At the start of each week when Monday night rolls around, after being exhausted from a hard day at our jobs and classes, we plop down in front of the television to unwind. If youre reading this article, theres a good chance that your TV dial would be set on the USA Network come 8:00 PM for the longest running weekly episodic television show in history. But what if that wasnt an option? If we lived in a world where the WWE and by extension the business of professional wrestling as we know it no longer existed? No Monday Night Wars, no WrestleMania moments being made inside monolithic stadiums, nothing. Except TNA. TNA will somehow never die; clinging to life long after the rest of humanity has ceased to exist. The WWE isnt always the most compelling or well-written TV - and the downward trend in the ratings suggest that the audience is falling off in droves - but its still wrestling and were still wrestling fans. What would we do with those precious three hours if WWE didnt exist? Thankfully we dont have to answer that question. But we could have, if several things would have turned out slightly different. Lets take a look at some of those moments now.
Brad Hamilton is a writer, musician and marketer/social media manager from Atlanta, Georgia. He's an undefeated freestyle rap battle champion, spends too little time being productive and defines himself as the literary version of Brock Lesnar.