It's the macho man's soap opera!

I am of course talking about the great entity that is sports entertainment.

I mean where else can you find a programme(s) that combines superbly written story-lines with death-defying moves (such as the chokeslam, moonsault or the pedigree). Where else would you find world-wide fan clubs, regular selling-out crowds and three world championships?

I am of course talking about the World Wrestling Entertainment industry.

It caters for everyone, with RAW talent, high-flying extremists over at ECW and see people laying the SmackDown!

It's hard not to be a fan.

There are also annual pay-per-view events which air monthly, with the 'wrestling year' ending on the grandest stage of the all 'Wrestlemania'.

All this is accompanied by hilarious, and often side-splitting commentary teams, be it 'Good Old' J.R and Tazz on SmackDown!, Jerry 'The King' Lawler and Michael Cole on RAW, and Todd Grisham and Matt Strikier over at ECW.

The Championships
WWE Championship
World Heavyweight Championship
ECW Championship
Intercontinental Championship
United States Championship
World Tag Team Championship
WWE Tag Team Championship
Women's Championship
Diva's Championship.

Headed by the McMahon family (my favourite being Stephanie) there is always no shortage of drama whilst there around.

And of course, there is the Divas... wwe.com/divas pick your favourite.

There is of course the need to mention the match types for which all of this explosive action takes place, from the traditional singles matches, to the more extravagant (and injury prone) 'Hell in a Cell' matches. From tag-team match-ups, to the 'Elimination Chamber'. From Triple-threat matches, to the 'Royal Rumble' (30 superstars battling it out to be the winner- earning a chance to challenge for a championship at Wrestlemania!)

Now the confusing bit, the reason for why there are three different shows. During the attitude era (and indeed whilst they were known as the WWF- the lost out to the World Wildlife Fund) the company competed with another wrestling company, known as WCW (World Championship Wrestling) for television. When WCW went bust, WWE were allowed to acquire WCW and ending the Monday Night Wars.

In a bid to keep the rating wars going they decided to split the flagship shows RAW and SmackDown! into two separate brands competing against each other for ratings. When WWE acquired ECW they added that as a programme to 'shake things up a bit!'. Each show is headed by a General Manager (a supervisor in effect), who endeavours to ensure their show coming out on top. The current GM's are;
RAW: Stephanie McMahon
SmackDown!: Vickie Guerrero
ECW: Theodore 'Teddy' Long

Another feature which has been added to the mix-up over the past few years is that of the WWE Draft, where every single superstar, general manager, commentator or indeed ring announcer, is eligible to be drafted to one of the opposing shows. Some of the most historic draft picks from years gone by include; Triple H and J.R moving to SmackDown!, Kane and Michael Cole moving to RAW and Matt Hardy moving to ECW.

There are of course, as with most sports, Legends in this business. My favourite being the soon to be inducted Hall of Famer, Stone Cold Steve Austin . The man who revolutionised the stunner, the man who flipped 'the bird' more times than Hitler's salute.

This legend, a hero had the balls to 'cross the boss', and came out on top! He has held a world title longer than Gravity's hold on a very fat man. He is still the only man to have stunned every member of the McMahon family-and get away with it!

Whilst there may be sceptics out there who , just because it's fake, refuse to watch it, and those who just make "gay" jokes as a reason to not watch it. This is a real sport. The WWE superstars don't need 6 months to recover after Wrestlemania! They are in action for 52 weeks a year.


Now whilst wrestling maybe be fake, you can guarantee it is; more exciting then Cricket, has more contact than American Football and you can guarantee you won't strain your neck like you would with Air Racing.

"And that's the bottom line, cause Stone Cold said so!"