Recent content by SonoftheDragon

I know. I've been watching it. That makes it all the worse when someone from NXT breaks through to the "big dance" and falls into river of sports-entertainment.

You and I are speaking the same language. Vince McMahon's success cannot be argued, but he did it in a way that shot the entire business in the foot. When he finally let the cat out of the bag in 1989, a LOT of wrestlers and promoters were pissed off like you wouldn't believe, and with good...

Another piece of tradition has left and gone away. On June 11th, 2015, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes went on to that big stadium in the sky.

Let me state a personal fact on this. I was weaned on both old-school Southern "wrasslin'" and "sports-entertainment." As one started to resemble the other, I stopped watching. I can safely say that from January 1994 to the summer of 1997, I watched no wrestling. Did not want to even know about...

As far as this goes, magic fingers, I can't say that I would have done any differently than Vince McMahon did in his position. Bret was leaving, Shawn was staying. It was that simple, regardless of how immature both guys were being. The point I was trying to make was that Vince should have put...

Oh, yeah! As you can tell, I'm a Jim Cornette guy. He and I are pretty much simpatico in our outlook on the wrestling business. And he's still funny as hell. Youtube him sometime. For those reading this who are too young to have seen it, too old to remember, or just weren't into wrestling back...

You make a persuasive argument, magic fingers. Very persuasive. And I agree wholeheartedly (or is that whole Hartedly) with you assessment of Owen Hart. I always felt he was the best of the family, performance-wise. That being said, my argument was that, of the two, Bret would have been the...

Keeping with what I was saying earlier, surprises can be good, if done right. But sometimes, just taking the obvious route can be just as rewarding. Just because you know something is coming doesn't make it any less satisfying. Onto business. Even with the problems I had with Wrestlemania 31...

Not necessarily a good one, wolfman28. Allow me to explain. The more time goes by, the more I realize that I am no longer the target demographic. Indeed, I'm at the point now where I can join Jim Cornette, Ole Anderson, Bill Watts, and any number of other names in the camp of old-timers longing...

What we need is for someone with a lot of passion and a lot of money to show the big boys how it's done; to take things back to basics, as it were.

My ideal notion for bringing back old-style professional wrestling would be: --Minimal outside angles (that is, nothing to do with wrestling) with more emphasis on in-ring action; --Greater psychology and working of matches; --Clean finishes across the board. Let me categorize that: in the...

I've made my feelings clear on what should be done: 1) Breaks in the schedule 2) No-loophole drug testing and serious enforcement 3) Insurance, health and pension plans for life after the ring. But what about in-ring action? Here's a thought: tournaments! I don't meant title tournaments so...

I would agree. I love Hulk, but there's only one, and that's how it ought to be. Going back further than that. everyone wanted to be "Superstar" Billy Graham. In Japan, many want to be the new Antonio Inoki. That's no way to go about it. I guess Vince McMahon figures it's more financially...

I'm SonoftheDragon, and the opinions I'm about to express are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of anyone else, but they might reflect yours. I'm a fan of professional wrestling, and for the first time in my life, I'm actually ashamed to admit that in public. As far as I'm...

Hi, folks. I'd like to try something a little different. Whenever someone complains about a pro wrestling angle, even if the criticism is justified, I wonder if the critic could do better. Well, this thread is designed for that purpose. In my case, I chose Starrcade 1997 as the kick-off point...