Yet, there is one claim that we old-timers make that can't be disputed: Professional wrestling — or rasslin', as we called it on the sports desk — was a wonderful, fun-filled activity that was ...

The shirtless Sheik had come into the rasslin' ring at The Sets in Tempe, cocky as hell, wearing black britches with a yellow stripe, and waving an Iraqi flag like he was parading 'round Sadr City.