Wrestling Classics

Professional wrestling has gone through many changes over the decades, and
today's wrestling, while entertaining and exciting, is a departure from the
simpler presentations of heroes vs. villains, feuds, and rematches of the
1950's and 1960's.

Many people today think that Ric Flair is the greatest wrestler of all time.
Maybe. However, the man he patterned himself after -- "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
(NWA world champ and first WWWF champ) could be also -- certainly the best "heel" (bad guy) of all time.

The era of Rogers, Bruno Sammartino, Bobo Brazil, Johnny Valentine, Spiros Arion,
Ed Carpentier, Antonino Rocca, and Gorilla Monsoon (remember when Bobby Davis "found" him wading nude in a mountain stream in Manchuria?) was truly classic, and the matches were terrific.

I plan to reflect on many of these greats in the coming days.