Wrestling's greatest love story...

There has been a lot of wrestling storylines and angles based around love interests. Currently on RAW you have an angle (that I hate) involving a young lady named AJ who is trying to vie for the attention of C.M. Punk, Daniel Bryan and previously Kane. In the past we have had iconic marriages such as those of Billy & Chuck, Macho Man & Elizabeth, and Uncle Elmer & some broad. Romances budded between Eddie Gilbert & Missy Hyatt, Hurricane and Super Molly, and Jimmy Garvin & Precious. We have also seen bitter feuds over women such as Macho Man vs Ric Flair, Matt Hardy vs Edge, and Jake Roberts vs Rick Rude. However, no other story tugged on our heart strings nearly as much as the romance between Colonel Robert Parker and Sister Sherri Martel.

The man children hated ...

When you think about the WWE from 1990-1991, you really have a lot going on. The Ultimate Warrior dethroned Hulk Hogan for the WWE Title, Sgt. Slaughter turned his back on America and backed Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, the Macho King reverts back to the Macho Man and marries his long time manager Elizabeth, and finally the real World’s Champion Ric Flair makes the jump from WCW to WWE with the NWA title. The time period is really stacked with memorable moments which over time have over shadowed the topic that I’m writing about today. However, even with all this stuff going on, I am of the opinion that the most hated man of the time period (especially among children) was none other than Earthquake.

It doesn't need to be complex...

For people to become invested in a wrestling storyline, it seems today that you need elaborate plot twists, multiple love interests, and most importantly political intrigue involving the “boss” of the company. You must have 20 to 30 minutes of time set aside on each of your television shows for long drawn out discussions between competitors in your main events and you can’t even worry about making your undercard interesting because there simply isn’t enough time.  It would be impossible to create interest in a wrestling angle if you could only devout 2-4 minutes of air time on your shows to promote a match, right ?

Well if you think that, you’d be wrong. 18 years later, I still vividly remember one feud that played out between the 4^th tier singles champion in WCW (4^th because had two World Titles, WCW & WCW-I) and an announcer. I don’t remember it because it had a lot of time devoted to it, or because it had a crazy storyline or finished with an insane gimmick match; I remember it because it was a straight forward, easy to understand story and led to an amazing wrestling match. I’m taking about is the feud between WCW Television Champion "Lord" Steven Regal and “The Living Legend” Larry Zbyszko.