The Evil History Of Pro Wrestling: Heroes Of Wrestling

From what little is known about Stone, he was a well-intentioned guy, more enterprising than exploitative, and had no idea what he was getting himself into.

He, seemingly, took one look at the horrifying dysfunction of a carny world and ran from it, aghast. More well-received promoters with real-world backgrounds have entered the world of pro wrestling and become in some way complicit in its darkness. Stone did pull a carny’s trick, by failing to announce that the advertised Solie would not appear, but that is as low as it gets on the list.

Heroes of Wrestling was the consequence of the inherent evil that lurked within that dead era of the business - the next, ultra-grim cycle. It was a rotten belch of an evil long ago swallowed up by the public. Every sh*tty payday, every gross exploitation of labour, every substance ingested to mask the pain of every bump, the repercussions of the abuse perpetrated by wrestlers and promoters who were allowed in the game, even at the top level; it was all evident on October 10, 1999, as murderers, addicts, and carnies attempted to reel back the years. The only possible emotions to feel were pity and disgust.

Heroes of Wrestling was the accumulation of evil - a parade of bodies broken by an uncaring industry that had no choice but to keep moving in a macabre shuffle. If Heroes Of Wrestling was life after the ‘80s heyday of the business, it is not exactly inaccurate to describe it as hell.