As the Attitude Era drew to a close in the early 2000s, the WWE already had an eye to the future.
The stars who would succeed the Rock, Stone Cold, and the Undertaker were already well on their way to the big time, and Louisville, Kentucky had a front row seat to the future.
They were all here - Cena, Orton, Batista, Lesnar.
They were all on display every Wednesday night for free at Ohio Valley Wrestling's Davis Arena.
Alongside established stars like the Big Show and Mark Henry, the Superstars of Tomorrow trained under the watchful eye of Jim Cornette and Danny Davis, waiting for their moment.
More would follow in their footsteps.
Some were already close by, like the brash young heel lighting it up every week for Southern Indiana's IWA Mid-South promotion, CM Punk.
As stunning as that time in history now appears, it was only one of many golden wrestling eras for Louisville, Kentucky, a city that has always loved its fight sports.
Bluegrass Brawlers: The Story of Professional Wrestling in Louisville covers them all, from the earliest days when wrestling was king to the vibrant independent scene of today.
Beginning in 1880 with tales of circus stars and barn-storming grapplers, Bluegrass Brawlers chronicles the evolution of a sport and the city that embraced it.
Louisville was one of many towns to play host to William Muldoon, the solid man of sport and the first true professional athlete in American history who proved to be the first true villain in Louisville wrestling history.
Louisville bore witness to the first golden age of the sport in the years leading up to World War I.
Top stars like Joe Stecher, Charlie Cutler, and the Zbyszko brothers all wrestled on stage at the opera house, and the sport's first true superstar gained the name that would make him famous here - Ed Strangler Lewis.
Promoter Heywood Allen made weekly wrestling a local tradition in the late 1930s, playing host to world champions like Orville Brown, Cowboy Bill Longson, Lou Thesz, and.
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