Despised

The crowd in fact is left in no doubt as to which fighter is to be despised and who should conventionally be supported. The hero is the picture of innocence, usually wearing only a pair of trunks and with his hair well done.

At the start of the fight the referee brings the fighters together, the rogue taking the opportunity to ask some legal questions displaying at the same time some of the brutal holds he intends to use. Our young hero stands passively during this exhibition of shadow wrestling and waits.