The DrkNite's Shrubbery

My previous entry detailed how AEW reignited my interest in pro wrestling after nearly a decade. I had watched their second ever Pay Per View event and been reminded about the spectacle that is sports-entertainment. I had roughly a month before the debut of their weekly TV show "Dynamite" to catch my self up on what I had missed in the wrestling world for the past 5-10 years. I learned about "the Elite." A group of wrestlers that had made a name for themselves in Japan. Kenny Omega, the Young Bucks, and "Hangman" Adam Page. They had built up a huge following through their weekly travel vlog "Being the Elite" which not only detailed their lives travelling from show to show, but also allowed them develop their and storylines and work on their character work. I worked my way from the first episode, watching as many as I could before Dynamite started. It gave me great insight to the wrestling world outside of WWE. The independent scene, the smaller p...

Hangman Adam Page vs Chris Jericho This is the story of a lapsed wrestling fan and how an upstart promotion brought me back. The date was Sunday, September 1st, 2019. Up until that point I had not watched a wrestling show in roughly 10 years. I was a 90s kid that discovered wrestling during the peak of the Monday Night War. We only had access to WCW at the time so Nitro was where I would get my fix. Enthralled by the battles between Sting and the nWo. Entertained by a roster of bigger than life characters like DDP, Goldberg, Booker T. And amazed by the cruiserweight division featuring the likes of Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio Jr, and the late great Eddie Guerrero. I would eventually get access to WWE Raw and be introduced to the likes of The Undertaker, Triple H, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Then before I knew it, WCW went away, being bought out by WWE and folding many members of the roster into their own. My enjoyment for the sport didn't waiver, in fact during my early te...