What is your opinion on how the business is now, as compared to the business of yesterday?
 
Well, here's my thoughts. I really believe that the quality of the wrestling product is on a continuing decline. It seems all the business cares about is who can curse more or make more obscene gestures. The matches, in my opinion, are not nearly as good. The hardcore action with all the thumbtacks, tables, ladders, etc, etc doesn't impress me a bit. The wrestlers of today are not nearly as talented and as devoted to the business as the older generation. The gimmicks of today (although the WWE has always had circuslike gimmicks since Vince took over) are just unrealistic. Having The Undertaker shoot electricity out of his fingertips is way too much. I'm no fan of the Titantron. I'm no fan of the fireworks. I despise the belt that John Cena carries around. The spinning wheel must go. I've never been a fan of the WWE style cage matches in which you win by escaping the cage. I'm sick of four way matches for the world championship. The octagon ring in TNA was a bad idea. So, I'm sure you get the idea that I'm definately a fan of the old school wrestling as opposed to the crap we have today. We owe a huge thank you to Vince McMahon and the entire WWE for ruining the world of professional wrestling.

In my opinion "wrestling" today vs. wrestling of yesterday is not a fair comparison beause for the most part there is no more wresting in today's market.  
 
Instead of wrestling as entertainment as it used to be....today's product is entertainment simply for the sake of entertainment, with no real focus on the in ring product.
 
Yes there are some exceptions, but they are few and far between.  But for the most part I cannot compare "the business" of today to actually being in the same league of "professional wrestling".

The results of this passed weekend's PPV only proves my point of how ridiculous wrestling has become. Vince McMahon should not be parading around with championship gold. Plus, there was yet another fatal fourway for the WWE title.
 
I will say this, however. I missed RAW last week, but I heard the John Cena v/s Shawn Michaels match was a classic that went over an hour. You just don't see that these days. Back in the old Mid Atlantic days, it was nothing for a match to last an hour.  
 
Also, last night on RAW, I thought Edge and Randy Orton put on a great match.

I agree with your points but I don't think it is fair to generalise all of todays wrestlers as not being talented and as dedicated just because of the more mainstream companies such as WWE and TNA. There are probably thousands of young little known wrestlers today who dislike what the WWE has done to the business and yearn to bring back the glory days when wrestling was just wrestling. I just can't be the only aspiring wrestler to want this.  
 
Unforunately I was born in the late 80s so I cannot understand the oldschool days the same way you have. However I have begun buying lots of old wrestling tapes and DVDs and studied them, and I will realise looking at them how tough it will be for oldschool fans such as yourself to accept my generation.  
 
I Look back on these DVDs and understand those days when wrestling presenters and interviewers would look smart in tuxedos. It was proffesional and was as if they were a figure of authority who were a guest entering your home. I don't know if lit is like that anymore, certainly not in WWE or TNA, but hopefully in various independant promotions it is. Unfortunately it just seems to be like that in all kinds of entertainment today, not just wrestling. Anything goes now and there is no proffesionalism or class in anything today. It almost brings tears to my eyes.
 
If I ever do succeed in the business and get somewhere I am going to be a masked heel modelling myself after The Masked Superstar Bill Eadie and maybe The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase. I am going to be a very old fashioned style of wrestler and if mainstream fans don't like it tough crap. I am doing it for all the oldschool fans here and everywhere and for the memory of all the legendary greats of the past. I will do my best to bring some order, proffesionalism and respect back to this deteriorating business and hopefully I will encourage other wrestlers of my age to join my quest. I am not going to give up.
 
 
On a side note kevdaman since you are against the hardcore stuff like ladders, tables etc what do you think of the foreign objects such as the forks that I believe heels from the 70s and 80s would use as illegal weapons or even the ''fireballs'' that the Sheik used to throw at people? Are you a fan of that or do you see that in the same way as the harcore stuff you mentioned, and don't agree with it? I am just interested to know.
 

Quote from kevdaman on Apr 24^th, 2007, 7:45pm:

 
The TNA ring is a hexagon (6-sides).

Yeah, when it became entertainment, there has been a steady decline in actual performers.  Alot of the older superstars wouldn't stand a chance today, wouldn't even get a look.  But most of em' could work circles around Cena or any of the other one move punks.

 I understand what you are sayin, that was kinda my point, but when an old school wrestler made it , that was it, no repackaging.  Now if you look good but can't work or can't get over they simply repackage them and then stuff em' down our throat,  I shouldn't  say 1 move punks, but it's high spot after high spot, no selling.  Now if you do something outrageous 3 moves later the other guy (or girl) does something just as spectacular, but those last 3 powerbombs had no effect on him really.  There's no story in the match, no selling.  WWE did try it w/ micheals and Cena in the 1 hour match, but that was just to get Cena some cred in the ring.  JMO that's all.

Do they still WRESTLE today???? Just curious....