(Okay, so I swore I wasn't going to contribute to the "British Wrestling IS Struggling" thread as it was keeping afloat a thread-_title_ posted by a blatant troll with a grudge against British Wrestling culture. But it continues to run and run. Then when I finally think of something to contribute to that thread, Chris locks it. Ah well, them's the breaks)
So anyway, I'll post this as a new thread.:
British Wrestling certainly
isn't struggling.
If it ever was struggling in recent times, it was around '97, when it had to adapt to the new experience of being underground for the first time in several decades. When even Brian Dixon stopped promoting full-time for a spell. When the fledgliing new school scene saw no reason to even acknowledge the UK's past wrestling heritage and simply went about making American wrestling with British accents ...
Since about '99 the British scene has been floating along quite stably, not necessarily going anywhere, but
by no means sinking. Biding its time, waiting for a route back into bigger worlds.
The British scene is slowly rebuilding itself just like it did in the late 40s/early 50s. Back then it was recovering after the shutdown during WW2, (as well as the decay and disrepute of the final years of All-In). These days its after the WWF/WCW invasion and the succesion of 90s booms in American Wrestling over here. But it's the same situation all over again.
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If anything it's American Wrestling that is in serious trouble at the moment. American Wrestling has essentially evolved itself out of existence - the only remaining direction for it to go down is to abandon matches altogether and just turn into a soap opera about a bunch of paranoid egotists who diss each other and get into fights a lot.
(just like in real life!
)
The American scene has been reduced to one major promotion that has totally lost all steam, wiped away all its heritage (and indeed nearly all US wrestling heritage) in fits of nepotism and iconoclastism (go check the dictionaries, Mr Big and DG!) All that's left of the American Big Time are two unwatchable TV shows with loads of cheap soap opera and scarecely any wrestling in them (largely inspired by a man who actually HATES wrestling, one Vince Russo), plus some other equally dire support shows. And a couple of growing-up-in-public corporate indies (OVW, the late HWA and other "developmentals") Oh yes, and a vague go-nowhere attempt at a competitor with little certain future.
Fans on both sides of the Altantic are utterly pissed off with this sad state of affairs, and because of this, the British scene is actually starting to perk up, as people turn away from US Sports Entertainment and are looking for some kind of
Alternative Wrestling. The likes of ROH can fill this marketplace gap in America. The traditional British circuit does the job over here. And of course there's imported puro tapes, but since you need an aeroplane ticket to see puro live, they're very much a luxury. So ROH and old-school fill the gap on either side of the Pond.
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Conclusion:
American Wrestling is struggling
British Wrestling is recovering!!!
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Sounds like you've got it in one there buddy!! Well said!!