Hey now, this is getting over, and I am Adam Silverstein here, welcoming you into the second, let's call it pilot episode here of this brand new podcast for those that have already listened to our first

episode.

You heard Dave and I basically break down our wrestling lives at this point, how we got started

watching professional wrestling, how it has affected us personally and professionally over the years.

But since this is a brand new podcast, since you guys are getting to know Dave and I as individuals and both as a team here talking about pro wrestling, I thought it would be a smart move to discuss the state of professional wrestling in 2020. And Dave, I think it's fair to say. And, you know, you made a point in the previous episode that there's always been a lot of wrestling.

I think that is completely fair.

But in 2020, the accessibility of professional wrestling, be it, you know, AEW and WWE and NXT,

not to mention all the other North American promotions, a couple of other ones that

certainly have national television, but just the ability to get NJPW World and pay, you know,

999 yen or whatever it is per month and get wrestling from halfway across the entire world.

I find it extremely ridiculous that there is this much of a single genre available to us when it is so specialized.

Do you not have that same kind of feeling?

Wrestling should cater to everyone.

Ideally, it should work for everyone, right?

WWE worked for everyone when I was a kid.

WW worked for children, adults.

It's supposed to be universal entertainment.

That is not the case in the world anymore.

Right. Music, television uh movies everything is specialized

so wrestling is going to be specialized and demographically tailored a eW is not for um the people who

like wWE the people who like wW we like the repetition of it the people who like wW, the people who like the repetition of it, the people who like WWE, like the

kind of goofy over-the-top storylines, and they like the

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