<p>While my internet connection's gone, I've been tinkering with the database, but I wanted to know if you like this idea...</p><p> </p><p>
</p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="49932" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong>Winged Lion Wrestling</strong><p> </p><p>
[?] - Present</p><p>
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Ranked [?] in world</p><p>
$ [?]</p><p>
Based in Southern Mediterranean</p><p>
Carnival Days</p><p> </p><p>
Ancient Commedia dell'Arte and modern professional wrestling have been compared more than once, in that they feature performers playing very defined roles that improvise most of their lines, or moves, while following a loose plot where only the most important set pieces have been planned and rehearsed in advance. </p><p> </p><p>
It shouldn't come as a surprise, then, that [?], heiress to one of Venice's oldest families, decided to take things full circle by using some of her family's finances (or what's left of them, since the fate of her family and that of the city have been one and the same for as long as there's been a Venice, and things have been going south for the city since before Napoleon rolled in) to prop up a touring professional wrestling promotion that takes that comparison, and milks it for all its worth.</p><p> </p><p>
Mixing the light-hearted humour of the ancient comedy troupes and the rock-solid technical grappling of the strongmen (and strongwomen) of old, WLW may be to the earliest days of professional wrestling what steampunk novels are to the Victorian era (that is, if you're looking for an accurate portrayal of it, you should probably look elsewhere), but if mad engineers and sky pirates can be entertaining, why can't WLW be that, too?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p>
...or if I should run with another concept entirely: other cool concepts I've been toying with, there's a RAW analogue (but with a Lighthearted Entertainment product) that's run by a TV channel whose owner resembles Mark Carnie, so basically a thinly veiled Silvio Berlusconi analogue (up to and including at least a relative of some foreign strongman in the roster), a Gritty Adult Noir company based in Sicily that's all about standing up to the Mafia in and out of kayfabe, and a women's company a Respectful Wrestling approach, founded by a female veteran who was briefly contacted by not-Mark Carnie, only to pull out before his own company's debut after it became clear that he wasn't interested in including female wrestlers as more than comic relief or eye candy.</p><p> </p><p>
Which one do you prefer, out of these four concepts? <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>