Category: Wrestling Musings

All posts related to pro rasslin’ that isn’t covering specific shows or events.

RIP Mr. Fuji

Legendary wrestling manager and WWE Hall Of Famer Harry “Mr. Fuji” Fujiwara passed away this weekend at the age of 83. The exploits of Mr. Fuji as both a tag-team wrestler (five time tag champion in WWWF) as well as the manager of countless talents such as Demolition, Don Muraco, and Yokozuna were well outside of my exposure to the wrestling product, but even when I was oblivious to the product itself, he was always one of those names that would get brought up by other folks and one of those names that just stuck in my head even if I had no clue who he was. That doesn’t diminish his accomplishments and his legacy, nor does it taint my enjoyment of the various sketches he did with Muraco.

My prayers go out to his friends and loved ones.

TNA Under New (Not Quite) Management… Don’t Get Excited

Source here.

The news broke that Dixie Carter has stepped down as TNA President and Billy Corgan (the Smashing Pumpkins guy) will take over, while Dixie will be Chairperson. People are treating this like the greatest night in the history of our sport or whatever, but it’s too soon to tell whether this’ll make any difference in the long term.

At the end of the day, it boils down to whether people will care enough about TNA to start following it or not. If TNA could start getting their numbers (and their notability) up bit by bit, then Billy ends up looking like a million bucks. And if not, it’s not going to matter how many pumpkins get smashed or something.

On the bright side, people have stopped talking about TNA going out of business. So that’s something, I guess.

Random Thoughts On… Ryback

Source: http://rajah.com/node/52918

Skip “Ryback” Sheffield has just wished WWE the best in all his future endeavors and is going to launch a line of food products called Feed Me More. I wonder if he could actually use that sort of thing.

Gee, I don’t know. I should feel bad that another guy with potential to be a big star was misused or whatever the case may be, but for some reason, I could never buy into the guy and the mystique around him. Part of it was his Tough Enough stint, where he was eating loads of food. And then there are the ears.

Good lord, the ears.

Still, good on him for walking and doing what makes him happy. I wish him all the best.

My Reaction To Brock Vs. Orton At Summerslam Being A Thing.

Honestly, that’s the best I could muster.

Also, I’d much rather be playing that Odyssey2 computer than watch Summerslam at this point.

Yeah, so did anyone know that there was a WWE PPV a short while ago? Because I sure as hell didn’t. I’ve been busy with yard work and getting some extra footage for the next batch of stuff that I had seemingly forgotten about the Battleground show.

Hey, you try and remember there was a PPV on after the prior week’s completely one-sided and utterly lopsided Draft.

So I didn’t see it… but I did hear that Dean retained the WWE title and thus that title stays on Smackdown. So does that mean I can start watching Smackdown now since Steph’s on RAW and…

Oh wait, they moved JBL to Smackdown, didn’t they?

Fuck.

Brock Fails A Drug Test

Back in the day, we saw a well-built guy and thought he was a physical specimen that was larger than life. Nowadays, we see a well-built guy and think “Yeah, that guy’s on steroids.” Even if the guy is naturally built (if that’s the proper word for it), people will immediately assume they’re on the juice. And if drug tests turn out positive, people will cry foul and assume it’s a cover-up.
So Brock Lesnar failed a drug test. Whatever happens to Lesnar now has yet to be determined, but I’m fairly certain that no matter what happens, “Steroid City, Bitch” is the three words I’d use to describe Brock in a nutshell. And even if he comes up clean as a whistle, it’s sticking because that’s all I got.
All things considered, it’s safe to say that this puts a damper on any UFC aspirations Brock might have. And as far as WWE is concerned… like they fucking care what happens.