Could a Uniform Commissioner Work in Professional Wrestling?

In yet another idea for pro wrestling as a whole that could happen is the idea of someone in charge of the pro wrestling circuit. The major sports have a commissioner in charge of operations and to enforce the rules. The question that comes to mind is can professional wrestling have such a thing? It is actually very possible for that to work. However, in order for there to be one, there has to be certain requirements. For instance, this person would have to have a good understand of wrestling and has to be very fair no matter what the situation is. It would also help to come up with a uniform drug policy that applies to every single promotion. Would flaws exist with it? Without question it could have some. There could be the distinct question of the language barrier considering the fact that there are promotions all over the world. To solve this matter, perhaps there should be commissioners for each continent or make different leagues like North American League, South American League, and so on all the way to Australia. There also is the possibility just like every drug test that someone could somehow beat the test. No system is perfect and it will never happen. Perfection is something that can never be taken care of at all.

When the idea of a commissioner could come about, the next logical step would have to be a wrestler's union. It would have the person representing the wrestling world in terms of negotiations and also would have benefits as well. Would that mean getting rid of the Independent Contractor status for the wrestlers? Most likely yes, as the companies would have to take the taxes out. Can it work? Possibly but it will depend on how far anyone is willing to go for something like this to happen.

There is no off-season for wrestling and some can be gone up to maybe 300 days a year depending on the promotion. To slow down the deaths, the schedule could be cut down to 200-250 days a year. There will need to be times where the wrestlers need to take a break because when it comes to training and performing for the live crowds, only so much stress can be taken on a human body. As far as the drug issue, part of the solution will have to come from the wrestlers themselves deciding that they don't want to take that stuff. Nobody is ever forced to and it is a point that will be hammered so that certain media outlets get the message loud and crystal clear. If any promoter forced a wrestler to take drugs, that promoter would most likely end up in jail.

Another factor could be some of the promotions could end up being development leagues for the bigger promotions. Only WWE has two active development territories like Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling. No other promotion has that yet. The 2nd and 3rd biggest promotions in the United States are currently TNA and ROH and they don't have a development league just yet. It wouldn't be a major requirement but it could help in developing future talent going into each of those promotions respectively.Back to the question about a commissioner in professional wrestling actually benefit it as a whole. It could work if everyone is willing to put the time and effort into it. By that it means the wrestlers and the promoters as well. For it to work and it wouldn't be perfect, after all nothing is, the commissioner would need to be someone who has a good background in the business obviously. The person would have to also be fair when it comes to decisions and also whenever someone fails a drug test, that person gets suspended and gets announced publicly. The company that the wrestler is involved with would have to be fined by them or money taken out of their salary, whichever is best determined by the promoter directly. The person would have to be unbiased though and that is very hard to find someone like that. Could it work? The answer is yes if both the promoters and wrestlers are willing to have something like that to help them for the future.