Stamford wrote:
Open minds is what the sport needs at the moment to bring it back to full glory.

Totally agree Stamford. What chance does an up-and-coming young star have when he is constantly confronted by a large 'smart-arse' contingent in the audience. If a period of mat wrestling is inflicted upon them for more than ten seconds the chant of '....boring, boring, boring......' starts up, if they attempt a new routine or spot and don't quite make it work the chant is 'you f*cked up, you f*cked up..........' which must surely eventually inhibit any thoughts of trying any new approaches to matche _style_s or promotion.
Whilst often waxing lyrical about the 'good old days' of BritWrestling on the forum, I do approach current shows without my retrospective rose-tinted specs on. Whilst I have seen a lot of Crap ( my opinion) there a lot of good wrestlers out on the scene at the moment with a great deal of talent and enthusiasm for their chosen 'sport', many of whose abilities are wasted on putting on acrobatic shows to appease the spot marks or are subjected to trite storyline work.
Not for one moment do I feel that the wrestlers are to blame, but that if both promoters and, more importantly, a large percentage of fans were to adopt Stamford's 'open mind' approach we would be getting some way towards producing regular shows that appeal to both old school and new shool audiences.
That would surely be good for box office and ultimately for British Wrestling as a whole.