Armdrag.com: How Wrestling Wins

When you combine the following baseline changes and short synopsis of why each is important with last week's Chapter 16, you have the future of wrestling. But remember, none of what I'm espousing is perfect and I implore you not to get caught up in the finite minutia. Each of us can find things we don't like about any of these proposals and why we've always failed. I understand nothing's perfect, but the question we should ask ourselves is; do these recommendations move the bar significantly higher than it is now? I believe it moves it appreciably more and by the time you're done reading, I hope you'll agree.

You have to understand, your opinion relative to these recommendations doesn't count any more than mine does. Even if the rule book said all athletes had to wear pink leotards and matches were going to be decided by riding time we're still going to watch wrestling because we're die-hards. We love the sport and what is does for America's youth. What I'm focused on and is a responsibility that I take seriously is the creation of an atmosphere that will attract the 10 million potential fans that wrestling doesn't have now. Currently those 10 million don't exist and given our declining numbers we know it will never happen if we stay on our present course.

So here we go, here are some of the initial changes I'd make if I were calling the shots and why. The remaining ones you'll be able to read in my final chapter of How Wrestling Wins that will post next week.