Wrestling Persuasive Speech

Today I am taking a break from the series of articles I usually write, to bring you a subject I have thought about for a long time. I only started paying attention to wrestling in my teen years, so the "Attitude Era" was what I considered wrestling. I won't go into what made the era special, because that would be insulting to your intelligence, everyone knows what made the era successful, and why some fans still pine for it. Needless to say, it was "cool", it suited the times, and it broke the mold formed over the previous decades.

A long time ago, back in the olden days, Bruno Sammartino was a superhero who sold out Madison Square Garden countless times. Back in those times, wrestling strictly adhered to kayfabe, so many of the fans believed

He lacked connection with the fans, there was nothing to get overly excited for, and eventually the fans turned on him and wanted a new champion. The tide of time was against Backlund, who probably would have been loved in the 60's, but in the late 70's/early 80's, the fans were looking for something "cool". Flair was innovating the way heel World Champions act in the NWA, while Backlund was stuck in the old ways of wrestling, and by the end of his reign, the WWF needed a new face, someone the fans could really get

Hogan was so supremely charismatic, patriotic, and colourful compared to other wrestlers. He stood out like a giant in Japan, he was impossible to miss, a larger-than-life character, and his merchandise sold like hot cakes. Wrestling had evolved out of its niche market into something global, and (almost) everyone loved Hogan. Despite Hogan being champion for four years in the 80's, the fans never turned on him, he was the superhero of the age, the ultimate babyface wrestler. We know how Hogan's career ended up, he failed to evolve with the times, and nowadays he can be considered a mere shadow of his former self; his real-life situations often overshadow all the hard work he put in during the