Post by Ultimo Chocula on Jul 25, 2008 1:30:30 GMT -5
Something I've been thinking about.
Let's say there's a promotion that's been around for quite some time and has built up a good reputation over the years. Then, unfortunatly, the fed goes out of business while keeping the title alive for the last few shows. From that moment on, whoever has the world title for that promotion will be that champion forever. So how would you rank that champion in the grand scheme of things? Are they the proud owner of a championship belt that has a wonderful history of fantastic wrestling or would they be the top tog of a pile of nothing?
Case in point, Portland Wrestling. The promotion was in business for decades with a long list of solid wrestlers who held the World title. Jimmy Snuka, Rocky Johnson, Dutch Savage, Scotty The Body (you know him as Raven), The Grappler, The Assassin, Buddy Rose and many others have held the strap. Then in 92 the federation called it a day with the very last champion being CW Bergstrom. Not to knock CW but a year prior to winning the belt he was little more than a jobber. But due to talent leaving for the big two, dwindling ticket sales, and the territories going under all over the country CW could have been the best they could do. At the time Portland Wrestling's TV deal was cancelled so it was hard to keep track of what was going on with the promotion during it's final days.
How would you rank CW as a champion? Is he worthy of holding a belt with so much history when the federation folds? Is he just lucky? Did the promoters feel they needed to put it on somebody and chose him randomly?
Here's another take on it. I don't know who the final AWA champion was but whoever he was how do you remember him? As the last in a great line of champions for the promotion or the champion of a federation that couldn't draw four people and had wrestlers fighting over an uncooked turkey?
I don't know if I'm expressing myself correctly but hopefully you get the jist of what I'm going on about.
Let's say there's a promotion that's been around for quite some time and has built up a good reputation over the years. Then, unfortunatly, the fed goes out of business while keeping the title alive for the last few shows. From that moment on, whoever has the world title for that promotion will be that champion forever. So how would you rank that champion in the grand scheme of things? Are they the proud owner of a championship belt that has a wonderful history of fantastic wrestling or would they be the top tog of a pile of nothing?
Case in point, Portland Wrestling. The promotion was in business for decades with a long list of solid wrestlers who held the World title. Jimmy Snuka, Rocky Johnson, Dutch Savage, Scotty The Body (you know him as Raven), The Grappler, The Assassin, Buddy Rose and many others have held the strap. Then in 92 the federation called it a day with the very last champion being CW Bergstrom. Not to knock CW but a year prior to winning the belt he was little more than a jobber. But due to talent leaving for the big two, dwindling ticket sales, and the territories going under all over the country CW could have been the best they could do. At the time Portland Wrestling's TV deal was cancelled so it was hard to keep track of what was going on with the promotion during it's final days.
How would you rank CW as a champion? Is he worthy of holding a belt with so much history when the federation folds? Is he just lucky? Did the promoters feel they needed to put it on somebody and chose him randomly?
Here's another take on it. I don't know who the final AWA champion was but whoever he was how do you remember him? As the last in a great line of champions for the promotion or the champion of a federation that couldn't draw four people and had wrestlers fighting over an uncooked turkey?
I don't know if I'm expressing myself correctly but hopefully you get the jist of what I'm going on about.