Times They Are A-Changin'

Four years ago, I went with some friends to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's One Year Anniversary show called The Reason For The Season. One of the big draws on the show was local superstar Super Dragon's first one on one matchup with a rapidly rising East Coast indy superstar. Everyone was quite excited to see the match between these two and the feeling in the building was quite electric. Myself, a huge Super Dragon fan, decided to give the East Coast invader a little grief during the match by shouting out, "DRAGON'S GONNA FUCK YOU UP!" loud enough that it could be heard in the ring. A few moments later, the East Coaster had Dragon cornered, slapping him around and screaming, "FUCK ME UP, DRAGON! FUCK ME UP!" while glaring in my direction. Awesome. Fan interaction at its finest and one of the reasons I love indy wrestling shows.



Just short of four years later, that East Coast invader walked into Monday Night Raw in Baltimore last night with a briefcase in hand...



...and walked out as the World Heavyweight Champion.

It's always fun to see someone become the top of their profession, especially someone you've been watching and rooting for for a long, long time. So, when I look at the two top promotions in the wrestling industry and see two wrestlers who I've followed for years from the very bottom of the foodchain when they were wrestling in front of a hundred people in a little gym carrying the respective World Titles for their companies, it puts a smile on my face.

Congrats, CM Punk.