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Getting Over
Welcome to the 5th edition of
Getting Over written for Wrestling Envy by Lewis316.
Number 5 Already?!
Hey everyone, it's the webmaster
Chris Lewis back with a somewhat late fifth
edition of my column, entitled "Getting Over"
- the last of which was on 13th April 2001. The
reason for the lateness of the column is quite
plain and simple; I've been as busy as hell with
the site moving servers. Anyway, after weeks of
uploading megabytes on end of files I can
definitely, 100% confirm that I don't know when
it will be ready to unleash :) Most of the pages
are sorted and it's just a case of adding the
finishing touches to the site.
Well that was a long and pointless
introduction, so if you haven't already left the
site then read on 'cause I'm about to get column
number 5 on the road...
The Coming of WCW
If you can find me one wrestling
fan that is not excited about the coming of the
New WCW then you will do very well - and if
you're sitting, reading this column looking smug
saying to yourself "I'm not excited, that
showed him" then you're just not a wrestling
fan at all. We've seen it on television - match
in progress, WCW flashes on titantron - WCW
Invasion about to happen - the crowd go wild, my
point is proven. Fans can't wait, I can't wait -
this is gonna rock.
In the beginning when Vince
McMahon and WWFE bought WCW many wrestling fans
and internet analysts didn't know how to react.
At very first it left a bitter taste in many
people's mouths - they were saying that the
wrestling world was dead, that the WWF would flop
without any competition - and I have to admit it,
I was one of those people who said that.
But what Vince McMahon has
cleverly done, is create competition for his
World Wrestling Federation - although it's fake,
being part of the storyline it doesn't matter -
professional wrestling IS fake after all isn't
it?
Shane McMahon amazingly becomes
the owner of WCW - hang on, now we have good
television prospects. The dream possibility of
intertwining storylines that you thought you
would never see, as well as many mouth-watering
WWF vs. WCW battles. The possibilites now seem
endless for Vince McMahon and his wrestling
empire.
I have to admit it now, I was no
WCW fan. But this is completely different - it's
not going to be an XFL-like flop. It's not going
to be a crappy WCW that we saw before the buyout.
This is going to be everything a wrestling fan
could ever want. This is going to be WCW. And in
September or whenever the new WCW arrives, you
can expect big things - a big chances for the WWF
undercard in the new WCW. I can't wait...
Backyard Wrestling
Here's a strange angle for my
column - stepping away from the issues in the
mainstream wrestling world and taking a look at
an activity, a sport, a hardcore-fest that is:
BACKYARD WRESTLING.
Backyard wrestling is great fun.
Don't get me wrong, there are dangers in doing
backyard wrestling - great dangers - but if
safety is first, then having the time of your
life certainly has to be second on the list.
Being someone that has done backyard (more like
back-room) wrestling, I know that you can get
hurt - I have done a couple of times, but luckily
not seriously. But the sheer feeling you get
emmulating your favourite superstars of the
present or even the past is quite unique. It's a
constant rush of adrenaline when you're working a
match with your mate - just like on the "big
boys" do on television.
It really annoys me when I see
anti-backyard-wrestling articles on the internet,
in magazines - wherever. They all come out with
the same crap over and over; That it's totally
stupid little kids, risking their lives by
training to get into the WWF, or WCW. Yeah right.
You know where those articles should be kept
safe, turned sideways up their damn asses. They
know nothing about the sport. They know nothing
about the people who do it. They just do what
they do best - assume. "Oh yeah, those kids
that do backyard wrestling are hoping that they
are performing to get into the Big 2." - Not
at all, my friend.
The internet is packed with
websites from different backyard wrestling
federations and they are worth a look over. The
best of them out there feature wrestler bios
which are quite funny - the federations made-up
gimmicks always bring a smile to my face. Plus
other funny moments caught in a photograph or if
you're lucky, in a movie. Some of the federations
out there even sell their wrestling PPVs to the
public.
So what do you think about
backyard wrestling? You can clearly see that I
support it 100% but I can't stress this enough:
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE CRAZY ENOUGH
TO DO BACKYARD WRESTLING, SAFETY DOES COME FIRST.
IF YOU END UP HURTING YOURSELF THEN IT'S JUST
ANOTHER REASON FOR BACKYARD WRESTLING TO BE
BANNED FOREVER.
The Inevitable End Of It All
Well, that's the end of another
column by yours truly. Not a bad one really - by
my standards anyway. And also..
..I'd like to hear your views on
Backyard Wrestling, and if you know of any good
backyard wrestling sites out there, please send
them along to me at the following address: chris_james_lewis@hotmail.com
Anyway, the usual end to any
Getting Over comes with the words; until next
time, this has been, Lewis316...
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