Post by shrevedude on Jun 30, 2007 15:44:13 GMT -5
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There is no question that after the events of the last five days, we wrestling fans have experienced a rush of sad, angry, and somewhat peculiar feelings. We have experienced feelings of shock. We have experienced feelings of devastation. Most of all, we have experienced feelings of disbelief.
However, Mr. McMahon said it best at the opening of ECW on Sci-Fi Tuesday night when he said "Tonight marks the first step in the healing process".
Now, we move on to the second step in the healing process. This is a time that all of us who love this great business, fans, wrestlers, WWE employees, TNA employees alike, need to band together and help each other cope with our feelings. The best way we can cope with this is, first of all, is to try our hardest to put the events of this week behind us. Then, we need to focus on why we love this business. We, the fans, need to focus on why we spend our hard-earned money to come to wrestling shows. We, the fans, need to focus on why we turn on USA every Monday night, Sci-Fi every Tuesday night, UPN every Friday night, and TNA every Thursday night to see our favorite wrestlers in action. The wrestlers, from the ones who are in the big time in WWE to the many indy wrestlers trying to get noticed, need to focus on why they love the business enough to put their bodies on the line every night to entertain the fans who come to see the events.
Like Bret Hart said on MSNBC, this is going to take a long time for the industry to get over this. It will certainly take time, but the only thing we can do is keep going forward, and continue to take the steps toward getting over this.
I know in my heart that we can and will.
There is no question that after the events of the last five days, we wrestling fans have experienced a rush of sad, angry, and somewhat peculiar feelings. We have experienced feelings of shock. We have experienced feelings of devastation. Most of all, we have experienced feelings of disbelief.
However, Mr. McMahon said it best at the opening of ECW on Sci-Fi Tuesday night when he said "Tonight marks the first step in the healing process".
Now, we move on to the second step in the healing process. This is a time that all of us who love this great business, fans, wrestlers, WWE employees, TNA employees alike, need to band together and help each other cope with our feelings. The best way we can cope with this is, first of all, is to try our hardest to put the events of this week behind us. Then, we need to focus on why we love this business. We, the fans, need to focus on why we spend our hard-earned money to come to wrestling shows. We, the fans, need to focus on why we turn on USA every Monday night, Sci-Fi every Tuesday night, UPN every Friday night, and TNA every Thursday night to see our favorite wrestlers in action. The wrestlers, from the ones who are in the big time in WWE to the many indy wrestlers trying to get noticed, need to focus on why they love the business enough to put their bodies on the line every night to entertain the fans who come to see the events.
Like Bret Hart said on MSNBC, this is going to take a long time for the industry to get over this. It will certainly take time, but the only thing we can do is keep going forward, and continue to take the steps toward getting over this.
I know in my heart that we can and will.
