I doubt it. Since the outcome isn't actually in doubt, there's too much chance of you being someone who actually knows what the outcome will be.

Christ, I had a bet in March 2010 that Alonso, Webber and Vettel would all be in the top three of the F1 driver's championship which I forgot all about that netted me £290

Has there ever been a form of fiction quite like professional wrestling?

This is essentially a live play where the outcome of some pretty hyped storylines rely on the outcomes of what are essentially dance recitals.

Has anyone ever rebelled against a decision over a match (stayed in character but refused to be beaten, say), changing the course of a storyline?

Regal is indeed awesome. I like the fact that his unlikely real name is Darren. And his voice is brilliantly posh.

Has anyone ever rebelled against a decision over a match (stayed in character but refused to be beaten, say), changing the course of a storyline?

Also, Bulldog was from Leeds, not Manchester (@decca).

Citation please! I'm sure Billington said Smith was from Wigan.

Yay! William Regal!

Superb work Mr Regal. He plays the heel very well. I'm surprised that he's still on the roster though really. He just seems like something which they would have dumped ages ago.

David Flair

t Orton performs two moves and wins. FFS.

I always felt that way when watching The Rock and Bret Hart, especially when they were champions.

The Rock was excellent on the mic though.

One thing I liked about WCW was there seemed less emphasis on stories and got on with having wrestling matches. It always seemed much leaner in comparison. Sure there was some story stuff but nowhere near as much as WWF/E.

The wrestling was always good. WCW should have stuck to what it was good at. Trying to beat Vince at his own game was what killed it, really.

When you look at the Monday Night Wars, the stunning thing is how much talent they wasted. Austin, Jericho, Eddie and Benoit were perrenial midcarders in WCW, but WWF made them into megastars. In return, the guys they got coming the other way were all over-the-hill, fading stars.

The new Shimmer show just came out, yay

I've been giving this promotion a second shot after Nirejhenge's recent comments here, I'm just loving it this time around. So much talent and enthusiasm, and there's no-one on the roster who isn't at least watchable. I think I'm a bit smitten with Daizee Haze and MsChif .

And as I've been starting from Vol. 1 there's still awesome performers like Hamada to look forward to, and Kong's just shown up. Aces.

I don't understand why they are still putting out old washed up guys as main eventers. Hogan, Nash, Ric Flair, Scott Hall - all great in their day but it's time to retire.

I don't find the use of the old wrestlers to be a problem, but I find the ridiculous repetitiveness of the match booking to be terrible. Answering for WWE, because I don't watch TNA, but we're just seeing the same matches with the same wrestlers over and over again, week after week.

Maybe. I think I've found wrestling doesn't seem to have the draw that it used to. I used to sell loads of it at my stall but few people bother now.

The big problem with WWE is that there simply isn't enough men on the roster to support two brands.

Chikara is very, very good indeed.

Absolutely. The brand split was a moronic idea, and they really need to reverse it.

Perhaps the demographic has shifted, and, if the industry is on the wane, it's what gets the crowds in, more than newer people?

Over the hill, fading stars who were largely big business. Let's not pretend they were TNA level. Nash, Hogan, Hall, to a lesser extent Hart, all made coin for WCW.