Following wrestling online, it’s a certainty that you’ll have witnessed arguments between groups of fans. Whether it’s on message boards, Twitter, Facebook, or even in the comments of YouTube videos, every day there’s debates between fans about wrestlers, storylines and promotions. That is not unusual – however, there are certain groups of fans who make the entire process a farce.
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A little over ten years ago, I started attending wrestling shows on a fairly regular basis. At the time, I was living in a former mining village in England, and save for the odd show here and there, wrestling in that part of the world was was limited to local wrestlers who may or may not have been trained, and nothing more.
This month marks fifteen years since WWE bought out WCW. In the time since then, there’s been books written about the demise of WCW, how WWE has struggled to adapt without competition, and many words said about the general state of wrestling post-WCW. Whilst it’s obvious that the big dog isn’t as big as it once was, it’s not exactly fair to say that the entire pound isn’t as loud as it was in 2001.
According to Tokyo Sports, Japanese wrestler Hayabusa has been found dead. He was 47.
Less than 24 hours after the Fast Lane pay per view that left us with only a main event, WWE locked in a few more big matches for WrestleMania on Raw. However, both of those new directions ended up raising more questions than answers for the company’s big stars, and their aim as a whole.
In around six hours’ time, WWE makes the final Sunday-night stop on the road to WrestleMania, as they head into Cleveland, Ohio for their second annual Fast Lane pay-per-view. With just 42 days to go until WrestleMania, WWE will be looking to lock down as much as they can so they can start promoting the biggest show of the year.
This summer’s Global Cruiserweight Series marks the first time in almost twenty years that WWE has held a tournament focussing on the high flyers. In the midst of a ratings war with WCW, WWE attempted to do a copy-and-paste job from WCW’s successful cruiserweight group, but with the expected results from a company that was long considered to be the “Land of the Giants”.
It was the division that brought eyes to WCW, even during the company’s dying days. It was the division that WWE never really attempted to recreate, and a division that TNA managed to turn from a potential diamond, into dust. Now, WWE’s looking once again to the smaller guys.