If you were to introduce someone to wrestling...

[Flying Fox]

I would likely never introduce someone to wrestling with a great wrestling match. I was watching wrestling for about four years before I began to truly appreciate the good actual matches. I would also place a bet on many of you also being the same. It's very rare that the fans want to watch wrestling for great matches rather than great atmosphere. Therefore, showing an Ironman match or even the CM Punk/Cena match at MitB 2011 isn't smart in my opinion.

I'd show them matches with the big names that convey the storyline over being too technical. Austin vs Rock at X7 is one that I've used and I've also used Rock vs. Austin at XIX. Hogan vs. Rock is a good choice and TLC II is also another one that has gotten many a fan into wrestling.

Also, just about any Mike Awesome/Masato Tanaka contest from ECW can work well. And matches with heaps of hardcore or stuntman spots. Some FMW stuff from Japan has also worked for me getting people's interest.

[TWJC: The Beginning]

No match. You take them to a live show. Movies, reality shows, sports, etc, they can all be related to when watching a DVD. However, the organic feeling of performers feeding off a crowd and vice versa, the electricity, the feeling you get in your bones when you hear a pop, the tension and excitement during the climax of the match when two artists are executing false finishes like crazy, a great promo, NOTHING on this planet matches it.

[Flying Fox]

Originally Posted by TWJC: The Beginning

No match. You take them to a live show. Movies, reality shows, sports, etc, they can all be related to when watching a DVD. However, the organic feeling of performers feeding off a crowd and vice versa, the electricity, the feeling you get in your bones when you hear a pop, the tension and excitement during the climax of the match when two artists are executing false finishes like crazy, a great promo, NOTHING on this planet matches it.

That's a great choice if you can understand and appreciate the atmosphere of the event that you're witnessing. However, some people find going to an actual event boring. I've taken friends to live shows and among the complaints have been:

• Sitting through boring matches
• Not getting the camera angles that allow you to see things from different perspecitves
• Being far away depending on seats
• Keeping interest for three hours

So while it's very poetic, in my opinion and personal experience, it's just not the right way to introduce most people to wrestling. You want to break them in with something that isn't so full-on in my opinion.