yarding or backyarding, is an underground hobby and sport involving untrained practices of professional-style wrestling, typically in a low-budget environment, such as a backyard. Although not legitimized, backyard wrestling is often organized into promotions, mimicking actual professional wrestling.[citation needed] Most backyard wrestlers are merely emulating modern wrestling, though a small percentage have experience from enrolling in wrestling school or from referring to how-to guides on the internet.[citation needed]
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