 Thesz's task was not easy, as some promoters, reluctant to lose face, went so far as to shoot title matches to keep their own champions popular with the fans.The first pro wrestling studio television show was taped on December 18, 1942 at WRBG-TV in Schenectady, New York, at a time when few Americans owned television sets.The earliest successful recurring wrestling program was "Hollywood Wrestling" in Los Angeles, which debuted on KTLA in 1947 and was syndicated in numerous U.S. cities by 1952.