BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
“Worst Case Scenario” is a new take on the concept of “fantasy booking”. For years professional wrestling fans would spend endless hours of thinking up the coolest things that could happen. Why waste the energy? This only leads to high expectations. “Worst Case Scenario” flips that. Instead of looking through rose colored glasses, let’s take a bi-weekly look at the worst possible scenarios in professional wrestling. I’m not going to be malicious or anything too mean, but I will not refrain from letting my brain come up with the worst possible shit I can. Sadly, it seems the writers and producers of mainstream TV wrestling and the mainstream iPPV level indies are doing the same thing but charging us for it. And now…
“Pro Wrestling In the Olympics”
Right now the world is engaging in the competitive war of athletics that are the Winter Olympics. The main thing I think about when faced with the Winter games is the movie “Cool Runnings”. I think about Jamaican’s bobsled team and the late great John Candy. I’m sure others care about hockey, skating, and all of that stuff but for me it was that fun 90’s movie.
Everyone has a place in their heart for the Olympics. There is no reason professional wrestling wouldn’t want to latch on to that good vibe and milk it for any loose change it could. Wrestling could have its own version of the Olympics and no one would care. It would be a cool side attraction to an already busy Wrestlemania season.
But what if the actual Olympics were to encompass professional wrestling? I know they almost took out amateur wrestling so this is REALLY FUCKING UNLIKELY, but let’s have fun with it. Imagine there being an American group, a Mexican, Canadian, Japanese, European, Australian, Dutch, etc. etc. etc. These groups compete like boxers do. The individual accomplishments matter for solo performance AND for team performance. There are TWO sides to this. The worked winners get Olympic belts, but there are judges for workrate and style.
Just like a diver, a swimmer, or something like that… the skill, the finesse, and the workrate is what matters. Select judges sit there and judge someone’s workrate. Win or lose, they decide if the guy told a story, looked good, sold good, worked safe, pulled off impressive moves and spots, and got over with the crowd. All of these factors go into the performer’s score.
Sure it exposes the worked side of wrestling, but it also legitimizes the art form. What a quandary….
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