Red Mosquito

BurtReynolds wrote:Let's face it: What made pro wrestling great in the 80s and 90s was that it was made by coke and steroid fueled freaks, con artists, carnival barkers and outright monsters. These Nietzschean "blonde beasts" wandered across the US, plundering small towns and big cities, taking what they wanted whether by hook or crook, occasionally even murdering or getting murdered in the process. And they were as hard on themselves as they were with their marks, swindling and abusing each other as they went. Most of the greats were dead by 50. Such is the life of the free. In this way is greatness made.

But like all things, the relentless march of civilization and "progress" comes in and castrates it. Makes it "better". Makes is safer. Scripts it. Sterilizes it. The newcomers are forced to play the game, because the old time life-lovers could never hope to compete with careerists and corporate execs.

The railroads have been built. The frontier's days are numbered.

JuanHamm wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:I feel like, with a big media conglomerate coming in and swallowing them up, the last vestiges of the dangerous, unpredictable carnival atmosphere will be swept away for good. But let's face it, that's been dead for over a decade anyway. Now it just feels like a badly scripted tv show.

It's been that way for over a decade

numbers wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:I feel like, with a big media conglomerate coming in and swallowing them up, the last vestiges of the dangerous, unpredictable carnival atmosphere will be swept away for good. But let's face it, that's been dead for over a decade anyway. Now it just feels like a badly scripted tv show.

It's been that way for over a decade

It's gotten A LOT worse since like 2018 or so. 2014-16 wasnt good, but it was watchable.

numbers wrote:I think it’s better than what it was before he left during covid, but I honestly haven’t watched wwe enough the last couple years to really say.

JuanHamm wrote:I have less than 0 interest in seeing Roman vs Brock again. Especially in a last man standing match - made famously boring by HHH himself.

I'm way more interested in Ric Flair's last match.

BurtReynolds wrote:Hopefully we will never get another Brock/Reigns match again.

JuanHamm wrote:I have less than 0 interest in seeing Roman vs Brock again. Especially in a last man standing match - made famously boring by HHH himself.

I'm way more interested in Ric Flair's last match.

BurtReynolds wrote:I found this great channel for golden age wrestling.