Another example of the rules clearly being violated would be at the WWE's Great American Bash 2004 held in Norfolk, Virginia. In the Main Event, JBL wrestled the late Eddie Guerrero in a Texas Bullrope Match. There was clearly bloodflow from both competitors, but the match was allowed to continue as scheduled. A direct violation of the rules. These violations would not be allowed at an independent show so they should be enforced equally regarding all professional wrestling in this state. Also, it does not seem fair to tax wrestling events as a sport when professional wrestling is seen universally as a form of entertainment not a legitimate sport. The universal public opinion is that professional wrestling is a form of entertainment not a sport therefore it should not be taxed like boxing and Mixed-Martial Arts competitions which are universally seen as legitimate sporting contests. So if wrestling is a form of entertainment then it should not have to adhere to the policies of these other sporting events. If wrestling is seen as entertainment and taxed/regulated as a sport then circuses, concerts, monster-truck rallies, rodeos. etc. should be taxed/regulated the same. Wrestlers are to be licensed so then should clowns, trapeze artists, high-wire walkers, liontamers, rodeo clowns, etc. because they are in as much if not more danger than professional wrestlers. It just seems like the Commonwealth of Virginia is trying to rid the state of professional wrestling and boxing and that is not fair to the people who count on it for entertainment and fundraising purposes. It seems like the DPOR only cares about the moneypeople and could care less about the common people of Virginia. No independent wrestling organization will be able to adhere to the proposed health insurance policy and thus many schools will lose their major fundraising events for the year. The independent professional wrestling promoters should be commended for the countless time and effort that they give to help raise money for schools, civic organizations and service clubs throughout Virginia, but instead the DPOR is trying to put them out of business. I just want the people working for the DPOR to take a good, hard look in the mirror everynight before they go to bed and when they wake-up in the morning because they were once students at many of these schools that count on fundraising money to survive. How would they have felt as a student if they had to wear moth-eaten, mildewed uniforms year/cracked helmets year in and year out because they did not have the financial means like the wealthier schools in the state to procure new uniforms and their major fundraiser had been eliminated by their own home state? Would they have wanted to play in unsafe equipment or their own children to be unsafe and not have the same opportunities as the wealthier schools? In closing, I ask each member of the DPOR to take that long, hard look in the mirror each night and morning and answer the question posed above.
