All posts related to pro rasslin’ that isn’t covering specific shows or events.
The last time Ronda was in anything resembling a “legit” combat match, she ate fist and took a year off. So if Ronda loses on Smackdown, she has to be off for a year or else there is no legitimacy to be had and it’s just another fake wrestling angle.
Smackdown moves to FOX in October 2019.
Sadly, it’s hard to argue otherwise.
So I didn’t catch last night’s Survivor Series PPV… but in reading the results to the show – this latest edition of “brand supremacy” or whatever they call it to get a bunch of people in red and blue shirts to fight each other because… reasons… apparently, all the matches were won by RAW. So… why bother wasting my time with this shit?
Though I’ve heard good things about Brock vs. Bryan, so maybe I’ll just check that match out… but don’t expect me to do a full write-up or anything for the whole show because that ain’t happening.
My tantalizing thoughts on the WWE Crown Royal event from the benevolent and progressive kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Probably a good thing I didn’t watch that Crown Royal show.
The sole label on this post more than sums up this entire farce.
I’d probably watch that over all the other stuff they got going on.
To re-iterate, I’m not watching tomorrow’s show nor am I watching next week’s show. Hell, I didn’t even watch the NWA show as of yet. I’ve just been busy with other stuff.
So that we got the emotional mumbo-jumbo out of the way, let’s get back to pointless and incoherent ramblings in written form.
With Roman Reigns’ extended absence due to leukemia treatments basically opening up the top draw spot, I’m pretty sure Vince McMahon, who has spent years trying to push this guy over as a top star that people will like at the detriment of others that people actually do like and not quite achieving much success, is probably thinking the following going forward:
OH FUCK.
OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK!
OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK!
Not to make light of a serious situation, because leukemia is no joke, but I do feel that with Reigns gone for a good long while – treatments supposedly take a couple years – Vince is probably panicking to find someone to take the spot because the one guy he pushed above all others is out for a while. Oh well, at least he’s got the Fox deal and that sweet, sweet Saudi money for that one PPV that nobody wants to watch.
Or something.
You’ve lived with it for a long time.
You’ve kept fighting with it.
You’ve endured everything that was thrown at you.
And you’ve never let up.
For all the vitriol that Roman Reigns the wrestler gets,
the fact that he’s done it all while fighting a horrible disease…
you can’t help but tip your hat to Joe Anoa’i the man.
All the best, Joe.
Hope you beat this thing and come back soon.
Better than ever.
This is a wrestling-related musings, but not quite a wrestling musings. Hence the regular Musings label and not the Wrestling one.
A few weeks ago, my brother and I had a bit of a talk, where he had expressed surprise that Kane was wrestling in Australia despite being the current mayor of Knox County. I suppose for someone who doesn’t watch or even closely follow wrestling anymore, it’s understandable… and I never did bring up Jesse Ventura’s WCW stint where he was mayor of some town. What I did bring up was the Saudi shows, which left him shocked because they don’t allow women on there.
Yep… not a fan of that deal.
This Saudi deal has been something of a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. On the one hand, Saudi Arabia isn’t exactly the most “modern sensible” society to put it in nicer terms… but on the other hand, a ten-year deal and all that sweet, sweet Saudi money means WWE can sign them big deals. Possibly sign big free agents and even entice old guys long retired to do a couple matches since the prince is a fan of 90s wrestling and doesn’t give a shit about the current crop.
My guess is the prince is actually a WCW fan and just wanted to watch old guys wrestle at the speed of light… that’s an old joke.
So for those not following the news, a journalist who was a critic of the Saudi government was murdered and allegedly assassinated by someone working for said government. Right now, all of this is suspicion and speculation, but with this kind of controversy in the limelight, it puts WWE in a very fickle position. Do they cancel the event and risk damaging a valuable deal with Saudi Arabia that would’ve brought a substantial revenue stream? Or do they continue with the show as planned despite the urging of U.S. senators and prominent officials telling them to not go ahead with the show.
So… like I said, damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
I honestly don’t have an opinion on whether they should go through with the show or not. I sure as hell wasn’t thrilled with the deal when it was initially announced and certainly some folks would (and have) argued that they should never have made the deal to begin with for a variety of reasons – not the least of which something like THIS possibly happening being a good reason not to go along with it – but when it comes to this upcoming Crown Jewel show… I would suspect there’d be an uneasiness among the talent for taking such a trip.
But you know… if they do end up cancelling the Saudi show, there is another show that they have on the calendar that they can move all this shit to that’s been booked since the dawn of time.
You might’ve heard of it too… it’s called Survivor Series.
Just a thought.
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