The Five Count: Hopes for Pro Wrestling in 2023

Brian Damage

As the old, traditional New Year’s saying goes…”New Year, New You.” It’s a typical saying for people looking for a new outlook or change in the upcoming year. The year 2022 saw some positive changes in pro wrestling, but also had many challenges. When the clock strikes midnight and the year 2023 comes in…here are five things I hope to see happen in pro wrestling.

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Grappling With Tragedy: Bailey Goss

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Grappling with Tragedy is a series of articles that deal with unfortunate, tragic incidents that have occurred throughout the history of professional wrestling. It is unlike the ‘Wrestling with Sin’ series that deals more with the seedier side of wrestling like arrests, murders and suicides. Grappling looks more at particular tragic incidents that have in some instances altered pro wrestling in some way.

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The Perfect Getaway: Curt Hennig Jumps from the WWF to WCW

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During the Monday Night War between the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, there were quite a few wrestlers who jumped from one promotion to another. Money and guaranteed contracts were given out like candy. It was certainly a ‘wrestler’s market’ where they could dictate where they wanted to be and pretty much for how much. While we all know of wrestlers like Hall and Nash, Jeff Jarrett, Rick Rude and Brian Pillman all jumping from one place to another…one that isn’t talked about much is the WWF defection of ‘Mr. Perfect’ Curt Hennig to WCW. It involved backstabbing, deception, legal threats and a lot of personal bitterness.

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Wrestling With Sin: 417

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This is the 417th installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. A group of stories that delves into the darker, underbelly of pro wrestling. Many of the stories involve such subjects as sex, drugs, greed and in some cases even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series, I do not condone or condemn the alleged participants. We simply retell their stories by researching interviews, newspapers, magazines and various other sources of media.

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