Indy Pro Wrestlers as Crash Test Dummies

That's right. A LOT of indy wrestlers are basically crash test dummies. You know, the mannequins that substitute for real people when engineers deliberately smash cars into walls, light poles and other cars? Yea those.

I think a lot of indy wrestlers are just like those crash test dummies except...

• indy wrestlers are real people
• Indy wrestlers don't need engineers. They crash themselves

One more important difference between crash test dummies and indy wrestlers is that people generally learn something when test dummies crash. Some indy wrestlers don't seem to learn a thing no matter how many times they crash... if they even realize they are in effect crashing their career before it even gets to the approach ramp of the World Wrestling Entertainment Expressway.

If "the dream" is to make it to the WWE (or TNA or ROH) doesn't that 'dream' actually entail WRESTLING there as a superstar? I mean, it must, right? Five years... ten... more? Performing on the big stage all the incredible things you're showing indy fans right now. Probably a LOT more, right? In your dream I mean.

Well... WAKE UP!

You ain't gonna gonna get anywhere near that dream, or be in a position to take advantage of an opportunity to do so down the road if you plow yourself into the ditch in front of 30 fans at an indy show in Upper Buttsniff.
And again at the next show
And the next
And the next
And... well, you get the picture.

Or do you?

Look at it this way... You only have one body with a given set of growth parameters determined by your genes. No matter how you develop that body (or tweak it with additives) it still has a finite number of bumps you can inflict upon it before it shuts down and leaves you not just in a world of hurt but practically (or permanently) IMMOBILE in a world of hurt.

And by the way, if you've been in the business for five years or less and you think you know what a world of hurt is, you don't. Not a clue.

But, if you're one of the indy pro wrestlers I'm referring to as a crash test dummy then you WILL find out soon enough (Assuming you don't kill yourself first.)

Think about what you're doing!

I mean, REALLY think about it.

In front of 30 - 130 people are ALL those bumps necessary, ALL those high risk moves essential? Seriously. ARE they?

(Hint: The answer is NO!)

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Final thought for today:-

Thinking MOVES make a match is pure Pro Wrestling BS... and I don't mean Brain Salad

I'm Gordon Gustav

And you're not.

MARK and Proud Of It

... I'm still waiting for that t-shirt.

2010 is drawing to a close and looking ahead into the new year I see many things about pro wrestling I plan to discuss in this blog. From Ontario indy wrestling to the WWE to TNA to women's wrestling to... a whole bunch of stuff that you may or may not agree with.

If respectful Ontario indy pro wrestling is what you're after I suggest Ontario Wrestling's Indy Elite because it's likely that Pro Wrestling Brain Salad will be a lot more opinionated (and probably sarcastic.)

By the way, nobody died in the ring during 2010 in Ontario, but not for lack of trying. For Christ's sake, be careful out there!