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Here's the introduction. I had a pretty hard time writing the first few lines...so go ahead and tell me what's good and bad and make suggestions and shitttttttt.
Professional wrestling was quite the marketable entity in the 1980s. From the beginning of “Hulkamania” on Jan. 23rd, 1984 until the early 1990s, everyone wanted a piece of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and its star, Terry Bollea (alias: Hulk Hogan, as he shall be referred to as through the course of this essay). While Hulk and the WWF were riding the wave of popularity and rolling in the millions brought in via endorsement and advertising deals, there was another promotion working in opposition to make pro wrestling about the actual wrestling, and not about the showmanship of the WWF. This organization is the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), a loose contingent of many regional wrestling promotions throughout the United States. They, of course, had their own star, Richard Fliehr (alias: Ric Flair). Arguably two of the best ever to step into the “squared circle,” a Hogan/Flair match up would be to professional wrestling what a Tyson/Ali match would be to boxing. Naturally, Hogan and Flair are two different competitors, so they would have their similarities as well as their differences.
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