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As the reality sets in over Bryan Danielson's retirement, and those tears that so very many of us fought back during his speech last night on Raw fade, a moment happened where every one of us, from pro wrestler to production staff, pod casters to dirt sheet pundits, were in the same house for the first time in a long time. We were all collectively there attentively watching and sharing a moment about the sport of kings – its history and its legacy, its joys and its pains – and we did so because it is real to each and everyone of us on a level that sometimes we forget as we get lost in the minutia that gravitates around our passion to watch this sport grow and flourish. I get it. Hell, I'm guilty of it myself more often than not. But the takeaway is that we had a moment only equaled by Mike Quakenbush's speech about the state of the business, and how this art form remains in its infancy still. If this is true, (and the rule of thumb would suggest that it is where what wrestling was back in the 40's and 50's is not what it was in 80's and 90's, nor what it is evolving into in the 10's and 20's) how do we as a proactive (more often than not, hyperactive) community build from last night's moment moving forward?
1. Rebuild the territories
2. Incorporate or remove niche based wrestling
3. Return to the trade craft
4. Provide a narrative
5. Continuity, Consistency, and Character Development
Rebuild The Territories:
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