SuperClerk
02-03-2003, 07:25 PM
I thought this was a very good and accurate article.
Has the Internet Killed Wrestling?
From the 'net to your living room, the Internet has become an everyday
occurrence to many people, wrestling fans included.
Before the creation of the news sites, or the dirt sheets as they have
been called, the wrestling fan was just that, a fan. Since the
introduction of news sites, for example 1wrestling.com,
prowrestling.com, wrestling-online.com, and the local
lonewolfwrestling.com, wrestling fans can go to any one of these sites
and find out wrestling business. Anything from storyline spoilers from
WWE to the news of their athletes can be found with the click of a
mouse.
Some say that these sites have killed the mystery behind the sport.
Looking from this perspective, wrestling has changed.
When first beginning to write this wrestling column, a fan's point of
view was the only way I had seen wrestling. But when the fan becomes
part of the wrestling family, the question posed alwyas has been has the
Internet changed wrestling?
Well, from my point of view, it has.
Before the Internet, wrestling was a closely guarded secret that I had
not had the priviledge of knowing.
Few fans knew of what happened in the ring, what politics was happening
backstage, the wars between
federationis in the same area or the ideas that are put forth for the
future. All wrestling fans knew about was the wrestling in their area.
They had no idea what the guys behind the masks looked like or what
actually happens backstage.
The days of the mystery and the intrigue behind the curtain in and on
the canvas have not completely disappeared. Several different
federations like to keep the fans "in the dark" about how their business
is ran.
With the Internet reporters being so closely tied with the wrestlers,
some of the mystery has been cleared up.
Choosing between clearing up the wrestling mystery or staying a complete
fan is all up to the individual. Whether wanting to know all about the
sport or whether or not wrestling is in the area, the Internet has
changed wrestling, some for the good, some for the bad, but in either
case, the phenomenon of wrestling has grown with the times.
Promoters and wrestlers alike have learned to deal with the website /
Internet dilemma. Without wrestling, the dirt sheets would not exist.
The opinion of online wrestling fans would not be known. So these two
factions have learned to co-exist.
Whether the news be by mouth, my print or my screen, wrestling news will
continue to flow, just at a quicker pace.
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Has the Internet Killed Wrestling?
From the 'net to your living room, the Internet has become an everyday
occurrence to many people, wrestling fans included.
Before the creation of the news sites, or the dirt sheets as they have
been called, the wrestling fan was just that, a fan. Since the
introduction of news sites, for example 1wrestling.com,
prowrestling.com, wrestling-online.com, and the local
lonewolfwrestling.com, wrestling fans can go to any one of these sites
and find out wrestling business. Anything from storyline spoilers from
WWE to the news of their athletes can be found with the click of a
mouse.
Some say that these sites have killed the mystery behind the sport.
Looking from this perspective, wrestling has changed.
When first beginning to write this wrestling column, a fan's point of
view was the only way I had seen wrestling. But when the fan becomes
part of the wrestling family, the question posed alwyas has been has the
Internet changed wrestling?
Well, from my point of view, it has.
Before the Internet, wrestling was a closely guarded secret that I had
not had the priviledge of knowing.
Few fans knew of what happened in the ring, what politics was happening
backstage, the wars between
federationis in the same area or the ideas that are put forth for the
future. All wrestling fans knew about was the wrestling in their area.
They had no idea what the guys behind the masks looked like or what
actually happens backstage.
The days of the mystery and the intrigue behind the curtain in and on
the canvas have not completely disappeared. Several different
federations like to keep the fans "in the dark" about how their business
is ran.
With the Internet reporters being so closely tied with the wrestlers,
some of the mystery has been cleared up.
Choosing between clearing up the wrestling mystery or staying a complete
fan is all up to the individual. Whether wanting to know all about the
sport or whether or not wrestling is in the area, the Internet has
changed wrestling, some for the good, some for the bad, but in either
case, the phenomenon of wrestling has grown with the times.
Promoters and wrestlers alike have learned to deal with the website /
Internet dilemma. Without wrestling, the dirt sheets would not exist.
The opinion of online wrestling fans would not be known. So these two
factions have learned to co-exist.
Whether the news be by mouth, my print or my screen, wrestling news will
continue to flow, just at a quicker pace.
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