8 Easy Ways To Be A Better Wrestling Fan

Oasis cautioned "Don't Look Back In Anger." The Libertines advised us "Don't Look Back Into The Sun." To this we add "Back That Ass Up," and now a positive memory of the Attitude Era has been pushed from your mind in favour of Rikishi's infamous derrière with more dimples than a beauty pageant.

Living in the past is a sure fire way to taint everybody's current enjoyment. Often this is not because it was so much better, rather once you've made the effort to dig through dirt, you need to hit gold to feel validated. The memory has a backlog of golden days gone by, but can't successfully appraise fool's gold.

It's no surprise that the wrestling of your childhood gets the same wonder as many memories related to youth and discovery, like the first time you went on a rollercoaster or heard Nirvana's Nevermind. For example, your writer once thought Vampiro and Sting's Human Torch match was a five-star affair, Kronik were an A-tier tag team, and other WCW opinions that would feel like oversharing.

You will never enjoy the now if you can't consign the past to a memory rather than grip it to use as a measuring stick.