by Nicholas A. Levack

Created on: June 26, 2008

I have been a fan of professional wrestling for roughly ten years now, which might not seem like much to a lot of you, but considering how I am only fifteen-years-old, it is significant to me. So even though I never saw the earlier years of the Attitude Era, nor the more prosperous eras of WCW, I still have studied enough to know to a degree what I am talking about.

In this day, WWE is the most dominant force in professional wrestling. But is its dominance because of their face value, ratings, and other such things enough to consider them the best "wrestling" federation? When it comes to the actual art of professional wrestling, I can no longer say WWE is the best. Many professional wrestlers would agree that WWE is no longer the best place to wrestle in, though they do it still to earn money and to entertain a larger audience.

Recently I've spent some time on Ring of Honor's website, watching a few of their more recent free matches. I have to say, they allow their wrestlers to use a wider range of moves, while I believe the WWE makes their superstars cut back on the moves they use because when fans see a move that they recognize, they feel more connected to the match. But personally, I rather see wrestlers trying to be as innovative as possible, and even occasionally taking the risk to experiment on the spot in a match.

TNA embodies that much more than WWE has for some time. So when it comes to wrestling, TNA is the obvious choice for being the better federation. With superstars like Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Sting, and many others, it's impossible to not be impressed by the talent they have in TNA. But it is not to say that WWE does not have its own list of stars. In fact, when it comes to the how many amazing superstars they have, I'd have to say WWE is superior in that area. But the WWE simply doesn't let them use their talent as much. CM Punk's matches since debuting in WWE, compared to a lot of his ROH ones, are just not as entertaining. He doesn't take as many risks nor experiment. He is still an amazing competitor, but he can't thrive as a superstar while in the WWE. Even while in ROH and TNA, CM Punk was given much more room to experiment and really let the fans know what he could do. Matt Hardy, during his brief stint in ROH before being rehired to begin his rivalry with Edge, showed a level of innovation that the WWE had never let him show.

But there is something that must be considered. It was said by Vince McMahon on that talkshow with the

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