By Dan Pointer

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What you are reading here today is a rarity, a wrestling article on a sports website and I can guarantee that this isn’t how you get your regular news updates on all things pro wrestling.

You cannot go to a sports website to read over the events on Monday Night Raw or look in a national newspaper to see a former wrestler’s weekly column. It is very rare that any positive news about wrestling is ever written in the mainstream media.

The last coverage I saw of professional wrestling in a national newspaper was when Hulk Hogan was fired by WWE for racism. Before that, I would have to go all the way back to the horrific incident of former world champion Chris Beniot massacring his own family in 2007 to find anything at all.

Are you starting to notice a pattern here?

So why is a sport so beloved by millions of men, women and children across the world almost completely ignored by those in the media? Well, I can’t answer that. However what I do know is that when you mention WWE, or even wrestling in general, to someone they will almost instantly start to patronise you, calling it fake or stupid. It’s simply not recognised as a legitimate sport by anyone except for us fans. I’m sure the wrestlers themselves would have something to say about that with the countless bruises, scars and more serious injuries they receive on a weekly basis.

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The issue is wrestling is still considered as something for kids, even though a large portion of live crowds and angry bloggers on the internet are adults. I would love to see a day in the future when I can browse a sports website or app and see a category called professional wrestling, full with articles, results and reviews.

I feel wrestling really is starting to become more mainstream!

Every single time I see an RKO vine or John Cena ‘meme’ I hope that it might turn someone to the world of sports entertainment and they may become as obsessed and passionate as I am, one day. Then maybe, just maybe we’ll talk about pro wrestling in the same way we do other combat sports.