Finally found an Internet Cafe:

This post represents a big big U turn for me , whilst just kicking back and relaxing on my holiday I've had time for reflection.
Like a lot of the Old Boys that post on here and other forums ,I tend to get misty eyed and nostalgic for the wrestling I saw in my youth. But here is the first question to myself , Is it the wrestling I miss or my youth? (I suspect it is the later) . The whole Old School / New School debate has raged since someone coined those phrases ( I'm even now part of the O.W.O. ---Old World Order) I now believe that Old School/New School are in fact the same School. Its all Wrestling , just presented in different ways.

Some football teams play a long overhead ball whilst others keep the ball on the ground , but its all football.

Imagine if you were around ( as many of us were) when the likes of Rocco, Dynamite , even Street in his 'Exotic' persona , hit the ring. Maybe if you were of a certain age you'd have considered these guys to be 'new school' and yet in this day and age they would be refered to as 'old school'.

I guess that what I'm trying to say is that each generation pushes the boundaries a little further , taking the best of the past and combining it with what is relevant to thier era.

It is only right and proper that we have our 'hero's' from the past and keep them in our hearts and remember them fondly, but I've been remiss in comparing todays workers to the past and dismissing them out of hand just be because they are young. And for that I appologise to any young guy starting out that I have savaged.

I'm not talking about good and bad here---we must always praise the good and try to advise the bad and as the old saying goes 'the cream will always rise to the top'.

So on my return from my holidays I'll be attending shows with a 'new' attitude. I wont be going to shows with pre-concieved ideas and I wont be comparing a 2003 show with a 1970's show moaning to myself " oh its all changed".
I'll be front and centre encouraging todays workers to stake thier own claim to a place in British Wrestling's history.

And who knows ? maybe even hardcore does have a place in todays ring--as I said , if its wrestling and if its good wrestling it gets my support.

Faith renewed and being kept, Dusty.