Is Pro-Wresting Reverting Back to its Old Traditional Ways

When WWE took over the wrestling world it put an end to the good old days of wrestling that most promoters and fans came to love. Professional wrestling wasn’t what most of us know and love today. Instead, it was smaller territories with localized talent

When Vince McMahon took over the then WWF, he went through bringing in all the local talent and combining the big names with pomp and circumstance that every showman has. Bringing a rarely seen energy and excitement to his shows, wrestling would grow past a sideshow-esque weekend activity to be on a grand stage that would eventually spawn what is known today as WrestleMania.

The problem with today’s WWE is the lack of competition. When ECW and WCW would go under and eventually be bought up by the WWE, the push for Vince’s company to be the best stopped. When you’re the only show in town again, you’re the best at all times. Without someone else to push them to their limits, their shows would suffer and fans are losing interest.

Luckily for fans, the talent has grown restless with WWE and their creative ways as well causing a startup passion project of former talent named All Elite Wrestling. But they’re not the only competition on the horizon. New Japan Pro Wrestling has earned its spot on national television as well. Impact Wrestling is getting their shot on tv moving to AXS as well and the aforementioned AEW now airs on TNT. It seems like every day a smaller market promotion is popping up with a television deal.

The growing trend of smaller wrestling promotions is throwing back to the days before Vince’s WWE dried up the market. With nationally televised deals, the smaller brands have come a long way from the days of word of mouth. With streaming services becoming more popular, if these brands can make their product more accessible to their growing fan base they’ll have a real chance of sticking around. Can these new promotions push the WWE back to their king of the mountain writing days, or will the product suffer in the long run? We’ll have to wait and see, but at least we know one thing, competition always brings out the best from anyone in the contest.