A Year In Brief: World Wrestling Federation 1995

A Year in Brief

No. 1 World Wrestling Federation 1995

The long term significance
This year saw the launch of the In Your House pay per views, which saw the WWF broadcasting monthly pay per views for the first time, a legacy that continues to this day. WCW wouldn't begin promoting a monthly schedule until Souled Out debuted in January 1997, but then continued to until the companies demise in 2001. In 2004, the now WWE began adding more events to the calendar reaching a high of 16 in 2006. This has since been cut back down to 14.

For The Benefit Of Those With Flash Photography

Whilst this post will be a break from the usual commentary style of things, and break a more personal note, It’s something that had to be done.

So, the biggest news of the wrestling year, and it involves none of John Cena, The Rock, or Stone Cold. After 19 glorious years Edge has retired from professional wrestling. I’m not going to get too deep into this, as our own Mr Hardcore is preparing that particular piece, but I do have to pass comment on it.

Wrestling is fake, reality TV is faker.

The comment “wrestling is fake, why do you watch it?” is one that most wrestling fans have thrown at them on a regular basis. Like most TV, it has been long established that sports entertainment is written by a team of writers before being acted out in the ring. So why is that any different to your average soap or film?

Lets be honest here, it’s probably safe to say that outside of perhaps people under the age of 12, anyone reading this knows the truth about how real or fake professional wrestling is. So why am I bringing this long discussed and worn out topic up? Well that’s because I just watched the first episode of the new series of Tough Enough, the vehicle in which USA hopes they will be able to find the next WWE superstar, something that might surprise those watching NXT for that exact purpose.