L. Anne Carrington  

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  Date / Time: 9/9/2009 1:32 AM UTC

  Exploring Other Options
  

  With injuries, releases, recycled story lines, and basically the same faces on our television screens nearly every week, I’ve been gradually weaning myself away from WWE. Instead, between working on my wrestling-based novel and the hell known as editing and re-editing, I have been discovering other forms of wrestling life.
  
  Though I wasn’t impressed with the single TNA pay per view I watched (I don’t do many PPV’s to begin with unless they’re live from my city), I made the decision to give them another chance. Let’s just say I have yet to regret that decision and leave it at that. Anything that exhibits actual wrestling the majority of its broadcasts is very impressive to me.
  
  For those that haven’t explored the options of independent wrestling, you’re missing out on some fine talent there as well. From the local promotions to better-known ones such as Ring of Honor, these shows are rich with pure wrestling and even have some ‘name’ stars that may be familiar to many fans.
  
  There are also other federations that are expanding, such as Dragon Gate (Dragon Gate USA being a fine example; if you’re not familiar with them, check out some match videos on YouTube.), which has relatively longer matches and allows their fighters to shine by exhibiting their skills and talents without limitations.
  
  Backyard wrestling can be dangerous and, for the most part, usually isn’t taken seriously. In any case, there are some backyard wrestling events that can be both entertaining and exciting. There may not be present stars in these federations, but who is to say there won’t be future ones who go on to wrestling school to train for a shot at the mainstream bigger leagues?
  
  WWE may want us to believe they are the be all and end all, and that is fine for those content with that style of wrestling. I was even content with it for a very long time, but all it took was some additional, intense research for a novel for me to discover there are other branches of this world out there.
  
  They too deserve their day in the spotlight, and I will keep on watching long after the book project ends. Why didn’t I try these options before?
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