I must admit, I never thought the day would come where Kevin Nash of all people would say wrestlers need to unionize. But hey, he’s said it and he’s right, although I’m not sure I’m going to give him a cookie for stating the obvious. I know this is a sticky subject for some fans for whatever reason, but in my eyes, wrestlers should’ve unionized eons ago. It’s almost comical how behind the times the business is with this; save for UFC (coincidentally owned by the same people who own WWE), I cannot think of a sports league or an entertainment field that doesn’t have a union or guild that enables their players, actors, writers, directors, producers, whatever to receive benefits and protections. It’s long overdue that wrestling should join the 21st century by having the wrestlers unionize, receive actual benefits, and put the independent contractor nonsense out to pasture.

The problem is that it will take a miracle for that to happen, and I don’t see any miracles in sight. Perhaps I’m too jaded, but then again I’ve heard this old song and dance before, and not just from Jesse Ventura’s attempt in the 80s that Hulk Hogan helped kill. In his famous “Art of Wrestling” podcast, CM Punk pushed for wrestlers to organize; now he’s happily taking a WWE paycheck again, seemingly oblivious to his previous stance. Zelina Vega once suggested unionizing after WWE fired her years ago; months later, she re-signed with the company. That’s the attitude of most wrestlers it seems, with the closest to breaking that trend being David Starr at the end of the 2010s/early2020s. Naturally, Starr is now out of the business for being credibly accused of many things during Speaking Out, calling into question his “union” beliefs, with no one picking up the mantle in the aftermath. So yeah; wrestlers should unionize. Forgive me if I have no faith that they will given the rest of wrestling history.