CNET News: What If? An Alternative History of Tech

"But recently, I wondered: What if wrestling's place in the world were different?

"Consider business conferences, for one. You'd see people walking around fancy hotels in protective headgear and Spandex overalls. 'The agenda has now been changed. The Bantamweight Scramble will now be in the colonnade room,' a voice over the PA system would inform conventioneers. Steve Ballmer or Linus Torvalds--who wouldn't want to see them settle it the old fashioned way...?"

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