Win Lose or Draw

BY NOW YOU’VE read Editor-in-Chief Kevin McElvaney’s announcement in his “From the Desk Of …” column and learned that PWI is expanding to nine issues per year. I’m hard-pressed to think of another magazine in any genre that has increased its frequency in the internet era. Thanks to a renewed appreciation on social media—and you, our loyal readers—PWI has gone from surviving to thriving.

Before the internet, magazines were the only wide-reaching forum where wrestling was analyzed and critiqued. And, before cable television, print was the only vehicle by which regional draws could become national stars. Why would a New Yorker get excited about Dusty Rhodes challenging “Superstar” Graham in Madison Square Garden? He had