Written by: Kevin Berge (Image Courtesy of: WWE.com)

Another WWE year has passed. WrestleMania season is over, and the wrestling will begin to rebuild for the future. This year's 'Mania especially felt like it was the end of an era, the beginning of something new.

For the past year, we have watch professional wrestling in a bubble, missing the energy of the crowd. While WWE very likely rushed a crowd out for WWE WrestleMania, the feeling of that crowd was something special.

Hopefully, we all can get vaccinated soon, and that energy can reignite wrestling. The WrestleMania week certainly felt energized. It's going to hard to go back to the Thunderdome set for a while longer.

Written by: Kevin Berge

AEW Revolution 2021 had much to live up to. It was the first major pay-per-view on the All Elite Wrestling calendar. The 2020 edition of AEW Revolution was one of the best modern wrestling shows. Plus it was a show in the midst of the Road to WrestleMania.

In every aspect, this needed to be a win, and ultimately it was. However, a few hiccups hurt the work of the talent as well as giving fuel to those that gladly criticize AEW.

When you make promises, you have to deliver. AEW unfortunately missed the mark on that, leaving fans with a show that was good but ended with a disappointment that could haunt the brand for months and years to come.

Written by: Kevin Berge

2020 is a year that will long live in infamy. After decades of projection, we were hit with a global pandemic that affected every waking moment. COVID-19 affected 83.6 million people with 1.82 million dying from the effects of the virus.

In the United States alone, 20 million were affected with 346 thousand cases. This is a highly contagious virus that can cripple people if not outright kill them. In order to avoid it, the world had waves of complete lockdown. Despite this going on almost a year, much of the world is still in isolation.

This has affected so many in different ways. From the many important people lost in this year to the financial burden so many already-struggling people have endured from the closure of businesses, we were caught at the brink of true tragedy.

Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: All Elite Wrestling

Who is Hangman Adam Page? He was The Problem Solver of the Bullet Club. He was a member of The Elite. He was Ring of Honor Six-Man Tag Team Champion. He was the first man to ever challenge for the AEW World Championship, and lose.

None of that matters to who he is now. He is The Hangman. He is the man that does cowboy shit. He is a former AEW tag team champion. More important than anything else, he is the best wrestler in the world today.

I know that sounds like hyperbole. It is not because he is the most athletic or varied in-ring performer (though he is fantastic). It is not because he can outshine his peers on the mic (though he is one of the best). It is because ultimately wrestling is about story, and no one in the year 2020 has been able to tell a better story than Hangman Adam Page.

Written by: Kevin Berge

It's been a while since I've talked about wrestling. It's been an exhausting span for wrestling in many ways. The pandemic has drained the life and energy out of the shows in more ways than the writing and booking ever could.

However, WWE and AEW have both taken the right steps to bring some needy energy back to their shows. WWE finally realized their use of Performance Center crowds was not working, so they moved to the Thunderdome (a weird concept but one that has instantly made the show more engaging).

AEW has long had the better stance, focusing on using the talent in the crowd in a real engaged manner. There's an air of real excitement in AEW that WWE often lacks. The only problem for AEW has been a few tired storylines that finally got rejuvenated in the last few weeks.

Both shows are still working for the mindset that they need to hold off for crowds, but crowds are a distant hope. It's time to take chances, and surprisingly WWE is ready to do that more than AEW (even though AEW is still the far more consistent product).