Woooooooooooooooo!!! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages. Rhey Higgins proudly brings to you the greatest column to ever be written...THE SMARK REMARK!!! This column, however, may be much less controversial then my last columns, as, not only is it a more serious topic, but I actually (holy crap!) did a lot of research for this one. And the question I bring to you is this: who put out better wrestlers; Alberta (Canada's answer to Texas) or Texas (America's answer to Alberta). Obviously, both have put out a great deal of great wrestlers...but which has better ones"

Now obviously, one could debate that Alberta has produced many of the better wrestlers. When you say the words "Alberta" and "wrestling" in the same sentence, one word immediately comes to mind: Hart. And, undoubtedly, The Hart Family not only had some of the greatest wrestlers in it, but produced a great deal more from the infamous Hart Family Dungeon. The first great wrestler from Alberta that comes to mind is Stu Hart. I know that many would say that Bret is better known, but look at what Stu did! He trained HUGE names such as Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Test, Edge, Christian, TNA's Team Canada member Johnny Devine, and Bret, Owen, Keith, and Bruce Hart...and that's just some of them! Honestly, if I wanted to list the name of every wrestler who has been trained or otherwise influenced by Stu Hart (and believe me, I researched it...there's TONS), it would definitely take up WAY to much space. So arguably, Stu Hart is the best wrestler to call Alberta his home...and it's an argument you can probably win.

Now on to Texas. Like Alberta, there's not one big family that precedes all others: The Guerrero family. True, they all (obviously) have Mexican heritage, but, since they live in El Paso, Texas, that makes them a Texas family. Aside from the Guerreros (who, unlike the Harts, aren't responsible for most of the other wrestlers to come out of Texas). Instead, there's a m�lange of wrestlers from all over Texas. Some of them include easily three of the biggest names in WWF/E history, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, and The Phenom, The Deadman, The American Badass, THE UNDERTAKER! Also, there are some other big names such as current WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield. 5-time WCW Champion Booker T and his brother Stevie Ray, Mark Henry, and Garrison Cade, Paul London, and TNA star Michael Shane (all who were trained by HBK).

Now, on paper, it looks clear that Texas has put out more wrestlers than Alberta. But, keep this in mind: quantity does not exactly mean quality. Look at the worst Alberta put out...Lance Storm (you know you're good when he's the WORST you put out). Now, look at the worst that Texas has put out...Mark Henry...enough said right there (honourable mentions go to Garrison Cade). Now, my question is this...what are your opinions" Do you think Alberta has the better wrestlers, or is it indeed Texas" I'm especially interested to see the answers that some of you send. But please, one thing: I know that in NO WAY did I print up a full list of wrestlers from Texas or Alberta...that would take up so much space that this article would have to be printed microscopically and cause everyone who reads it to develop cataracts...so please DON'T bombard me with angry E-mails about how I missed so-and-so. And that's the Remark from this Smark!

by Rhey "King of the World" Higgins..