Hello all.
I will tell you one of my favorite things when I was a kid was professional wrestling. It started with the AWA back in the 70’s and early 80’s. That was a local group before WWE. Then WWF came around and a bunch of my favorite locals went to the WWF then they switched names to WWE. Back in AWA I had a few favorite wrestlers, guys like the crusher, Baron von Raschke aka “the Claw”, Mad dog Vachon, Greg Gagne and of course Hulk Hogan. As a kid I was into the good guys and shunned and boo’ed the bad guys. Everyone except the Weasel Bobby Heenan. He was my favorite bad guy. When he and Hulk Hogan went to the WWE, I went with them.
This was the Golden age of WWE. And a whole new cast of characters came to wrestle. Guys like Hulk Hogan and Andre the giant were fun to watch but then a real bunch of people came out like. Jimmy Snuka, Iron Sheikh, Junk yard dog and the great Rowdy Roddy Piper. I loved Roddy because he was a great heel and had a great attitude. But I was a little Hulkamanaiac. Guys like the Hart foundation and SGT. Slaughter and more. So many to name I just loved to watch wrestling.
I was really into wresting into the mid 90’s, then the attitude era came and everyone became a jerk and there seemed to be no good guys left. I used to root for Luke and Butch the BushWhackers. Then I stopped watching because it wasn’t fun anymore.
Then about 3-5 years ago a friend who was really into wrestling told me I should come back and watch. And if i started next week it would be a great time to start. It was going to be a draft for which wrestlers went to which show. Either Monday night Raw or Smack down on Tuesdays. So I watched and there were a few wrestlers that I liked
There were good guys like John Cena, Aj Styles, Finn Balor and bad guys like The Miz and Kevin Owens. There are so many good wrestlers but my favorite where the female wrestlers. Becky Lynch, Naomi, Natalya, Charolette Flair, Sasha Banks and More. After watching a few womens matches I quickly found that they were some of the best actual wrestlers and fun matches. I liked new wrestling it didn’t have the attitude era problem where everyone was bad or didn’t care and there were not real good guys. But something is missing. I believe that the people that run the WWE the McMahon family. Should have the younger McMahons run things. Vince McMahon is the one that has been running things since the early 80’s and he needs help or needs retire. I think his family would do a good job running things. But you can’t say no to Mr. McMahon. It’s still fun even though I wish the stories would be better. But I love my favorites and still watch.
I really think the AEW or All Elite Wrestling will take a lot of wrestlers and also their fans to the new organization. Let’s hope that who ever wins the wrestling war does right by the fans.
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